Exanis
He Who Sees E's
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Break the Chains
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Sci-Fi | Fantasy | |||||||
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╞ The Story ╡ | |||||||
"Let's cut the the chase, we messed up.
Nearly a thousand years ago we finally met extraterrestrial life, and soon after, created our first multi-race alliance. Around that time we began to develop rules of engagement, hoping that we could peacefully gather more allies across the systems. But that's just not how humans are. By the second or third time we met a new race, we were already growing numb to the excitement. We humans, were simply a ticking time bomb.
Those that were not our allies, we treated like animals. We took from their numbers, and conducted experiments that could be considered inhumane. Sure, we tried to deny it, blame it on freelance pirates or something. But in truth, we wanted to learn. We needed an edge if things went south, and for that, we took a gamble. Eventually, we humans turned the races against one another. It was the only way really, we lacked the firepower to combat them ourselves. It's their fault for trusting something as light as words. Because you see, we humans are sinful creatures, and a lie is the least of our concern. I do not believe what came next was a product of rage, but rather necessity.
In the end, the other races discovered the truth. Those we once called allies, chose to reset that which is 'humanity'. We didn't stand a chance. Within one year, the other races crushed us. And for the next seven hundred, they caged us. On our own bloody planet nonetheless. Needless to say, our technology has long since been lost. Now we live in an age comparable to the Medieval ages. Stuck with wielding cold steel, never allowed to advance. They are always watching from their outposts, waiting to destroy whoever tries to advance beyond that. We really are animals here, ones that can bare their teeth at any moment.
Little more than wolves on a chain."
Nearly a thousand years ago we finally met extraterrestrial life, and soon after, created our first multi-race alliance. Around that time we began to develop rules of engagement, hoping that we could peacefully gather more allies across the systems. But that's just not how humans are. By the second or third time we met a new race, we were already growing numb to the excitement. We humans, were simply a ticking time bomb.
Those that were not our allies, we treated like animals. We took from their numbers, and conducted experiments that could be considered inhumane. Sure, we tried to deny it, blame it on freelance pirates or something. But in truth, we wanted to learn. We needed an edge if things went south, and for that, we took a gamble. Eventually, we humans turned the races against one another. It was the only way really, we lacked the firepower to combat them ourselves. It's their fault for trusting something as light as words. Because you see, we humans are sinful creatures, and a lie is the least of our concern. I do not believe what came next was a product of rage, but rather necessity.
In the end, the other races discovered the truth. Those we once called allies, chose to reset that which is 'humanity'. We didn't stand a chance. Within one year, the other races crushed us. And for the next seven hundred, they caged us. On our own bloody planet nonetheless. Needless to say, our technology has long since been lost. Now we live in an age comparable to the Medieval ages. Stuck with wielding cold steel, never allowed to advance. They are always watching from their outposts, waiting to destroy whoever tries to advance beyond that. We really are animals here, ones that can bare their teeth at any moment.
Little more than wolves on a chain."
╞ Onwards ╡
In the end, we are still humans. Even after seven hundred years we are still paying the price for betraying our allies. We are treated like wild animals, creatures that are both to be feared and caged. From there, it's probably understandable that they keep us from advantages like technology. But that's the thing that the Extra's don't quite seem to understand. We humans always reach out for power, though our motives are always different. When a higher race rubs the unknown into our face, we get kind of curious on what's out there. And when we get curious for too long? That's when we get restless, and desperate.
For the longest time we have been surviving in an age similar to the Medieval era. But now, things are starting to make a turn. You see, within the past forty years humans have began to find what's known as relics. Rather, remnants from the old world. With their power, and our evolved sense of survival, a human can actually stand on par with the Extra's soldiers. But this also means that the Extras are making a bit of movement as well. They are starting to develop search parties, finally leaving their blasted outposts. They want to collect the relics so they can be destroyed, but we just can't have that, can we?
It's finally time for us humans to break these chains that have been placed upon us. By using the relics, we might actually be capable of establishing ourselves as a race amongst the others. Whether it be by balancing the power, or controlling it. We humans a fickle creatures after all. When these chains are undone, will we be welcomed, or feared?
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