An Alternate History of Zor's Life & Death:
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:12 pm
Synopsis
I’ve always felt the Idea that the RDF Mecha using Protoculture Power plants, When Protoculture by many sources is derived by Placing Flower of Life seed under Constant Pressure, was Kind of Weak. Until 2030 the Humans place no Connection between Seeds and Protoculture, but if RDF Mecha used it wouldn’t they notice the Seeds in their Power plants?
Zor’s Conquest, The Fall of Optera: (aprox: 50,000 BC)
(Or: Slug-world)
The Tirolian Empire was in a Crisis, There Fledgling Empire was beginning to Fall apart as their Dependence on Nuclear Fission for Power was polluting The Planet as a Faster Rate then there Technology Could Clean it up. The Young Scientist Zor was placed in Charge of an Expedition to find a new Of World Power Source.
The Expedition spent nearly 25 years searching nearby system for Cleaner more Efficient Power Sources from other Civilizations. Thou Passive in many cases, the Tirolians were more then willing to Steal and Kill when a Technology they wanted was out of Reach. With luck the Tirolian Force came upon a Yellow Dwarf system, thou none of the Planets fit the Traditional Models for Carbon based Life, the 4th Planet was of Particular Interest to Zor.
The Atmosphere of the Planet was thick* , some of the Scientist swore on cold days you could swim through the Mess. But the Atmosphere wasn’t what Brought Zor her. The Sensors has Picked up Strange Reading on their Scanners, Radio Transmissions on an Extremely high Frequency coming from this Planet, Thou the Reading Showed no Amount of true Technology. The Radio wave were Emitted from a Kilometer Wide Hive Structure Build by Semi-Bipedal Slugs. The Structures were Compressed Mud domes that protected the Slugs form the Acidic Rains and the Terrible Electrical storms common to the Planet.
The Creatures lead Simple Lives, Collecting Seeds from the Local Flora and storing them. Seeing no Possible use for anything on the Planet he ordered the Force to Launch. Several Specimens were Taken, 2 Slug-men and Several of the Flower Samples. When Exposed to the Tirolian Atmosphere the Slugs began to choke. One of them Died the other was Place in a Stasis Chamber. The Ships Launched to the next system on the Chart writing off the Slug-world as another waste of time. A Week after the Launch, while in Subspace they Discovered the Captured plants has Developed Spores and these Spores had Began to Bond with the other Plant Samples in the Hold, after the original Plants Died, The Scientist Discovered the Spores had Mutated the other Plants. Causing them to produce Flowers Similar to the one found on Slug-World.
After Dissecting the Dead Slug the Scientist concluded a similar thing would not happen to them. Thus calming the Panic about Mutating in to Slug-men. They Found an Interesting Chemical in the “Bowls” of the Slug man. A Bye product of the Slug men eating these Seed was a Chemical Similar to the Industrial Coolant but with a much higher Boiling point, and Amazing conductive properties. Their Return to Tirol was Much less prestigious then they had hoped. Little fan fair was given and the Mission was deemed a Failure. Zor and his Team Spent several years Experimenting with the uses of this new Mystery Fluid, Nicknamed Proto-culture, being the Creatures used there Bowl movements to help Culture the Plants they harvested from.
Finally a break Trough was made by one of the Team, Using the Fluid in a 50-50 PC-H2 they were Able to Build the First Cold fusion Reactor. This process Made them able to Harness the complete Reaction process, yielding a higher Energy output then the Biggest Fission Reactors on the Planet did, with Zero Pollution, the only by product was Helium gas.
With These Findings and sample readings, Zor brought his Finding to his Superiors in the Military. Surprised with the Results the Authorized a Full Military Expedition to Slug-World, to conquer and Gather these Slugs for Production of the new Protoculture. The military campaigning was extremely successful, 14 Hives were taken over and the Slugs enslaved. In 13 of the Cases the “Queen” of the Hive was Killed, This rendered the other Hive members useless and many died with in a day of the Death of their Queen. Even The hive that had the Queen Alive was not useable. As these Slugs would Display a Savage Side while trying to defend “Her”. After Several weeks on Planet the Forces began to Experience Sever nightmares, they attributed this to a Homesickness syndrome, as the extreme Alien terrain and 26 hour days were stressful for the Tirolians sent there.
