Fanon:Diary of a Young Alien

Diary of a Young Alien is a fanon story written by a Simming author whose head is always being assaulted by new ideas. It stars a juvenile alien named Xandria Kliper, who finds herself thrown into the most fascinating and exhilarating of adventures.

Welcome to your Assignment Journal
''Congratulations, Xandria, and happy 10th birthday!

''It is a great honour for you, as a student of the Sixamian Exploration Academy, to receive your first Assignment Journal. This means that for the first time you will be able to go off-planet on an official Assignment. Students only have the opportunity to receive their first Assignments this early if they show exceptional intelligence, bravery and strength.

''For your first Assignment, you will be transported to the planet Novasol III. Your team will include Wrelis Khitomer, Rghenot Freigkolz and Zrala Maitolia, three more members of the select few chosen for their first assignment this year; they are roughly the same age as you. While you do not yet know who these people are, it will be a priority for you over the course of your six-month mission to get to know your fellow team-mates well, for you will conduct studies on the locals alongside them.

''Use this journal to record any of your findings! They could be results of experiments that you conduct, or since you have significant artistic aptitude, why not use some of the pages to sketch some drawings, perhaps of some native subjects?

''A few things for you to remember about the planet you will be visiting:
 * ''While galactic starcharts call this planet Novasol III, the natives of that planet call it "Earth", or sometimes "Terra". The population there is approximately 7.125 billion.
 * ''The Novasolians, or "Sims", use a different dating system to us Sixamians. Instead of the Imperial calendar, they use the Gregorian calendar. This is a system with twelve-month years, thirty- or thirty-one-day months, and seven-day weeks. Keep in mind that a Novasolian day is approximately 24 of their hours long (35 Sixamian hours). The date at your arrival will be around the 3rd April 2010, according to the Gregorian calendar. You can find more information about Novasol III's dating systems at the back of your journal.
 * Also remember that throughout your assignment you must maintain total comm silence with Sixam. The Sims have technology that is just advanced enough that it could detect communications between you and us back on the homeworld. We wouldn't want that'', would we? You can tell us all about it upon your return. There will be an instructor to guide you through your stay, should you feel desperate.
 * If you really must set foot on Novasol III, and I seriously recommend you do not'', please see the Armoury prior to your departure. They will create a disguise for you (to your liking, of course.)
 * ''Personally, I highly recommend you pay special attention to a little town known as Sunset Valley. Its inhabitants could prove...interesting indeed.
 * ''Also, make it a point to learn Simlish, the native language. Just in case.

 Bon voyage, as the Sims say, and good luck!

Xicorith Zrlonzip

Headmaster of the Sixamian Imperial Academy for Exploration.