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{{Quote| It is lonely. It is impossibly, inexpressibly sad, beyond the capacity of the human limbic system to experience. But it is content in its loneliness, and in its beautiful sadness. It is the light of the first sunrise after your lover leaves forever. It is the acceptance before death. Transcendence lies not in the denial of attachments and limitations but in the complete understanding of our confinement and the tautological tyranny of existence. The final stage of Buddhism cannot be attained. There is no escape from samsara for it is as closed as a lock. Heaven is invaded and its territories are afire and all its mountains have been shattered into thrones. This is the inevitable and perfect shape of the truth.<br>It is magnificent. Majestic. Majestic.|The thoughts of a researcher at the K1 site, while meditating in the presence of the Anomaly}} | {{Quote| It is lonely. It is impossibly, inexpressibly sad, beyond the capacity of the human limbic system to experience. But it is content in its loneliness, and in its beautiful sadness. It is the light of the first sunrise after your lover leaves forever. It is the acceptance before death. Transcendence lies not in the denial of attachments and limitations but in the complete understanding of our confinement and the tautological tyranny of existence. The final stage of Buddhism cannot be attained. There is no escape from samsara for it is as closed as a lock. Heaven is invaded and its territories are afire and all its mountains have been shattered into thrones. This is the inevitable and perfect shape of the truth.<br>It is magnificent. Majestic. Majestic.|The thoughts of a researcher at the K1 site, while meditating in the presence of the Anomaly}} | ||
Prior to the Collapse, a Human mining expedition on Luna was commissioned by [[Clovis Bray]] to discover the source of a mysterious wavelength buried beneath the Moon's crust. They discovered nearly twelve hundred meters deep a [[Anomaly (artifact)|black sphere]] (identical to [[Unknown Artifact|the one]] found centuries later), emitting neurochemical cascades | Prior to the Collapse, a Human mining expedition on Luna was commissioned by [[Clovis Bray]] to discover the source of a mysterious wavelength buried beneath the Moon's crust. They discovered nearly twelve hundred meters deep a [[Anomaly (artifact)|black sphere]] (identical to [[Unknown Artifact|the one]] found centuries later), emitting neurochemical cascades which caused intrusive thoughts, insomnia, narcolepsy, nightmares, and auditory and visual hallucinations. The sphere was studied due to an outbound signal that was believed to be connected to a second Traveler, or even the origins of the Traveler. However, the expedition team, despite their best efforts, were eventually driven to madness without being fully aware of it and perished.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/categories/book-revelation</ref><ref>https://imgur.com/gallery/Rz8qc4t</ref> | ||
===The Collapse=== | ===The Collapse=== | ||