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February 25, 2011<\/abbr><\/h5>\n
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Berlin\u2019s final frontier<\/a><\/h3>\n

by James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Not a month goes by without someone bemoaning the influx of a new itinerant, immigrant population into Berlin. But concerned citizens like this guy<\/a> (not a current resident of the city, yet part of the first wave that opened up \u201cbohemia\u201d to \u201cyuppies\u201d like us) needn\u2019t worry, because future Berliners will find the pressure valve they need\u2026 in space.<\/p>\n

As documented by the Star Trek series, New Berlin<\/a> will be founded on Earth\u2019s moon in about 2069. That\u2019s less than 50 years until Berliners can enjoy a nice shiny new city, hopefully free of English expats, but with all the cultural benefits of their current home. At the Mazurka festival<\/a>, revelers can get down to Polish folk music in their lederhosen, as fondly recalled by two Starfleet commanders in the video below (jump 2:10 in) \u2013 \u201csausage and beer all around!\u201d<\/p>\n

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And the clubs on New Berlin are every bit as hedonistic as their Terran counterparts \u2013 if this photo snatched at Borghain* is anything to go by:<\/p>\n

\"Borghain\"<\/a><\/p>\n

However, as this Federation Colony grows so large that, by 2373, it can be seen from Earth in the daytime<\/a>, it\u2019s only a matter of time before Ryanair Galatic arrives to ruin it all. Not to worry \u2013 when we inevitably outgrow our new lunar home, we can move onto the star system \"New<\/a> of the same name as depicted in the MMO Freelancer<\/em><\/a>. As you can see on this map, New Berlin includes the picturesque planet of Potsdam, and bases called Bonn Station and Brandenburg Border Station. Fittingly, Kreuzberg Depot<\/a> is inhabited by \u201cjunkers\u201d, \u201can itinerant population unaffiliated with any colony\u201d, whose commodities include light arms and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n

Of course, it will take us a while to get there \u2013 and it\u2019s not going to be easy. As Moon <\/em>director Duncan Jones is going to show in his follow-up to Blade Runner<\/em><\/a>, dark days are ahead for the city so loved by his father, David Bowie. But the concept art for Mute<\/em><\/a> indicates that the residents of near-future Berlin will still be able to get their rocks off, at the strip club Fremde Traum<\/em> (Foreign Dreams):<\/p>\n

\"Mute<\/a><\/p>\n

Time will tell whether future Berlins will have room for \u201clifestyle tourists\u201d like us, but the city\u2019s current inhabitants can be reassured that their reputation for sleazy thrills will follow them through time and space.<\/p>\n

*yeah, so I made this up. But everything else in this post is definitely going to happen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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