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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 (1,043 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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| DroidSyber | Dec 17 2016, 03:22 PM Post #16 |
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| Corecin | Dec 17 2016, 04:43 PM Post #17 |
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