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It was supposed to be easy, distract every Italian from the collapsing state apparatus by scoring a victory over a country with no military. An easy win for the Abbadelli family. But San Marino has been around for a long time, long enough that the place still has magic lurking, ancient secrets guarding it's walls. Things that were not meant to be disturbed had been long ago, and were bound by the tiny republic's forefathers. They had not stirred before, not even during Fascism's first time in Italy. But they awoke now, called forth by the cries of the Republic.

As the four survivors Lapidibus sent followed the four winds away from San Marino the dawn of a new age began.
It took a full day?
 
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Most people don't really understand the Interstellar Gulf, the darkness between the stars. They think its empty, a vast wasteland of nothingness, only crossed from the safety of jumpspace. But those few who venture beyond the Oort clouds, miners, explorers, scientists and artists, those who have delved deep into the interstellar medium know it is far from empty....
Its some five hundred kilometers across, much greater than anything we know. and yet
….ok to be fair its is still pretty empty, mostly a few scattered rouge planets and weak radio waves bouncing off stellar heliospheres; No dark ancient terrors or monsters waiting in the dark.....

Not yet anyway.

When the first great expansion of the Community got under way, it also spurred an new interest in searching for other human or alien civilisations within the region. The Interstellar Gulf was seen as the perfect place to set up vast radio telescopes to search for the distant signs of life. Such stations, set in orbit around sunless rogue worlds, would be some of the most remote places ever occupied by human beings. In the case of one station, Taringa Roa V, it would be the lonelest : Taringa Roa only had room for one operator. It was a frightening concept.

Fortunately, their was a volunteer.

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Markus Mund të Shihni (or “Big Mark” as he was know to his mates) was never one know to shy away from human contact, but after a particularly nasty divorce with his Monowife, Mark decided he could do with some time away from humanity.
Unlike the others, it still appears active; transmitting...
A well regarded applied polymath, trained at the famous Grand Capricorn School of Thought, Markus was not the first choice of the scientific committee (they would have preferred an expert in Radio Astrology), but were swayed by the multi disciplinary possibilities Markus brought, as well as the fact he was one of the few people willing to live in such isolation. Markus was delivered to the station late in 10157 EE, his only connection with the outside universe a monthly supply run that would take back the data he collected.

When the first ship returned, the scientists back home were eager to go over Taringa Roa's data. What they got was a bit more than they expected: In addition to the collected radio signal data, their were several thousand gigabytes of additional data, most of it in the form of videos, recordings and documents, produced by Markus. They covered many topics, from a psychological self analysis of how he was reacted to the extreme loneliness, to observations about the rogue planet Littleorphan with the station orbited, to gardening tips, music tutorials and general philosophical musings on the universe. As well, inside the return capsule was a painting of an exquisite star-scape, titled “Light Beyond the Stars”; Markus had painted it, using only the basic materials available to him. Included was a supply request for new equipment and resources, so that he might conduct other, more in depth experiments and works. The science committee, impressed with the unexpected output, gladly obliged.

For the next year, Markus produced massive amounts of new content, conducting two dozen different experiments a, as well as carefully documenting his psychiatry state; this data was a boon for those studying long term isolation on distant exploration flights, while his other various experiments, including attempting to grow plants in the interstellar twilight and devloping new exercise techniques for low gravity environments, were treated with great interest. As well, Markus produced five more paintings, of starscapes, of Littleorphan, and even a portrait of then chair of the science committee, Xo Riverta, titled “The Coming Mind”. When the end of his one year stay on the station approached, Markus applied to stay for another year, stating he had “enjoyed listening to the cosmos” so much he wanted to continue. After a breif review by the committee psychologists (helped immensely by Markus own reports on his psyche,) he was cleared to continue for another year.

Markus second year on station started out much like his first: he commemorated it with a new painting, of some unknown star system titled “Somewhere, Anywhere”. However, it was soon apparent their was a change in his output. More and more, the data he was sending back was concerned less with his random experiments and more with his musings on life, the universe, and the origin of humans beyond the Black Star. While mostly useless to the science community, they proved popular with the more philosophically minded general population, and became popular recordings on the nets. All this time, the number of paintings he created rose; on several occasions, the supply ship returned with two or even three paintings. Many of them were more esoteric than his originals, and their was some concern it may reflect a drastic change in his psyche.
It is still aware. It is aware of us. Of others....
In mid 10159 EE, the supply ship returned from Trainga Roa V. Empty; the only data it carried was that from the radio telescope proper, automatically transferred. No extra reports from Markus; no new experiments. No musings. Nothing. After some 15 months of almost verbose reports, it sent a wave of concern through the Committee; a manned vessel was dispatched to the station, to ensure nothing was wrong.

