IF so, then logically this aberrant would still survive; why sacrifice yourself, after all? The question is - where is he? Must look into this further, preferably by enlisting an aberrant with enhanced reasoning capacities.
Are the rumors of psychometric powers true? Whatever the case, Id better keep this to myself; no need to endanger my current position by earning a reputation as a crank conspiracy theorist. Its rapidly kcaying orbit dumps radioactive material into the jetstream In a matter of days, increasing radiation levels are.
The UN works behind the scenes to calm and reassure the world that Aeon can handle the nova outbreak. IVk 3andel Portman becomes the first publicly known nova. The Fireman, as the media later dub Portman, emerges lunng a school-bus fire in New York.
His lascent powers absorb the energy from he fire, putting it out and saving dozens If lives. Project Utopias stated goals are to study the nova phenomenon and utilize novas abilities to better the quality of life on Earth for all its inhabitants. Membership and training are open to all interested novas, under the direction of Drs Henn. December Aeon Society census reports approximately known novas in the world population. Inspired by the coming of the novas and fueled by millennialist anxiety, various apocalyptic and transcendentalist religious sects arise throughout Many of these groups see novas as the chosen of God or the ultimate development of humanity.
The most notable of these is The Church of the Immanent Escheaton, founded by a charismatic nova styling himself Chrystian Kalpa. The Vatican does not release an official statement of position on the status of novas, Protestant sects and Judaism release statements of support for novas, with wording in line with that of the Zurich Accord. Fundamentalist Islamic sects decry novas as the Devils children, but increasingly come into conflict with Sunni philosophy exalting novas as the chosen of Allah.
Team Tomorrow begins to combat global terrorism, organized crime and natural disasters with the cooperation of law-enforcement agencies worldwide. Utopias fledgling Science and Technology Department begins working on solutions to famine and environmental crises. Governments jcramble to deal with the phenomenon. Other iations respond in kind. Emergency sessions of the UN are called. First usage of the term nova by the press, in response to scientists unofficial categorization of the newly erupted as Homo sapiens novus.
April The Aeon Society, an international philanthropicorganization dating back to the League of Nations, initiates a dialog with the UN, offenng to seek out and study novas.
C ier: First use of the term baseline to refer to humans without an M-R node. December 4: Dr. Henri Mazarin and Dr. Farah Rashoud release their findings on the discovery of a unique gland found in the brain of novas. The MazarinRashoud, or M-R, node is believed to be the root of a novas abilities. Novas officially dubbed subspecies Homo sapiens novus.
An independent pharmaceutical researchfacility, the Triton Foundation,provides funding for Mazarin and Rashouds research, and much of the other nova research over the next decade. January 8: Project Utopia opens the first Rashoud facility in midtown Manhattan. The facility is intended to be a place where nascent novas can go to leam about and explore their powers in a controlled environment. Over the next decade, dozens of other Rashoud facilities open worldwide. The chaos leads to May The first movie to featui Russiastotal economic collapse.
Russias financial woes spread through Steven Spielberg-directedNova is the already weakened world markets, and story of a young man who emerges as cause the worlds worst one-day market nova, then dedicates his life to righting losses ever. The Moscow Crash, as it is the wrongs of society. Various famous later termed, plunges the world into a novas figure prominently in the cast.
Th massive recession. Nova goes on to sweep the temporaty freezes on all international Academy Awards, winning a record 18 loan payments. Internationalcurrency Oscars. Wall Street and other world trading improvement. The upswing marks the xnters voluntarily close trading for the beginning of the largest sustained pen est of the week to allow a thorough of economic growth and prosperity in 3ssessment of the situation, and to allow world history. The UN drops its freeze of the panic to calm.
Many governments, the currency markets, and most nations includina the US and the rest of the G7 of Westem and Central Europe agree to iations,implement emergency pnce the adoption of the euro currency, linking :ontrols on consumer goods.
