Who would have thought that something so small could change the world? On September 6th 2030 nasa's newest satellite Archon picked up a small object entering

our solar system at astronomical speeds. The worlds scientific community was shocked, because this object appeared to be making minute changes in its trajectory. Now

this might not seem particular amazing, but out of the tremendous amount of objects we have observed in space we have never seen one that changes how it moves

without some outside interference. Even more amazing this tiny object seemed to be coming towards earth. Scientist speculated, that this may be a interstellar probe,

and announced that humanity might be on the cusp of answering the age old question of whether we are alone in the universe. A few words and some data... and our place in

the universe was turned upside down. No longer could we think we were special, our vain ideas of being the smartest beings in existence, because if this was some extra

terrestrial device then the science needed to power it and make it survive deep space while continuing to function dwarfed what humanity currently understood. Some

people where ecstatic , the possibilities of a space faring species fascinated them and brought hope for the future. While some people were more pragmatic they wondered

if an advanced civilization would indeed come with peaceful intentions. After the object entered near earth orbit there was nothing humanity could do but wait. The

various space agencies collaborated to once again leave our world behind to go inspect this anomaly. A tremendous space station was built in orbit between the earth

and the moon, It was to be the dawn of a new space age. for years humanity was almost united in the goals of studying this small device that had arrived from the void.

Scientist were able to make astounding discoveries while studying it. Concepts we had struggled with that made space travel both expensive and extremely dangerous

were beginning to be solved.

September 15th 2082

Half a century after our discovery of what is now known as the Wayfarer, humanities understanding of science and space travel has reached new heights. The astral

Bridge; originally a space station was converted to a supermassive colony ship. The gateway to the stars was beginning to be opened for humanity. The best

and brightest were all invited to live and work on the "bridge". After the discovery of the wayfarer many of the worlds prominent governments merged; due to the burst

of technology coming from the space station many things that had caused strife were solved. The power source and engines of the Wayfarer completely made fossil

fuels irrelevant. Of coarse many prominent people in that industry tried to block research into these new power sources; however they were systematically crushed by

the new world government. The collective will of humanity was focused on the future most were elated to be born in this era of technological advancement, great

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strides were made in almost every scientific field; Nano-machines, Advanced Artificial Intelligence, and many other things had been developed on the Astral Bridge; it

was truly a new golden age.

While the Wayfarer had been mostly inert for the 52 years that we had been studying it. On the 15th a string of events took place the would shift our collective

species fate. The first Pulse was thought to be background noise that our devices occasionally pick up while scanning the cosmos. Two hours after the first pulse a

massive spike of energy was detected at the edge of our solar system, The bridges AI immediately took actions to place all 150,000 humans aboard into suspended

animation; or the closest humanity had been able to come to it known as hyper sleep. these actions had been developed in the early days of the new world government

incase whoever had sent the wayfarer decided to pay earth a visit. As the Ai initiated the then experimental stellar drive, a device that bends space too create a bridge

between two points. The astral bridge was placed at a distance the Ai deemed safe in our own solar system, what the Ai recorded next was a tremendous fleet

of unknown spacecraft begin to assault the earth. It took the Aggressors 20 hours to systematically destroy everything humanity had accomplished over the few millennia

of our recorded history. Initiating preservation protocols the AI set a random point and initiated stellar jump. Over the next 100 earth years the Ai continued to jump

while trying to find a habitat for its valuable human cargo. Finally finding enough raw resources in a asteroid field in a binary star solar system at the edge of our

known galaxy the AI initiated phase 2 of the preservation protocols. Advanced gene therapy was used to transform the then pure human race. We were made stronger and

more durable to better be able to withstand our new hostile environ. Nano-machines were injected into our bodies to regulate the new growth. What happened next

whether accident or chance was one of the most important events to ever occur. The rapid change in cellular structure and the introduction of microscopic nanites

combined and fused in this new incarnation of humanity. The radical changes caused the new humans lives spans to be extended exponentially. They could still be killed but

the passing of time no longer held fear it once did. Along with these astonishing changes the AI realized that most of it precious cargo had lost or had most of their memories repressed. The AI later to be called Gaia mad its first true independent decision.

For the next 5 years the Gaia began constructing a virtual interface that it could connect its human cargo too. What was created was a complex virtual reality that let

the passengers live out there lives while in hyper sleep. They needed training and time to be taught the past and this reality is were our story truly begins.....