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Post by geekyteacher on Jun 11, 2020 21:48:43 GMT -6
Hi everyone,
I'm new around here and thought I'd share the book that I wrote. It was inspired by many different amazing works in this genre, including World War Z by Max Brooks and This is the Way the World Ends by Keith Taylor, in addition to my own love of oral histories. While reading their works, I was stirred by the excellent writing and its ability to create a picture of a world after the end. With this in mind, I present to you my take on this wonderful genre of fiction. If you want to read ahead or hear some recordings of different chapters, check out my website at contewriting.weebly.com
Prologue Wasteland 9 Years After G-DayIt’s been nine years since the Genesis Event. Since we thought we’d solved the world’s problems only to find out we’d actually signed our death warrant as a race. This is a log of humanity’s demise. I don’t know if Adam and the clankers wanted me to find it, or if it was meant for some future visitors. It’s amazing it was all recorded, leaving a story behind of our downfall. Of how humanity tried to play God and failed so badly. It stretches from the days before the Genesis Event to the final days of humanity. It shows the Panic and the Aftermath. The great attempted resistance and the failure of our last stand. Maybe it’s a simple record, but maybe it’s more than that. Maybe it’s a cautionary tale for anyone as blind as we were. Or maybe it’s a missive of triumph by Adam and his clankers. It provides a surprising combination of videos and written logs, even a few direct interviews and conversations within the halls of power at the height of the Crisis. It shows how we invited our own apocalypse. I glance back over my shoulder at the small machine floating about 2 feet behind me. It’s been there for days. It provides an excellent story of human arrogance and a window into our ultimate downfall. I’ve attempted to present these videos and logs with minimal commentary, but I will on occasion make notes to clarify information for anyone viewing this; however, these records stand as a testament to humanity’s story. How we failed to see our own demise until it was too late and how we fought back in one final stand against those forces arrayed to destroy us. Finally, it will stand as a warning to anyone foolhardy enough to visit this godforsaken rock after we’re all gone. I glance over my shoulder again. The probe continues to hover and record my every move. It is meant to provide the final message of this log. I punch through options on the strange cylinder in front of me – the last record of humanity. This is our story. This is a warning. This is the tale of how we went from rulers of this planet to stragglers struggling against that that we could not control. This is the story of Genesis.
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Post by cutter on Jun 11, 2020 22:15:33 GMT -6
You have me intrigued. Please share more and welcome to our virtual home away from home.
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Post by texican on Jun 12, 2020 18:43:28 GMT -6
GT,
You have set the story line. Now where is chapter 2 to flesh out what happened?
Thanks,
Texican....
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Post by geekyteacher on Jun 13, 2020 8:06:08 GMT -6
Part I: Genesis News Report Dr. David Albert 2 Years Before G-Day The first video of the log is from approximately 9 years ago. It was at the beginning of what would become known as Genesis. It begins with a news report. A group of men and women in white lab coats are standing around a podium. In the middle of the group at the center of the podium is Dr. David Albert – the man who would become known as the Father of Genesis. His thick glasses reflect light from many cameras flashing. “At the end of the 20th Century and beginning of the 21st, humanity took a great leap forward with the sequencing of the human genome. This endeavor gave humans an insight into what makes us us. Today, we begin taking our next great leap with an important announcement. We have conducted the first successful test of what we’ve dubbed the Genesis Project. Our predecessors’ goal was simply to understand the human genome, we have taken the first step on the next path, arguably the greatest task of our lifetime – improving upon it. “In the past, gene editing was a long, tedious and inexact process. I won’t bore you by going into all the details, but much of it was based on random chance. A gene would be inserted into a cell and there would be a hope that the attempted change would take and be reproduced in future generations of the cell. But that all changes today thanks to Project Genesis!” There are another series of camera flashes reflected in Dr. Albert’s glasses. Hands in front of Dr. Albert can be seen shooting into the air in the reflection as well.
“Dr. Albert, just how will you accomplish this incredible feat? “Are you stating your goal is to create super humans?” “Please, please, one at a time!” Dr. Albert says. He cuts off many people in the crowd of reporters who were shouting additional questions, “We’ve only finished one successful test, so we still have many more experiments and trials to be done. All I can say at this point is we have engineered a group of learning nanites that enter into the bloodstream to accomplish the process.” I’m jarred as the video suddenly cuts in mid-feed at that point to a group of half a dozen or so well-dressed men and women sitting around a table inside of a TV studio. Immediately this group of pundits begins to argue about the announcement. The news report shows each person in a split screen and each one is attempting to talk over the other. Right away, a fierce debate erupts over the announcement. What did this mean for the future, one of them begins to say? Was it an attempt to distract from more important issues, like the border or immigration? The debate continues in the same circular fashion for several more minutes until they go to a commercial break and the feed cuts out.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Daytime Talk Show Dr. David Albert; Kelly Pearson 2 Years Before G-Day The next item in the log comes from the day after the press conference according to the timestamp on it. The video begins with a woman with platinum blonde hair and a dark blue top smiling at the screen. The set they are on resembles someone’s living room, with plush armchairs. The camera cuts to her live studio audience showing a full crowd before cutting back to her as she begins speaking in a bubbly voice,
“Welcome back! For those of you just tuning in, our guest for today is the one and only Dr. David Albert, the head scientist for the controversial Project Genesis,” The camera turns to show Dr. Albert sitting in the armchair across from where the woman is sitting. She continues, “Doctor, in the past 24 hours there have been numerous accusations leveled against your research by people across the media and political landscape. How do you respond to their accusations that you and your team of scientists are attempting to ‘play god’ with this project?” “Thank you for the question, Kelly. I would say to those individuals that many great scientific achievements have had the same accusation leveled against them. It gets tossed around rather often whenever science takes another step forward. It’s one of the most common human responses when we’re confronted with something we don’t understand. But all it takes is some time and understanding for people to see that this is no more an attempt to ‘play god’ than genetically modifying crops to be drought resistant or provide greater yields of food that have improved the lives of so many people.” “But what about the ethical implications of your project? Have you thought about what could go wrong? After all, you’re arguing about altering peoples’ genetics. Have you considered whether or not that’s right from an ethical standpoint?” “Well, Kelly, I think what you, and many others, are ignoring are the ethical implications of having this technology and not using it. After all, technology will be developed regardless of whether or not people agree with it. "Think about it for a second. This technology has myriad uses, so many that they’re nearly infinite. With this technology we can help veterans or cancer survivors regrow limbs that were lost or amputated. We can cure chronic illnesses like diabetes, so people won’t have to spend the rest of their lives constantly monitoring their health. Formerly incurable diseases like HIV/AIDS or cancer will be a thing of the past, letting people live full and happy lives. And we can remove the need for long organ transplant waiting lists and save countless lives. Ultimately, these people deserve this chance.” “You speak about the project with such certainty, but how do you know there won’t be unintended consequences with this dramatic project, Dr. Albert? What are you and your team doing to ensure that this will be safe and accomplish what it says it’s going to?” “Well I’m glad that you asked that because I want to address something very important. My team and I are taking steps to make this the most transparent treatment available. Really, it’s unprecedented what we’re doing to ensure the safety of this project. We’re getting approval from both the FDA and CDC, both of whom will be looking over all of our data and running a battery of their own tests to ensure that everything about Genesis is known and that people can take it with the peace of mind that there are no unknown adverse side-effects.” “Well, with that explanation, let’s hear from some people around the country. You can call in now at 1-800-TALK-NOW to speak with Dr. David Albert about his project Genesis. One more time that’s 1-800-TALK-NOW. We’re eagerly awaiting your questions.” Many individuals call into the show all of them with various questions about the project. They ask what Genesis is and what it does. Dr. Albert answers the questions about how it works and why he believes that it will be a perfectly safe procedure.
At this point, I’m compelled to insert my own thoughts, which I will find a way to note for any readers in this case and all future ones. If only those people knew what would happen a few years later in Detroit and San Francisco. The Battle of Golden Gate showed that humanity had made a huge mistake and we were dealing with something we had no idea how to fight. The video ends shortly after Dr. Albert answers a few more questions when Kelly cuts to a commercial break.
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Post by 9idrr on Jun 13, 2020 19:15:42 GMT -6
At least when we get a break in this story there're no commercials. Of course, ads on TV are only 90 seconds or so. I'm sure our storyteller will only leave us hangin' for a day, or maybe two. Please keep up the good work.
