Aliens Among US!
THE
PRESERVERS
By
Dennis E. Power
Starting
about three million years ago a the race of beings knows by the Ancients as the Proteges and called by
themselves, the
Preservers, dedicated their civilization to a two fold task. First to
preserve
the work of the Ancients and and to achieve what the Ancients had done,
to
become Pure Thought/Energy. By using technology abandoned by the
Ancients they
sought to understand Life and Intellect by studying all sentient races
in
minute detail.
In many time lines this study was rather benign and did not affect the
cosmos
in any great manner. In these timelines when the Preservers
located a
species emerging into sentience they planted massive collection devices
in the
planetary core of the species world. These collection devices recorded
the
memories and personalities of every individual from their birth to
their deaths
up to the death of the species on artificial energy constructs known as
wathans
as depicted in the Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer.
However due to the destruction of Thyoph, the main base of the
Preservers and
the former main world of the Ancients, the Preservers were forced to
take a
more indirect approach in many projects in other time lines which
resulted in many grave consequences.
Thyoph had been artificially created as a means of observing the
development of
the Earth's solar system, it was later used as a central meeting
location and
as the repository of the combined knowledge of the Ancients and the
Preservers.
The Preservers grew so close to achieving the evolution from matter to
energy
that the jealous Cthluloid deities, lead by Azathoth destroyed the
planet,
creating the asteroid belts that dot the earth's solar system.
While the destruction of Thyoph did not cause the extinction of the far
flung
Preservers or end their mission of preserving the works of the Ancients
and
achieving the evolution from matter to thought, it certainly did
cripple it.
The effect was so curtailing that they were unable to take a direct
hand in
many projects so they created artificial life forms to aid them in this
goal.
Taking a small benign parasite they altered its genetic makeup so that
it will
act as living recording device. By attaching itself to a host, the
parasite
records its hosts memories and experiences and stores them. The
parasites were
long-lived and slow to mature. Part of its symbiosis with its host was
that it
extended its longevity to its host as well as increasing the host’s
vitality
and regenerative capabilities.
This was an experiment that went drastically wrong and had dire
consequences
for the cosmos.
95% of the program was a complete success. However, in three cases due
to
various environmental conditions, the parasites mutated. Each acquired
sentience of a sorts and developed into the three parasitic races we
know today
as the Goa'uld, The Hive and the Colonists.
Not ones to give up despite failures the Preservers attempt another
form of
living recording devices. This time they made benign changes to the DNA
of a
group of primitives on a planet called Earth. Their primary recording
devices
are human beings made practically immortal
by being
attuned to their planet's electromagnetic field. The recorders senses
are
enhanced to make their records as complete as possible. Although they
begin
recording from the first few minutes of consciousness their immortality
is
switched on when they suffer a mortal injury that first triggers
regeneration.
They stay at the biological age that the immortality was switched on.
These immortals die an actual death only when the central nervous
system is
severed from brain function. At that time all of their memories are
forcibly
uploaded into the nearest recorder. One recorder can carry the
accumulated
memories of several recorders. The mutation was programmed to random
and
confined to one generation, each immortal being sterile. The recorders
can
sense one another's proximity, so as to be nearby if another recorder
should
undergo the true death.
This
speculation was formed from the Highlander movies and television show.
I could
never believe that the immortality as portrayed would evolve naturally,
especially since the immortals were sterile. This explanation I hope
explains
how they came to be, why they take on another memories and the
electrical
effects that follow the taking of a head.
The
immortals eventually formed a ritualized belief system where they
believed that
a prize existed for being the last of their kind. The taking of heads
and the
downloading of memories became an intoxicant to several of the
immortals, as
did the ruling of mortals.
As a
double blind, the Preservers also created shielded
immortals. They were also "switched" on after suffering such a grave
injury that regeneration was necessary. Despite being attuned to the
electromagnetic field for recording purposes, they saved their memories
in a
purely chemical and biological fashion. They could not sense or be
sensed by
the other immortals. They were also able to procreate, the immortality
gene a
rare recessive. The purely biological storage of memories,
transmission
of memories and transmission of immortality also had unforeseen
consequences resulting in the conditions that would become known as
possession
and reincarnation.
Possession took on two forms. The first was when an immortal of the
Highlander
type was killed and there was not another Immortal of that type
to
download the memories they would be transferred to any shielded
immortal who
happened to be in the transference radius. The memories and
personalities were
laid upon the shielded immortals mind but with no method for him to
assimilate
those personalities and memories. The increased electromagnetic energy
surrounding the hidden immortal caused visual distortions and affected
the
brain activities of those persons who came in contact with them,
causing them
to see, hear and experience hallucinations.
The overlaid data would usually be expelled from a shielded immortal
once a
highlander type immortal walked into the transference radiance.
Sometimes the
shielded immortal could expel the data by force of will, often
channeled by
some type of exorcism.
The second type of possession is purely biological. The non immortal
descendants of shielded immortals received the memories and
personalities of
their ancestors as part of their genetic heritage but it was for the
most part
dormant and remained as bits of genetic coding to pass onto their
descendants.