The United Kingdom declines that its nova-employingresearch entry into the European Union. It also offers the announces that it has successfully services of the novas associated with closed the hole in the ozone layer and Utopia to the UN, and any government introduced CFC-eating bacteria into the that asks, for relief work. The news leads atmosphere to prevent continued to a slight upswing in world markets.
Project Utopia requests that all 7: Microsoftbecomes the first UN member states begin transporting , rivatecompany to hire a nova for public toxic and radioactive waste to a relationsand research. Mungu Kuwasha collection facility in Siberia for future is hired for his ability to interfacewith disposal.
January 1 The Year bug hits computer systems. November3 Robert Schroer, a many of the worlds computer systems, April 3 :World unemployment rates 0 moderate Republican representative causing moderate problems. Power quadruple in only two months. Philanproduction, airline traffic control, Internet from Colorado, is elected President of thropic organizationsworldwide follow the United States.
Schroer begins the traffic and financial institutioncomputers the Aeon Societys lead in offering relief Republican nomination process as a are the most affected. Utopia-affiliated assistance. Project Utopia novas help virtual unknown; his platform calls for novas race around the globe to restore with distnbution of perishablesupplies, or, in some cases, generate emergency continued economic reform and a retum creating the most efficient relief effort in to so-called common-sensevalues.
He power and direct what few planes are in history. Governments enlist nova aid in wins a narrow victory in the general the air. Most people notice only that the quelling food riots. Some novas use their election over AI Gore, in which the airlines and banks are shut down for a abilities to keep basic utilities, such as couple of days, and that Web pages and Reform and Libertariancandidates also water and electricitv, flowina in areas take sizable proportionsof the vote.
Februarry1: Project Utopia announces, before the UN General Assembly, its intention to perform a worldwide environmental cleanup. The as a core to create civil works programs Japanese take the news especially to help alleviate the masswe unemploypoorly. Tokyo newspapers April 8: Fidel Castro dies. Cuba and millennialistanxiety distant report over 2, suicides that night spends the following weeks in political memories, the press realizes that is alone.
When the dust clears, a the actual beginningof the new June 5:Acting on the advice of Project democrahcally elected president and millennium. This announcement inspire Ropia nova prognosticators,the UN legislative body take control of the the largest New Years celebrations in. The move causes massive inflation in the currency of developing nations, but leads to a gradual strengthening of the industrial powers economies NWemberPl: Japan announces Saisho,The New Beginning,a senes of government subsidies designed to employ novas in high-tech industries The Japanese government agrees to pay for companies to hire novas for research and development purposes, in hopes that new technologies will salvage Japans economy.
The project is a rousing success, and within a decade Japan regains its position as the premier developer of new technologies. December2 Project UtopiasTeam Tomorrow announces it will be on call around the world to avert any problems that may come from the Y2K millennium bug Prime-timetelevision specials aired around the world show novas working with computer designers to prevent the problem, and teams of novas performing disaster-controldrills.
December Aeon Society census reports approximately known novas in the world population Novas continue to erupt throughout the year, despite falling levels of radiation from the Galatea explosion. Aeon Society census reports approximately known novas in the Norld population. The peace talks end with the ;igning of the London Peace Accord, Nhich establishes a Palestinianstate along the border of Israel and Egypt.
Project Utopia agrees, as part of the Accord, to monitor the newly created border, although Israel is rumored to have almost a dozen novas under its jirect control. March Project Utopia announces that bioremedial bacteria recently ntroduced in the worlds oceans, along with a large amount of physical cleanup, NIIIrestore the water quality of the worlds Oceans to pre-lndustnal Revolution levels by Mw The Russian Confederation a rises from the political and economic chaos caused by the Moscow Crash of Russias downward spiral reverses, albeit slowly, thanks to nova economic savanr and Minister of the Treasury, Vladimir Sierka.
The reorganized Confederationconsists of sovereign member states allied for purposes of economic strength and foreign relations. The Confederation has one currency, the ruble, and representatives of each member-state in the Confederation vote on all foreign trade decisions. The Confederation retains its seat on the UN Security Council, but the member states are represented individually in the General Assembly. In effect, the Confederationfunctions somewhat like a cross between the European Union and the United States of Amenca.