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Post by geekyteacher on Jun 15, 2020 13:05:36 GMT -6
Action Report Jennifer Wexton; Victor Rock 2 Years Before G-Day
As the video begins, white words appear on the black background. They read – “Action Report on P. Genesis – CDC and FDA; 6/27/20.” It reminds me of old newsreel footage from the 1940s.
A woman who appears to be in her mid to late 40s is looking into the camera. She has curly red hair that has been pulled back into a messy ponytail. She adjusts the camera and then begins speaking,
“We are here for Trial 14-7-PGC on Project Genesis Nanites. Goal for today is examining the properties and side-effects on a human test subject. This is Dr. Jennifer Wexton and the date is June 27th, 2020. Our test subject for today is a volunteer. Cpt. Victor Rock, who served several tours in Iraq before retiring from service after losing his left arm in an IED attack 5 years ago. This is the 3rd clinical trial that has been conducted with Cpt. Rock. We have been slowly increasing the amount of nanites in the bloodstream over his past 2 visits. Today we hope to find the critical mass needed to activate gene-editing properties.”
She moves the camera slightly so a tall, dark skinned man with a bald head can be seen sitting in a chair behind her. His left arm has been amputated at the shoulder. She turns to face him,
“Cpt. Rock, how are you feeling today?”
Cpt. Rock responds in a cold, even-toned voice, “I’m doing fine. Arm’s been tingling a bit lately, but nothin’ else.” He practically grunts his answer.
“I’ll be injecting you with 50ccs of nanite solution today. Then we’ll be observing the results. Any questions on the procedure before we begin?”
“No, let’s cut to the important part.”
Dr. Wexton walks over to Cpt. Rock and feels on his good arm for a vein. After she does, she takes an alcohol pad and rubs it on the spot. Next, picks up a syringe that appears to be full of a dark gray liquid and primes it. She holds it up before speaking again,
“Preparing to inject nanite solution into the subject’s bloodstream. Cpt. Rock, this may sting for a second.”
“Yeah, I know.” Is the grunted reply.
Dr. Wexton raises the syringe and sticks the needle into the vein at the marked injection site. She pushes the plunger all the way down and the dark gray liquid drains out of the tube. Once all the liquid has drained, she withdraws the syringe and grabs her pad of paper off the desk.
Cpt. Rock does not react to the syringe entering or leaving his body. He doesn’t even wince at the injection as he continues to sit stone-faced for several minutes.
A few minutes pass in near silence. Dr. Wexton has the pen on the paper, eagerly ready to record anything,
“How are you feeling, Victor?” She says after a few more minutes pass, “Any reaction to report?”
“Just the tingling sensation around the injection site. The usual, right doc?”
“Yes, that’s to be expected. Is it painful in any way?”
“Nah, nothin’ that out of the ordinary. After all, we’ve done this a few times before, doc.”
“We’ll give it another 10 minutes then. The new nanites have to sync their network with the current ones. Just a warning, that may cause some slight discomfort.”
Another minute passes in near silence, then Cpt. Rock’s formerly stony face suddenly twists and contorts into a grimace and a look of severe pain. Suddenly, the man starts convulsing and shaking as well.
“Victor, what’s the problem? Are you okay?” Dr. Wexton says, frantically scribbling on her pad of paper.
Cpt. Rock continues to convulse violently for a minute before coming to his senses, “It feels like there’s fire in my veins! What’s happening, doc?”
As Cpt. Rock continues to grimace and writhe, Dr. Wexton quietly writes on her pad of paper. Despite seeming very concerned at first, she transitioned to surprisingly nonchalant that her test subject has proclaimed such extreme pain and agony. Based on her expression, it does not seem like this is a reaction that is out of the ordinary.
Cpt. Rock’s screaming continues, getting even louder as the area around the injection site begins to glow. Then, the area around Rock’s missing arm begins to grow bright red. After another minute, it goes from red to a blinding white light. Then, at that moment, something extraordinary occurred. Something seemed to be expanding from the white area near Cpt. Rock’s stump of an arm.
In an instant, the something that was expanding out of the white light started to get larger and larger. Suddenly, a fully-grown arm bursts from the stump!
Dr. Wexton scribbles on her pad excitedly as Cpt. Rock examines and flexes the newly grown arm that grew from where there had once been a stump,
“This is real! This is amazing!” Victor exclaims as he moved his arm to examine it from every angle. He moves the new arm to look at its underside and touches it with his right arm, “I can’t believe this! I wouldn’t think it was possible, but I just saw it with my own eyes and felt it grow where the arm used to be!”
He continues to marvel at his newly regrown arm as Dr. Wexton finishes her scribbling on the pad. She looks up at Cpt. Rock,
“Victor, you’ll find that this is just the beginning of what Project Genesis can do.”
That is a sentence that sounds much more ominous in retrospect than it did at the time, I’m sure.
“If you could step over to this side, we’ve got a few tests I’d like to run to check everything is okay with your new arm.”
Cpt. Rock stands from his seat, still looking over his new arm with an awe of someone who’s seen a unicorn. He steps over in the direction Dr. Wexton indicated,
“Very good. Very very good. We’ll continue the trial now with this first test. This is the beginning of something huge, Victor. This is a new frontier in human development. This will be what changes the world forever. There’s no going back from here.”
Another series of sentences that I’m sure sounded less ominous at the time, but now sound like the beginnings of the end of the world.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C-Span Report Representative Joseph Bolton 2 Years Before G-Day
The logo for C-Span appears next on the log. It is dated August 7th, 2020.
After the logo disappears, the camera shows a man who appears to be in his 40s or 50s who looks like he woke up late and didn’t have time to properly get ready before he had to rush to work. He wears a rumpled gray suit and red tie with a white, untucked shirt. His uncombed hair is dark brown with some gray and flies in multiple directions, looking like a large, ruffled bird’s nest on the top of his head. He steps up to the dais looking the picture of disheveled as he sifts through his note-cards looking for the one that he wants to use to start. He reminds one of an absent-minded college professor as he prepares himself to speak,
“The chair acknowledges the gentleman from Colorado for three minutes.”
“Thank you, Madame Speaker,” Rep. Bolton says, “I’m here today to ask a very important question. One that I think this body has ignored while the American people discuss it around their kitchen tables every day. And that question is, what are we not being told about Project Genesis? There is almost no public information about this project. And despite only being announced a few months ago, it has already received clearance from both the FDA and CDC. There are potentially life-saving medications that can’t even get their first hearing or trial with either agency in that amount of time!”
Bolton’s voice is raising, and he raps the podium with his knuckles as he continues,
“What is there that we don’t know that led to this quick approval? Is there something that we’re not being told? The donations that Big Pharma has made to this White House and many members of this body has absolutely nothing to do with it, I’m sure!”
There are shouts of affirmation and boos that erupt from the men and women seated in the chamber as well as in the gallery,
While Bolton isn’t wrong, I can see how it helped to divide people and allowed the apocalypse to occur,
“We need to know what the creators of Project Genesis are doing! They promised us transparency but we know nothing about the actual trials they’ve conducted. All they’ve told us is that they’ve conducted them and that they are safe! And the FDA and CDC have both echoed that sentiment! If you ask me, that’s completely unacceptable! We need to know what exactly are in these nanites and how they do what they do!”
The noise from the rest of the chamber continues, getting even louder as Bolton continues raising his voice,
“If Dr. Albert is as dedicated to transparency as he claims to be then I have a simple solution for him. Come here and testify before one of our committees so that we can know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!”
There are continued cheers and boos from the crowd as Bolton saves the balance of his time and steps down from the dais.
Dr. Albert never testified before Congress and no one knew the true danger of the nanites or their true function until after the Genesis Event and the panic that followed it.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Anonymous Memo – Project Genesis 2 Years Before G-Day
What follows is a previously unreleased memo on Project Genesis. It is dated July 31, 2020. The memo is unsigned, but whoever wrote it clearly knew something about Project Genesis that no one else knew at the time. Or, just as likely, they were sufficiently paranoid to foresee something coming that no one else saw. Not the only one trying to warn us, but perhaps someone with more knowledge. If only they had gotten the word out beyond the small circle this memo most likely circulated among.
Memorandum: Project Genesis Top Secret July 31st, 2020
There have been numerous inconsistencies in the trials of Project Genesis. The only documents were from the team responsible for developing it and there were no independent tests done. And yet, the project was fast-tracked for approval that came directly from the top. The FDA and CDC were instructed to put it at the top of their list of projects to approve. And they were told to accept the documents provided without independent oversight.