When the rescue ship arrived two weeks latter, they found Taringa Roa, undamaged, fully operational. And empty: Markus was gone.

The disappearance of Markus Mund të Shihni has been somewhat “romanticised” by some 800 years of poorly recorded information and hearsay, so here the facts will be set straight:” no, the rescue team did not find food set on the table, as if Marcus had just been their; No, they did not find the capsule covered in blood; No, their was no evidence another person had been with him; No, their was no evidence another ship had been their. What they found was the capsule, powered down; One of the maintenance work pods missing. And the Nomad God.

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The Nomad God was Markus last (known) painting, and indeed, his most famous. At first, it was thought the painting depicted a black hole, perhaps the Black Star itself; closer inspection, however, revealed something within the black sphere, painstakingly detailed. At first, it was thought to be some kind of planet; analysis using x-rays revealed it was in fact some kind of spacecraft. The words Te Atua Arapi (The Nomad God in Markus native Kwi) had been scrawled down the bottom.
I estimate it was here long before human feet touched the dust of Capricorn....
Markus disappearance sent a shockwave through the project. Immediately, all the data Markus had sent was poured over, looking for some clue to what had happened. A breakthrough occurred when computer specialists managed to crack into Markus personal set and found an incomplete report. Its content was unspectacular: just a report on the growth of a fern. What was attached to the file, however, changed everything: it was an incompletely encrypted file, that read, simply “I have made contact with the Nomad God”.

Immediately, all of Markus files were reinspected for other such encrypted files: one was found attached to every single one. Unencrypted, they took the form of reports Markus was sending about his “special project”: Markus was, apparently, utilising the radio telescope to search for what he called “superobjects” traversing the Interstellar Gulf; He apparently managed to identify five of them. One in particular he was transfixed on, as it was “still transmitting”; he christened it The Nomad God.

According to Markus, the Nomad God was a “Creation Engine”, a vast spacecraft capable of seemingly impossible feats. Markus believed this spacecraft was of human construction, that it had come from the Oldhome, that it had been drifting the stars long before humans arrived beyond the Black Star, and that it was still active, “aware”, and looking to complete its “mission”, whatever that was. These “reports” were treated with scepticism by the scientific community: nothing in any of the data sent back by Markus showed any evidence of these “superobjects”; experiments using the Trainga Roa V itself found nothing (although some signals found would eventually lead to first contact with the American sector). Markus “rants” were dismissed as the ravings of a lunatic, of someone driven mad by his isolation.
For the signal strength it gives off, i estimate its power at something approaching that of a red dwarf...
But, naturally, that wouldn't be the end of the myth of the Nomad God, not by a long shot. Markus mysterious disappearance, coupled with the suggestions of ancient spacecraft, and shadowy conspiracies, was perfect fodder for the theorist crowd. Sightings of Markus would continue for some two hundred years; others would claim they had discovered secret messages from him hidden in everyday new. Others concentrated on who Markus had actually worked for: theories put forward include a secret society at the School of Thought (the Capricorn Illuminated), a shadowy government agency or some long term conspiracy that had secretly been controlling the Home stars for generations.

Others focused on the Nomad God itself: 800 years latter, belief in the Nomad God has been codified as its own religion, with some ten million adherents. Many phenomena and mysteries have been attributed to The Nomad God over the centuries: The mysterious Seed worlds and Template worlds; The “Mass Shadow” observed by the CAS Unicorn in 10389; the disappearance of of ships in the Appleseed Gulf . Some believe it was the source of the Oldman Transmission; others belive it is in fact the Black Star itself.
I have made contact with the Nomad God
As for the painting itself, it was moved from one gallery to another, till it was finally collected by the Immortal Jal Hyderbad, (who at the time was Imperial Minister of Art), and placed in Hyderbads personal gallery, the Gallery of Esoteric Art, in Burke and Wills. It, along with many other priceless works, were destroyed when the last Archetype of the empire, Kalen II, destroyed Burke and Wills during the Silent Coup. And while rumours abound it had be secreted form the city before its destruction, for all intrests and purposes it, like its creator, are gone, taking with them any secrets they might still have had.
 
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It was supposed to be easy, distract every Italian from the collapsing state apparatus by scoring a victory over a country with no military. An easy win for the Abbadelli family. But San Marino has been around for a long time, long enough that the place still has magic lurking, ancient secrets guarding it's walls. Things that were not meant to be disturbed had been long ago, and were bound by the tiny republic's forefathers. They had not stirred before, not even during Fascism's first time in Italy. But they awoke now, called forth by the cries of the Republic.

