The+Auctus+Project

Group Members
President - Bryan Vice President - Jongin Writer - Madeline PA announcer - Cassandra Tech - Allany

Name of Your Project Proposal
The Auctus Project



This is the Problem
Within the next months, the earth will be hit with a cataclysmic event that will completely reshape our existence. A meteor several miles wide is on a collision course with earth. When it hits, all life on the planet’s surface will be destroyed by the disastrous climate change that it will bring. Attempts to break the trajectory of the meteor have been unsuccessful. As a last ditch effort, one million Americans will be chosen to inhabit the limestone caves that have been excavated in Missouri. These people, along with a sampling of earth’s plant and animal life, will survive in these caves for two years as the planet recovers. They will emerge into an entirely different world with the responsibility of rebuilding what we have lost.

This is Who We Would Choose
All applicants must meet these criteria: > ==== > == ==
 * No criminal record
 * No STDs
 * No physical or mental disabilities
 * No chronic diseases that impair a person’s ability to participate in manual labor or that significantly shorten the lifespan
 * No genetically carried diseases
 * No history of cancer (3 generations back)
 * No excessive medication needs (medications taken weekly or daily, or that are expensive or rare)
 * No pets allowed
 * No smoking or alcoholism
 * Fertile
 * Homosexuals must express willingness to participate either as surrogates or sperm donors
 * Civilians must demonstrate one or more skills (cooking, cleaning, carpentry skills, sewing, or artisanship)

Other considerations for acceptance:


 * In order to preserve the current ethnic diversity of the United States, peoples of different races will be chosen in accordance with their current percentage of the population.
 * 60% of the chosen population will be female, 40% will be male. At least 15% of the overall population must be under 18, but no more than 30%. Minors will be admitted as part of a family unit, so there will be no distinct designation as to the ratio of males to females.
 * Civilian entries will be limited to families with two or fewer children, unless otherwise demonstrated to be of particular merit. Women must be 35 years old or younger, and men must be 50 years old or younger.

First selection: Age limit=65. Composes 10% of overall population (100,000) research, microbiologists, biomedical engineers etc. Second selection: Age limit=65. Composes 15% of remaining population (135,000)
 * Medical Professionals
 * Doctors (40%)
 * Pediatricians, OB/GYN, dentists, general practitioners, endocrinologists, oncologists,
 * cardiologists, radiologists, surgeons, physical therapists, psychologists, etc.
 * Nurses (45%)
 * RN or nurse practitioners, all denominations
 * Other medical personnel (15%)
 * Infectious disease researchers, pharmacists, biotechnicians, phlebotomists, diagnostic
 * Other scientific professionals (14.5%)
 * Earth science (3%)
 * Geology, meteorology, paleontology
 * Physical science (3%)
 * Physics, chemistry
 * Zoologists and Botanists (7.5%)
 * Computer experts (1%)
 * Teachers (17.5%)
 * College professors or professionals in these areas who are willing to teach (9.5%)
 * Mathematics, English, Linguists, Sciences, Arts, History, etc.
 * Elementary/Middle/High school teachers (8%)
 * Same subjects
 * Farmers (12.2%)
 * Irrigation specialists (.2%)
 * Agriculture (6%)
 * Livestock (6%)
 * Utilities (12.2%)
 * plumbers (4%)
 * electricians (3%)
 * repairs (5.2%)
 * Law enforcement (24%)
 * military (13%)
 * police (6%)
 * judges/lawyers (5%)
 * Other Professions (14%)
 * Accountants (1%)
 * Politicians (9%)
 * Religious leaders (4%)
 * The remaining 5.6% will be of professions deemed “necessary to survival”

Third Selection: Civilians- Age limit=None. Composes remainder of population (650000) Civilians will be chosen accordingly:
 * Each professional chosen in selections one and two will be able to bring up to three family members. It is important to maintain family structure as we know it for posterity. All family members selected MUST meet requirements listed.
 * If there is room after this, couples or families will be chosen based on the criteria mentioned above to fill the remaining spots.