Belarus presidentAndrei Srebrianski is elected the first Confederation president. Although Srebnanski is officially president, rumors continue in the press that Minister Sierka is the true leader of the confederation. Brushfire wars sweep through sub-Saharan West Africa, as Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Sudan use nova mercenaries,dubbed elites by the press, to fight as proxies.
While fewer than a dozen elites die in the conflicts, hundreds of civilians are killed as collateraldamage, and the political borders of Africa are redrawn several times throughout the months of conflict Team Tomorrow takes peacekeeping actions on behalf of the UN and finally negotiatesa ceasefire. Press coverage of the conflicts becomes the highestrated television event of the decade, so far.
Vanous conspiracy theorists claim the conflicts were instigated by the and other major powers so they. The Equatorial Wars, as the fighting is later dubbed, prompt international negotiations concerning the use of novas in military applications.
While the talks are never formalized, the UN and Project Utopia openly support discussion on the issue. Internationalconsensus falls short of banning the use of novas in the military, but it is generally agreed that due to the unpredictable nature of novas powers, they should not be used against civilian or normal military targets unless in all-out war. Strategistsand academics quickly devise a new school of military deterrent thought based around novas and formalize the idea of limited-scale conflictsfought by nova proxies.
General acceptance of this idea, as an economical alternativeto certain types of conventional conflicts, leads to large numbers of elites being contracted by world governments in the following year. January mO2-early Much of the worlds copper and fiber-optic cable communications networks are replaced with advanced optic cable derived from studies of Buendia eufiber and wireless networking. The new hardware, coupled with new data-transfer protocols, is dubbed OpNet. OpNet replaces the Internet, phone systems and cellular networks, allowing for wireless communications from virtually any location.
The sordid scandal involves a six-year homosexual affair on the part of the President. Schroer gives a televised address that night and admits to the affair. Even with his immediate response, his approval ratings plummet. The Directives water quality will be a reality by Kashmir region. Quick intetvention by August 7: Anibal Buendia, a nova with Team Tomorrow prevents an all-out war, the ability to reconfigurehis cellular but several conflicts with governmentstructure, creates the polymer derivative sponsored novas and mercenary elites known as eufiber.
This material, which occur. Kashmir becomes a demilitanzed has the ability to bond with nova cell zone under UN and Project Utopia structure and channel and redirect surveillance.
As a side effect, merger into an enormous corporate studies of eufiber enable the developentity to be called ViaSoff. December4: A subway bombing in October. Project Utopia begins Tokyo bnngs world attentionto coordinatingwith law-enforcementand Kamisama Buddhism, a hybrtd of Shinto intelligenceagencies from around the and Buddhist beliefs that is increasingly world Interpol, FBI, Scotland Yard, popular with Japanese youths.
While Mossad to combat organized crime and Kamisama Buddhism professes terrorism. Special nashoud facilitv in Bah facility is ostensibly designed to assist novas with high levels of quantum buildup, but Utopia is given leeway to confine novas considered in need of therapy by the UN as a whole.
The facilitys opening is not publicized, nor The N! The pay-per-viewevent xxomes the highest-ratedchannel ever. The initial engineering techniques, many of which match is the highest-ratedtelevision were developed in conjunction with the event of Triton Foundation over the past few November 3: Lauren Pendleton is years.
Most national food inspection elected both the first female and first organizations such as the Food and Libertarianpresident of the United Drug Administration in the US copy this States. The press credits her victory to March 9: Team Tomorrow stages a move, marking the first widespread dramatic rescue of the space shuttle voters disgruntled with two sex scandals international use of genetic engineering Discoveryafler a sizable meteor strikes by two consecutive presidents from both for livestock and crops.
World food the shuttle, knocking it off course and major political parties. The entire crew next two years. This event marks June 1: The hypercombustionengine candidates claim a sizable portion of legislative seats in the election.