As the four survivors Lapidibus sent followed the four winds away from San Marino the dawn of a new age began.
Almost reminds me of a TL I almost made where the Vatican City goes Fascist, buys nukes, and invades Italy. Maybe I should work on that.
 
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Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov was a Turkmen politician who served as the leader of Turkmenistan from 1985 until his retirement in 2006. He was First Secretary of the Turkmen Communist Party from 1985 until 1991 and continued to lead Turkmenistan for 15 years after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Turkmen media referred to him using the title "His Excellency Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy, President of Turkmenistan and Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers".[citation needed] His self-given title Türkmenbaşy, meaning Head of the Turkmen, referred to his position as the founder and president of the Association of Turkmens of the World.[2]

Foreign media criticized him for being one of the world's most totalitarian and repressive dictators, highlighting his reputation of imposing his personal eccentricities upon the country, which extended to renaming months for details of his own biography among other things.[3] Global Witness, a London-based human rights organization, reported that money under Niyazov's control and held overseas may be in excess of US$3 billion, of which between $1.8–$2.6 billion was supposedly situated in the Foreign Exchange Reserve Fund at Deutsche Bank in Germany.[4]

This money was mainly used for constructing Yerenistan and Cryptiana, a massive, concealed artificial archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to which he retired upon faking his death in 2006.

His eccentric policies, while probably motivated to some extent for his own personal gain, also reflected his philosophy of hardline Crypto-Maoism, though this was controversial and led to accusations of Crypto-Revisionism.

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I love this Gif; it goes with so many things.

How far in the future are these? Are those dates CE? Additionally, just how big is known space?

"EE" stands for "Estimated Era", the "estimated" bit coming from no one quite knowing how long ago humans left earth. Its currently year 11018 EE, but no one knows if that's "ten thousand years since we left Oldhome" or "Ten thousand years since the start of recorded history"

Current known human civilization expands out in a rough sphere approximately 600 light years across, centering on the region known as the "American Sector" (no one knows why its called that, it just is).
 
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THOSE BASTARDS.

That's it, we're smashing the cryptocrats and the Atlanteans' heads in.
Look, there has to be some perks to come with being faced with the knowledge that most of your worldview is a carefully maintained falsehood and even by ascending to the top of human society you will be responsible for defending Earth from unimaginable threats while never even getting thanks from a populace who has no idea you even exist

It just turns out that perk is Half-Life 3
 
Look, there has to be some perks to come with being faced with the knowledge that most of your worldview is a carefully maintained falsehood and even by ascending to the top of human society you will be responsible for defending Earth from unimaginable threats while never even getting thanks from a populace who has no idea you even exist

It just turns out that perk is Half-Life 3

That's right! We should know that they exist.

We should have a right to play Half-Life 3 and marry sapient non-human beings from the same plane of existence. :p
 
Itinericism
Itinericism is a social, political, and religious movement that first arose in the late twenty-fifth century primarily out of the Scientific Occultism beliefs. Itinericism grew from a small, loose organization of physicists and mathematicians inspired by American scientist Abigail Tattinger's beliefs to become the largest religion in the United States, the state religion of the US, and the cause of the American Civil War. Scientific Occultists believed that by pushing their social and psychological boundaries of pain and pleasure, they could reach enlightenment.

Abigail Tattinger, an ex-Scientific Occultist, held that these activities didn't just expand the mind, but actually attracted the attention of a quasi-real multidimensional being she dubbed the Itinerant Godhead. This being traveled the universe in a complex but ultimately predictable pattern, leaving behind the capacity for immense societal advancement in its wake. She attributed a number of alien ruins to societies that had transcended their material forms in witness to the Godhead several million years in the past.

Itinericism was at first covertly and then overtly sanctioned by governments, including the US and the German Empire. By acts of "communion", involving psionic warpers, obscene sex acts and blood sacrifice, Itinericists entered the Fugue, often returning with valuable insights and advancements in science and technology or knowledge of the unknown regions of space. Scientific Occultists, notably Abigail Tattinger, became essential parts of the United States and the German Empire's research and development programs. Modern Jacksers, Angelic Processing, Imoulment, and Policigy had their foundations laid by Scientific Itinericist.

After the Devouring and the end of the German Empire, the United States embarked on more and more ambitious and wide-ranging Itinericists projects, with the Croft Network being established to link Itinericists across the US. Itinericism as a political movement, based on technocracy, "scientific" management of the country, and promises of enlightenment through a series of rituals, also grew. In the early twenty-seventh century, Itinericist political groups held almost total control of the US government, and purged the country of non-believers, dissolving congress, and proclaiming Lewis Watson president-for-life. A campaign of political repression and assassination culminated in the Third Sector Partisan uprising, in which large portions of the US military turned on the central government.

