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Dr. Dawkins's Memoirs 1
I was a leading scientist working on the most important project in Magalan's history. But the work became...meaningless. For there is now a good chance that instead of success I could witness the extinction of our entire species.
I was hired by Infinite Skies to join their new team exploring the opportunities in space travel. My specialism was the movement of deep space objects, far beyond anything we were capable of constructing, but I was given the job and the pay was a convincing argument.
Whilst others were exploring the technology involved in space travel I worked on the detection of deep space objects. That was when we detected the Comet. At first it didn't fit any of our gravitational models.
Instead of orbiting our sun it was heading directly for us. But the board didn't want to hear about it. Bad news was not why they had created our division, we were supposed to sell dreams, not nightmares.
Years after I first detected it, even my incompetent colleagues started to confirm what I had told them. It was only then that the rescue project came into being.
2020年01月12日 02点01分
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I was a leading scientist working on the most important project in Magalan's history. But the work became...meaningless. For there is now a good chance that instead of success I could witness the extinction of our entire species.
I was hired by Infinite Skies to join their new team exploring the opportunities in space travel. My specialism was the movement of deep space objects, far beyond anything we were capable of constructing, but I was given the job and the pay was a convincing argument.
Whilst others were exploring the technology involved in space travel I worked on the detection of deep space objects. That was when we detected the Comet. At first it didn't fit any of our gravitational models.
Instead of orbiting our sun it was heading directly for us. But the board didn't want to hear about it. Bad news was not why they had created our division, we were supposed to sell dreams, not nightmares.
Years after I first detected it, even my incompetent colleagues started to confirm what I had told them. It was only then that the rescue project came into being.
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Dr. Dawkins's Memoirs 2
The problem was common. If the Comet hit our world, all who were still on the planet were likely to perish. So, only those that could leave it would be certain to survive. We lacked the capacity to lift all but a very small number of people and then only as far as orbit. so, we would need to select those who would reach the skies. Those who were chosen would survive.
In strict secrecy, suitable candidates were sought using an advertising campaign. With a weighting towards younger applicants, the clear requirement for the project was genetic superiority. The fit, the healthy, the intelligent.
The PR people at Infinite Skies did a lot of work. Many different citizens applied and were put through a rigorous filtering process to find those best suited to continue our species.
The catastrophe meant a process of natural selection that we could control. We could arise stronger from this Great Fall. We would reach a new level of evolution and Calaan would take us there.
2020年01月12日 02点01分
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The problem was common. If the Comet hit our world, all who were still on the planet were likely to perish. So, only those that could leave it would be certain to survive. We lacked the capacity to lift all but a very small number of people and then only as far as orbit. so, we would need to select those who would reach the skies. Those who were chosen would survive.
In strict secrecy, suitable candidates were sought using an advertising campaign. With a weighting towards younger applicants, the clear requirement for the project was genetic superiority. The fit, the healthy, the intelligent.
The PR people at Infinite Skies did a lot of work. Many different citizens applied and were put through a rigorous filtering process to find those best suited to continue our species.
The catastrophe meant a process of natural selection that we could control. We could arise stronger from this Great Fall. We would reach a new level of evolution and Calaan would take us there.
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Dr. Dawkins's Memoirs 3
But, the idea quickly began to lose the logical purity that we had envisaged. The Infinite Skies board forced their input into the project. Everyone wanted to save themselves. More and more people learned about the project. Fuel, food, air, all critical parameters became impossible problems. We were trying to lift too many people.
I warned them time and time again that the project was becoming too large. The selection process had to remain strict. But none of the people involved accepted the possibility of sacrificing themselves for the greater good. It was plain to see that the designs we had for Calaan would no longer work. It would never take off.
I decided to start my own project. I gathered as much data as I could and began to work in secret. If the Calaan project failed then I could bring our people to a higher level of evolution myself. With my knowledge, the few survivors of the catastrophe would become the new future for our species. So, I created the capsule, a sealed vessel intended to keep those inside alive when the Comet hit. They would arise anew with the supplies they needed to live.
