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| The 7th Act; Prepare for some proboscidean, testudine, and cetacean spec.(And other things) | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 30 2016, 10:09 PM (1,042 Views) | |
| DroidSyber | Nov 30 2016, 10:09 PM Post #1 |
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Humans have failed as a species. Are you sure? I feel like there is still some hope for them as a species. Give them more time… No! They have had time! Look at them, Architect, and how low they fall. They cannot even fallow their own petty wishes and rules. Disputing rules that don’t exist, fighting wars over what should be obsolete resources. They had their chance to prove themselves capable of Ascending, and they fail many times over. We should have known when they exterminated the other potentials. You can’t blame them for that! It was slow, from many fragments of their whole. Still. They have done much else. We gave them cooperation, and they fight among themselves, accomplishing near nothing. You know the consequences, and that I don’t make this decision lightly. Of course. Very well. Humans will be terminated. The other potential races? The dolphins, the crows, the elephants? Leave them be. For now. In the year 2016, humanity disappeared. It started slow, but eventually humans realized it. All their children were coming out stillborn, taking the mother with them into the next life, if there is one. Humans became afflicted with a mass hysteria when they realized the threat. But they were not doomed to a slow and inevitable death, as was assumed. No, rather, it was a fast and terrifying wave, as individuals, families, entire cities vanished overnight, with no remains to be found. Soon, only 6 months later, the last Homo sapiens was gone, and with the ending, of a artificial extinction event, of a advanced race, brought in the 7th Act in the story of Earth. What happens next? We shall see. Timeline: 50 000 000 myf: Geography: Africa and Europe have grouped up into one solid continent along with Asia, connected by what was once the Mediterranean Sea. Together, they form the continent Europangea. Australia has drifted northward, uniting with what was once Southeast Asia. Alaska and Siberia have formed a land bridge between one another, linking the two continents together. This, along with Africa and Europe’s merge is the beginning of the reformation of Pangea. South America has almost connected with South America, with some portions of it covered in tundra and taiga rather then simply glaciers. Australia rests near the centre of the Indian Ocean, between India and Madagascar. Sea levels have risen, submerging parts of the American southwest, Australia, the Amazon Basin, and Africa. In roughly the centre of was has the Mediterranean, the Olympian Mountains have sprung up, creating a substantial border between Africa and Europe. The Pacific has halved in width, while the Atlantic has almost doubled. Posts: Sea Dragons 100 000 000 myf: The world has become a hothouse in the last few million years, with rainforest covering 20% of the planets surface. Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and Australia have united into one continent, while South America and Antarctica remain separate. The Australian plate has collided with Africa. North and south Africa have become almost separated by a large inland sea connected to the Atlantic, and Australia has a shallow sea in its centre. Posts: 200 000 000 myf: Only a few million years ago, a mass extinction, this one coming from a giant asteroid colliding with Earth offshore of what was Japan, killed of 75% of all Earth life. Now, it has begun to recover. All continents have come together to form Neopangea ringing the North Pole (roughly). Eurasia has begun to drift northward, away from Pangea, while Africa and Australia have started to drift Southeast, towards what was the Pacific, as all oceans have formed into Panoceanus, “All Oceans” (yes I can up with that all on my own). The landmass is mostly grasslands and forests, rather then the stereotype of Pangea being covered in desert. At this point, life has become very strange indeed. Posts: 250 000 000 myf: A new ice age has encased the Earth. Eurasia rests north, encased in ice, a northern cousin of ancient Antarctica. Antarctica rests to the east of South America, near Eurasia. At around the Equator sits Africa and Australia. Connected to it is the split remains of North America. Near where was once Egypt sits the new continent of Lemuria, formed from volcanic activity on the Pacific Plate. Lemuria serves as one of the last refuges where mammals truly rule. A new sapient has begun to emerge from the native beasts. What will its story lead to? How will it rise? Will the mysterious Mistress of Humanity and Gene Architect play any role? Posts: Personal Note: This is a (sort of) reboot of my old 7th Act project. I wasn't feeling happy with the premise or how I was taking it. I've decided to give myself some more time to work with in the project and to develop some really weird looking things (Nocturnal predatory kangaroo elephants anybody?) Edited by DroidSyber, Dec 17 2016, 11:56 AM.
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| Dakka! | Dec 1 2016, 07:49 AM Post #2 |
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So you're using gods? Or Watcheresque Illuminated beings? |
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"I was a Psychiatrist in Florida! For 3 weeks! Have you ever been to Florida?" Some project ideas The Future is Right Ediacaran Explosion Great Old Ones Skinkworld Unrelated:The Final Spec:What Could Have Been, And Still Can | |
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| DroidSyber | Dec 1 2016, 08:00 AM Post #3 |
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I'm using literal alien space bats. It's based on something I read in the book Sapiens. It basically states humans had a mutation that allowed their brain to create more complex languages, thereby allowing civilization to develop. I'' basically saying since this mutation was so important to our development, it was from aliens. |
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| bloom_boi | Dec 1 2016, 08:15 AM Post #4 |
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Sup. Also this has to be my favourite idea of how to just get rid of humans. I've always found the "they went to space" one boring and naive. Though of course your inuniverse explanation also rules out future sophonts don't you think? Edited by bloom_boi, Dec 1 2016, 08:16 AM.
