Line #2 Quotes/Precursors


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2	->An ancient experiment was about to reach its climax.\
3	Those who had begun that experiment, so long ago, had not been men - or even remotely human. But they were flesh and blood, and when they had looked out across the depths of space, they had felt awe and wonder and loneliness. As soon as they possessed the power, they set forth for the stars. In their explorations, they encountered life in many forms, and watched the workings of evolution on a thousand different worlds. They saw how often the first faint sparks of intelligence flickered and died in the cosmic night.\
4	And because, in all the galaxy, they had found nothing more precious than Mind, [[AncientAstronauts they encouraged its dawning everywhere]]. They became farmers in the fields of stars: they sowed, and sometimes they reaped.\
5	[[ShootTheDog And sometimes, dispassionately, they had to weed]].
6	-->-- ''[[Literature/TheSpaceOdysseySeries 2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
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8	->"''[[HumansAreSpecial Mankind]], the very species which I've been chronicling from its terrestrial infancy to its domination of the galaxies, [[HumanitysWake is extinct]]. All of the beings which you saw on the preceding pages; from the [[PitifulWorms lowly Worm]] to the [[HumansAreWarriors wind-riding Sail People]], from the [[HumansAreInsane megalomaniac Gravital]] to the [[HumanityIsAdvanced ultimate Galactic citizens]], lie a billion years dead. We are only beginning to piece the story together. What you read was our best approximation of the truth. Why did they disappear? Perhaps it was a [[TheWartoEndAllWars final, unimaginable war of annihilation, one that transcended the very meaning of conflict]]. Perhaps it was a gradual break-up of the united galaxies, and every race facing their private end slowly afterwards. Or perhaps, the wildest theories suggest, it was a [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence mass migration to another plane of existence]]. A journey into somewhere, sometime, something else. But the bottom line is; we honestly don't know.''"
9	-->-- '''The Author''', ''Literature/AllTomorrows''
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11	->Wheeler legends spoke of a polished smooth world where paleotechs had inscribed their history, which included the legend of the pre-paleotech [=ChThones=], who spun giant stars out of galactic matter, and the RIME, who produced hydrogen as part of their biological processes...\
12	This was the Theory: that races arose, changed the universe to suit themselves, and died. And then other races arose in the ruins, changed the universe to suit themselves, and died. [[HistoryRepeats And other races arose in the ruins, and arose, and arose]], all the way back to the pre-Totalic nothingness. Continuously creating. There had never been any such thing as a ''natural'' universe.
13	-->-- ''Literature/{{Strata}}''
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15	[[AC:Video Games]]
16	->''The Ancients are a name given to an archaic race who supposedly once lived on the planet of Shadoon. It is assumed that they left to other worlds a long time before the humans arrived for unknown reasons. Remnants of their existence can be found in the Track of the Ancients and various ruins all across the planet.''
17	-->--'''"Ancients" Encyclopedia entry''', ''VideoGame/CrossCode''
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19	->''"We were a race that existed before the idea of ''race'' was needed. We were all one. I could ask you to imagine an Eternal as a creature of incredible intelligence and skill, but I fear the limits of your imagination would not do us justice. We studied the mysteries of the universe. We created works of great art. We... we disappeared."''
20	-->-- '''Fane''', ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII''
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22	->''"As I entered the chamber, I sensed that it had been sealed for hundreds - perhaps thousands - of years. And while this room was clearly built when the [[CosmicKeystone Pillars]] were erected, I knew that no human hand could have shaped this place - and that perhaps it had never been seen by human eyes. The surrounding murals depicted a winged race, their features so like my own - but beautiful, where mine were grotesque... and angelic, while mine were demonic. I tried to decipher these images: A great war, but with combatants like none I had ever seen..."''
23	-->-- '''Raziel''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver2''
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25	->''The Chozo... Over millennia, this bird-like race of creatures made incredible technological and scientific leaps. Traveling at will through space, they built many marvels across the Universe. Technological wonders of unfathomable complexity and cities unmatched in beauty. They shared their knowledge freely with more primitive cultures and learned to respect and care for life in all its forms. Even as their society reached its technological peak, the Chozo felt their spirituality wane. Their culture was steeped in prophecy and lore, and they foresaw the decline of the Chozo coinciding with the rise of evil. Horrified by the increasing violence in the universe, they began to withdraw into themselves, forgoing technology in favor of simplicity.''
26	-->--''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' manual
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28	->''The Chozo were a highly intelligent and technologically advanced bird-like species who believed their purpose to be that of bringing peace throughout the galaxy. However, this once-mighty civilization eventually reached a breaking point and collapsed. Now, the Chozo who remain tend to avoid the galactic spotlight.''
29	-->--''VideoGame/MetroidDread ''[[https://metroid.nintendo.com/news/metroid-dread-report-vol-7/ Report vol. 7]]
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31	->''"The people who built these mysterious structures had unusual control over time magic. Very few alive understand it or know about the people who lived here, for they were neither Human nor Villager. A species that fled the plains thousands of years ago."''
32	-->-- Description for the '''[[https://wynncraft.fandom.com/wiki/Timeless_Ruin Timeless Ruin]]''' Secret Discovery, ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}''
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34	[[AC:Webcomics]]
35	->'''Petey:''' I might--''might''--be immortal, but in galactic terms I'm just a baby. Look around. If it's so easy to live forever, where are all the adults?\
36	'''Cindy:''' Not supervising?
37	-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''
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