This is Why This is the Best Solution Possible
This is the best solution possible because we need to be able to have a diverse population while living in the caves and after when we are able to go outside of the caves after the dust clouds clear. We want to encourage men and women to reproduce while in the caves so we will have a newer generation after the two years in the cave. Unfortunately, people will die but we are ensuring that the most able people who will be able to survive being in the cave for two years will continue to foster a new generation after the comet hits.

This solution maintains every structural piece required to maintain the society we are familiar with today. Farmers will be able to maintain food, teachers will continue to educate, and the many medical professionals will ensure we live to have children and pursue life on Earth generations after the meteor strikes. Citizens will be free to practice religion and will continue to live under our American Constitution. Politics will continue and the law will continue to be enforced. This plan also allows for expansion as we take into account all the measures required for our survival.

This is Why This is a Fair Solution
This is a fair solution because we are ensuring that we represent the whole of the American population as much as possible. After being in the caves for 2 years, we want to be able to have a variety and diversity of different ethnicities and occupations so we will be able to have a new society that is diverse, which will make for the greater success of humans in the world after the comet hits.

We are not discriminating. We are maintaining the wide racial structure that makes this country so unique. Our choices are not in attempt to create an ideal race. Instead they are guidelines that will be followed in order to find the American citizens who are most likely to keep our country and culture alive.

President's Speech to the Nation
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Dear fellow citizens of the United States of America,

Today, I will not be speaking to you formally as President; I will be speaking to you as a human being. I regret to tell you that within the year, a giant meteor will strike the earth with cataclysmic destruction unseen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. Cities along the shore will be struck by 3000 foot high waves and the eventual fallout will destroy the Earth’s atmosphere in such a way that our gracious, life bearing planet will become lifeless. All options to divert the meteor have failed and impact is unavoidable, but America, there is a seedling of hope remaining.

Among the treasures of this great nation includes the caves of soft limestone located in Missouri. These caves, these safe havens, remain our only chance of surviving as a species. Within these caves, 1,000,000 American citizens will be able to survive for the next two years. I have decided for The Auctus Project to be enforced in order to find the 1,000,000 citizens who are most capable to protect our history, society, and values in the future

Our top priority will be finding the professionals who will maintain our societal structure. These include architects, farmers, teachers, scientists and, most importantly, medical professionals. These professionals will have a higher priority in bringing in their immediate family, as long as everyone fits within the plan’s requirements. With hopes to eliminate some of America’s greatest medical ailments, those with a history of smoking, alcoholism, cancer, chronic and genetic diseases, STDs and mental or physical disabilities will not be allowed shelter. Criminals will also not be allowed shelter and full citizens will hold a higher priority. For those who do not fall in the professional category, age limits will be in place. Women must be under 35 and men must be under 50 in hopes that we may have a high birth rate that can maintain the wellbeing of our species.

The Auctus Project is the only option that will allow our species to maintain our growth as closely as possible to the level we have reached today. This plan provides the education and healthcare necessary for our children to grow. Along with the other professionals, our children will grow in a life that meets today’s standards.

Only 1 out of every 300 citizens will be saved. It is not fair that not everyone can live. I ask for you to remain selfless, as I have. I say this because, in order to emphasize my belief in this plan, I will not relocate to the caves. I will remain President of the United States of America; President of the people, including those who will not survive. Like the captain of a sinking ship, I will save everyone I can under The Auctus Project before going down with the ship myself. Not one of you is more deserving to live, but in these difficult circumstances the decisions have been made.

I want to remind you that when the meteor killed the dinosaurs, life returned and out of that humanity grew. This moment in our history will not be an end. Instead, it will be another opportunity for us to grow as a species. We will grow under The Auctus Project. Thank you.

Radio Broadcast
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Epilogue: Project Terminus

 * Emergency Vice President Message