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"You shall perish, whatever you do! If you are taken with arms in your hands, death! If you beg for mercy, death! Whichever way you turn, right, left, back, forward, up, down, death! You are not merely outside the law, you are outside humanity. Neither age nor sex shall save you and yours. You shall die, but first you shall taste the agony of your wife, your sister, your sons and daughters, even those in the cradle! Before your eyes the wounded man shall be taken out of the ambulance and hacked with bayonets or knocked down with the butt end of a rifle. He shall be dragged living by his broken leg or bleeding arm and flung like a suffering, groaning bundle of refuse into the gutter. Death! Death! Death!" | |
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| DroidSyber | Dec 1 2016, 08:25 AM Post #5 |
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Not really... remember, the Misstress and the Gene Architect are still around, just waiting. And also, sophants can still arise naturally, after all, the ASB had to come from somewhere |
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| Beetleboy | Dec 1 2016, 08:42 AM Post #6 |
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three
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| DroidSyber | Dec 1 2016, 09:13 AM Post #7 |
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THank you! |
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| GlarnBoudin | Dec 1 2016, 03:18 PM Post #8 |
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| DroidSyber | Dec 17 2016, 11:54 AM Post #9 |
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Sea Dragons 50 million years in the future, new life has sprung up in what was the Indian Ocean. Islands formed of the drifting mass of Australia and the Indonesian Islands has turned it into a net of islands in a warm shallow sea, perfect for a variety of life. Picturesque sands and reefs are home to an abundance of semi-aquatic and marine life, hunted by voracious predators. At the top of the food chain sits an apex predator, the ancestor, a stowaway from Australia’s northward drift, a vicious predator known as the saltwater crocodile. The descendant, the Sea Dragon.  A massive 30-foot long Inky Sea Dragon snaps at a passing sea turtle Sea Dragons are a group of marine crocodylomorphs, descended from saltwater crocodiles. Sea Dragons live their whole lives in the water, stepping foot on land only as hatchlings to reach the water, or, in the case of females, coming onshore to lay eggs. In appearance, Sea Dragons look like a bulked-up version of a typical crocodile with shrunken limbs. They have completely lost their back legs, using their massive palled-shaped tail to rapidly propel them through the water after their prey. They have completely lost the hard, rough and bony osteoderms of the past, instead possessing smooth scales to better streamline them through the water. He head is deeper and thicker than typical crocodiles, more similar to the head shape of a mosasaur then of crocodilians. The jaw is powerful, capable of biting though hard turtle shell, and, in more exotic cases, massive 2-metre long lobsters. The teeth are long and conical, designed for gripping slippery prey. The front limbs are reduced and have become very flipper-like, used mainly for steering and for maneuvering while beached in the female’s case. Sea Dragons mainly hunt in the warm shallow waters off the coast of Australia and India, in the New Indonesian Islands. They are almost all generalist fish eaters, although there are some exceptions, living solitary lives in their own private territories. However, in the mating seasons they will gather together in groups of hundreds or even thousands of individuals, coming together in massive tangles to breed, usually near an island or beach where all the eggs will be laid, the same site they all hatched from. Both males and females battle for mating rights, females fighting to get closest to the beach, males battling to mate with the most, and best females. Most of these “battles” are just posturing, with the two opponents circling and thrashing around each other, until one is sufficiently intimidated and backs away, but if neither opponent submits, the fights are become vicious and bloody battles for dominance, with the two opponents ripping at the flesh of the other, losing all restraint. Theses fights, although quite rare, almost always end in one, if not both, of the two opponents either suffering serious injury or death.  A young Green Drakon mates with an large old female, the new scars of his battles adorning his back. After mating is complete, females will breach themselves then dig a hole to lay a clutch of about 5-20 eggs in. The eggs will then take 7-9 weeks to hatch. Mating season occurs twice every few years, once during the wet season and once during the dry season. The reason for the two separate laying seasons is because, like more traditional crocodiles, Sea Dragons depend on temperature to determine the gender of their young. Eggs laid during the hotter dry season will hatch to become male, and eggs laid during the cooler wet season will hatch as females, thereby balancing the population between male and female. Hatchlings look much more like traditional crocodile chicks, with fully functioning front and back legs. As soon as they hatch, the chicks will make a mad dash to the water, similar to that of sea turtles, which they sometimes share the hatching with. If they survive, the infant Sea Dragons will then spend the next five or so years of their lives in the shallower waters in the reefs and mangroves just offshore, until they are large enough to leave these natural nurseries and depart to the open ocean to hunt. Depending on the species, Sea Dragons live up to 30-110 years and reach sexual maturity at about the age of 7-20. |
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| Beetleboy | Dec 17 2016, 11:59 AM Post #10 |
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This was awesome! Well done my friend! |
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| DroidSyber | Dec 17 2016, 12:49 PM Post #11 |
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Thank you!! |
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| Corecin | Dec 17 2016, 12:53 PM Post #12 |
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At the beginning of the project, you said that a lot of megafauna would survive, but then you say that they're killed off in an extinction event. Does this mean we're going to cover different times periods? Since you did say in the first post they have potential. |
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| DroidSyber | Dec 17 2016, 01:00 PM Post #13 |
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Yes, this will cover 50 million, 100 million, 200 million which is directly after a mass extinction, and 250 million years. Also in the point about me saying they had potential, that was in terms of sapience and civilization Edited by DroidSyber, Dec 17 2016, 01:04 PM.
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| Rodlox | Dec 17 2016, 02:25 PM Post #14 |
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and the crocs return to ruling the oceans - awesome and fitting. Edited by Rodlox, Dec 17 2016, 02:25 PM.
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.---------------------------------------------. Parts of the Cluster Worlds: "Marsupialless Australia" (what-if) & "Out on a Branch" (future evolution) & "The Earth under a still sun" (WIP) | |
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| Corecin | Dec 17 2016, 03:13 PM Post #15 |
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Im aware, but I thought you were gonna cover the last time period, and the other time periods we just for extra information. |
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