The 3rd Week, Zor Experienced a Dream, his First one since the Arrival on planet. He was approached by a yellow skinned woman with emerald green eyes…. She asked him but one Question, “Why do you do this”. From this Zor Figured these Nightmares were not the fault of the syndrome, but Caused by the Radio waves Emitted by the Queen, the ones she used to Control and communicate with her Children. The Surviving Queen was trying to Drive off the Invaders, Zor’s Response was to have the Queen Killed after having 80% of her Children Killed and Dissected. The Nightmares Stopped that night.
The Break through came when a Biologist in Zor’s Service built a Machine to Process the Seed in to Protoculture; there was no need for the Slug men, or their World. Zor Ordered the Destruction of the Planet, as the First Test of a Protoculture-Powered Fusion bomb. Shortly after the Order was Given the Slug Men displayed There Mutable form, Flying on Wings and Emitting “toxic” radio waves** the Slug men Fought to Stop the Tirolians, but in the end Failed. For every one Tirolian they killed, they Tirolians Killed 100 Slugs.
In the End the Tirolians Tested Their New “Neutron” Bomb. The Worlds Atmosphere was ignited and, a 3 Km high Fire Ball spread out from the Blast point. Before the entire World was consumed a Single Streak of Light Shot out from a hive on the Southern Hemisphere, Headed for uncharted space. They wrote this off as a large explosion, Kind of a Victory Fire-works explosion, nothing more.
This Time Zor’s home coming was Grand and Prestigious, he was Given the Highest honor of His People, Named one of the “Robotech Masters” the First in 100 Generations. A faction of the Fellow Scientist felt betrayed by Zor. Many who had Made Key discoveries in to the Nature of the Slugs and their Habitats were given no Credit. The Dissenters went under ground.
Years Passed The New Generation of Robotech Masters Led by Zor Built an Incredible Empire, 36 Loyal systems, over 20 Controlled Slave Colonies, a Budding Cloned Police Force. But Zor was not Satisfied, He felt the Empire wasn’t Large enough, He Took to Building experimental Drive systems based off the Sub-space Jumpers they had used for years. The Final Product of this was the Hyper-space Fold Drive. Though not as Guaranteed as the Sub-Jumper, these systems Dropped a weeks journey to several Minutes.
Zor was very Secretive with his works; even the ones he stole form others. No longer feeling they were Safe on Tirol he had he Computers and Experimental Protoculture-Matrixes to a new Battle Fortress, Called the “Macross”, Named After His Pet Gerbil. At the Launch Ceremony the Rebel Faction the Dissenters of Zor, composed of Rebel Scientist and Military loyal to their cause (Fair Credit for there Work), Struck, They Assinated Zor and Set his new Battle Ship on a one-way Trip to the Far Side of the Galaxy. The Lose of Zor and his work sent the New Masters Empire in to Disarray, though they had a Large Mount of Flawed-Prototype Matrixes, These Matrixes Were Flawed and Prone to Infection by the Spores of the Mutated Flower-of-life. The Masters Empire Grew, the Flawed Matrixes were Sufficient to Produce enough Protoculture to Last until the end of the Empire, had the Disciples of Zor (Renamed the Disciples of Zor, to try and play up on Zor’s hero image to the empire) not Started their Civil War Using the Proto-Zentradi Warriors Developed from the Mistakable Slug DNA Crossed with Tirolian DNA. These Giants could double their Size, and were Able to carry weapons that were normally mounted on Power-Armors.
This Civil War waged for 50 Thousand years, Neither Side making any Progress or Major attacks for Fear of Losing more of the Last Protoculture Matrixes to Damage, and not Spore infection. This May have lasted until till both side had nothing left…. Had the Zentraedie General Breetia had not Came upon a backwater world…. And a Crashed Battle fortress.
