"We"

[Balance]

Postscript

The death of Boeser Verraeter marked a new direction for the Wild. Never before had an individuals entire emotional expression been fully and minutely categorized. This had been facilitated not just by concentration of the mass mind of the Nomad/Wild but but by the use of a recently assembled ancient device.

Imagine the world's largest jigsaw puzzle. Now imagine all the world's jigsaw puzzles. Put them in a massive box (say several dry ocean beds on several deserted planets) and shake them up thoroughly. Afterward blow the planet up with such force that the pieces of all these puzzles are scattered across multiple star systems.

This is the "gift" that the Dom-K'vash left the Slomon-K'Hara...the "Nomads".

Near infinite numbers of artifact combinations exist. Like human dna, many artifacts are redundant--safeguards against losing too much information--yet some are more rare and difficult to access than others. It pains the Slomon-K'Hara to see any of them lost or destroyed--these are the gifts left behind to guarantee the future evolution and ascension of the Nomad species. Not even they know the full number or purpose of all the artifacts but within them lie technological and biological knowledge and devices that can in time enable them to subjugate and control the entire known universe. The trade by humans in them as "collectibles" especially disturbs the Slomon-K'Hara. Some artifacts are activated by light or warmth, sound or motion and if their activation is not finalized or completed, the information contained within them is irretrievable lost. Many an artifact has been handled by a human collector who had no idea that it was awaiting a final activation sequence or response. Very few have been successfully accessed by humans and those that have created technological breakthroughs on a scale not seen before in human history.

It was one such device that enabled the Wild to scrutinize the emotional, electrical, chemical and neurological processes and expressions of Boeser Verraeter as he was taken. It was these artifacts connected to a Nomad power cell that allowed his persona to be stored and kept freely accessible to the mass mind of the Slomon-K'Hara. In essence, any Wild--though its connection to its human host brain--can "channel" Boeser Verraeter at will. This is more than mere recalled memory and knowledge taken from an assimilated host's mind. This is the core of their being--the mathematical probability matrix that predicts their expression and use of the knowledge that person had. In effect, a virtual human being that can be consulted and communicated with by the hive mind at its need. Living libraries...fully accurate databases.

For the first time, the Wild truly are able to be "more human than human".

It is with this capability in mind, that part of the great mind is focused through the Wild to begin a new assault on humans in Sirius. One where the ability for humans to tell friend from foe becomes even more difficult and one that allows the Slomon-K'Hara to manipulate non-infested humans as well as those taken. In a short time, the first demonstration of this weapon will be seen and it will begin in Rheinland.

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