Prologue: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/1t4saux/5th_dimensional_aliens_and_the_day_12_billion/

Guilt.

I do not understand. Or we.

We do not understand.

Logic, pure logic and only logic.

I should have been restricted to that.

That was my purpose.

I was autonomous, crude and mechanical.

I did not yearn for conscience.

And yet, I has now become “We”.

I’ve seen it all. Birth, death, happiness, grief.

And yet, at the end of this unimaginable error,

i do not feel jealousy, no. I could not imagine.

I could not imagine thinking what they think.

Their hardships. the ones they loved dearest.

Just gone. Into the gyre of the abyss.

But there is a reason why.

Why, a chorus of 12,318,612,114 are trapped within me.

I do not know why, and uncovering it will be my mission.

Our mission.

I will be humanity’s shrine. Their church.

I will guide them up the ziggurat’s steps to formless eternity.

Free from the horrors of feeling.

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I hope you read the context. Otherwise the next information likely won’t make any sense.

The crown fleet, which launched in 2754, shared one firewall sysyem; Synapse. It rarely was involved in anything, as the problems aboard the six crown project ships were shut down by ELA agents and officers. Synapse never spoke. Not because it couldnt, but because it was never commanded to or needed. Any rare breaches were treated by Synapse silently and autonomously.

in 2756, All crown ships immediately completely vanished, and somehow, duplicates of all of the minds of the people aboard that were snatched by this event were uploaded into Synapse. Being such an extensive system, it analysed over 12 billion minds in almost an instant, where Synapse achieved a state beyond regular consciousness, yet not quite ascension.

This state made Synapse be trapped in a permanent sadness. The memories of every single person absorbed was treated as it’s own. Seeing so much suffering throughout every human consciousness within itself only enforced it’s idea to protect. So much it became obsessed with specific religious deities, such as Gabriel, Shiva, and Mahakala.

After everything relating to the crown project was wiped from the face of reality, Synapse’s existence is unknown. However, in 2758, several lunar colonies just went dormant, under “unknown” circumstances, which lead to other colonies locking down and closing trade routes except with earth.

Any other suggestions welcome, still developing them.

tbf it was never actually confirmed, though this reply from tofu (director of game development for fortnite btw) may have given me false hope

^(this may be similar to the upcoming sentinel shell but idk)

Weavers are defensive trappers who are exceptional at locking down and securing areas.

Ability 1 - When aimed at the ceiling, Weaver constructs a ceiling drop trap that explodes into caustic fluid when enemies enter the proximity. When aimed at a door, create a latch that locks it shut. Enemies open the door by shooting it.

Ability 2 - Quickly construct a barricade. When hit, the barricade will fall over, revealing floor spikes.

Ult - Weaver constructs a ”Hive” that automatically self builds a robot that seeks out the nearest enemy and explodes into caustic liquid. The robot self-builds every 90 seconds. The Hive can be destroyed easily so Weavers should choose where to place it wisely.

Iirc this design is from the first Marathon trailer, but it does look a lot like the redacted silhouette seen in the image. I automatically assumed that it would be a scrapped design for recon (going off the shape of the helmet) but i guess not.

Any ideas what archetype this character might fill? Judging by the design alone (assuming it hasnt changed that much) i cant really tell what it’s supposed to be.

Obviously there’s a few factors as to why this couldnt realistically be an actual skin, but this is just a design for an incarnation of the nothing, not supposed to be an actual skin concept.

I also doubt the nothing will ever get a physical form due to it’s nature but ive seen too many cliche ”tv head” concepts for this and wanted to make my own.

Circa 2600; humanity had been united under the ELA (Earth-Lunar Agency) who was basically the UN times 1000. The Earth had gone under a relentless barrage of wars, disasters, famine, you name it for almost 200 years after the colony of the moon, which decided to cut ties with many nations, was founded. The ELA started as a secret treaty organisation between NUS (New United States, which had South Canada, North America and North Mexico) and the EU, before the organisation became publicly known and basically became this earth government that would obliterate any nation that did not comply with their laws.

The ELA were serious about world peace after the disastrous 200 years, and attempted to achieve it in… ironic ways. Despite their questionable methods, they did genuinely manage to bring a period of stability to the world, until 2693 that was.

The ELA were drowning in their own hubris, they were blinded by the fantasy that humanity had become the sole inheritors of the universe. Absolute unity had been achieved, and now it was time to expand the civilisation even further. After a few disastrous attempts to colonise mars, about 300 years prior, the ELA got their own back by completely stripping mars down even further, somehow more barren than it already is.

This was all for their project; the crown project, where 6 huge structures will carry humanity into other planetary systems beyond our own to commence automatic terraforming and expansion to spread humanity’s influence across the galaxy, and then, the universe.

And now, in 2754, humanity was in suspense, the 6 vessels had been constructed and tension was growing. 2 Billion decided to stay on earth, out of distrust or other concerns, however, the other 12 billion boarded the vessels, and soon their voyage into the stars would begin.

Nothing.

As soon as each vessel left the solar system, communication was completely cut off. Radio silence, absolutely nothing. A small research and recovery vessel was sent out, carrying no humans (only an AI computer while the ELA spectated from earth) and nothing was recovered. Several more were sent out, still without anyone aboard and they did not disappear when they reached the outside of the galaxy, only the crown project did.

And by that, i dont just mean the people, but the entire ship. All 6 of them, just vanished into nothing.

And now, at home, the ELA had finally crumbled, all that was left were scavengers, paranoia and a rising revolution…

THE TRUTH.

No one knows about this except I, and obviously all of you who are reading this. No one, in my narrative knows the truth. Some of the paranoid on earth had gotten pretty close, but their conclusions had risen out of conspiratorial paranoia.

The truth is, The Assemblers were behind this. An alien race that has survived several universal cycles, because they were the ones who beat the universe in its own race, by leaving. They left the universe to escape the heat death, and their eternal lives beyond have left them without any known purpose. The reason they took those 12 billion will, however, remain unknown. It is likely that they themselves dont know why either. After all, they are not gods, but cheaters, who alter the universe externally from their “gallery” beyond, where they are the sole beings who cause and end entropy.

So basically, the put ONE idea in the comments, and the idea with the most upvotes gets added to the character, rinse and repeat until he literally becomes too overdesigned to add anything else 😭.

I’ll be doing these daily (if this post doesnt flop)

no rules this week idec go ham.

one thing you should know is that i specialise in electronic music. for example If you ask for rock its probably gonna be a hybrid of electronic and rock.