Martian Generational Stories

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You remember your story, don't you?

–ALIAS mascot Aali


Since 3691, children born on the Martian Federation have been taught to memorise a generational story - or in Martian English an Aalistoore lit. "Aali Story" - a short story or poem that echos vague notions of the Martian identity, which they recite (or is recited to them) in various forms during psychological evaluations. Aali stories are written to overlap with one-another, creating a continuous narrative that carries through centuries.

Generation Nickname Year group Story (In modern Martian English) Story (Translation)
G0 Lost 3691 - 3715 Boonform wooa, aa zetattowaadz destaaz tukaankezem, tuliiberaat umankaanform saalitaridee. "Born from war, I set out towards the stars to conquer them, to liberate mankind from isolation."
G1 Reclaimers 3715 - 3740 Tuliiberaat umankaanform saalitaridee, aa woogwid aaderspedalaazbaat edelogalaliilaiik daaz, kalabziig deaaldbaraaz eneregteg anyuu. "To liberate mankind from isolation, I work with differently abled but ideologically like siblings, collapsing the old barriers and erecting a new."
G2 Builders 3740 - 3765 Kalabziig deaaldbaraaz eneregteg anyuu, aa seev Mazform dekarultiiaf dedaagenz beond deembaasaf iidzoxygenaated atmozfee, laagnigat adiztaat Saan fosekenba deansints. "Collapsing the old barriers and erecting a new, I save Mars from the cruelty of the darkness beyond the embrace of its oxygenated atmosphere, looking at a distant Sun forsaken by the ancients."
G3 Inward 3765 - 3790 Laagnigat adiztaat Saan fosekenba deansints, aa welsiigtu baraatenidd aathom widaae onige Mazteknol, kiipe deklaadz waam ensaaft indeer maadrelii embaaz. "Looking at a distant Sun forsaken by the ancients, I will seek to brighten it at home with our unique Martian technology, keeping the clouds warm and soft in their parental embrace."
G4 Pink 3790 - 3815 Kiipe deklaadz waam ensaaft indeer maadrelii embaaz, ALIAS libzwit dekaalektiv maainaf aal indvidalz befoo mii, waal inmaa serpaat foom aa woogtu bedeeidd died. "Keeping the clouds warm and soft in their parental embrace, ALIAS lives with the collective mind of all individuals before me, while in my separate form I work to improve it."
G5 Mazingels 3815 - 3840 Waal inmaa serpaat foom aa woogtu bedeeidd died, ALIAS porvaadz mee widahunert yeez afnoledz enegsperaant, aa feer unkertentii naaktiddied. "While in my separate from I work to improve it, ALIAS gifts me with a hundred years of knowledge and experience, I no longer fear uncertainty."
G6 Ectogens 3840 - 3865 Aa feer unkertentii naaktiddied, baat tserisidd, defuuter iznaao enizpersiiz. "I no longer fear uncertainty, but cherish it, the future is now and is precious."
G7 Forward 3865 - 3890 Defuuter iznaao enizpersiiz, baat taaim maatses ebe aanwad, inaaktivtiiiz desloodet. "The future is now and is precious, but time marches ever onward, complacency is the slow death."
G8 New Terraformers 3890 - 3925 Inaaktivtiiiz desloodet, waal indvidal keelz pomoot daaferstii, dekaalektiviz graaterdaan desumafiddz paatz. "Complacency is the slow death, while individual cells promote diversity, the collective is greater than the sum of its parts."
G9 Uniform 3925 - 3949 Dekaalektiviz graaterdaan desumafiddz paatz, dehuneziz a kaalektiv ooganizm, waal ALIASiz depinnagl kaalektiv. "The collective is greater than the sum of its parts, the human is a collective organism, while ALIAS is the pinnacle collective."
G10 Egg 3949 - 3974 Waal ALIASiz depinnagl kaalektiv, woogaaniddiz yed naaktiddied, deazent tuahaayer foomaf hunezde begonz. "While ALIAS is the pinnacle collective, work on it is not yet done, the ascent to a higher form of humanity beckons."
G11 Baby 3974 - 3998 Deazent tuahaayer foomaf hunez begonz, waal derezaf deSoola Sistem kraazat inlonlinez, nezdedwidiin dedaaknezaf debaagwaad sozetiis. "The ascent to a higher form of humanity beckons, while the rest of the Solar System cries out in loneliness, nested within the darkness of the backward societies."
G12 Adolescent 3998 - 4022 Nezdedwidiin dedaaknezaf debaagwaad sozetiis, Maz standz, asignularetiiaf pargees enhoop. "Nested within the darkness of the backward societies, Mars stands, a singularity of progress and hope."