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Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 130

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  1. [Unknown Date]
  2. [Unknown Global Location]
  3. [Unknown Territorial Affiliation]
  4. [Mars]
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  8. (Michelle Brandt): *Narration* Welcome back, Ronan. I'm glad to have you here for another interview session.
  9.  
  10. (Ronan): *Narration* I'm happy to be of assistance. What would you like to know today?
  11.  
  12. (Michelle Brandt): *Narration* I was hoping you could give us more insight into the last days of the Kree Empire.
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  14. (Ronan): *Narration* Of course. However, being in the position I was at the time, I might have a somewhat biased view of the events that transpired in my people's final passage.
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  17. A long, long time ago, in a not so distant part of the solar system that Humanity would one day call home, a thriving civilization grows; it covers many of the continental portions of the planet that would eventually be called Mars. However, whilst the structures that adorn the surface are intricate and beautiful, they are merely the top hat to the body of Kree society.
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  19. As far as the eye can see from a satellite's point of view, exquisite architecture dots the Martian surface; it's reminiscent of an ancient Egyptian geometric design that combines natural elements of stone with decidedly unnatural-looking interdimensional energies, creating an aesthetic that evokes the stereotype of a highly mystical ancient past.
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  22. (Michelle Brandt): *Narration* Was the Martian surface always so inhospitable?
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  24. (Ronan): *Narration* Not as much as it is today, seeing as how there was once breathable atmosphere, but the desert-like conditions were always present. We simply adapted to such a lifestyle over our evolution.
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  27. When one zooms in on one of many city centers across the eventual Mars, old science fiction films depicting colonies on desert planets would certainly come to mind. Everywhere you look, you see the imposing blue Kree, robed in simple beige-coloured garbs designed to keep the sand out. In fact, were it not for the blue skin tone of the inhabitants and specific paint markings across their clothing, one wouldn't be able to tell the difference between these Kree and indigenous peoples living in the Middle Eastern deserts.
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  29. At first, it seems like a relatively normal day; average citizens go about their lives, trading supplies, ferrying raw resources with advanced floating machinery to independent private entities, the like. However, a large holographic image is projected above the center of the city, showing the face of Ronan the Accuser.
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  32. (Ronan): My people, it is I, your Accuser, come to pass my final judgment!
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  35. At the utterance of his first words, all of the Kree in the district kneel down and bow in front of their highest religious leader.
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  38. (Kree Citizens): Hail the Accuser!
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  40. (Ronan): I have been foretold by the Great Beast. We have nearly reached the level of activity necessary to usher in its appearance! We need only mobilize a little bit more! GO, MY PEOPLE! BRING THE GREAT BEAST FORTH!
  41.  
  42. (Kree Citizens): HAIL! HAIL!
  43.  
  44. (Michelle Brandt): *Narration* Foretold by the Great Beast?
  45.  
  46. (Ronan): *Narration* We always knew our end as a people would come when our manipulation of what your leader Hayden refers to as "Argent Energy" reached an equilibrium point.
  47.  
  48. (Michelle Brandt): *Narration* You mean once your people mobilized enough Argent Activity, it would somehow bring forth this god of yours?
  49.  
  50. (Ronan): *Narration* Yes. And the best way to do that.......... is war.
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  53. Pulling back from the personal perspective of the city's interior, the great sandy plains covering the distances between areas of Kree civilization show an amount of activity not generally seen as positive; huge numbers of war machines, many of them an analogue to a Human military vehicle of some variety or another, mobilize and meet other similarly sized armies from across the river.
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  55. This militant action is not limited to the ground, however, as the armadas of the Kree Empire's spacefaring fleets move into opposing positions, ready to fire on each other.
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  58. (Michelle Brandt): *Narration* War? You mean you purposely went into civil conflict?
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  60. (Ronan): *Narration* Yes. But there was no malicious intent. For a while, the Kree Empire had ushered in an era of peace. However, we are warriors at heart, and were waiting for some enemy to conquer. The opportunity never came, but when I revealed to all that our chance to finish our journey as a species was coming, we knew what to do next.
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  63. Soon enough, all across Martian space, Kree engage in warfare with each other, not out of hatred or fear, but as brothers and sisters to utilize this purposely enacted conflict as a catalyst for the appearance of the Great Beast; this would signify the rightful end of the Kree as a species, a high honour in their warrior-based culture.
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  65. As the fighting rages on, invisible ruptures between dimensions begin to emerge across the planet; some span entire continents and oceans. They grow more frequent as the infighting grows more fierce, engulfing nearly the entirety of Mars itself.
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  71. [May 26, 2166]
  72. [Gale Crater, Mars]
  73. [Open Territory - U.A.C.]
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  77. (Ronan): *Narration* I was left sealed in a tomb beneath the surface, to tell the tale of my people to future generations of species born in the image of our god. I wish I could have been among those of us who gave our lives fighting each other as tribute to our deity.
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  79. (Michelle Brandt): *Narration* That was certainly........ an interesting perspective on things. But I don't think Humanity is quite ready for an event on such a level, at least not as we are.
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  82. Within the confines of the Gale Crater, the Loyalist Mimetics have now expanded their secretive complex's reaches, extending farther out on the surface and in the sublevels. Due to their mechanical nature, the Mimetic beings are quite comfortable simply standing guard around the large platform door in the centre of the crater in the middle of a massive Martian dust storm.
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  84. One of the Loyalists begins to convulse; its hard-light interior goes from green to white. The others take notice and cautiously approach their changed ally.
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  87. (Hacked Mimetic Drone): There we are. I am in control.
  88.  
  89. (Loyalist Keeper): What do you want now, Hayden?
  90.  
  91. (Hacked Drone): I am simply here to check on our guest. Is he doing well?
  92.  
  93. (Loyalist Keeper): He's damaged, but recovering underneath us as we speak. He'll be ready for that Great Beast you speak of, in time.
  94.  
  95. (Hacked Drone): You better hope he's good for our purposes.
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