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Ironically, after over 800 years, man had forgotten his origins. They had lost their cultures, which they had tried desperately to hold onto and corruption had followed them. Scientists had made startling discoveries on an ancient civilization known as the Dom Kavash. They had also survived the attempts of a parasitic organism known only as "The Nomads", to infiltrate and destroy the colonies. It would be learned later that these "Nomads" were merely the gate keepers to a vast intergalactic empire controlled by the Dom Kavash. The Nomads were, in fact, interstealler police or guards. The Dom Kavash had left clues that linked their culture and technologies to space travel. It seems that this race were themselves the great scientists, conducting experiments on a galactic level. One of the portals discovered within the far reaches of Sirius led to a place that I had tried to forget. It led to Olduvai. The portal had been disabled, but its mapping system was still active. The ramifications of such a discovery eluded the scientists of the great houses and I was not about to educate them. It was then that I realized my purpose.
The Ark was not an escape route of the survivors of an experiment gone wrong. The Ark WAS the experiment. Mankind was the experiement. Those who survived were not meant to continue, let alone populate the Universe. The genetic mutations of C-24 had diluted and the species, which became known as homo sapien, dropped the 24th chromosome over time. This explained the apparent lack of origin of the species which had been explained away through mysticism and folk traditionalism. There were too many rapid developments, too many "inspirations", too many giant leaps for mankind and the universe is just not that forgiving. Fate, Luck... these words are meaningless in the Void. One can only hope to understand their place in the cosmos and to travel the path only they can percieve. I have finally arrived at mine. I am charged with restoring the balance that once was. I will bring about the only logical solution to the equation. I will succeed where the Nomads have failed: The total, systematic destruction of the genetic infection, commonly known as man. I am no longer John Grimm. I am RE/\PER... and I am among you. |
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