Alpha v Omega.
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I agree with Nikolas. Our research upon the Obelisk proves that we will indeed send soldiers back in time. It does not mean that we should, but it means that, somehow, in the future, we already have. A bridge has already been crossed and there is no stopping events now.
The public has only been shown that one picture of the Obelisk… and for good reason. Working in Luna’s research labs, I’ve seen the stone myself. I can tell you… a shiver runs down your spine as you watch the names of soldiers being morphed, erased, and replaced, on a stone carved more than 300 million years ago. The past is changing. We are changing it.
Recruitment for these soldiers is beginning already… partially based upon the names appearing on the Obelisk. It’s an motley cast. The only thing certain is that this first groups of soldiers will be met with extreme hostility in our primordial past. They will hop back in time, plunge from the sky, and die in a war on our own world.. with our own world from 300 million years ago.
And the enemy, whoever they are… they are dangerous. Though it’s not publicized, we are finding cores near the Obelisk buried by our soldiers in that bygone epoch. We are rebuilding simulations now from the corrupted data… but the results, if true, are unsettling. They hint at genetic change. Some of the soldiers were… hardly human at the time of their death. As a scientist, I can read the data… this was not evolution. This was manipulation. The world of the past is trying to prevent the present from ever coming to be.
It’s… strange how existential threats simplify moral issues. Not one of the scientists here on Luna is working on academic pursuits any longer. Our species will survive only by eliminating this threat. That is our mission now. Our soldiers will only get there if my lab succeeds. And we will. The dwarves have offered to work with us to adapt our life pods with their arcane tech to jump our soldiers back. It will work. The obelisk is proof enough for me. My lab’s director returned yesterday from the peace talks above Terra between the six bipedal species. They agreed on a name for this mission. It could be worse. Alpha will be the -250mm timestamp. Obviously, we will be the Omega.