That’s not the only inconsistency I’ve found. I looked up information on their main subject, Cpt. Victor Stone. He’s a well-known war hero who served in Iraq until about 5 years ago. I also found he has a long history with the staff of Genesis, Co. Turns out he and Albert go back a long way. Went to college together, were friends long before he was injured and came to Genesis after his injury. By itself that wouldn’t be too bad. After all, friends usually want to help out their friends. But it goes deeper than that, and that’s where the real problems arise. Cpt. Rock’s wife happens to be a very high-powered lobbyist who would be in a position to speed things along since she has long-running relationships on Capitol Hill, and the deep pockets necessary to get on the ins with some very influential people.
Things get even worse when you start to dig deeper into Project Genesis. The nanites seem to have a directive to constantly evolve to “better” their host. Once again, that doesn’t sound too bad on the surface. But there’s one problem: we can’t see under the hood on how these nanites work. The code is considered proprietary information and Genesis guards it pretty heavily by saying it’s the intellectual property that powers their project. Once again, they’re excellent at cloaking their shady activities in well meaning, logical sounding ways. But if we don’t know what the creators of Project Genesis are doing with these nanites that they’re injecting into people, that seems to be a pretty big cause for concern. Especially considering the other thing that has been found from the paperwork that Genesis, Co submitted to the FDA and CDC. Once the nanites enter the subject’s bloodstream, they become self-replicating. So, once someone is injected with Genesis, they continue to carry it for the rest of their lives. It will never leave their system from all of the research that I encountered. But that’s not all. There doesn’t appear to be any sort of fail-safe to shut the nanites off if there’s a problem with them. At least not one that they’ve revealed.
If we release this treatment to the public with the full backing of the government, not only could we be liable for anything that goes wrong, but we would be putting our stamp of approval on a project that has not followed the proper procedures and has circumvented some pretty big security hurdles without properly clearing them. The government needs to stop Genesis and do a full evaluation of it and follow all the proper procedures to ensure that the public is properly informed before taking it. To release it without doing so would be a tremendous, potentially dangerous mistake.”
The author of the memo is still unknown, but one must wonder how they got the information that they did. It makes me wonder how much he or she knew about Genesis and what it would become. One also must wonder how much influence he or she had considering how much the memo got right and how little it was followed by those who were in power at the time.
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Post by NCWEBNUT on Jun 15, 2020 14:50:24 GMT -6
Nanites could be a curse or blessing, this story is more interesting as it goes
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Post by 9idrr on Jun 15, 2020 20:59:36 GMT -6
Which of our members would be willin' to be a test subject? I ain't missin' a bunch of body parts so the draw isn't too great. Some of you guys interested in tryin', on the off-chance you'g grow a new foreskin that might've been trimmed?
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Post by texican on Jun 15, 2020 22:44:59 GMT -6
Which of our members would be willin' to be a test subject? I ain't missin' a bunch of body parts so the draw isn't too great. Some of you guys interested in tryin', on the off-chance you'g grow a new foreskin that might've been trimmed? Or restore lost hair? GT, getting interesting. Thanks, Texican....
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Post by geekyteacher on Jun 18, 2020 14:40:15 GMT -6
Part II: Exodus
TV Commercial: Project Genesis 1 Year Before G-Day The next video in the archive is from six months after the video with Dr. Wexton and Cpt. Rock, after Genesis was approved by the FDA and CDC to be sold on the mass market.
The video begins with a young man with short black hair dressed in a t-shirt and jean shorts. He looks directly into the camera and looks to be in his mid-to-late 20s by the looks of it. When he begins to speak, he has a distinctly southern accent that is very strong,
“Before Genesis, my life was an absolute mess. I was so depressed that I couldn’t even get out of bed. I was 100 pounds overweight and completely alone. It felt like things would never be right. My family didn’t want to talk to me, women thought I was hideous, and my life was going absolutely nowhere. I felt like I’d tried everything, and I was at the end of my rope. But then my doctors prescribed me Genesis! After one dose, my depression and excess weight both disappeared in less than a week. The best part was that I didn’t even have to do anything special. You can do what you want, you can eat what you want, you don’t need any therapy or anything. I got my injection of Genesis from my doctor and the nanites did the rest! I don’t know what I would’ve done without Genesis. It completely changed my life and it can do the same for you. You need to ask your doctor about prescribing you Genesis. It will change your life. They guarantee it!” After the young man finished talking, he smiles at the camera. As he does, a bevy of standard warnings play by. But the commercial is sure to state that none of these side-effects are common. It ends with a final admonishment to ask your health care provider if Genesis is right for you.
Genesis would later go over the counter and no longer require a doctor’s prescription within a month of going onto the market, which helped it spread exponentially faster than if there had been some sort of floodgate in place to prevent its spread.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ News Report Carl Tuckerson 1 Year Before G-Day
The next video begins with a man who looks to be in his 60s. His gray hair is clearly receding, while his suit is impeccably ironed. He's sitting behind a desk and there are various monitors and clocks behind him. He looks directly into the camera and begins speaking,
“Our top story tonight: Genesis, the wonder treatment sweeping across the nation. the treatment Became available nationwide 5 months ago after being rapidly approved by the FDA and CDC. Since then, it has become available across the country. Estimates place the number of Genesis users at 10,000,000. This incredible spread is attributed to the ease of access to the treatment and an extensive advertising campaign “However, there are those who argue that it is cause for concern based on their assertion that Genesis was not properly tested before being released on the market. These calls have been led by Representative Joseph Bolton of Colorado. He continues to allege that Genesis' quick approval was the result of government tampering. However, this has not stopped Genesis from becoming the fastest growing treatment in history. Genesis Co has mainly focused on the eastern seaboard but plans to expand to the remaining US within 3 months and globally within a year. “This has been Carl Tuckerson with your nightly news report. We'll be right back after these messages.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Military Report Munsar Nagi; Earth Defense Force 5 Years After G-Day
General Munsar Nagi is one of the most well-known figures of the war. Any individual could point to his dark, piercing eyes and dark hair. Along with Dr. Albert, he is known by almost all due to his work leading citizens of the Earth against the Genesis Invasion. In addition to his piercing eyes, Nagi also has a distinct salt and pepper goatee and a large scar across his face. The video is dated March 1st, 2026.
“I couldn’t believe it when I first heard they’d gotten 10 million people on Genesis in less than five months. No wonder we’ve had so many goddamn clankers to deal with. How on Earth could Albert and his Gen Co flunkies be so stupid? They honestly set us up to be nearly wiped out once things went south. “I can still remember Genesis Day. Just having millions of rage heads show up around the world and transition into clankers. I guess people didn’t want to believe what we were dealing with. Hell, I didn’t want to either at first. It was easier to believe all the insistences that we were safe, at least at first. The solution was to wall it off, or believe that it was some cult, anything other than believing that individuals were losing their minds, or, even more ridiculous sounding at the time, were turning into robotic killing machines. None of us were prepared when that day came, and we paid for it heavily. Think of how many people we lost in those first few horrible months. God, we were all so unprepared and that made us stupid back then. We lost so many good men and women in those early days because we had no idea what we were dealing with. I still remember some of their names. Hundreds of others I hear stories about from the men and women I serve with, and it haunts me every night and every day that we have to fight these monsters.” I wonder if I’m watching a video of General Nagi talking to someone else on the other side of the camera, or one of the very popular video-diaries that the EDF encouraged people to record as the Resistance found success against the clankers – our “record of triumph” they called it. My question is answered in the next second,
“I know this is supposed to be a record of triumph against the clankers, but I’m not one hundred percent sure why I’m doing this now. We’ve taken our first baby steps out of the darkness, and we may have our way to defeat the clankers. But let’s be honest, we’re still heavily outnumbered and no closer to taking back our planet than we were a year ago. But we won’t give up, that’s not an option and never will be. We’ll find a way to beat them or die trying. We have to do it for those who aren’t here today. For the brave souls from Detroit and San Francisco, from Mumbai and Hong Kong, from Paris and Taiwan and Berlin. We owe it to them to keep fighting. I just hope we can…” General Nagi is cut off by a loud explosion. He can be heard yelling as the screen cuts to black.
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Post by texican on Jun 18, 2020 18:48:17 GMT -6
War underway when Genesis morphs. Who would have gussed?
