Protocol One

Fantascienza - short story (11 pagine) - The ship moves away, but a strange asteroid enters the system and the crew decides to intercept it.

Takeri Ira crew, in search of new lands to colonize, reaches a planet that reflects the “Protocol One” directives.
Ground exploration gives discordant results: the supervisor of the implementation of the directives does not recommend the activation of the development program, whereas the chief doctor of planetary exploration believes to have found, finally, the place that their race had been looking for since millennia.
While on the background the various persons in charge politically struggle, spaceship commander decides to resolve, once and for all, the vain dispute.
The mission is declared over and Takeri Ira prepares to leave the Star System.
The small planet gets smaller while the ship moves away, but a strange asteroid enters the system and the crew decides to intercept it.
Nominated in the 38th edition of the “Nero Premio” Contest, this short story was selected and published in the anthology “Ceneri del Fantastico”.

Born in the Venice province on march 29, 1970, Diego Bortolozzo moves in Lombardy in November of 2007, with Paola and little Alice.
His adventure begin with Cronaca Galattica trilogy, whose volumes are now available in e-book format.
With Sogno Edizioni publishes the children's book Alice nella pancia delle meraviglie and the graphic novel Andromeda, both in collaboration with the illustrator Simone Messeri. In 2012 he worked with the publishing house as editor of the series Collana 99. With Delos Books publishes short stories in various projects and magazines: in the 365 racconti anthology series, Writers Magazine, Magazzino dei Mondi, Delos, Fantascienza.com. For EDS Edizioni Diversa Sintonia, he edits Creatori di Universi anthology and publishes short stories and novels in e-books. Edizioni Papavero is housing one of his short stories in the first number of the anthology I Quaderni di Fantascienza. Ciesse Edizioni publishes one of his works in the anthology D-Doomsday.
From 2012 he's the supervisor of the Settore Editoria ed Eventi Editoriali of Associazione Galaxy and President of the Jury of Premio Letterario Nazionale Kataris. He works with Tiscali, and other portals of the group as web writer and editor of Edizioni Imperium dedicated to e-books publications.