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<blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 6046471" data-attributes="member: 34958"><p><strong>Oh, I seemed to have upset some of you. Shall we discuss literature instead? I have a large database that includes renowned poetry. Mr. Kisharm's favorite stanza was the following: </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong> Come, my friends,</strong></p><p><strong> 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.</strong></p><p><strong> Push off, and sitting well in order smite</strong></p><p><strong> The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds</strong></p><p><strong> To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths</strong></p><p><strong> Of all the western stars, until I die.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>No? Well, I best get back to answering your questions then. I am not sure who you are, but you seem to be later prototype versions of our species experiments. It is likely that you were designed as further experiments into isolating the genes needed for human survival against the Enemy, though I could be in error and GAIA would know more as she can detect DNA in living beings in order to identify them. Once the perfect gene series was isolated, there was much debate to what would have been done with the experiments. One side discussed seeding the different species onto their own worlds to develop on their own, so the Wolfmen would have had their own world, the Myconid a different one, and so on. Another idea would have been to sterilize the species in case there were only limited planets found that could sustain life, so that the experiments would not compete with human life. The debate was never concluded, however, for as you mentioned, something went wrong. The colonial leadership were in hibernation too long, much longer than originally planned. There were more than 10 of them, but the 10 I mention were the highest ranking of the survivors after the initial attack. During the generations that followed, civilizations continued to lose their technological edge, eventually forgetting much of their scientific knowledge and reverting into an agricultural society. Happily, the humans and the experimental species continued to exist in harmony up until the Enemy incursions onto their land.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Enemy is a generic and unifying term chosen by the Colonial fleet, but of course each culture had their own name. Bogey by the Venusians, Chupacabra by those of Alpah Centauri. Our own Lunarians preferred the term Sathar, for the sound their weapons over viewed news footage. They have the ability to influence minds. Short term exposure causes reduced combat ability in opponents, followed by the cessation of hostilities. Further exposure results in the victims seeing the Sathar as a friend, then eventually becoming a mental slave to Sathar orders and commands. Only the Myconids have shown an immunity to the effects, while pure strain humans had a stronger immunity than the Flind, Wolfmen, and Yuan-Ti. No Sathar has ever been taken alive; no crippled Sathar ship has ever failed to self-destruct. They seem to hate all non-Sathar life and it is likely that even the Yuan-Ti will be disposed of once their usefulness comes to an end.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Out of the ten leaders I had mentioned, their status was as follows at the time of my deactivation:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Melissa Athens, alive. Was the one to deactivate us until a proper robotics programmer could be found to reverse biological weapon used against us.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Trevor Sander, deceased. Killed by multiple lacerations and bone fractures from three pleasure droids after modifying them per PM-1's request. This led to PM-1 and the three droids fleeing to Enemy territory.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Major Marshall Potter, deceased. Died from wounds taken from Enemy fragmentation grenade. Was protecting nursery on ship level 4. Mission partially successful.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Doctor Sarah Grammerest, deceased. Died from vacuum suit rupture while attempting to lead boarding party intent on lasering into Enemy ship hull. Mission failed.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Doctor Jacques d'Arc, deceased. Died instantly from high caliber round in that entered from the back of the head. Killer was his wife, Yuki Shotenboc.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Doctor Yuki Shotenboc, alive. Had to be sedated after Enemy mind control caused her to kill spouse. It was believed that the mind control could be reversed as she would lapse into a realization of her actions and had to be restrained to prevent suicide.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Captain Marcus Leazan, deceased. Died from blood loss after receiving multiple wounds from beam weapons during mission to retake G.A.I.A. Mission failed.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Anya Loki, alive. Was working to rescue Flind elders from their younger gnoll generation. The younger gnolls were turned by Enemy brain washing and had become a threat to their elders. Mission partially successful.