As the day grew nearer, I began to withdraw from the Calaan project more and more. I would reveal the truth to the world and I would select those that were to enter the capsule.
2020年01月12日 02点01分
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But, the idea quickly began to lose the logical purity that we had envisaged. The Infinite Skies board forced their input into the project. Everyone wanted to save themselves. More and more people learned about the project. Fuel, food, air, all critical parameters became impossible problems. We were trying to lift too many people.
I warned them time and time again that the project was becoming too large. The selection process had to remain strict. But none of the people involved accepted the possibility of sacrificing themselves for the greater good. It was plain to see that the designs we had for Calaan would no longer work. It would never take off.
I decided to start my own project. I gathered as much data as I could and began to work in secret. If the Calaan project failed then I could bring our people to a higher level of evolution myself. With my knowledge, the few survivors of the catastrophe would become the new future for our species. So, I created the capsule, a sealed vessel intended to keep those inside alive when the Comet hit. They would arise anew with the supplies they needed to live.
As the day grew nearer, I began to withdraw from the Calaan project more and more. I would reveal the truth to the world and I would select those that were to enter the capsule.
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Dr. Dawkins's Memoirs 4
My own words were to catch up with me and I was rejected from the Calaan project to make way for someone else. But, by then my little project was done. With my broadcast ready and with powerful enemies, they will try to keep me quiet. I know too much. I will need to go into hiding.
I have prepared for this. My salvation is assured. But, I can no longer bring others with me, the risk is too great
The blind fanatics at Infinite Skies will all die. Calaan isn't ready. The great rocket designed to take us into the skies to safety would never fly.
I will tell the world what they did, that there was a chance at salvation. I will tell the truth, count down and watch as they tear themselves to pieces.
2020年01月12日 02点01分
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My own words were to catch up with me and I was rejected from the Calaan project to make way for someone else. But, by then my little project was done. With my broadcast ready and with powerful enemies, they will try to keep me quiet. I know too much. I will need to go into hiding.
I have prepared for this. My salvation is assured. But, I can no longer bring others with me, the risk is too great
The blind fanatics at Infinite Skies will all die. Calaan isn't ready. The great rocket designed to take us into the skies to safety would never fly.
I will tell the world what they did, that there was a chance at salvation. I will tell the truth, count down and watch as they tear themselves to pieces.
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Dr. Dawkins's Memoirs 5
The public has been told they don't have long to live. That the governments and corporations knew of this doom and have kept them in ignorance. That the powers in charge had doomed our race to its end.
Why tell them of the danger? Because the people of our world had the right to make the best of the time they have left. And who knows, people are resourceful. Maybe some of them will find a way to survive against the odds.
The panic that has broken out will serve me well. Infinite Skies will not think about searching for me now. All of their attention is on Calaan. They still dream of it working, but the time for that is past.
Natural selection. I have chosen those who will survive and I have chosen myself. I tried to save them, but they didn't want to be saved. They turned their back on logic, to live in emotion. Who can reproach me for not wanting to die with them.
I will break into my old laboratory tomorrow and start the sequence for the capsule. Everything has been prepared. Tomorrow the world changes. Those who follow will come. New lords will take control of Magalan now.
2020年01月12日 02点01分
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The public has been told they don't have long to live. That the governments and corporations knew of this doom and have kept them in ignorance. That the powers in charge had doomed our race to its end.
Why tell them of the danger? Because the people of our world had the right to make the best of the time they have left. And who knows, people are resourceful. Maybe some of them will find a way to survive against the odds.
The panic that has broken out will serve me well. Infinite Skies will not think about searching for me now. All of their attention is on Calaan. They still dream of it working, but the time for that is past.
Natural selection. I have chosen those who will survive and I have chosen myself. I tried to save them, but they didn't want to be saved. They turned their back on logic, to live in emotion. Who can reproach me for not wanting to die with them.
I will break into my old laboratory tomorrow and start the sequence for the capsule. Everything has been prepared. Tomorrow the world changes. Those who follow will come. New lords will take control of Magalan now.
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