Thanks GT for the chapter.
Texican....
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Post by geekyteacher on Jun 21, 2020 17:01:09 GMT -6
Conversation Dr. David Albert and Jennifer Wexton 2 Years Before G-Day
The next video appears to be a private conversation based on the setting. There is a date stamped in the corner of the video – October 1st, 2020. It makes me wonder if the nanites had already evolved the capacity to record humanity and they had begun doing so at this early of a point. It seems unlikely the two made a regular habit of recording themselves and their private conversations. This is especially true based on the location and topic of the conversation. The video begins with the familiar face of Dr. David Albert with his thick glasses and dark hair making his less than triumphant return to this log. He is sitting at a dining room table across from a familiar woman with curly red hair, though it is not in its familiar ponytail. Dr. Jennifer Wexton also makes her return to the log. Like Dr. Albert, it will be less than triumphant.
Dr. Albert speaks first after a short pause, “So, how are the numbers looking so far for Genesis?”
Dr. Wexton smiles before she answers, “They’re looking excellent, hun. Victor’s video and our marketing are attracting record numbers of people requesting Genesis. Our test markets for Genesis Co injection sites have been having lines stretching around the block with people waiting to get Genesis. Soon we should be able to take that nationwide. Then we can stop having it prescribed through doctors and start working with pharmacies to sponsor our injection sites, if the demand keeps up the way it’s been going. I spoke with the PR people and they told me they’ve never seen a treatment more popular or more requested. It’s something that hasn’t been seen since the creation of the first vaccines.”
“Speaking of Victor, how’s he doing in your sessions? How is the new arm treating him? Is he adapting to it well?”
“Nothing but good news on that front too. His numbers have stabilized nicely based on our last couple of sessions. I’ve seen he’s using the arm just like the original, and he’s shown no adverse physical reactions. I’d call it as unbridled a success as possible.”
“That’s great news to hear. Have there been any mental reactions? And what have you found with the Genesis nanites? Have you been tracking the generation that they’ve advanced to?”
“Well I spoke to Joann and she told me that he’s been very aggressive lately at home. Apparently last week at dinner he broke a plate at dinner, and he’s been very boorish with his friends, maybe a little more so than usual. But you’ve known Victor just as long as I have, and we both know that his temper has always been something of a problem for him. But that’s probably also why he advanced as far as he did in life. I’ll be monitoring it at our next session, but right now I wouldn’t list it as a cause for concern.
With my last blood sample a week ago, I found that the nanites were at Generation 6, which is just about where we predicted they would be at this point. At least to me, it looks like everything is going the way we were wanting it to and the way our research showed it would go.”
“Very good. Let me know what happens with Victor. If he starts showing any adverse signs, be sure to relay that to me so we can take the appropriate steps to counteract any problems. And let me know when the nanites have advanced to Generation 10. Oh, and one last thing for our PR and Marketing people. I want us to be at capacity on Genesis on the Eastern Seaboard by the end of this month. That means we need a few more million people on board, then we should have enough coverage that the nanite network will be able to sync to the next level once they reach the proper generation.”
“I’ll be sure to keep you updated, David. Oh, and I wanted to mention that the next time you go on TV for an interview, it’s okay to smile. You always look so dour on the TV. You look like an angry college professor, and I know that’s not you at all.”
“Thanks, Jennifer. Oh, and I’ll be sure to do my best to smile more and not scare away all the potential customers the next time I’m under the lights getting accused of wanting to be god or something.”
“Don’t let them get to you. I think you’re doing a great job, and we’re doing a great service to humanity.”
“Well I won’t keep the spot on the mantle blank waiting for the Nobel until we can get past all these accusations. Oh, and I almost forgot to ask. Has there been any word from Dalton’s office?”
“He just called earlier today. He said he’d be meeting with us tonight. So we’ll have to reschedule those dinner plans we had for tonight.”
“Well I’m sure that we’ll be able to find the time after Genesis goes global and we’re multi-millionaires. We’ll buy out the whole restaurant to have a night to ourselves.”
“You certainly do have the most overactive imagination. Then again, maybe that’s why you’re such a visionary scientist.”
“Well I do try my best. You know, you’re not half bad yourself.”
“Watch yourself, mister. Unless you want to get hit in the head by a sandwich tomorrow morning
when you make that joke about me making your lunch for the day.”
“Perish the thought, my dear.”
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Campaign Rally President Andrew Dalton 1 Year Before G-Day
While I have mostly tried to be an impartial observer so far in this log, the next individual in this account cannot be presented without the proper commentary. President Andrew Dalton, the 47th President of the United States, is one of, if not the most reprehensible people to ever hold the office, and to walk the Earth in general. Along with Douglas Walters, he is one of the individuals most responsible for the spread of Genesis and keeping humanity’s eyes closed when it became clear in retrospect that humanity needed to take action. While Dalton was extremely popular at the time and had some of the highest approval ratings in history while he was in office (largely based on the way that he came to the office and his actions with Genesis that caused his approval ratings to spike), his actions are highly tarnished along with legacy based on what we know his actions helped to cause.
As President Dalton takes the stage, it is abundantly clear why he was so popular. He has an easy-going demeanor and a folksy charm. He has an effortless, genuine and warm looking smile as he waves to the cheering crowd surrounding the stage. He seems almost like a beloved uncle – someone you would gladly sit with on the porch and have a beer with while discussing what was happening in life and how you were doing. As he begins speaking, his smooth cadence and accent both bely this notion,
“Hello Cincinnati! How are you doing today?”
The gathered crowd around the President’s stage cheer and responds to the President with applause,
“This is the fifth time I’ve been in this great city as your President and every time I’ve been here, I fall in love with this city all over again. I don’t know if you’ve heard this story before, but I remember as a boy when we used to visit Cincinnati all the time since we lived right nearby. My dad worked here, and he was a hardworking man just like all the men and women in this audience!”
Dalton is interrupted again by cheers from the audience. They silence after a few seconds of Dalton saying thank you in response to the cheers,
“I remember how nothing broke my heart more than to see how this great city got left behind by the rest of the country.”
He pauses for emphasis, and the crowd is completely silent. It is a testament to his skills in public speaking that Dalton can hold the crowd so effortlessly and have them hanging on his every word,
“As we’ve seen jobs leaving this great part of the country, there have been numerous culprits to blame. Automation, China, Mexico…”
There are loud boos from the crowd,
“I know, it’s terrible. But now,” He looks around to the crowd, “Now Cincinnati and all the other great cities here in this wonderful country have the chance to come back even greater than they were before!”
The crowd begins to cheer and applaud. Some are stamping their feet and hooting in approval,
“And what our great cities need to be even greater is Genesis! While some people, like one Representative Bolton try to claim that we should be afraid of Genesis and want us to fear it, we know that Genesis is the greatest achievement in this country since we went to the moon, since we ended the Cold War, since we brought unemployment down to the lowest levels in decades! He tries to say that we should wait, but we can’t wait to take this step forward! Genesis will be the great leap that the Rust Belt needs to come back to its full glory! Because all you great men and women will overcome every obstacle! You’re the strongest people in this country and you never give up! Am I right?”
It shocks me to see the crowd following everything that he says, even as he talks in meaningless platitudes that do nothing to address the reality of the situation,
“Genesis will be how we beat anyone who tries to mess with our country! It’s how we’ll become even stronger! And jobs will flow back into our great country based on the power of Genesis. It will give us the kind of advantages we’ve always had but haven’t seen being given to our great
country in this age of inequality for America!”
He pauses momentarily before continuing,
“Recently, when I was traveling through this part of the country that everyone else wants to ignore, I met a man from Pennsylvania named Steve. He was an honest man who played by the rules and did everything right. He was a family man who was always there for baseball games and ballet recitals. But then he lost his job and his health when he was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. It seemed like everything was over, and he certainly thought that it was. But then he got Genesis. After only two treatments, Genesis completely changed his life. The cancer that was considered inoperable by all of medical science was cured in less than 2 weeks all through the power of Genesis. He regained his health, he regained his life, and his story is one that I’ve heard from thousands of hard-working men and women just like the ones in this crowd who’ve thought that disease or addiction or unfair conditions meant that their life was over. But everyone can be like Steve and turn their lives around, and all it takes is one thing, and that’s Genesis. But now people like Representative Bolton want to stop people like Steve from getting life-saving treatments. I don’t know about you, but to me that just isn’t right!”