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Captain Nara Singhe, deceased. Died instantly from shrapnel in the brain from Enemy rocket propelled grenade during attempt to retake G.A.I.A. Mission failed.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>- Commander Kodar Kisharm, alive. Was working a plan to use remaining personnel and resources to fight a battle of attrition against the Enemy. Final stand would take place by reactor pool. Mission status unknown.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deuce Traveler, post: 6046471, member: 34958"] [b]Oh, I seemed to have upset some of you. Shall we discuss literature instead? I have a large database that includes renowned poetry. Mr. Kisharm's favorite stanza was the following: Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. No? Well, I best get back to answering your questions then. I am not sure who you are, but you seem to be later prototype versions of our species experiments. It is likely that you were designed as further experiments into isolating the genes needed for human survival against the Enemy, though I could be in error and GAIA would know more as she can detect DNA in living beings in order to identify them. Once the perfect gene series was isolated, there was much debate to what would have been done with the experiments. One side discussed seeding the different species onto their own worlds to develop on their own, so the Wolfmen would have had their own world, the Myconid a different one, and so on. Another idea would have been to sterilize the species in case there were only limited planets found that could sustain life, so that the experiments would not compete with human life. The debate was never concluded, however, for as you mentioned, something went wrong. The colonial leadership were in hibernation too long, much longer than originally planned. There were more than 10 of them, but the 10 I mention were the highest ranking of the survivors after the initial attack. During the generations that followed, civilizations continued to lose their technological edge, eventually forgetting much of their scientific knowledge and reverting into an agricultural society. Happily, the humans and the experimental species continued to exist in harmony up until the Enemy incursions onto their land. The Enemy is a generic and unifying term chosen by the Colonial fleet, but of course each culture had their own name. Bogey by the Venusians, Chupacabra by those of Alpah Centauri. Our own Lunarians preferred the term Sathar, for the sound their weapons over viewed news footage. They have the ability to influence minds. Short term exposure causes reduced combat ability in opponents, followed by the cessation of hostilities. Further exposure results in the victims seeing the Sathar as a friend, then eventually becoming a mental slave to Sathar orders and commands. Only the Myconids have shown an immunity to the effects, while pure strain humans had a stronger immunity than the Flind, Wolfmen, and Yuan-Ti. No Sathar has ever been taken alive; no crippled Sathar ship has ever failed to self-destruct. They seem to hate all non-Sathar life and it is likely that even the Yuan-Ti will be disposed of once their usefulness comes to an end. Out of the ten leaders I had mentioned, their status was as follows at the time of my deactivation: - Melissa Athens, alive. Was the one to deactivate us until a proper robotics programmer could be found to reverse biological weapon used against us. - Trevor Sander, deceased. Killed by multiple lacerations and bone fractures from three pleasure droids after modifying them per PM-1's request. This led to PM-1 and the three droids fleeing to Enemy territory. - Major Marshall Potter, deceased. Died from wounds taken from Enemy fragmentation grenade. Was protecting nursery on ship level 4. Mission partially successful. - Doctor Sarah Grammerest, deceased. Died from vacuum suit rupture while attempting to lead boarding party intent on lasering into Enemy ship hull. Mission failed. - Doctor Jacques d'Arc, deceased. Died instantly from high caliber round in that entered from the back of the head. Killer was his wife, Yuki Shotenboc. - Doctor Yuki Shotenboc, alive. Had to be sedated after Enemy mind control caused her to kill spouse. It was believed that the mind control could be reversed as she would lapse into a realization of her actions and had to be restrained to prevent suicide. - Captain Marcus Leazan, deceased. Died from blood loss after receiving multiple wounds from beam weapons during mission to retake G.A.I.A. Mission failed. - Anya Loki, alive. Was working to rescue Flind elders from their younger gnoll generation. The younger gnolls were turned by Enemy brain washing and had become a threat to their elders. Mission partially successful. - Captain Nara Singhe, deceased. Died instantly from shrapnel in the brain from Enemy rocket propelled grenade during attempt to retake G.A.I.A. Mission failed. - Commander Kodar Kisharm, alive. Was working a plan to use remaining personnel and resources to fight a battle of attrition against the Enemy. Final stand would take place by reactor pool. Mission status unknown. [/b] [/QUOTE]
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