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* (90% Sulfur, 7% Carbon, less than 1% Oxygen, nitrogen CO2)
** These Caused Sever Epileptic seizures in the Tirolians. But they were only affective against 12% of the Forces there.
I’ve always felt the Idea that the RDF Mecha using Protoculture Power plants, When Protoculture by many sources is derived by Placing Flower of Life seed under Constant Pressure, was Kind of Weak. Until 2030 the Humans place no Connection between Seeds and Protoculture, but if RDF Mecha used it wouldn’t they notice the Seeds in their Power plants?
Zor’s Conquest, The Fall of Optera: (aprox: 50,000 BC)
(Or: Slug-world)
The Tirolian Empire was in a Crisis, There Fledgling Empire was beginning to Fall apart as their Dependence on Nuclear Fission for Power was polluting The Planet as a Faster Rate then there Technology Could Clean it up. The Young Scientist Zor was placed in Charge of an Expedition to find a new Of World Power Source.
The Expedition spent nearly 25 years searching nearby system for Cleaner more Efficient Power Sources from other Civilizations. Thou Passive in many cases, the Tirolians were more then willing to Steal and Kill when a Technology they wanted was out of Reach. With luck the Tirolian Force came upon a Yellow Dwarf system, thou none of the Planets fit the Traditional Models for Carbon based Life, the 4th Planet was of Particular Interest to Zor.
The Atmosphere of the Planet was thick* , some of the Scientist swore on cold days you could swim through the Mess. But the Atmosphere wasn’t what Brought Zor her. The Sensors has Picked up Strange Reading on their Scanners, Radio Transmissions on an Extremely high Frequency coming from this Planet, Thou the Reading Showed no Amount of true Technology. The Radio wave were Emitted from a Kilometer Wide Hive Structure Build by Semi-Bipedal Slugs. The Structures were Compressed Mud domes that protected the Slugs form the Acidic Rains and the Terrible Electrical storms common to the Planet.
The Creatures lead Simple Lives, Collecting Seeds from the Local Flora and storing them. Seeing no Possible use for anything on the Planet he ordered the Force to Launch. Several Specimens were Taken, 2 Slug-men and Several of the Flower Samples. When Exposed to the Tirolian Atmosphere the Slugs began to choke. One of them Died the other was Place in a Stasis Chamber. The Ships Launched to the next system on the Chart writing off the Slug-world as another waste of time. A Week after the Launch, while in Subspace they Discovered the Captured plants has Developed Spores and these Spores had Began to Bond with the other Plant Samples in the Hold, after the original Plants Died, The Scientist Discovered the Spores had Mutated the other Plants. Causing them to produce Flowers Similar to the one found on Slug-World.
After Dissecting the Dead Slug the Scientist concluded a similar thing would not happen to them. Thus calming the Panic about Mutating in to Slug-men. They Found an Interesting Chemical in the “Bowls” of the Slug man. A Bye product of the Slug men eating these Seed was a Chemical Similar to the Industrial Coolant but with a much higher Boiling point, and Amazing conductive properties. Their Return to Tirol was Much less prestigious then they had hoped. Little fan fair was given and the Mission was deemed a Failure. Zor and his Team Spent several years Experimenting with the uses of this new Mystery Fluid, Nicknamed Proto-culture, being the Creatures used there Bowl movements to help Culture the Plants they harvested from.
Finally a break Trough was made by one of the Team, Using the Fluid in a 50-50 PC-H2 they were Able to Build the First Cold fusion Reactor. This process Made them able to Harness the complete Reaction process, yielding a higher Energy output then the Biggest Fission Reactors on the Planet did, with Zero Pollution, the only by product was Helium gas.
With These Findings and sample readings, Zor brought his Finding to his Superiors in the Military. Surprised with the Results the Authorized a Full Military Expedition to Slug-World, to conquer and Gather these Slugs for Production of the new Protoculture. The military campaigning was extremely successful, 14 Hives were taken over and the Slugs enslaved. In 13 of the Cases the “Queen” of the Hive was Killed, This rendered the other Hive members useless and many died with in a day of the Death of their Queen. Even The hive that had the Queen Alive was not useable. As these Slugs would Display a Savage Side while trying to defend “Her”. After Several weeks on Planet the Forces began to Experience Sever nightmares, they attributed this to a Homesickness syndrome, as the extreme Alien terrain and 26 hour days were stressful for the Tirolians sent there.
