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Jason Hughes - Commander of the Band of Angels
Ever since the first sentient being came into existence on Earth, survival has been the key priority programmed into the minds of all who followed its evolutionary path. This urge, this goal, it has shaped the way our society as we know it forms, and it continues to evolve around that common goal.
But to achieve that goal, survival, there is an unavoidable interaction: War.
War, the bringer of violence and sorrow. Yet to survive sacrifices must be made. All these years, we've continued to improve, or so it seemed. Our technology is still advancing, but to a better future? Perhaps not.
With factions forming, enemies being made, our technology's prime reason for existence becomes clear; death, and survival.
With us, humanity, the role models for all others on Earth, our planet was dying. Conflict was growing.
That seems to be why they came.
Ian Weiss
With the First Light, our species learned compassion and tolerance for each other. Those with opposing views realized how pointless it was to force their views to others.
We learned equality, from our lowest slave to our highest hero, from our smartest scholar to our brashest soldier. Thanks to the First Light, we advanced our civilization without fear of the unknown. Without fear of being destroyed by ourselves.
So, it goes without question that when a new Light had been discovered in our skies, we would go to it with all haste, holding our breath to what secrets a new Light held. Throughout the years of our great civilization, we had discovered so many things, so our minds were simply left to ponder what new Light could teach us. Immortality? Divinity?
No. The answer was much more simple than that. We had grown content with what we knew; we had no desire to expand our knowledge any further. So who or whatever you would like to call it; God, the gods, fate, chance, the universe, whatever decided to teach us a lesson we decided to forget.
A fact taught to everyone in our culture at a young age is that for everything we are given, we are forced to pay some price.
With the First Light, we were given hope. With the last, I'm afraid we may lose much more than that.
