094 | [Video]

[with_discipline]

Science has been my area of interest since childhood, but I do find the history of other cultures to be of great educational value. With that in mind, I would prefer any such future lessons to be less interactive. [Yes. This is said extremely dryly. No, she doesn't expect to get her wish. OPEN LETTER TO THE ADMIRAL, the undercurrent of which is, he's a dick.]

[Private to Trip]

You compared us once to Romeo and Juliet. Do you still feel that way? [She is vaguely amused about this whole thing. Vaguely.]

[Private to Snape]

It's been a good deal more than an hour. Are you still upset you suffered a coma over this breach?

[Private to Slade]

What happened to you during the breach?

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[with_discipline]

I'm beginning to believe the Admiral has a bias toward Homo Sapiens. [They are the Do Not Discuss It Club.]

[truth_is_cold]

Even subspecies of homo sapiens would be preferable. In my time, there are several. I'm homo sapiens invictus. But there are the water-breathers, the heavy-gravity worlders, the Inari. [Science is better.]

[with_discipline]

[SO MUCH BETTER why have they not talked about this before.] And what are the traits of homo sapiens invictus?

[truth_is_cold]

We're physically similar to the main branch of humanity, but we don't carry any genetic diseases. We're immune to most poisons, generally hardier against harsh environments, and- [He lifts up his arm to flare out his boneblades]. We greet each other by showing these.

[He puts his arm down.] We're also more confrontational than regular humans if we don't keep ourselves in check. A good many of us growl when we anger.

[with_discipline]

[Scientific urge. Must study. :c] I see. Are those made of bone? [She's definitely cocking her head to the side, all kinds of curious. He kind of reminds her of some mutated Vulcans she had to put down with the V'Shar, once. But less...in need of killing. :|]

It seems you're in the habit of keeping yourself in check.

[truth_is_cold]

[He likes surviving, yes.] They are. They're sharp and strong enough that they can penetrate other bone with them, too. Though they're mostly for display. They will also grow back after they've been broken off.

I am. Though- [He growls a little so she can hear it. It's not really a normal human growl.] -is what it sounds like.

[with_discipline]

[She is taking mental notes.] Fascinating. How did your subspecies evolve?

[truth_is_cold]

A scientist named Paul Museveni decided to create a race of humans with genetically optimal traits. He and 3,000 of his followers terraformed a world off of known slipstream paths. There, they all contributed to the original members of my race. We were separated from the other branches of humanity for over a century.

[Pretty much, if Arik Soong had succeeded in finding that world for his augments.]

[with_discipline]

[...It is both terrifying and awesome. D:] You are Augments. [Paaaause.] And after that century?

[truth_is_cold]

Augments? [Pondering.] We joined the Commonwealth after a while. We pioneered worlds and colonies off the Slipstream routes. We coexisted peacefully with all of our other subspecies cousins until the Magog began to attack.

[with_discipline]

In Earth's history - in my universe - there was an attempt to create a group similar to your species; they were simply called Augments. [She's got at least three or four questions, but for now she's paring them down to the important bits:] The Magog?

[truth_is_cold]

An attempt? It was unsuccessful, then? The Magog are an invasive species that live of sentient beings and use them as hosts to breed their young.

[This delivered clinically, and hiding how much HATE he has for these things. HATE.]

[with_discipline]

It spawned the Eugenics Wars on Earth, but ultimately it was halted.

[Hey he's controlling it, so that's cool.] And after they attacked?

[truth_is_cold]

The worlds they initially attacked were Nietzschean founded worlds. Despite promises of driving them away, the Commonwealth agreed to hand over the planets as breeding planets as part of the Treaty of Antares.

We revolted. I died during the revolt.

[with_discipline]

Why did you revolt?

[truth_is_cold]

Because they weren't just handing over our planets to the Magog, they were handing over lives. To us, they were saying that we were expendable. [Someone had some Magog oriented PTSD.]

[with_discipline]

Wasn't peace preferable to warring with them?

[truth_is_cold]

Peace wasn't preferable to being used as food stock, or having innocent lives treated as bargaining chips.

The Magog wouldn't have stopped at those worlds. They couldn't. They can only eat when they kill. The negotiation was only to placate the Triumvirs of the Commonwealth.

[with_discipline]

I see. And were you the only ones to revolt?

[truth_is_cold]

Yes. It was mostly our worlds that were bargained with.

[Ponders] There had been rumors before that, that the Nietzscheans wanted to form their own unified force because the Commonwealth hadn't actually fought in a war for a millenia. We were the ones with the most combat experience. I disagreed for a long while, thinking that we were better working with Commonwealth resources.

It wasn't until the Treaty was signed that I changed my mind.

[with_discipline]

Didn't anyone speak out against the Treaty?

[truth_is_cold]

We did. They proceeded anyway.

The Nietzschean forces were decimated at some point. Tyr informed me, but I don't know much about it. [Disappointed.]

[with_discipline]

By the Magog, or the Commonwealth? [A beat] Who was the Commonwealth comprised of?

[truth_is_cold]

Over a million worlds and territories. It wasn't the Commonwealth or the Magog. Something else that destroyed two thirds of their fleet in the Witchhead Nebula before the Commonwealth arrived. Something called the Angel of Death.

[with_discipline]

[Paaaaaause. What. She doesn't think even the Federation gets to be that size, though she isn't positive.] And you have no further information?