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SQotD | by Hieraco | 2009-03-31 00:03:15 |
| Report R3-502-XHJ1-A: Australian ruins site #25401 |
by FNORDer |
2009-03-31 00:57:52 |
What appears to be an early model of the interior of a survival shelter from WWIII. A vast repository of knowledge and artistic trinkets with personal value for the owner, all contained in a room with sleeping facilities and a variety of foodstuffs. The thick layers of lead-based paint on the outer surface of the structure suggest a crude attempt at warding off radiation from atomic explosions.
The variety of literature compiled along with the general disorganised nature of the room suggests that very little thought or care was placed into what was placed in the room, perhaps hastily compiled during the early days of the war then buried by the pacific rifting. While there seems to have been some attempt to catalogue and number the works according to an outdated archival system, the only clear delineation appears to be between fiction and non-fiction books.
The computer within appears to have been some kind of religious icon dedicated to some form of sun god (based on its cleanliness and the background image on the monitor). Having deciphered the passkey required to unlock the device we were unable to determine its linguistic roots, suggesting it may have been wholly mystical in origin, lending further weight to the idea that the device was religious in nature. It appears that there are several interactive stories stored on the machine, many of them dealing with threats from alien invasion both from other words, and also other dimensions. Other interactive stories found also suggest that devotees of this religious order wished to live as close to their gods as possible progressing ever closer to the stars, always wary of threats both from within and without.
Several other icons were also found. Four dragons perhaps corresponding to the four classical elements: fire, air, water, and earth. The largest of these was a fire-breathing dragon suggesting once again that fire and possibly the sun was the primary focus for religious devotion of these people.
Several books also present a puzzling enigma. One series dealing with what is obviously mythic creatures, and another dealing with politics and warfare of a massive spacefaring culture in what can only be described as a 'speculative' manner. Though many technological details are correct, for these to be true accounts then there would be some two dozen other races in the local galaxy whom we are presently unaware of. Impossible.
The books themselves appear to involve gambling to a degree, it is unknown whether this was a religious practice or some form of entertainment, but the two are clearly linked, as the dragon avatar makes an appearance in the mythic books many times, it seems that this sun god was not in fact a benevolent deity but a creature of rage and slaughter.
Indeed each of the four icons represent forces of evil in the natural world. It could well be that the owner of this dwelling was part of the Scourge movement which swept the globe early in 2012.
Also found carefully stored was a dragon-themed chess set which appears to show more varieties of dragons (again found in the mythic books) evidence appears to be mounting for the thesis that devotees of this religion participated in games of 'playing roles' where they would act out the parts of heroes from their holy scriptures. However we have yet to uncover any such holy books. Perhaps this tradition was so strongly Oral that with the coming of the information age, this 'playing of roles' was used as a means of transferring dogma from one generation to the next. It is known that vampire cultists utilised similar methods in electronic meeting spaces for many years before the haemophage plague was finally cured in 2407, perhaps this is a hitherto unknown variant of such religious transmission. |
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