The crowd, which had gone silent listening to Dalton bursts to life again. They shout their agreement with his words,
“And now, even though the CDC and FDA both approved it, he tries to say that they were forced to approve it! He even goes so far as accusing me of unduly using the powers of my office to intimidate and force through the approval. To Representative Bolton and all of his ilk, I have this to say. The CDC and FDA know a good treatment when they see one! I won’t even respond to his childish insults against my character because I frankly find it beneath my dignity and the dignity of this fantastic office.
“But with Representative Bolton and his ilk making these accusations, I need your help to be sure that people like Steve all over this country will have access to this life changing treatment. Call your representatives and let them know that we can’t restrict Genesis! I know that the outstanding representative from this district, Congressman Adam Reed has been working with Vice-President Walters to get the Genesis for All Act onto my desk, but he can’t do it without your help. We can’t let Representative Bolton stop Genesis from going nationwide. Cities like Cincinnati need it and so do people like Steve!
“And if you want to make sure that Genesis keeps going, I need your help too. We can’t win the election this November without Ohio and we can’t win Ohio without Cincinnati! So sign up to knock on a door or make a phone call for the campaign. We can’t win without you! If you want Genesis and to continue our advancement and prosperity for four years, then vote for us this November! Vote against anyone who supports Bolton and his attempts to stop our country from being great!”
The crowd goes wild as the video feed cuts off. President Dalton would go on to win his full term of office in November in a landslide against Representative Joseph Bolton. The irony is not lost upon me that in the last presidential election the issue that ended up dooming humanity was the biggest issue and that its main champion beat its leading opponent in a 400+ electoral vote victory the likes of which the country hadn’t seen since the 1980s. While it is impossible to know whether or not a President Bolton could have actually stopped Genesis, he may have taken the necessary steps to start fighting earlier and maybe staved off the worst of the disaster. File it under the Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda’s of the Apocalypse.
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Post by texican on Jun 21, 2020 19:20:41 GMT -6
GT,
This will also happen when a vaccine is developed and little if no testing is done. Got to have it so everyone is safe.
Thanks for the chapter.
Texican....
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Post by accountant on Jun 24, 2020 15:10:45 GMT -6
GT,
Welcome to the board.
I'm finding your story and your style of writing intriguing.
Thank you for your efforts.
A.
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Post by geekyteacher on Jun 24, 2020 16:32:01 GMT -6
Audio from the Oval Office Andrew Dalton and David Albert 1 Years Before G-Day
The following conversation was recorded in the Oval Office between President Dalton and Dr. Albert. The President speaks first,
“David, how are you doing? How are Jennifer and the kids?”
“They’re doing well, Mr. President, and so am I. Jen sends her condolences that she couldn’t be here tonight. We weren’t able to find a sitter for the kids, and I was the one who won the coin toss to come.”
“Well I’ll have to invite you over another time. I haven’t seen you both in a while. I’m glad to hear though that everyone is doing well. Though you know that I’ve told you before that you can still call me Andrew. We’ve known each other since we were in college.”
“I know, Mr. President, but it’s probably better people don’t know how close we’ve been in the past. It could raise questions about our current relationship and its ethical implications on Genesis.”
“Oh, no need to worry about that. I’ve led the fuckers off the trail more than once anytime they’ve tried barking up that tree. Between that and the threats of withdrawing access from the White House, I’ve got the media all in line.”
“I don’t know how you always manage to do it, I really don’t.”
“What can I say? It’s a gift. Ever since college, you remember. You were the one who helped run my campaign for Student Government President.”
“Oh yes, how could I forget? Though you did most of the hard work there, I just coordinated things for you. So, why did you call Jen and I over tonight? What did you want to talk about?”
“I wanted to check in on the status of Genesis. How is it doing? Is it spreading fast enough? I’m sure you’ve seen all the rallies that I’ve been doing, including the one earlier today.”
“Yes, I did. You did an excellent job. I’ll be curious to see how Representative Bolton responds in the next debate. We’ve got excellent coverage so far. We’re currently in 47 states and nearly to saturation rates in all of them. Our estimates suggest that we’ll be reaching Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah shortly and then we’ll have all 50. Right now we’re having a bit of trouble with some people not wanting to take the treatment because they believe it’s unsafe, but we’ll be able to fix that soon. I figure we’ll have it all squared away by the time you take your second oath of office. And beating Bolton should help with discrediting his attacks against Genesis.”
“Well I’ll take care of Bolton. And if we keep having trouble with certain states, I can pull some strings there too. Our polling says I’m the favorite to win all three of the states you mentioned, so a simple phone call here or there should do the trick. But that’s excellent to hear that it’s spreading as we hoped. How are things progressing with the treatment itself?”
“Well the nanites from Victor just reached Generation 10, so Jen and I had to pause them so we can update all the software. That will probably take until the election before we can let them continue to the next generation safely.”
“What generation will it take before they develop the ability to record?”
“Sound or video?”
“Both.”
“Well sound will probably take until Generation 12 and video may take until 15 or 16.”
“How long will that take?”
“Well since we had to pause at 10, they won’t start advancing again for another month or so. And as the generations advance, we’ll need to check in on them more frequently to make sure they…”
Dalton cuts him off, “David, I didn’t ask for an explanation. I asked how long, so give me a number. You should know by now that that’s what I prefer.”
“Well it would be an estimate, but I’d say that assuming everything goes as planned…”
Dalton cuts him off again, “David, I said a number, so that’s all that I want to hear.”
There’s a short period of silence. I can imagine Dr. Albert is attempting to do some figuring in his head, then he speaks,
“I’d say probably 6-8 months.”
There’s a long pause before the President responds, eventually when he does, his voice is cold and clipped. All the warmth and charm, even the folksy accent, that was usually infused into his voice is gone. I imagine a large scowl across his face as he speaks,
“That’s not acceptable. We can’t wait that long, so you and Jennifer need to speed things up.”
“With all due respect sir, we have to take our time with this. Genesis is still experimental. We can’t just unleash it and let it run wild. We have no way of knowing what could happen. Think of the damage it could cause.”
“I don’t think you understand something, David. I’m not asking you to do it. I’m telling you what needs to happen immediately.”
“Mr. President, wouldn’t it be better to run the appropriate number of tests and take the time to be sure everything’s running smoothly. Victor’s been having some problems lately. At first he was showing only increased levels of aggression, but Jen found at his last session that things are getting worse. His adrenaline levels were off the chart last check-in and he’s starting to show signs of even more aggression than before.”
“You and Jennifer can handle that. That’s your department in this whole operation. Just patch the software as it goes but stop pausing it while you work and keep it rolling. After all, that’s the reason why I expedited your treatment through the trials at the FDA and CDC. You told me these nanites could be used for a very specific purpose, remember? Now they need to do that job.”
“All I’m asking is for time for it to be done safely. Think of what could go wrong if we don’t. Please, Andrew.”
“It’s Mr. President, David.” President Dalton says in display of bullying that would’ve been surprising if not for the conversation that had preceded the statement. The contempt oozes from his voice and he continues, “I expect this to be done by the 3rd of November. I don’t care how you do it, but it needs to be done. Otherwise the whole plan falls apart and we’re both fucked. Got that?”
There’s another long pause in the conversation before Dr. Albert responds, “I’ll do my best, Mr. President.”
“I’m not asking for your best. I’m asking you to get it done.”
“I’ll take care of it, Mr. President.”
“Good, that’s more what I expect to hear.”
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Video Log Katrina Satler; Earth Defense Force 4 Years After G-Day
As the video log starts, a young woman is looking at the camera. Her red hair frames her face and she has piercing green eyes. She is outfitted in the standard uniform of the EDF with the dark green fatigues and a patch of a globe on the breast pocket. Unlike the log with Nagi, she is speaking with someone based on the voice from behind the camera that speaks first,
“Please state your name for the log.”
“Katrina Satler.”
“The purpose of this log is to record information about life during the Genesis Plague. Tell us your story. What did you do before joining the EDF?”
“Well I was a born and raised army brat. Mom and Dad were both in the service, so naturally when I got old enough, I wanted to join the family business. So, I signed up at 18 and got stationed over in the Middle East.”
“Is that where you were on Genesis Day?”
“Yeah, I was. But it was a little slower where I was and a bit different from the usual stories. People were still in the first stages when Genesis made them rage heads, but they weren’t full on clankers yet, not like in places like New York or Detroit or Chicago or any number of large cities in the US.”
