The date was the 24th of December, 5622 and the time was exactly 12:27, according to the advanced atom half-life clock in the middle of the giant space age city. A great artificial sun could be seen projected onto a huge dome within which the city was situated. The base spanned a total area equivalent to five times the biggest earth city and the protective dome, made entirely of thick, transparent poly-plastic, had it's peak at over ten kilometres. It was the biggest man made creation in history, yet it was never meant to house all of man. It had initially been planned to use the dome as a holiday resort for the rich and famous, but when the