Designed by nova Tetsuo consider novas for space operations and Yamato, the hypercombustionengine is December Aeon Society census exploration. It boasts a tenfold decrease in fuel consumption while April 2: Puerto Rico becomes the 51st increasing power by a like amount. Within the decade, all automotive Apnll9: Team Tomorrow unseats transportationand fossil-fuel-based Macedonian dictator Yaroslav Radocani.
Many member Highlands. The project, a cooperative potentiallydangerous technological nations and corporations vehemently endeavor between Project Utopia, the advancements. UN and the Ethiopian government, June Pope Benedict XVI issues July The first Summer Olympic marks the first attempt at engineering Ad Dei Lucem, a bull declanng that games to feature nova-only competitions novas, like humans, have immortal widespread geographicaland environopens.
The nova events include mental changes throughout a region. Over 30 city blocks October A previously unknown year. Team nova callinq himself Divis Mal issues the Tomorrow Americas arrives immediately Null Manifesto in a broadcast emanating to supply humanitarianaid and assist in from the Azores. The edict essentially the cnminal investigation. Despite counters the Zurich Accords, and claims repeated reports of nova involvement in that novas are emancipatedfrom globa the bombing, no one has been charged citizenship and any responsibilities to date.
The Sao Paolo bombing is the thereof. A Quebec separatist group based in Montreal claims responsibilityfor recent terrorist strikes in Ottawa and Toronto. Given the nature of the strikes, Canadian authonties fear the group may be employing a nova elite. December Aeon Society census reports approximately known nova! A nova-only dissident group calling itself the Teragen publicly endorses the Null Manifesto and renounces all ties to governmental bodies.
Project Utopia comes out in strong public opposition against the Teragens position, and it promises, in front of a closed UN Security Council meeting, to monitor Teragen activity. Sales of Teragenspecific bootleg merchandise skyrocket, particularlyamong the First World demographic. Nova astronaut Janos Karagianwalks across the lunar surface without artificial life support gear. The NBC weapons ban is signed by all the member states. Military observers claim that while there is a trend towards disarmament, most of the nuclear powers still have stockpiled weapons.
May-December:Teragen attacks of terror and random violence begin being reported by the media. Although fewer than half a dozen terrorist strikes occur, the media goes into a frenzy. May UN and Utopia investigations finger Sliders murder as the handiwork of Corbin, who is believed to be linked to the Teragen. This revelationcomes as part of a worldwide public broadcast on all major news networks. May Scandal rocks Project Utopia as unconfirmed reports of mercenary novas, government infiltration and nova black ops leak to the media.
Aeon Society and Project Utopia spokespeople immediatelycounter with evidence of a Teragen frame-up involving the dead Slider. Wary observers and conspiracy theorists see themselves as vindicated and deluge the media with dire predictions May Nova Sophia Rousseau contacts fugitive Andre Corbin. Their underground organization immediately begins contacting fnends and acquaintances in the nova community, as well as newly erupting novas.
The groups goal is to expose the hidden cortuption in Project Utopia, and Corbin dubs its members Aberrants in an ironic usage of a popular epithet. The first ever surgical trial of a complete spinal cord reconstruction is performed.
The trial is a glowing success. Funding for the research comes from the Triton Foundation. December Aeon Society census August 3: Project Utopia receives a reports approximately known permanent advisory seat on the UN n in the world population. Security Council. The Ethiopian December Aeon Society census Highlands, formerly a dry, flat, desert reports approximately known plain, is now a verdant grassland. The novas in the world population.
As of yet, grateful Ethiopian government gives no nova is known to have been Project Utopia a large headquarters in impregnated or impregnated others, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia soon becomes either baseline or nova. Utopia-affiliated the breadbasket of Africa. Known Teragen sympathizers 3: PopularTeam Tomorrow disavow the assassins, claiming that the agent Jennifer Slider Landers is killed in Teragen is neither an organized Calcutta by parties unknown.
The world institutionnor has any single agenda. August Ongoing tensions in the Kashmir region erupt into a small-scale war.
Nova elites representingIndia, China and Pakistanfight across the sgion, tuming it into a blasted ecological Tiohtmare. Proiect Utooia steps in to Stop thg fighting, under UN authority, and arrests several of the novas deemed responsible for the disaster.
