Meaning, I might expand on this in a year or so. But, for all you sci-fi geeks, some writing:
We had conquered everything. Our population spread across the universes- even with an infinite lifespan, one could never see all the planets we inhabited. We were all-powerful, and nothing God could put against us could prevent our advance.
And God did not have to stop us; we stopped ourselves. Our own petty debates and differences over species and chemical structure stopped us. The War stopped us. We tore holes in space itself; we killed our own in numbers beyond comprehension.
In the confusion, many of us reverted back to barbaric ways- isolated themselves in corners, in spaces as small as mere planets. Eventually, these planets forgot of the rest of the universe, but for legends and ruins. They rediscovered the old ways, the ancient practices we had used before we ruled the universes.
And then one of them rediscovered science. Forty thousand years after the War, a small planet covered in dihydrogen monoxide sent two of its inhabitants to its single, grey moon.
And then they sent some to another nearby planet. And another.
And eventually, Earth rediscovered us.
Is 40k years a good measure of time?
We had conquered everything. Our population spread across the universes- even with an infinite lifespan, one could never see all the planets we inhabited. We were all-powerful, and nothing God could put against us could prevent our advance.
And God did not have to stop us; we stopped ourselves. Our own petty debates and differences over species and chemical structure stopped us. The War stopped us. We tore holes in space itself; we killed our own in numbers beyond comprehension.
In the confusion, many of us reverted back to barbaric ways- isolated themselves in corners, in spaces as small as mere planets. Eventually, these planets forgot of the rest of the universe, but for legends and ruins. They rediscovered the old ways, the ancient practices we had used before we ruled the universes.
And then one of them rediscovered science. Forty thousand years after the War, a small planet covered in dihydrogen monoxide sent two of its inhabitants to its single, grey moon.
And then they sent some to another nearby planet. And another.
And eventually, Earth rediscovered us.
Is 40k years a good measure of time?
