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Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ive read this awesome sci fi story once.

Long ago there was a species, not unlike man. This species traveled to new stars and planets mastering space travel and colonization.

In doing this, they encountered a warrior alien race. This alien race are like the Borg, destroying or subjugating all they encounter.

One by one the first species colonies are destroyed, eventually their home world too. They try to flee to create new colonies far from the warrior borgs, but they're always discovered and subsequently destroyed.

As a last ditch effort they try one last colony, this colony is cut off entirely from the original colonies and planets. They know nothing of their origin. They are left to be guarded by an artificial intelligence that operates from a satellite in space. But other than that all contact with their forefathers is cut off.

The AI is designed to interfere only to discourage and to teach the colonists to fear scientific progress, so that they will never grow to explore other planets and stars again preventing them from ever encountering that evil borg race, so they can live on in peace.

The AI incepts all kinds of cultural religious stuff to keep us stuck in the stone ages, The lord of the Rings, Everquest, all the things we love about orcs and magic and wizards and stuff, is all designed to distract us, so that we dont learn about how all that stuff really works: Science! And instead long for a more "simpler time" where horse back and swords were all one needed for adventure!

It's a cool story but I forgot the name of it.

So that we stay stuck on this cult planet forever.

That was a good read, very cozy.

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