The US and British governments are unconvinced, and Directive surveillance of Utopias operations is stepped up.
June 3: The Teragen meets in council at a hidden retreat. Topics of the meeting include what precisely is going on with the now-weakened Project Utopia, and how to use the groups newfound weakness to dismantle it. June 4: Project Utopia begins an internal investigationfor remaining allies of Corbin within its own ranks. June There are approximately 40 Aberrants worldwide, all either in deep cover or in hiding. To date, neither Corbin nor Rousseau has been brought to justice, and the identity of Sliders assassin remains a mystery.
Sarah Lewis, Director of the Brooks L. Miller Center for Biosciences Research, Georgia lnstitute of Technol09Y September 13, Funding provided by the Triton Foundation I n the nine years since the First recorded appearance of novas, many in the scientific community have speculated as to a possible genetic basis for the individuals now classified as Homo sapiens novus.
The continued emergence of novas, years after the worldwide cleanup of the debris from the Galatea explosion, has served only to fuel the controversy. After five years of research, involving data collected from over 50 novas and the Human Genome Project, 1 feel confident in saying that Homo sapiens novusdefinitely has a genetic basis. The findings of this project bring into question several long-standing assumptions on human genetics. Early analysis showed no statistically significant link between Homo sapiens nevus DNA sequences or chromosomal typing and those of Homo sapiens.
Without an isolated DNA sequence being responsible for Homo sapiens novus development, it led us back to considering environmental causes. A review of the pioneering work of Drs.
S The M-R node is key to novas' ability to manipulate quantum energies and forces, and provides the most consistent physiological distinction between Homo sapiens and Homo sapiens novus. The node itself has an internal structure similar to that of a metaphase-stage mitosis division, the second stage of cellular division, in which the DNA has been condensed into sister chromatids, the nuclear membranes have disappeared, and the chromatids are lined up in the middle of the cell on the spindle fibers, preparing to be drawn to the poles of the cell.
In a fashion similar to red blood cells, it relies on other cells to create and expand it. The similarities between the physical structures of metaphase and those of M-R nodes led to an analysis OF the genetic material within currently replicating cells of Homo sapiens novus.
The common sequences were previously thought to be introns. An intron is nontranscribed DNA sequencing. If every individual base pair in all the DNA in an organism were used to make needed proteins, the organism would be highly. I n fact, most of the DNA making up a gene are actually introns. As such, their existence means that any particular genetic mutation is statistically much less likely to be fatal to the organism.
However, in normal dividing cells, no DNA is being coded, as it is compressed in preparation of division. All novas must have some trigger that codes that DNA immediately preceding duplication of the cellular DNA for replication and mitosis, or that codes introns while the DNA is compressed.
The Human Genome Project did not record sequencing of dividing DNA, so initially, we isolated and tested 30 researchers at our lab. Only one showed the particular sequencing. Her excitement over the Find apparently led to the triggering OF the latent genetic material, because within days of the discovery, she erupted as a nova.
Subsequently, a double-blind test was run with tissue samples from 5,, different individuals. Six of the samples were from Homo sapiens novus. All six of the Homo sapiens novus samples showed the DNA sequencing, while none of the Homo sapienssamples did. We have not received the Funding for more extensive testing, but computer models indicate that our current tests are M-R Node Development The latent genetic sequencing in a Homo sapiens novus is activated by severely increased cellular division brought about by large-scale adrenaline release.
Upon activation, the previously dormant DNA sequences transcribe a series of highly mutagenic hormones. These hormones leave the dividing cell's DNA, and quickly infuse the cell. The hormones are then released from individual cells, and make their way into the bloodstream.
Through an unknown mechanism, the hormones apparently seek out and bind to specific neuron clusters in the Frontal lobes. There they cause a rapid mutation OF the neurons into the M-R node, much as large doses of highly carcinogenic agents can cause cancerous tumors in a matter OF hours.
