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Unification Week has arrived! One of the few celebrations across the United Planets that is truly universal, Unification Week is a week-long celebration of the establishment of the United Planets. Every year, the celebration ends on the anniversary of the signing of the accord that led to the formation of the UP.

This year, Unification Week is taking place in the capital city of Yodot, on the planet Daxam, a somewhat controversial move because of the xenophobic Daxamite terrorist cell, The White Triangle, attacking Earth and other UP worlds several years before -- an attack that led to the genocide of the entire planet Trom. Despite the past actions of this terrorist splinter faction -- or perhaps partly because of them -- the majority of Daxam has decided to warmly welcome the rest of the UP to their world.

Bathed in the warm light of Daxam's red sun, visitors that enter the city (after their required lead screening, of course, due to how deadly it is to Daxamites) will find the city of Yodot decked out in 31st century splendor, with nearly countless festival grounds, markets, art installations, and other amusements. For the first time in a millennia, the Daxamites have rediscovered their roots as colonists and explorers from Krypton, the world of Superman's birth, and now they're attempting to embrace the galaxy beyond them. This is their first year ever hosting such a festival and they've pulled out all the stops as a way of extending a hand of peace to the other worlds of the UP -- and representing the very best of its ideals.

SCENARIO A: LEGION-CON
Whatever anyone thinks about the current state of the Legion of Super-Heroes, it has very quickly become an important symbol of the United Planets. Legion-Con is still a fairly new part of the celebration, but Unification Week is always a good excuse for fans to get together with fellow Legion fans to talk about their heroes -- or maybe just about their sex lives. So far, no known Legionnaires have been recognized attending Legion-Con, but there are always rumors, and hope springs eternal.

Anyone attending will find themselves awash in a constant tide of nerd fandom, with everything from cosplayers, to vendors hawking Legion merchandise, to artists selling Legion-based art, to informative panels on all manner of Legion subjects (such as an information-gathering gossip panel on the most mysterious, newest Legionnaires). In sharp contrast with some of the other attractions is the holographic memorial hall, honoring the Legionnaires that were seemingly killed over a year ago, where emotional Legion fans can frequently be seen weeping despondently as they leave.

While the old Legion is honored in many places here, the new Legionnaires have clearly captured the attention -- and the hearts -- of the UP public.

SCENARIO B: MARKETS
Countless marketplaces have sprung up through the city, with enterprising individuals selling wares from myriad worlds. The native Daxamites have an impressive and colorful array of clothes, artifacts, and other sundries to offer visitors, and they're definitely not alone. Even some residents of the Second Galaxy have set up shop, welcomed by the UP in the hopes that it will influence their peoples to eventually join up. These enterprising traders have a wide array of things to sell, from foods entirely alien to even the UP, to colorful handwoven cloth and clothes, made with ancient weaving methods lost to time in the United Planets.

SCENARIO C: CONCERTS
In the future, people still know how to rock out. Multiple concerts are being thrown throughout the city, with music from countless cultures. Some of the hottest bands to play on the medialinks have agreed to participate, leading to band lineups that will someday become legend.

While some of the music might not appeal to every ear (especially since some some individuals can only hear in certain frequencies), the people attending are guaranteed to have their faces melted off by the power of future rock and roll. (Only figuratively, of course, except for that one performance by the silicon-based Veldamites that carbon-based organics are prohibited from attending so they aren't resonated into their base molecules). Even the bands that pass for future pop are catchy as anything.

Choreography has evolved over the years and with the inclusions of multiple species, leading to backup dancing that has to be seen to be believed, and the standard pyrotechnics and laser light shows of the concerts of old have long since been surpassed by the wonders of holographic technology, making even the visuals of these concerts impossible to forget.

SCENARIO D: ART & HISTORY
For the more intellectually-inclined, art and history exhibitions have been arranged, where people can enjoy great works of art and artifacts from countless UP member worlds. Visitors can marvel over the three-dimensional, holographic, fractal art created by the great Coluan recursivists, masters of mathematical visual design. Or they can walk through the colorful cloth-webs of the Vyrgans, who can see on a greater color spectrum than the human eye. These room-sized tapestries are threaded together communally by artist collectives instead of a single artist.

The exhibitions of Earth are often considered the most eclectic, if not the most skillful. Alongside ancient Earth artifacts such as "automobiles" and "floppy disks," are strange modern art installations. One of them that's currently taken the Earth art world by storm is called "Residue of an Experience," a giant white canvas smeared with blue paint. The placard says that the piece of art was created by the artist, Brecadron, inviting two of his friends to wrestle naked in paint on the canvas while he played a detuned bass for twenty minutes straight. While the Earth art world regards it, and similar art displays, as great modern masterpieces, various aliens often leave the displays looking somewhat bewildered.

SCENARIO E: RIDES
And what would a celebration of this magnitude be without rides? Roller coasters and log flumes and merry-go-rounds and things that spin you until you puke up whatever you bought at the market today, all yours to experience for a handful of tickets at the booths at the gates. Of course, the wide variety of bodies belonging to members of the United Planets means that actually getting on the rides takes more than a "you must be this tall to ride" marker...

For those that want something slower, anti-grav spheres, clear except for cushions at the bottoms, can be ridden in the air over the city, providing breath-taking views of Yodot and the jungle-like wilderness around it.

SCENARIO F: FIREWORKS
On the seventh day of the festivities -- the anniversary of the signing of the UP accord -- there is a massive "fireworks" show at the end of the last night. No one need worry about any errant incendiary devices, however, as they've long since been replaced with holograms. That means that the lights that explode over the skies and the music that sounds through the air are limited only by the imagination.

After a rousing speech by the UP president, Winema Wazzo, about the unity between the UP worlds, a metal sculpture -- a sphere with constructs on it representing the UP's many member worlds -- raises up, and it's from this unifying symbol that the lights start shooting up into the air. The display is over two standard Earth hours long, and not a single moment of it is a waste of that time. When it's all over, cheers sound through the city of Yodot, and despite their differences, for one moment, a galaxy is united in celebrating the relative peace they've been able to maintain between countless species, against all odds.

SCENARIO G: WILD CARD
Plenty of surprises can happen during a festival like Unification Week. Even despite the fairly competent security being provided by the Science Police, minor crimes like thefts or muggings can happen. Accidental fires can spring out in busy marketplaces. Attempted assassinations of important officials can occur. While this particular Unification Week is fortunately free of any major attacks, it's always possible that Legionnaires might find themselves the only thing standing in the way of a little havoc -- and that means it's their job to keep these problems from ruining or interrupting the festivities.

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