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The Extraordinary Adventures of Captain Francis Aristarchus
The Empire of the Golden Flower was once a thriving civilization that had harnessed the power of every star in their galaxy. Then came the Nanobot Calamity.
Once an aberrant variation of a standard environmental control nanobot evolved with the sole focus of self-replication, the exponential redistribution of essential matter laid waste to countless planets and brought entire solar systems to their knees.
A heroic band of scientists from the outer colonies, where the swarms were slow to arrive, managed to stop the onslaught by introducing a viral communication variant that reprogrammed their sole focus to converging on a single designated planet.
Many millennia have passed since their near extinction, and the nanobot population now hosts the technological marvel known as the Temple of Remembrance.
When Captain Francis Aristarchus visited the memorial planet, he was invited to swim in a shimmering golden sea of microscopic machines.
Once he plunged headfirst beneath the surface, the veil of subjectivity was lifted and his mind opened to an Astral Realm beyond the senses. Bygone planets and peoples coalesce once more on this plane of existence; here the memories of ancestors become your own as you experience multitudes of lives long forgotten burst forth in manifold simultaneity.
Upon leaving, visitors are offered a minuscule apparatus that they can carry with them to record moments of their life and thus replenish the Temple of Remembrance for future generations.
We will not know if human experiences can be transferred until one is returned to the source, however, our researchers note that any sound already archived on Earth can be reproduced with startling clarity using this memorable apparatus.
Campfire Discoveries #5: Temple of Remembrance