The 3rd Week, Zor Experienced a Dream, his First one since the Arrival on planet. He was approached by a yellow skinned woman with emerald green eyes…. She asked him but one Question, “Why do you do this”. From this Zor Figured these Nightmares were not the fault of the syndrome, but Caused by the Radio waves Emitted by the Queen, the ones she used to Control and communicate with her Children. The Surviving Queen was trying to Drive off the Invaders, Zor’s Response was to have the Queen Killed after having 80% of her Children Killed and Dissected. The Nightmares Stopped that night.
The Break through came when a Biologist in Zor’s Service built a Machine to Process the Seed in to Protoculture; there was no need for the Slug men, or their World. Zor Ordered the Destruction of the Planet, as the First Test of a Protoculture-Powered Fusion bomb. Shortly after the Order was Given the Slug Men displayed There Mutable form, Flying on Wings and Emitting “toxic” radio waves** the Slug men Fought to Stop the Tirolians, but in the end Failed. For every one Tirolian they killed, they Tirolians Killed 100 Slugs.
In the End the Tirolians Tested Their New “Neutron” Bomb. The Worlds Atmosphere was ignited and, a 3 Km high Fire Ball spread out from the Blast point. Before the entire World was consumed a Single Streak of Light Shot out from a hive on the Southern Hemisphere, Headed for uncharted space. They wrote this off as a large explosion, Kind of a Victory Fire-works explosion, nothing more.
This Time Zor’s home coming was Grand and Prestigious, he was Given the Highest honor of His People, Named one of the “Robotech Masters” the First in 100 Generations. A faction of the Fellow Scientist felt betrayed by Zor. Many who had Made Key discoveries in to the Nature of the Slugs and their Habitats were given no Credit. The Dissenters went under ground.
Years Passed The New Generation of Robotech Masters Led by Zor Built an Incredible Empire, 36 Loyal systems, over 20 Controlled Slave Colonies, a Budding Cloned Police Force. But Zor was not Satisfied, He felt the Empire wasn’t Large enough, He Took to Building experimental Drive systems based off the Sub-space Jumpers they had used for years. The Final Product of this was the Hyper-space Fold Drive. Though not as Guaranteed as the Sub-Jumper, these systems Dropped a weeks journey to several Minutes.
Zor was very Secretive with his works; even the ones he stole form others. No longer feeling they were Safe on Tirol he had he Computers and Experimental Protoculture-Matrixes to a new Battle Fortress, Called the “Macross”, Named After His Pet Gerbil. At the Launch Ceremony the Rebel Faction the Dissenters of Zor, composed of Rebel Scientist and Military loyal to their cause (Fair Credit for there Work), Struck, They Assinated Zor and Set his new Battle Ship on a one-way Trip to the Far Side of the Galaxy. The Lose of Zor and his work sent the New Masters Empire in to Disarray, though they had a Large Mount of Flawed-Prototype Matrixes, These Matrixes Were Flawed and Prone to Infection by the Spores of the Mutated Flower-of-life. The Masters Empire Grew, the Flawed Matrixes were Sufficient to Produce enough Protoculture to Last until the end of the Empire, had the Disciples of Zor (Renamed the Disciples of Zor, to try and play up on Zor’s hero image to the empire) not Started their Civil War Using the Proto-Zentradi Warriors Developed from the Mistakable Slug DNA Crossed with Tirolian DNA. These Giants could double their Size, and were Able to carry weapons that were normally mounted on Power-Armors.
This Civil War waged for 50 Thousand years, Neither Side making any Progress or Major attacks for Fear of Losing more of the Last Protoculture Matrixes to Damage, and not Spore infection. This May have lasted until till both side had nothing left…. Had the Zentraedie General Breetia had not Came upon a backwater world…. And a Crashed Battle fortress.
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* (90% Sulfur, 7% Carbon, less than 1% Oxygen, nitrogen CO2)
** These Caused Sever Epileptic seizures in the Tirolians. But they were only affective against 12% of the Forces there.