Post by Dominion of Zabéara on Feb 3, 2014 21:18:27 GMT
Nothing was more important than maintaining the iterative construction of the Great Edifice, the spiritual succession wrought from the overcoming of the increasing contradictions ushered forth by modernity upon Xin’hala society.
As such, before entering Stasis, the Abstracted Icon, in deliberation with the Nest Councils, had banned inter-stellar space travel on pain of death. Contact with another independent race could be destabilizing to Xin’hala civilization. The words of the Abstracted Icon: “None shall shake the foundations of the Edifice, none shall disturb the peace.
As it had been for the last 6 centuries, it came down to technology. As scientific advancement made space travel increasingly cheap and convenient, the pressure to resolve social contraditions via space became greater and greater.
The Nest Councils did what they could. When warp points were discovered, their existence was kept secret, with non-essential Xin’hala who discovered their existence simply disappearing. They were rumored to be kept in a secret facility in a deep cave on the southern continent, but few could say for sure and even less were willing to speak of it at all.
Still, the relentless pressure to act pushed on. When the great scientist Lag’Nuz of the third line repeatedly advocated for using the warp points to explore the galaxy and even settle other worlds, he was at length put to death for his intransigence.
Lag-Nuz’s successor, also a Nuz of the third line by the name of Narz, also advocated for similar goals, but in much more cautious ways. He whispered to the councilmembers, spoke to their fears, their wishes.
“Imagine the instability to the Edifice if instead of finding unities of other-shapes amongst the outer-suns, we find them orbiting our own world. Which is the more unstable outcome, and what are the odds of it passing should our current policy remain in place indefinitely?”
“To fail to resolve the next iteration of contradictions will be our doom.”
“There is a cancer growing inside of us, the cancer of technology. We cannot remove it any longer without killing the patient, the Edifice, yet we must at some point feed it, or it shall consume us all.”
Such statements led Narz-Nuz to trial, but instead of his immediate execution, the Icon tribunal of the Nest Councils agreed to fund a secret expedition beyond the warp points. Should the expedition find nothing, Narz-Nuz would be sent to join his predecessor for disturbing the peace. Should it find unities of other sentients, other plans would take shape…
As such, before entering Stasis, the Abstracted Icon, in deliberation with the Nest Councils, had banned inter-stellar space travel on pain of death. Contact with another independent race could be destabilizing to Xin’hala civilization. The words of the Abstracted Icon: “None shall shake the foundations of the Edifice, none shall disturb the peace.
As it had been for the last 6 centuries, it came down to technology. As scientific advancement made space travel increasingly cheap and convenient, the pressure to resolve social contraditions via space became greater and greater.
The Nest Councils did what they could. When warp points were discovered, their existence was kept secret, with non-essential Xin’hala who discovered their existence simply disappearing. They were rumored to be kept in a secret facility in a deep cave on the southern continent, but few could say for sure and even less were willing to speak of it at all.
Still, the relentless pressure to act pushed on. When the great scientist Lag’Nuz of the third line repeatedly advocated for using the warp points to explore the galaxy and even settle other worlds, he was at length put to death for his intransigence.
Lag-Nuz’s successor, also a Nuz of the third line by the name of Narz, also advocated for similar goals, but in much more cautious ways. He whispered to the councilmembers, spoke to their fears, their wishes.
“Imagine the instability to the Edifice if instead of finding unities of other-shapes amongst the outer-suns, we find them orbiting our own world. Which is the more unstable outcome, and what are the odds of it passing should our current policy remain in place indefinitely?”
“To fail to resolve the next iteration of contradictions will be our doom.”
“There is a cancer growing inside of us, the cancer of technology. We cannot remove it any longer without killing the patient, the Edifice, yet we must at some point feed it, or it shall consume us all.”
Such statements led Narz-Nuz to trial, but instead of his immediate execution, the Icon tribunal of the Nest Councils agreed to fund a secret expedition beyond the warp points. Should the expedition find nothing, Narz-Nuz would be sent to join his predecessor for disturbing the peace. Should it find unities of other sentients, other plans would take shape…