Today's prompt was 'pieces of eight'.

I can work on the plot for my Nanowrimo, I suppose.

Who are the characters and what is the story problem? They are humans and aliens and the problem is exploration and conflict, a struggle for resources. After a short and stupid war, they will attempt to build togetrher.

When and where? Thousands of years and light years in the future and far from Earth/Sol. A garden world.

How does it end and why does it end that way?