05-03-2011, 06:52 PM
Motivated by ixnay, I will try to spin a story here. Please be forgiving, English is not my native tongue...
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Long time ago, somewhere in this galaxy, a child was born.
It slowly managed to use its senses and became aware of its surroundings. Constantly growing, it expanded on land and dove into oceans, dissipated itself in earth and spread in the air, finally reaching the edge of atmosphere and touched the void. That was the barrier that stopped the growth, at least for a while. Looking at the sun with curiosity, but feeling trapped, the child started to experiment with itself, adjusting, changing and modifying its bodies. Finally, it understood how to achieve propulsion; eager to try that new skill it spread throughout its home system.
Time passed and the child slowly learned. It has no one to interact with, to learn from, thus was never able to pass another obstacle - speed of light. Using sub-light speeds it launched parts of itself into the vast interstellar space and was able to barely reach the neighboring stars, but the effort felt empty. These star systems were devoid of intelligent life; boredom grow and desperation started to surface.
This all changed at the beginning of TURN 10, when Tilkatian scout ship appeared out of nowhere in the home system.
Surprise was complete. Boredom has vanished, replaced by curiosity and excitement! It rose to the challenge, swiftly rushing to meet the visitor. Absorbing full-spectrum emissions of the tiny scout vessel, it tried to make sense out of it. After penetrating the Tilkatian shields, surface of actual ship was also a subject to poking and prodding. Finally, with mutual effort, contact was achieved. The child had met friends, learned to communicate and received a name! Tilkatans called it "The Mold" and it liked that.
... to be continued ...
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Long time ago, somewhere in this galaxy, a child was born.
It slowly managed to use its senses and became aware of its surroundings. Constantly growing, it expanded on land and dove into oceans, dissipated itself in earth and spread in the air, finally reaching the edge of atmosphere and touched the void. That was the barrier that stopped the growth, at least for a while. Looking at the sun with curiosity, but feeling trapped, the child started to experiment with itself, adjusting, changing and modifying its bodies. Finally, it understood how to achieve propulsion; eager to try that new skill it spread throughout its home system.
Time passed and the child slowly learned. It has no one to interact with, to learn from, thus was never able to pass another obstacle - speed of light. Using sub-light speeds it launched parts of itself into the vast interstellar space and was able to barely reach the neighboring stars, but the effort felt empty. These star systems were devoid of intelligent life; boredom grow and desperation started to surface.
This all changed at the beginning of TURN 10, when Tilkatian scout ship appeared out of nowhere in the home system.
Surprise was complete. Boredom has vanished, replaced by curiosity and excitement! It rose to the challenge, swiftly rushing to meet the visitor. Absorbing full-spectrum emissions of the tiny scout vessel, it tried to make sense out of it. After penetrating the Tilkatian shields, surface of actual ship was also a subject to poking and prodding. Finally, with mutual effort, contact was achieved. The child had met friends, learned to communicate and received a name! Tilkatans called it "The Mold" and it liked that.
... to be continued ...