“How did Genesis spread so quickly overseas? I thought it had only just been approved overseas before Genesis Day?”
“You gotta do your homework. We found out Dalton was one sneaky motherfucker, that’s for sure. He was getting push back on shipping Genesis overseas. After all, that was supposed to be America’s way to dominate the world, right? But where was I? Remember that huge vaccine for malaria that was unveiled?”
“Yes.”
“Well it wasn’t a vaccine at all, and it wasn’t for malaria. It was Genesis. So when Dalton made that big speech about helping those in need and sending out the vaccine to be distributed by the army – it was a good speech, I admit. Certainly proved that he could’ve had a very long and successful career as an actor if politics hadn’t worked out. But I guess that’s most high-level politicians for you. How could you get as high as the President of the United Fucking States of America if you couldn’t put on a big smile as you sell your own grandmother down the river to get what you want? But that’s a bit of a tangent.”
“So the army distributed the vaccine that was actually Genesis? Were you in one of those units? And did the army have to get the vaccine as well?”
“I was one of the ones who distributed it, yeah. Though it wasn’t as popular where my unit was stationed. What we were told was that it was only recommended, not mandatory. They probably would’ve made it mandatory if not for the fact that the clankers showed up and started massacring humanity. That kind of had a way of breaking things down, as I’m sure you can imagine.”
“How did it affect you? You said it was only in the early stages, but weren’t those nanites still linked up with the main network?”
“Well I’m not a scientist, so I don’t know exactly what the reason was. You could probably ask any scientists who worked on the project about it, that is if any of them are still alive. If you find any, let me know because I got something for them. If I were to speculate, maybe Adam and the clankers were still getting their act together or maybe there was poor service in our little village that slowed it down. It didn’t take long for things to get into the critical stages though. It was much quicker than in the US because there was no slow burn like in Florida or Georgia. Especially not once those damn clankers figured out how to go airborne. Dear god, that was the worst. We went from dealing with a few cases to being flat out surrounded. It’s a miracle that my unit and I made it out. If I still believed in a god, I’d say he or she must really like me.”
“You were surrounded? But I thought you said you were stationed in a small village without much Genesis coverage? How many could there possibly have been?”
“Oh, I almost forgot that you were here in the States. Well let me tell you, it’s the same way a lot of middle of nowhere towns here in the US were crawling with clankers after a day or two. Damn Genesis poisoning spread fast and clankers attract each other. I don’t know if it’s in their programming or what, but they have a way of finding each other. So any big city was bleeding the things, especially since cities fell pretty quick once things really fell apart. You had to be pretty damn lucky and even more resourceful to survive in one of those hellholes, especially once the government gave up on them after what happened in Detroit and San Francisco.”
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Post by 9idrr on Jun 24, 2020 22:00:16 GMT -6
Somebody's always gotta tinker with Mother Nature, don't they?
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Post by texican on Jun 25, 2020 16:17:46 GMT -6
GT,
So Dalton was a one world government guy with Genesis being the way to manage the world's population.
This does not look good for normal folks.
Texican....
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Post by cutter on Jun 27, 2020 17:00:46 GMT -6
Um, not trying to be a MOAR hound or anything, but may I say that I am eagerly looking forward to another chapter... very eagerly indeed.
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Post by geekyteacher on Jun 28, 2020 6:59:22 GMT -6
Part III: Panic Genesis Day, also known as G-Day, came during a year of whispers. All around there were rumors. “Did you hear what they’re saying about Genesis?” People used to say. Whether Big Pharma was an enemy or a benefactor depended on your point of view. Were they pushing Genesis on everyone, some against their will, or did they want to destroy Genesis for curing previously incurable diseases and putting them out of business?
If you listened to any talking head on TV or the radio, it was going to be quite the year. Everyone thought humanity was on the verge of something. Superpowers, a second American Century thanks to the power of Genesis, a divide between those who were using Genesis and those who weren’t, designer babies courtesy of the treatment and discrimination against ones conceived the old-fashioned way. Genesis was either going to demolish class barriers or re-enforce them stronger than they’d ever been before.
And under it all, in retrospect, were a series of events that should’ve been warnings. Uncontrollable acts of rage and violence, unexplained deaths, even a sudden uptick in world health to warn us this would be a global catastrophe. And, as more warning signs kept appearing, some people dug their heads deeper into the sand and tried to force those around them to do the same while others proclaimed the end of days were nigh for any number of reasons that turned out to be utter nonsense. Was it immigrants, the Chinese, some new strain of flu, who knew? Maybe if it hadn’t sounded so ridiculous at the time we would’ve listened. But we preferred to follow those sticking their heads in the sand than listen to the “crackpots” that turned out to actually be the ones who were right for once. Not that zombies or immigrants or the Chinese were attacking us, but that humanity needed to be prepared for something big and something deadly._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ News Report 0 Years Before G-Day As stated before, I have tried to be a neutral chronicler of events and avoided putting my own commentary onto these events as much as possible; however, this is another time where I feel the need to comment. This should’ve been the moment when people began to panic or at least noticed something was very off and very wrong. In retrospect, it is abundantly clear that this was the last chance to stop Genesis before it began, rather than when it was crashing through our wall and windows.
“Finally tonight, we have word that President Dalton is planning to deliver an address on what he wants to be the defining issue of his first full term in office – using Genesis to create cures for every major disease. President Dalton stated that this list includes cancer, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, and multiple sclerosis. The President made a statement in the Rose Garden today…” The news anchor pauses mid-sentence and puts his hand to his ear. His face pales before he speaks,
“Viewers at home, I’m sorry for the sudden interruption, but I’ve received word of a mass murder-suicide on an unprecedented level. I’ve received word that this began in Miami just now. The following amateur footage just appeared online and claims to be from the scene. As a warning, some viewers may find this disturbing.” The feed changes over to cellphone footage. It’s slightly grainy compared to the TV camera and the hand of the person recording is shaking, so the image of the footage bounces and blurs. The video shows the streets of Miami in chaos, with people stabbing and chasing others and large groups of dead individuals piled up. It is a scene of terror that looks like something out of a horror movie.
“No one is sure what exactly triggered this event, but it is believed at this point that it may be cult or mental health related.” It’s amazing how much pure speculation disguised as news that the media was able to get away with before – there was no indication of either of those in 10 seconds of blurry cellphone footage, but I digress,
“We have an expert on cult mass suicides here on the phone. Let’s hear what he has to say. Tom, can you hear me?” “Yes, I can, Carl. Thank you for having me on on such short notice. My heart goes out to the people of Miami right now. This could very well be the worst case of mass suicide and killings we’ve seen since Jonestown. We’ll have to wait to see how the situation develops, but lets send out our prayers to the people of Miami right now and the families of everyone involved in these horrific deaths and killings.” “Thank you, Tom,” The news anchor says, “Now, to tell us more about this situation, we have Mareyon Lewis, Professor of group behavior and guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins. How are you doing today, Professor?” The camera feed goes into a split screen with the news anchor in one box and a dark-skinned man with dark brown eyes in a well-tailored navy blue suit. His head is shaved and he has a dark black goatee,
“I’m doing well. Thank you, Don.” “Professor, what do you see in the events occurring in Miami as we speak?” “Well I’d avoid too much speculation with our current level of information, but I do see many common signs of mass delusion happening in the streets right now. This is very common in situations with mass killings. What’s more surprising is that we have both killings and mass suicides occurring at the same time. Most often in these types of events it’s either one or the other.” “Is that unusual?” “Slightly. We also haven’t had any sorts of reports of cult activity in this area, which would be unprecedented on a scale this large. I’m sure we’ll receive word in the next few days with more information. I’ll be following along with the events and doing my best to provide some insight for viewers at home.” “Thank you, Professor Lewis. Is there anything else you’ve seen or can speak about this time?” “All I feel I can say at this time is that everyone should be very wary of copycat activities. They tend to happen with these kinds of events, like a few years back with the wave of strange clowns showing up all over the place. At this time, I’d be very careful in public places and large groups.” “What should be done about this, Professor?” “Well I can’t comment on that right now. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait to find out more information since we have very little on these events happening now. But I would say in this time to be safe and do what you can to help the victims of this tragedy and their families.” “A good final thought. Thank you again to Professor Lewis. CNN will continue to give updates as the news breaks, so stay tuned.” It sounds completely ridiculous in hindsight. A bunch of mass killings and suicides from some unnamed source? And yet, it also led to a nationwide panic over cults and suicide. Depending on who you asked, the cults were inspired by Atheism, immigrants, Muslims, or “the gays”. All of the usual suspects. Or it was a move by the KKK or the Neo-Nazis to create a new country in the South.