The mechanism by which the M-R node changes or expands after its initial genesis is unknown. Several of the hormones coded by the DNA sequence were previously unknown, and have resisted all attempts a t independent synthesis. Conclusion While we have identified the genetic basis for Homo sapiens novus, the Finding leave more questions and speculations than answers. The specificity of the DNA sequenc-. The Galateaexplosion, and its subsequent radioactive fallout, could theoretically have caused the changes in the DNA sequence, but not in the frequency shown by erupting novas.
Given the inheritable genetic basis of Homo sapiens novus, it would seem that we can expect further generations. Half of a human being's DNA is from each parent, so it is possible that all or some Homo sapiens novusfemales that have children will produce Homo sapiens novus themselves; similarly for Homo sapiens novus males.
In light of the physiological changes inherent to Homo sapiens novus, it is questionable whether a Homo sapiens novus female can bear children at all. Our testing method would also imply the ability to test people for future M-R node development, possibly even in a prenatal stage. While technically this is now a possibility, the process of harvesting and analyzing DNA is both laborious and very expensive. It requires not just blood samples, but various tissue samples in large quantities.
The DNA analysis requires intensive lab work, and even with the best cornputer analysis, the process is prohibitively time-consuming. Widespread testing for Homo sapiens novus is not something that is likely to occur in our lifetime. From Encyclopedh Brifunnicu, edition "Mazarin-Rashoud Node" The Mazarin-Rashoud node, M-R node for short, is a small gland between the frontal lobes of the brain that is found only in novas, Homo sapiens novus. The MR node acts as a catalyst for novas' control and manipulation of quantum energy forces.
As the node develops, it increases in size, taking up progressively more space in the cranial cavity. Relatively little is known about how the M-R node functions. The M-R node is named after Dr.
Farah Rashoud, who first documented its existence in and received a Nobel Prize for their work in On a last, purely speculative, note, we found it interesting that the genetic basis for Homo sapiens novus came from previously unrecorded introns, and a t a time when the cellular DNA is not supposed to be active. The triggering mechanism is still unidentified; it could be a case of spot evolution, or perhaps even outside source influence.
Further research on this topic is definitely in order. Simply put, it is a small gland located between the frontal lobes of the brain. It is significant for two reasons.
First, it is the organ with which novas manipulate quantum energies, hence giving them their amazing abilities. Second, it is the most reliable and obvious physiological difference between Homo sapiens and Homo sapiens novus. For all of its importance, the M-R node itself is rather unexciting: a rough sphere, approximately 1 cm in diameter, of grayish matter. The node has many blood vessels and nerve fibers extending from it into the rest of the brain, which make it look vaguely like an octopus.
The M-R nodes internal structure is much more interesting, and admittedly, more than a bit mystifying. The node consists of a tough outer membranethat surrounds twin poles connectedby fibers, with what appear to resemble chromosomes. The outer portion of the chamber, outside the spindle,contains the blood supply and numerous nerve endings, which relay informationback and forth to the rest of the brain. The inner spindle surrounds a matrixof complex proteins. The matrix displays a high level of electrochemical activity, the specifics of which are still a matter of study, While virtually nothing is known about how the M-R node manipulates quantum forces, i t is interesting to note that the node itself highly resembles another biological structure.
With the exceptions of the M-R nodes connections to the rest of the brain and its size, its structure is very similar to that of metaphase in mitosis. Even though the M-R nodes manipulations of external energies are a mystery, how it affects a Homo sapiens novus individual physiology is much more concretely understood. The M-R node connects to all portions of the brain, both those controlling autonomic functions such as heartbeat and respiration and those responsible for creativity, speech, and thought.
This allows the node to both influence and draw from all aspects of a nova. Novas control their abilities with conscious thought, but the specific actions of the M-R node that are responsible for the desired effect are unconscious. Much like walking: The nova decides to walk somewhere, but the actual interplay of his leg muscles is handled outside of his direct conscious awareness. The node seems t o respond to subconscious desires and stimuli, in a manner similar to muscular reflexes or other autonomic functions.