However in some cases the memories and personalities of one or more
ancestors
would become activated and take possession of the body. In a
sense this
was both possession and reincarnation.
Although reincarnation technically when a descendant of shielded
immortals
became aware of one or more of their dominant ancestors memories and
personalities and while not possessed by them, were certainly
influenced by
them.
The
shielded immortals connection with the electromagnetic field also gave
them
other unforeseen abilities, such as the ability to sense and travel to
parallel
universes. In rare instances there are born shielded immortals that
cannot only
sense other dimensions and realities but also manipulate them,
transferring
objects, people and energies from one reality to another. They also
have the
ability to manipulate matter and energy using their connection to the
earth's
magnetic field to effect matter-energy conversions.
They
were known as gods and wizards. Merlin was one. As time went by
however, while
the immortality factor remained a rare trait, quite a few of the
descendants of
the shielded immortals, while not immortal themselves did possess some
of the
other abilities of their genetic heritage, such as the ability to
travel to
sense and travel to other worlds and to manipulate matter and energy.
There was another unforeseen consequence that arose from the creation
of the
all three of the recording devices, at least as far as Earth was
concerned. The
parasitic races that arose from the first model of recording devices
eventually
found their way to earth. When the Goa'uld attempted to
take over
the bodies of Immortals they found that the immortals were immune not
only to
their infestation but also to that of the Hive, of which they have a
few
captured subjects. These are the immortals, both shielded and
non-shielded. The
introduction of the parasites DNA into that of the human immortals
creates
several mutations, which are collectively known as vampirism. The
variant vampire mutations are can also be
transmitted from person to
person.
The Immortals affected by the Goa'uld virus have an overwhelming thirst
for
mammalian blood serum. They do in fact grow fangs, are allergic to
sunlight,
wood, garlic and silver. They also gain psionic powers of telepathy,
mesmerism,
and in a few rare cases flight. They however do not
die from lack of blood,
merely wish that
they would and it is true that if they go for a time without it they
will fall
into a coma. The immortals affected by a Hive derived vampiric virus
have all
of these and also have the ability for limited shape shifting
courtesy of
the Aesir DNA in the hive strains. (The Aesir or Greys are
shapeshifters as demonstrated
by the X-Files episode "The Unnatural") eventually all immortal
vampires would carry both strains.
Both sets of vampires could also pass the vampirism virus onto mortal
human
beings by blood exchange, although there is some still unknown genetic
factor
because only ten percent of those bitten actually become vampires.
Humans affected by the vampirism virus emulate to some extent the
Immortals in
that they also stop aging at the age they were affected. However
sunlight,
silver, garlic and wood can kill them. They can also pass on the virus
but with
a lesser success rate.
Approximately 900,
000 years in the past The Preservers discovered a dormant pocket
universe
created by the Ancients designed to study human evolution and cultural
development.
The Ancients were after all practically immortal and fascinated by the
human
species, this may have been the equivalent of an ant farm. After
switching it on, the Preservers left. This is the home universe of the Thoan. who will one day discover a method of
creating
pocket universes themselves.
The Preservers seemingly retired from active participation on the
Universes
approximately 250,000 years ago, although they would continue to
exhibit small
signs of still being present every now and then.
The reason for this was the destruction of Thyoph,
the
main base of the Preservers and the former main world of the Ancients.
Thyoph had been artificially created as a means of observing the
development of
the Earth's solar system, it was later used as a central meeting
location and
as the repository of the combined knowledge of the Ancients and the
Preservers.
The Preservers grew so close to achieving the evolution from matter to
energy
that the jealous Cthluloid deities, lead by Azathoth destroyed the
planet,
creating the asteroid belts that dot the earth's solar system.
While the destruction of Thyoph did not cause the extinction of the far
flung
Preservers or end their mission of preserving the works of the Ancients
and
achieving the evolution from matter to thought, it certainly did
cripple it.
The effect was so curtailing that they were unable to take a direct
hand in
many projects which resulted in many grave consequences.
They evidently had some interest in preserving Terran cultures and
species,
they seeded planets throughout the galaxy with earth populations that
were
either replicated, were shunted through the Ancient's system of
Stargates or a
combination of the two. Although the Goa'uld would claim to have both
built the
stargate system and have seeded the galaxy, these claims are quite
exaggerated.
While they might have moves small populations through the stargates,
the
Goa'uld are true parasites, creating very little.
Not all of the planets seeded by the Preservers were connected by
stargates.
Several such planets were discovered by the crew of the starship
Enterprise in
the as portrayed in the episodes, "The Omega Glory",
"Bread and Circuses", "Miri" and "The Paradise
Syndrome" The Preservers also seeded the Counter Earth Zillikan
(even made an appearance in the novel Bunduki) of the Burroughs
Universe. They
must have also seeded its extra dimensional counterpart Gor.
Special
thanks to fellow Wold Newtonian researcher Matthew Baugh for
information about
Thyoph.
© 2000 Dennis Power
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