Ancients Hypothesis
The widespread belief that the Ancients may have widely seeded Charted Space with life and much of that life may have been derived from Terran origins.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
The Ancients had an incredible mastery of genetic engineering. They were capable of altering living matter to perform specific tasks or fulfill specific functions. Many life forms still exist today which have been shown to be the result of Ancient genetic tampering.
Droyne[edit]
Although the Droyne are well known as a race, and have been the subject of extensive research by academics, it is only recently that the relationship between the Ancients and the Droyne has been even partially understood.
The Droyne are known to be physically identical with the Ancients. That is to say, the known installations of the Ancients are physically compatible with the dimensions and requirements of the Droyne. Doors and furniture are best adapted to the limbs and sizes of the Droyne; ledges and balconies are compatible with the flying abilities of the Droyne; pictorial representations of Droyne can be found in many known Ancient sites.
What remains unknown is why the Droyne show no signs of having retained the superior technology of the Ancients.
Humaniti[edit]
It has been fairly well established that the Ancients were responsible for transporting humans from Terra to a number of other worlds. It is estimated that humans were taken to more than a hundred worlds, with evidence of their presence on at least 90 worlds. On about 40 worlds, humans took root, surviving a period of barbarism before achieving civilization.
Once the Solomani Hypothesis (which theorized that all humaniti came originally from Terra) was accepted, it was a simple matter to analyze the gene pools available to each of the distinct human races found on worlds other than Terra. Those studies have concluded that the Ancients visited Terra many times, taking groups of between 1,000 and 10,000 humans to each of perhaps 100 planets.
The reason for Ancient interest in humaniti is unknown. Theories involving humans as slaves, assistants, workers, even as pets have been advanced, but there is not enough evidence to support any specific conjecture.
Vargr[edit]
At approximately the same time that the Ancients snatched human samples from Terra, they also took samples of the mammalian Canidae family, most likely of the genus Canis.
- These canids were genetically engineered to produce an upright posture, an opposed thumb, and intelligence.
- Just as the reason for Ancient interest in Humaniti is unknown, so is the reason for the Ancients interference in creating the Vargr.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Some believe that the Ancients transported these geneering experiments via their advanced starcraft, but their exact mode of transport can only be guessed at. Panspermia is just as good a guess as any other.
- Terra appears to have been an important biological laboratory for the Ancients. The Vargr are one of the key sophont species believed to have been a result of these experiments.
- Of course, the Ancients Hypothesis is just a theory, not conclusively proven one way or another.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science