There also appears to be a psychologically significant influence of the unconscious on the M-R node, as novas tend to display a kind of signature when manifesting a power. Examples include. William Thompson, who appears to be surrounded by serpents of energy when using his abilities; or Randel The Fireman Portman, who appears to be surrounded by flames when absorbing energy from his surroundings.
This effect is referred to by scholars as the novas anima. The M-R nodes control over autonomic functions within the body is much simpler. The node is able to effect considerable changes in physiology and metabolism within a nova. Indeed, the node seems to adapt a novas body automatically to compensate for any manipulationsthat it makes to the external environment. This is not to say that novas are infinitely adaptable. They adapt to environmental changes caused by themselves, but do not necessarily change in response to environmental conditions they did not cause.
For example, a nova may need a coat in the snow, but would automatically adapt to his M-R node covering him with cryokinetic frost. The M-R node is capable of producing great changes within a novas body. Some general changes include enhancement of physique and improvement of efficiency in all bodily processes. These changes are in response to the increased stress caused by the manipulation of forces and energies that the unaugmented human body is not equipped to channel.
The M-R node itself adapts over time. With increasedcontrol of quantum forces, the M-R node of a nova tangibly grows. It appears that the size of the node affects the amount of energy that it can channel, and the level of control it has over those forces.
Some novas have displayed M-R nodesas largeas an apple. What effect, if any, this has on a nova is unknownat this time. In all, 26 arrests were made, but the groups leader, a suspected nova, eluded capture. One thing you need to be aware of, though. The Tri-Cities ring was peddling a new drug, along with all the old favorites. The dealers call it soma. They claim it is an extract from a novas MR node. The lab boys analyzed it, and it is some kind of superadrenochrome.
This shit is scary. Imagine crack, but about 10, times more powerful. It kills most people that use it, unless i t is extremely diluted. Even worse, its rumored that soma is the only thing that can give a nova a sustained high. Their metabolism makes everything else seem like aspirin. If this shit ever gets out, it could be a real mess. Luckily, you have to kill a nova to get it, and that cant be easy. We should keep our eyes open anyway. Shawn Worth Scientific American, February In the decade since their appearance, there has been much speculation about how Homo sapiens novus, or novas, manipulate quantum forces.
While it is well known that the Mazarin-Rashoud node is the gland that allows these spectacular abilities, little is known about how the node functions. Unfortunately, this mystery is unlikely to be solved in the near future.
Novas are understandably reluctant to participate in the direct experimentation needed to validate any theories proposed.
This matter remains an issue of much debate in the scientific community. The release of Dr. Lewis recent study on the genetic basis of novas has opened the doors of speculation on the origin of novas. Philosophers have long debated the nature of the mind. Human consciousnessis a unique phenomenon.
I n the last decades, computer scientists have begun to claim that consciousness and intelligenceare simply a Functionof a sufficiently complex computational ability.
This theory is proposed by those who support what is known as strong AI artificial intelligence. These thinkers claim that a fast enough and complex enough computer will mimic all the functions of consciousness. The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanicsallows for the self-reflexivity of consciousness, unlike the cold logic of a binary system. Although the proponents of strong AI would deny it, there has been significant research in the last 30 years to point to this conclusion.
The phenomenon of consciousness gives novas their incredible abilities. Novas can manipulate the fundamental forces of nature on a quantum level. Given that our consciousness exists primarily on the quantum level, the abilities OF novas are merely manipulations of the primary components of consciousness.
Humans manipulate quantum forces every day by merely thinking. Novas, through the M-R node, magnify and externalize those manipulations. The metaphoricalcomparisonbetween the M-R node and mitochondria may be more than an interesting coincidence.
Theterm quantum came to be applied to such forces L as physicists began to understand that the forces themselves operate on an absolutely Fundamental level and carry aspects of both particles and waves; see quantumphysicsand quantum theory, The quantum forces are gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force.
Gravity: Simultaneously very well understood and not well understood at all, gravity is a force were all Familiar with, as most of us feel it every day of our lives. Gravity is the attraction of mass to mass.
