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In the Begining (A history)

The WIck
01-04-2004, 03:56
The Commonwealth of the Wick

The Saga Begins

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Established roughly 400 years previous to this date the Commonwealth was initially founded as a work planet by the Alien Horde called the Vagrants. The Vagrants were a militant and xenophobic race, who condensed to any alien race. The first alien race they encountered was Humans. Raids upon human colonies were largely successful due to the human’s technological inferiority. Humans upon their capture would be stripped, shaved of all hair, and bar coded. They were treated no better then cattle, they were marched everywhere in shackles around their neck wrists and ankle. Men were used for hard labor, while the females were used for perverse entertainment and breeding of new stock.

Eventually the Vagrants developed a taste for human flesh. “Cattle” would be roasted alive at times even worst would be those Vagrants who preferred raw flesh. This new delicacy quickly depleted the slave populations, forcing the Vagrants to look for other means of slave procreation. Their scientist discovered methods to genetically engineer humans. This became the preferred method of slave production it ran without the risk of raiding human colonies which were become ever more dangerous.

Thus developed the distinctive physical traits of the beings that populated the Commonwealth of the Wick, the Vagrants decided to develop the ultimate specimen for their tasks. Each possessing traits their brethren on other worlds would envy. It was a process of DNA “tinkering” that would create the ultimate homo sapiens, those cattle produced all had less than 5% body fat, their bodies rippled in muscle. Like the cattle that came before these, the vagrants decided to remove the gene that produces hair, removing the need for the annoying habit of having to shave the cattle. The cattle eyes were also modified to be able to see as well at night as they could during the day. The science behind the necessary gene splicing to accomplish this is still not understood to this day, but the colored stripes on a cattle’s face is thought to be responsible for this ability.

The Cattle also underwent re-education, a process that would strip them of their will, they became dedicated completely to their occupation, be it hard labor, pleasure, gladiator, soldier. This degradation of the human race lasted for 200 plus years.

It was ironic that the Vagrants own means of control cattle, re-education would be their own downfall. Not all Vagrants were cruel minions of evil, their was a splinter faction within, called Vegetarians. These radicals believed that before their reeducation that Cattle were a civilianized race, thus entitled to the natural laws entitled to all sapient races. These Vegetarians even went so far as to not indulge on human flesh, lowering themselves to the levels of cattle by eating only vegetables. Slowly over many decades the Vegetarians infiltrated reeducation camps slowly taking over positions that would allow them to operate the reeducation equipment. Carefully these brave souls would slowly, leak information to the cattle’s mind of days long past, when Cattle lived in whole colonies, had rights, and souls. Those who were deemed to be great leader candidates were taught political theory, enlightenment ideals, and most important military strategy. Those females designated to be pleasure slaves for the Vagrant overlords were given education on espionage, they became some of the best spy’s for the rebels. Gladiators and Soldier cattle were given their souls back, along with a will to fight. The Rebellion was born.

This was a long process, a conflict carefully planned for, waiting for the perfect monments to strike. However as most plans go, this one was launched unexpectedly, with emotion, hate and revenge. The Vegetarians did not factor in the need of cattle to have companionship, with feelings and their souls returned the cattle began to form relationships; marital bonds were made, families born. The Cattle’s freeborn leader of the Rebellion, Arduous Past (Most Cattle names contained words that inspired or caused reflection to their roots) was unique he was the first born of the Cattle’s first “enlighten” leader and thus inherited the right to command. Families however had to live hidden for any found by the Vagrants would be roasted or consumed by the Vagrants.

Arduous fell victim to the oldest of Cattle Traits, jealously. A subordinate who was jealous of Arduous position, and his lack there of betrayed his leaders home to the Vagrants, they raided it. Arduous was forced to watch his family consumed, unspeakable horrors inflicted on his most loved. It was decided his children would be roasted and his wife consumed raw, her skull was split, brain consumed, her body shock violently held down by leather strips, as the horrible sounds of her gurgling voice intermixed with the screams of his two children. The worst of it all was that he was forced to consume pieces of his wife’s brain and her children’s charred flesh, to break his soul before his death. By the time the night was over the Vagrants beat Arduous to a pulp, burning the flesh of his face, before they hanged him.

True to his name though Arduous did not die, this was another trial in his quest for the Cattle’s freedom from oppression. His cell found his broken body and healed his wounds, he would always bear the scars on his face and neck, a constant reminder of those who caused him pain. Once heal he launched the counter-offensive against the Vagrant overlords. Key leaders identified by pleasure slaves were executed by those whose bodies they exploited, Soldiers took control of ships whose security became lax over years of dependence on reeducation methods. Gladiators broke from cells arming civilians, it was terribly bloody, atrocities committed on both sides, no quarter asked and none was given. In the end the Vagrant Garrison was defeated those who surrendered massacred. The Vegetarians remained on planet, to help the Cattle rebuild their infrastructure to prepare for the return of the Vagrants, most hope however the Vagrants would fear a re-conquest to be too costly, they haven’t returned for fifty years…