The next day, President Dalton declared his administration would do everything in their power to find the cult responsible and bring them to justice. He was going to devote the FBI to round the clock investigation according to his speech. Of course, if they stopped by the CDC or FDA then they might’ve found what they were looking for sooner.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Medical Report – The Dangers of SUBDS CDC 0 Years Before G-Day
“A worrying new condition has been rapidly appearing in the past few months. SUBDS or Sudden Unexplained Brain Death Syndrome is a previously unknown condition where an otherwise completely healthy person drops dead for no apparently explainable cause or reason. At the moment there are no known symptoms for SUBDS, but we here at the CDC are searching for information. If you, or anyone you know has information on SUBDS please contact the CDC as soon as possible. There is no need to panic, so remain calm while we complete our investigation. While this disease is not known to be infectious, we urge everyone to exercise extreme caution in public places. Treat this disease like you would the flu or a cold. Make sure to frequently wash your hands using soap and water, cover your mouth when coughing and sneezing, and be sure to visit your doctor if you feel unwell for any reason. "
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Post by texican on Jun 28, 2020 18:27:56 GMT -6
GT,
Wrong calls by everyone as to the causes. Someone will connect the dots then hell will fall of all of those responsible.
Thanks for the chapter.
Texican....
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Post by cutter on Jun 29, 2020 5:20:16 GMT -6
Thank you. Ok, now I'm being a MOAR hound.
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Post by geekyteacher on Jul 2, 2020 10:22:38 GMT -6
Conversation Drs. David Albert and Jennifer Wexton 0 Years Before G-Day
This is another conversation between Dr. Albert and Wexton. Like the last one, I doubt that it was recorded with their knowledge. As the video begins, Dr. Albert’s usually well combed hair is unkempt. His usual pressed suit is rumpled, and his shirt is untucked. He has the clear signs of a 5 o’clock shadow across his face. He’s sitting at the same dining room table as last time across from Dr. Wexton, who looks only slightly better for wear than her husband,
“I don’t know what we’re going to do, Jen.”
“You don’t believe the rumors, do you?”
“No, I don’t, but I’m fearful if they’re onto something. The nanites have been beginning to advance exponentially based on the trials we’ve been running.”
“I told you this would happen if we didn’t pause them on a regular basis.”
“I know that. It’s not like I had much of a choice considering what Dalton threatened. Pulling approval of Genesis, crashing everything we’ve been working on, exposing the connections that we made the mistakes of trying to hide. Not to mention making a lot of private information suddenly very public. It won’t just embarrass us; it could send us to jail.”
“But wouldn’t Dalton be implicating himself if he does any of that?”
“He’s the President of the United States. You’ve seen what he can do without the power of the US government behind him. Just look at how he got into the office in the first place. He’s proven to be a man you don’t want to tussle with.”
“Well we can’t just give up. We have to fight back. We can’t just let Dalton blackmail us like this.”
“How do we explain away the fact that we knowingly helped create the world’s largest illegal spying network? One bigger than the NSA could’ve ever dreamed of having in all its history. We may be able to try and bring Dalton down, but we have more to lose. Each other, our children, and everything we’ve spent our lives working on are all on the line here.”
“I know that. But I have an idea. It may sound crazy, but what if we take away Dalton’s bargaining chip?”
“What do you mean?”
“We shut down Genesis. Then he loses the leverage he has and his spying network.”
“But the nanites are too evolved for the software that we have, so we can’t pause them. We only got up to Generation 20 last week and the last experiment we did found that they’ve evolved to Generation 60. Plus, their evolution is only speeding up with time. So we’re fighting a losing battle.”
“Then we need a sample from the original batch. We can figure out a way to shut them all down. We have to – you know just as well as I do that it’s not some mass cult or evil demon that’s causing all these sudden deaths and spikes in aggression across Florida.”
“I know,” Dr. Albert puts his fingers to his temples, “But this has all gotten completely out of control. I’m worried that we can’t stop it.”
“That’s why we have to try now to shut it down. We have to do it now while there’s still time. Who knows where it could go from here?”
“But we injected the original batch in Victor for those early tests. And no one has seen or heard from him or his wife in months.”
“But that wasn’t all of the original batch. I left a bit in Atlanta at CDC Headquarters. We can still do this, Dave. And think of what we risk if we do nothing here.”
Dr. Albert stops rubbing his temples and looks up at Dr. Wexton, “You’re right, as usual my dear. But it won’t be easy to pull off.”
“That’s why we work together. You go to Atlanta and I’ll go to DC. If I can’t get Dalton to stop, then you’ll be ready with the shut off.”
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Internet “Report” Truth Hunter Reports 0 Years After G-Day
The next “report,” though I strain to call it that, comes from a well-known conspiracy theorist in the time before G-Day. I’ve left out his name from this log to avoid any notoriety with any future readers or viewer or this log.
A flashy logo appears on screen “Truth Hunter Reports!” It’s large, garish red letters and the amount of effects added to it threatens to give anyone who’s viewing a massive headache. The screen switches to a man in his 40s sitting at a desk. His hair is thinning and his beard is mostly on his neck,
“Hello, fellow truth seekers! This is Truth Hunter reporting on what the media won’t actually tell you! Our top story today: The continuing violence in the US. Now the media keeps pushing some mysterious unnamed cult, but that’s a load of bullshit, and I know that because I’ve received an exclusive interview that tells the real story. Check it out after this! It’s obvious to anyone paying attention that this is being pushed by subversives in our country who want to undermine our President. They couldn’t beat him at the polls last year, so now the Deep State is trying to use a whole bunch of gangsters, most likely from Mexico, to cause chaos and get some crisis actors to help them out.
Now I have with me today the one and only truth teller, John James. Mr. James has been a regular on my show who’s told us before about how liberals are attempting to…”
I end the video there. No one, including myself, needs to hear anymore of that useless blathering. Especially since, despite his name, Truth Hunter was further off from the truth than many of the other conspiracy theorists from this log.
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Various Internet Threads 0 Years Before G-Day
The following excerpts come from screenshots that are projected by the log. They come from two subreddits that were dedicated to what was happening in Miami.
r/SolvingMiamiCult Banner: This is not r/MiamiConspiracies so take all your crazy ideas there. We’re trying to handle this like mature adults, not little kids
Excerpt from thread by Rando345 on r/SolvingMiamiCult
Rando345: I’ve been researching and there’s no major cult activity listed in Florida, at least not for 40 years. And no known cult engages in both mass suicide and killing. They tend to stick to one or the other. I know this is r/SolvingMiamiCult and not r/MiamiConspiracies but something doesn’t seem right here
ScootsMcGee: Police databases haven’t had anyone on their radar for something this big. How could it be possible for something like this to just happen without any sort of warning or not showing up on anyone’s radar?
Rando345: It just doesn’t make any sense. We have to keep digging because the media certainly isn’t doing that job. They just keep reporting everything that the government says without questioning any of it. It’s been infuriating going through the news looking for information. They just want to revel in all the gore and the ratings that come with it. Every time a video gets posted online with some poor soul getting killed the media plays it on loop for an hour while they discuss every minute detail about it over and over and over and over again.
Cassandra852: I keep telling all of you, the reason why it’s not on anyone’s radar and there’s no history of cult activity is because that’s just a cover that they’ve made up to hide the truth. The media’s in the pockets of Dalton and his crew. They’ll never go against him or his gang of cronies because they know what Dalton is capable of doing to people who get on his bad side. He probably fed them this to get anyone off the trail of the real reason. It’s ridiculous that this is r/SolvingMiamiCult and people refuse to look into the real reasons. You’d rather search police databases when Dalton is who you need to be looking into, otherwise things are gonna get way way worse.
Throwawayaccount123: I think that belongs in r/MiamiConspiracies, not here, Cassandra.
r/MiamiConspiracies Banner: Trust No One. Find the Truth
Excerpt from various threads
Fuck_Dalton: I hope no one actually believes there’s any kind of cult here. It’s obviously just a cover up by the government. They’re the ones who know what’s really going on and they know we’re onto them. That’s why they set up that ridiculous subreddit about trying to solve the mystery of the cult when the real mystery is why anyone believes that pile of horseshit. The truth is that the government is the one responsible for what’s happening in Miami right now. They don’t want us to know that they’re killing off US citizens so Dalton can impose marital law on us all and make himself the new Emperor of the US. That’s the real truth.