I n other words, matter is attracted to other matter, with more attraction being caused by objects with greater mass.
Newton was the first to set down concrete laws for gravity, followed by the General Relativity of Einstein. However, gravity has yet to be fit comfortably into the quantum mechanical picture. Many theories have been proposed, but none have been fully satisfactory. The fact that novas can manipulate gravity is perhaps the strongest evidence to date that gravity can be Fit into the quantum picture, however. Electromagnetism:The second-strongest of the four Fundamental forces, it also has an infinite range like gravity does.
Easily the most fully explored of the quantum forces, electromagnetic fields are fields of photons generated by charged objects. Electromagnetism reflects the tendency of opposite charges to attract.
This force is displayed on the atomic level via ionic bonding and on a larger scale with such materials as magnets. Electromagnetism works through the use of electromagnetic fields produced by charged material.
These fields are easy to detect: They can be displayed by such pedestrian methods as sprinkling iron Filings around the end oFa magnet. Strong Nuclear Force: This force holds things together on the atomic scale and smaller.
It has a range of only a few Femtorneters a millionth oFa trillionth of a meter , but within that range is the strongest force in the universe. It holds quarks together into hadrons, and holds protons and neutrons together to form nuclei. Only its extremely short range allows other Forces to overcome it at all. The particle which carries the strong force is call the gluon. Weak Nuclear Force: The least understood of all the fundamental forces, it also acts only at the nuclear scale.
The weak force is responsible for a number OF nuclear decay reactions, but is hard to explain beyond that, as it does not act in any sort of intuitive push or pull manner like the other three forces. The intermediate boson, W, is responsible for the weak interaction. An early triumph in the search for a Grand Unified Theory GUT was the unificationof the electromagnetic and weak forces in electroweak theory.
Novas display a multitude of amazing and incredible powers. Scientists have attributed these powers to a novas Mazarin-Rashoud node and its ability to manipulate quantum energies and forces. While the mechanics of how the M-R node functions are still a mystery, the effects of the powers themselves are more documented.
Novas tend to erupt at points of great stress. The nature of this stress often dictates the kinds of powers the nova possesses. For example, nova Micah Weedman, who emerged during a skydiving accident, gained the ability to fly.
Novas often display an outwardly visual effect associated with their powers, called the anima. As we see, Micah displays a pair of glowing energy wings when he flies. Besides the anima, most novas bear some obviouD outward sign of their change. While many novas possess amazing physiques, some novas develop further changes to their appearance, such as bioluminescent auras or silvery skin.
Set in the far-flung future ofAberrant is the second canonical role play in the Aeon series from White Wolf Publishing. Every success rolled using mega attribute dice count as 2 normal successes, and rolling a 10 counts as 3 successes. Report item — opens in a new window or tab. Email to friends Share on Facebook — opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter — opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest — opens in a new aberratn or tab. A character adds his attribute to his skill or power as the case may be and rolls that many 10 sided dice.
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. But I do have to point out a few gems on the Timeline: For instance, all the powers of the nova called Anteus revolve around nature; he can teleport by stepping into a tree and out of another tree of the same type somewhere else, create new species of animals, or alter the normal course of life and death for plants and animals.
Learn More — opens in a new window or tab International shipping and import charges paid to Pitney Bowes Inc. You can keep rolling and racking up successes, but botches subtract from the total. Learn More — opens in a new window or tab. Contact the seller — opens in a new window or tab and request a shipping method to your location. Aberrant is a superpowers game set in the near future.
Any die that comes up as a 7 or higher counts rulebok 1 success. First things first, I forgot what a fucking nightmare these books were for layout and structure.
Most newer books are in the original electronic format. The metaplot revolves around the interactions aberrant core rulebook various factions, most of which employ Nova agents. I will do my best to work with any foreign bidders to minimize shipping costs. Roughly equal to one gaming session, made up of scenes and downtime the periods between scenes when characters are not actively in the story Series: Aberrang novas have other foci such as plasma, fire, water, shapechanging, or invulnerability.
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