Intro/Prologue/Base Synopsis
Post apocalyptic war dystopia - but no one can quite recall what happened. Satellite reception was one of the first things to go, along with the distribution channels for media outlets. All people remember now are the explosions, the noise, the destruction, the fear, and the dust that blocked out the sun for days.
Billions of people survived, but infrastructure didn’t. All the cities are gone, and only smaller towns now remain. There is no centralised government or services, and security and independence are things of the past. The anthropologists say that for all intents and purposes, countries no longer exit and nationalities are finished; the only aim left is survival in whatever form possible.
People are …show more content…
They believed in survival through reinvention, and that humans could potentially make collective choices over their own evolution. Specifically they were trying to encourage the world to reject individualism in favour of a hive consciousness.
The Swarm were insane radicals, deemed harmless by most, even though their Dens could be found in most towns and cities, and - by the end - they had infiltrated into many places of power around the world.
When the dust settled, the Swam emerged form their holes with a message of hope and a chance to reclaim the world. Through fear and desperation, the human race turned to The Swarm to strategise the survival of the species.
The Swarm set up The Code, a list of behaviours, thought-patterns, and ideologies with an unparalleled reach into the human psyche. The Code calls for strict adherence to collective behaviour and decentralised control, a complete ongoing rejection of self in favour of the …show more content…
She snarled and rushed at them, tool aloft. Adriaan reacted instinctively while time froze and a memory, seemingly from an age ago, flashed through his brain…
“Yes David, it’s called survival of the fittest,” he said patiently to a stubborn, athletic boy of fifteen at the back of his classroom, “an innate instinct that will flood your system with adrenaline and make you either stand and fight, or run and hide.”
“Why would you run and hide?” David smirked, “If your the fittest, wouldn’t you just kick their ass?”
“I’m sure you would David, but sometimes our instincts are made more complicated by the presence of others: What if you had children to protect, or your attacker was drugged, or you could face criminal charges? Our instincts are still slaves to our ability to reason.”
“Well whats so fit about that?” David interjected, “Screw the kids, your attacker and the police - you’re acting instinctively right? You can’t help it right, you’re just doing what comes natural?”
“Here’s where Darwin came up short,” Said Adriaan wide a wry smile. “Sometimes survival of the fittest means letting others survive for us. We are a species after all, not just
Post apocalyptic war dystopia - but no one can quite recall what happened. Satellite reception was one of the first things to go, along with the distribution channels for media outlets. All people remember now are the explosions, the noise, the destruction, the fear, and the dust that blocked out the sun for days.
Billions of people survived, but infrastructure didn’t. All the cities are gone, and only smaller towns now remain. There is no centralised government or services, and security and independence are things of the past. The anthropologists say that for all intents and purposes, countries no longer exit and nationalities are finished; the only aim left is survival in whatever form possible.
People are …show more content…
They believed in survival through reinvention, and that humans could potentially make collective choices over their own evolution. Specifically they were trying to encourage the world to reject individualism in favour of a hive consciousness.
The Swarm were insane radicals, deemed harmless by most, even though their Dens could be found in most towns and cities, and - by the end - they had infiltrated into many places of power around the world.
When the dust settled, the Swam emerged form their holes with a message of hope and a chance to reclaim the world. Through fear and desperation, the human race turned to The Swarm to strategise the survival of the species.
The Swarm set up The Code, a list of behaviours, thought-patterns, and ideologies with an unparalleled reach into the human psyche. The Code calls for strict adherence to collective behaviour and decentralised control, a complete ongoing rejection of self in favour of the …show more content…
She snarled and rushed at them, tool aloft. Adriaan reacted instinctively while time froze and a memory, seemingly from an age ago, flashed through his brain…
“Yes David, it’s called survival of the fittest,” he said patiently to a stubborn, athletic boy of fifteen at the back of his classroom, “an innate instinct that will flood your system with adrenaline and make you either stand and fight, or run and hide.”
“Why would you run and hide?” David smirked, “If your the fittest, wouldn’t you just kick their ass?”
“I’m sure you would David, but sometimes our instincts are made more complicated by the presence of others: What if you had children to protect, or your attacker was drugged, or you could face criminal charges? Our instincts are still slaves to our ability to reason.”
“Well whats so fit about that?” David interjected, “Screw the kids, your attacker and the police - you’re acting instinctively right? You can’t help it right, you’re just doing what comes natural?”
“Here’s where Darwin came up short,” Said Adriaan wide a wry smile. “Sometimes survival of the fittest means letting others survive for us. We are a species after all, not just