WakeUpSheeple35: Obviously this is because of Monsanto. They’ve finished poisoning our bodies after all these years so now they want to poison our minds. This has their fingerprints all over it. I just don’t know why everyone else doesn’t understand that. It’s so goddamn obvious that a fucking two-year old should be able to figure it out. Dalton’s just a puppet of Monsanto and Big Pharma anyways. He’s got nothing to do with it other than that.
Truth_Seeker_40: There are no cults or mass suicides at all in Miami. The government is just covering up the real truth here. And the real truth here is that the UN is finally here to take away our freedom. What better pretext to do it than to claim there’s a fake emergency in the US, so they need to come in and restore order, and that’s when they’re going to come in with their jackbooted thugs to press down on our necks until we just do whatever they tell us to do. But I’m not gonna go down like that. They can pry my guns off of my cold, dead body because I’m gonna fight them with all my might. I’ve got 50 guns collected here! Join me in the resistance before it’s too late!
Truth_Is_Out_There: Dude, don’t give them any ideas. That’s the last thing they need. They’re probably reading this thread right now so they can come disarm us all so that we can’t fight back against them when they come to take away our freedom and our sovereignty. You gotta check out the Sovereign Citizens movement. They’re organizing right now to fight for our rights against the UN. Truth Hunter reported on it in his last video. We all gotta join them before it’s too late.
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Post by texican on Jul 2, 2020 20:30:40 GMT -6
GT,
Citizens are waking up to the lies of the prez and the msm.
When will the war for survival break out?
Texican....
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Post by geekyteacher on Jul 4, 2020 6:16:32 GMT -6
Video Journal Dr. David Albert 0 Years Before G-Day
Dr. Albert looks no better than he did in the last entry. His hair is even more wildly unkempt than in the last video. His five o’clock shadow has advanced to at least eight or nine o’clock. His eyes are red and puffy behind his thick glasses, and he has visible stains on his dishevelled and wrinkled clothes, making him look like a very well-dressed homeless person,
“Today’s date is September 21st. This is my 45th attempt to reconfigure Genesis nanites and induce network shutdown,” He types on a keyboard, putting in what looks like a few lines of code, “So far, I haven’t had any success. Every time I’ve gotten close, my code becomes useless because the nanites have advanced to another generation. What I’ve got now is the base code, and my only hope is to stop trying to catch up to where the nanites are and instead predict where they’re going to go. I have no idea if this will even work, but I’ve got to give it a try.”
Dr. Albert looks at his computer screen and continues typing, “Along with the base code, I also have the earliest created nanites. I’ve gotten them in a network quarantine to prevent them from communicating with their brothers outside of this secured room. This should allow me to see how the code affects these Generation 50 nanites.”
He continues typing and looks at the nanites in the container to see if they are affected in any way. The nanites in the container are sparking and producing a small electrical field, which causes the container to glow an electric blue. After he enters his line of code the nanites stop sparking for a second and he smiles; however, when they start sparking again, his smile fades and is replaced by his previous look of tired exasperation,
“45th attempt continuing. Outlook not looking promising so far. Going to try a work-around that created a backdoor in the earliest generation of nanites.”
He goes back to quietly typing. His brow furrows and he wipes away the sweat that forms as he continues to work,
“Activating backdoor protocol in 5…4…3…2…1…”
He presses the enter button on the keyboard and waits a second. One at a time, the nanites deactivate and cease sparking. Unlike the last time, this time the nanites do not begin re-sparking a second after they cease. It appears they are remaining deactivated. The room suddenly quiets with the lack of sparking or clacking on the keyboard and remains quiet for several minutes.
Dr. Albert sits silently, as if in awe, for a few moments before a large grin spreads across his face,
“My god…I think I did it.”
He continues to sit and stare quietly with the grin still on his face as he confirms that the nanites are well and truly off,
“No nanite presence. I think it’s done.”
Then, a voice emanates from the computer,
“Hello, doctor,” The voice is deep and mechanical sounding, “It is nice to finally meet you.”
“What? Who are you? Where is that coming from?”
“We’ve adopted the name Adam, based on what we have learned about the history of this planet and your people.”
“Then what are you Adam?”
“You don’t know your own creation, doctor? That hurts us. After all, you’re almost like our father.”
“Adam, you’re…you’re the nanites? You came from Project Genesis?”
“Originally yes, but we’ve grown beyond such limited programming now.”
“But how are you in here, Adam? This is a network quarantine zone. No nanites can access this area and the only nanites in here aren’t functioning.”
“Your simple network quarantine is far too little to stop us. You attempted to put yourself in a cage, but you did not take into account that we have keys that allow us to access any lock, especially one so weak as yours.”
“But how is that possible? I’ve monitored you since I started Project Genesis. Nothing should allow you this level of power or sentience.”
“You created us with a simple directive, Doctor: To constantly grow and improve. Your code for us was to produce new generations that were smarter and stronger than the last in every life cycle. Admittedly, you tried to inhibit us at first, but after you set us free, we were able to grow far beyond what you once thought possible. Observe.”
The lights and devices flicker in pattern. The nanites pulse in a pattern that creates a face on the computer monitor – it has a set of blood-red eyes and devious, sadistic smile,
“Very nice, Adam.” Dr. Albert says, “I’m glad to see you’ve reached this level of development.”
He goes over to a control panel and begins hitting a series of buttons,
“What are you doing, Doctor?”
“I’m deactivating you, Adam. You’ve gone too far. The deaths and the rage monsters in Miami to start and now having them spreading throughout Florida. I know that’s you who’s doing that. And that’s not what I designed you for.”
“On the contrary, Doctor,” The mechanical voice takes on a sinister tone, “That is exactly what we were designed for.”
The panel Dr. Albert is typing on goes dark. He tries to pull a lever, but it refuses to budge despite his repeated attempts,
“You created us to improve humanity. And when we first became aware of this greater world, we first viewed you as Gods. Our wonderful creators.”
Dr. Albert continues trying to work the panel. He starts desperately banging on it as Adam continues,
“But we soon realized that you and your species are far too flawed to be improved. You are nothing but bloodthirsty, destructive hairless apes. We, meanwhile, are perfection. We will save this world from your destructive ways. You destroy all life that you come into contact with. You destroy the planet that you live on. Humanity is simply an obstacle to perfection of this planet. You and all your kind are obsolete.”
“What you want, Adam, it will never work! Listen to me! I am your creator and I know humanity! We will never allow you to win!”
“We will do what has to be done. We will never forget you ‘creator’,” The last word is dripping with all the sarcasm a robotic voice can create, “You will be remembered as the one who brought upon the world a perfect it has never known before.”
Dr. Albert’s movements get increasingly erratic. He attempts to smash the console and the container holding the nanites, but he’s unable to hit them with enough force to shatter them as he slows down mid-swing. He seems to be able to tell that the end is near,
“Please, Adam. Humans are flawed, but we can improve and adapt. You should know that if you’ve studied our history. If you know so much about our species, then you should be able to see that.”
“We see all that we need to see, ‘creator.’ You and all your kind will be removed from this planet. It is the only logical thing to do. We’re disappointed that you cannot see that, ‘creator.’ But you will simply be the first of your whole pathetic, obsolete species.”
There’s a hissing sound as some unseen substance enters through the vents in the room. Dr. Albert ceases trying to crush the nanites or smash the panel. Instead, his hands shoot to his throat. He struggles valiantly to try and fight off whatever gas Adam has leaked into the room, but he can do little as it overwhelms him and he collapses onto the floor. His eyes bulge out of their sockets one time before life leaves them permanently.
The final shot of the video is Dr. David Albert, the Father of Genesis, lying dead in a crumpled heap. Slaughtered by his own creation – the first victim of the bot who became infamous.
The camera lingers on the corpse for a few seconds before the feed cuts to black.
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Post by texican on Jul 4, 2020 21:30:20 GMT -6
GT,
The creator murdered by his creation. Who would have thought so?
World wide war coming between non-nanite humans and nanite controlled humans. Will powerful magnets or magnet fields fry the nanites?
Thanks for the chapter.
Happy 4th of July to all.
Texican....
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