Itinericism is illegal in most countries today.
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Wow, the last few pages have been full of some great infoboxes!

Now how to return...

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Wilma Wernher Coyote (Canis Amazonias Vindex Rex, April 6, 2918–February 7, 2967) was a Raizonian coyote from the Western Wastes, as well as member, knight, general and eventually President of ACME and the Domains and Governorates of ACME. The only child of Wernher M. Coyote, head of the ancient House of Coyote, and Palmyra L. Kanyon, a coyote caravaneer from Sonorah, Wilma grew up in a time when the once-dominant House of Coyote has been thrown off their throne by the rival Houses of Jackaleer, Zig and Vester, which were canine, hyenine and feline respectively. People who knew Wilma characterized her as an ambitious, self-confident, very educated person who was more masculine than feminine, as well as ruthless towards her enemies, caring towards her subordinates, and loving towards people close to her.

A child prodigy, gifted strategist and a true daughter of the highly educated domains of ACME, Wilma volunteered to join the army when she was sixteen, a move which was approved by her father. Following her father's death, Wilma was appointed Head of the Bureau of Law and Punishment by the then-President of ACME, Sakhari Jackaleer, who was friends with her and her father, and wanted to find a suitable candidate for the position after the resignation of his younger brother, Lucas. The sentiment was not shared by Sakhari's daughter and heir-apparent, Josephine, who scrambled to find an excuse to get rid of Wilma as soon as she realized that the head of the rotting House of Coyote was dangerous.

Josephine's fears were proven right when, following the Siege of Fortsmitt, while returning to her home, Wilma was unsuccessfully ambushed by two assassins hired by the House of Jackaleer. As the Head of the Bureau of Law and Punishment, Wilma felt that it would be rightful to detain the House of Jackaleer for attempted assassination and treason. Following the victory of Wilma's forces, Josephine, numerous major Jackaleers, and other opponents of Wilma were arrested and executed, ending the House of Jackaleer and the American branch of the House of Zig. After that, Wilma became the President of ACME and resigned from the Bureau, appointing a neutral, fair judge as its Head. She would remain the General of the Coyote Army until the year of 2959.

Wilma is also particularly infamous for her relationship with her husband, a golden jackal named Blackmore Volpe, and Nikki Mikaero, a capuchin who lived in Hortensia and was a famous singer. While officially married to Blackmore, Wilma's bisexuality and polygamy was an open secret, as Wilma also shared a close relationship with Nikki; they were best friends since childhood. Wilma, Blackmore and Nikki lived with each other in the same house until Wilma's death.

Wilma died in 2967 when a rat poisoned her food. The rat may have had a reason, too.

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The Siege of Fortsmitt was a military maneuver and prolonged blockade of the pre-cataclysm town Fortsmitt by the forces of ACME, at the behest of the cats that lived there. The background of the Siege of Fortsmitt and the atmosphere of the town was characterized by an extreme conflict between the cats and the rodents that lived in the ruins of the town. As soon as the Rodent Association of Fortsmitt, which was founded in an underground rodent disco club by several trap-making enthusiasts, began to plan a "Final Liberation War" against the local feline community, Toby Zoot and his friends sent a message to ACME, pleading for their army to come and halt the RAF's plans of genocide. Josephine sent Wilma and Lieutenant General Erhardt E. Wolfmount, an old veteran who was Wilma's mentor and friend, to Fortsmitt. Unbeknowst to them, countless canaries and prairie dogs have arrived as well, supporting the RAF against the "corporate tyrants of ACME and the predatory felines".

Wilma and Erhardt believed that they would defeat the mice easily, as the weapons of ACME were some of the greatest at the time. Surely a bunch of mice would not be able to defeat a well-armed coyote, right?

They were proven wrong.

As the wildfires broke out, Fortsmitt became a bloody battlefield. Countless mice attacked from the depths of the ruins, armed with improvised weapons that were a good match even against the top-notch technology of the coyotes. The bloodshed followed for two months, resulting in the final capture of the RAF's headquarters, the death of its leaders, Jinx, Maxie and Nibbles Lee, and the death of the commander of the prairie dogs, Sierra. Fortsmitt was heavily damaged, as were the inhabitants and the Coyote Army, but the cats cheered Wilma on as she left the town, victorious. The dust has settled as the conflict between the mice and cats of Fortsmitt was put to a halt.

For the art, I credit Zethelius.
 
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