Aliens Among US!
THE OMNI, ANCIENTS AND
PRESEVERS
Once
there was but one universe.
Sentient species arose on many planets in many galaxies throughout the
universe. Yet one planet was unique. On the third planet of a small
solar
system consisting of one star and eight planets there arose a special,
sentient species called humanity. They evolved from small four-footed
mammals
to large bipedal mammals which eventually became the dominant
species of their planet. This unique planet
was
called Terra, Tellus or
Earth. Physically, and for the
most part mentally, humanity
remained unchanged for hundreds
of thousands of years. Eventually they spread out from their home
planet and
throughout the galaxy. After being in what they perceived as a stagnant
state
for millennia, humanity believed that it had reached its evolutionary
zenith.
Despite a propensity for self destruction, humanity
never quite succeeded in destroying itself and continued to exist long
after
its wisest minds had predicted they would have eradicated one another
or been
supplanted by a newer species.
Despite
appearances to the
contrary humanity never stopped evolving but did so slowly. The onset
of
psionic powers among most of humanity a few millennia after galactic
wide space
travel had been achieved should have been one indication of their
continued
evolution.
As their
psionic powers
grew so did their intelligence. After
discovering
time travel was possible and that it was impossible to change history,
psionically enhanced humanity spread through time as well as the
universe.
These time
traveling humans who traveled to the various epochs of time and the far
reaches
of the universe have become called by a variety of names. They are the
Ancients[1],
the Old Ones, the
Long-Gones[2].
Yet the transhumans were
spread throughout all of time and space, colonizing worlds long before
and long
after sentient life made its appearance on Earth. These time traveling
transhumans who lived in the far past left behind minute traces of
their vast
and powerful civilization. Among the known artifacts are the Guardian
of
Forever, the Stargates, Obelisks and a multitude of other objects too
numerous
to enumerate.
Approximately two
million years after their
biological creation on Earth the transhuman population experienced a
sudden
evolutionary leap that has never been explained. While this sudden
evolutionary
leap did not affect all the transhumans, those it did affect were
affected
despite what era in which they had chosen to live. Despite their
residence in
the far distant past, the Ancients were also affected by this
evolutionary
leap. Psionic powers increased exponentially and matter/energy
manipulation
became a skill that transhumanity could use as easily as they could
manipulate
their hands. Ordinary humanity had slowly evolved into transhumanity
and
transhumanity made an evolutionary leap into posthumanity.
As the posthumans
learned to transform the universe
around them they also learned to apply this knowledge to their physical
forms.
The most proficient of these were able to further evolve into beings of
pure
thought/energy. Some posthumans achieved vast power and could
manipulate their
physical forms at will but never quite achieved transcending their
physical
form. The process of becoming pure thought/energy became known as
Ascension.
All of time and space became open to the senses and power of the
Ascended ones.
The Ascended are often considered omnipotent, omniscient and
omnipresent by
ordinary mortal beings and so are often called the Omni. Although the
Omni
often claimed to be omnipotent and omniscient, in fact, they were not.
Just as
we know now that human
evolution had many divergences and branches before Homo Sapiens Sapiens
emerged
so it was as the Ancients evolved into the Omni. The differences may
have come
about through environmental or cultural influences. There were groups
of
Ancients who never quite achieved the transformation into pure
thought/energy although
they gained what could be considered near omnipotent power. In their
early
years of space travel the human race would
encounter a few of these post-human species that had yet to
evolve into the Omni. One such species so encountered were
the Metron[3]
There
also appear to be some
slight variations of the Omni. There were those who succeeded in
achieving a non-corporeal
state but never gained full control of their powers either through some
sort of physical or psychological inability. In many cases they
preferred to remain
based near planetary bodies. One of the more common traits of these
Omni is
that they found returning to a corporeal state difficult. They could
create
temporary corporeal energy forms, or as seems to be most common,
inhabit the body of a sentient
being. The Companion[4],
Thasians[5],
The Prophets, The Pah-Wraiths[6]
and the Onayans[7]
are among the varieties of Omni in this category.
The
process of becoming pure
thought/energy became known as Ascension. All of time and space became
open to
the senses and power of the Ascended ones. The Ascended are often
considered
omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent by ordinary mortal beings and so
are
often called the Omni. Although the Omni often claimed to
be omnipotent and omniscient, in fact, they were not.
Despite having nearly
all of history at their disposal, it remained remained beyond the
ability of humans and post-humans to travel to the beginning or to the
end
of time. There were barriers placed about these epochs that they could
not surmount. In their
hubris the early Ascended
Ones used their nearly omnipotent power to travel beyond the barriers
at the
beginning and at the end of time. As they breached the barrier it
became
apparent that the first of the Ascended had created this barrier to
prevent
catastrophe. Those Ascended who broke through the barrier discovered
that time
was indeed circular as speculated. They also discovered to their dismay
that the
principle of observation, that is observation
affects
reality,
disrupted the delicate state of the universe's birth/death. The act of viewing the Creation
was enough to alter reality. No longer cyclical,
time fractured. The fractures radiated
out from the
beginning of time and created divergent timelines.
Revealing
their true lack of
omnipotence and omniscience the Ascended were unable to stop the
fracturing of
the timeline nor were they able to
foresee the
ultimate result of the fracturing. Even
beings of seemingly
limitless power can know fear when their existence is threatened. Many
of the
timelines created by the fracture had no sentient life in it at all,
others did
not have the Ascended or Omni in them. Some Ascended began to fear that
the
fractured timeline might stop diverging and grow back together in a
single
timeline,
but one in which they no longer
existed. As if the Universe healed itself by ridding
itself of
what had damaged it.
Being
evolved humans, the Omni retained many human traits, among them
stubbornness, selfishness, pride and individuality. Many Omni had strong
convictions on how to fix the damage of the timeline and ensure their
existence. Of course being evolved humans, the Omni
did not agree on how to accomplish this goal.
Some of
the Omni decried any
involvement or interference at all in history and were opposed the
attempts to
fuse the diverging timelines into one Prime Time. They
also opposed any interference in the natural
and evolution of species.-believing that by interfering with the
Universe's
natural development that they were endangering it. Some were opposed to
this on
moral grounds, believing that by controlling evolution and maintaining
a static
historical development they were in essence stifling the evolution of
humanity
and preventing the possible development of other sentient species.
Among these
were the Organians[8] and
the Dowd[9],
Some
Omni believed that they
needed to ensure that evolution of humanity into
Omni and to do so in as many timelines as possible. It is these Omni
whose
presence has become known through out the course of history. They are
known by
many names the Organians, the Q-Continuum[10],
the Everoinye[11]
and even the Ascended Ancients[12].
Yet even they do not always agree on now to accomplish their goals.
This however
does go a long way to explain why the Organians, the Q and other
similarly evolved
races have always taken a special interest in Earth, adopting strict
non-interference
policies with regard to it; and yet
sometimes themselves
meddling in Human affairs.
Collectively
these Omni were known
as the Preservers, despite whatever subsect of Omni
to which they belonged, be
it Q, Organian etc. When the
original time line had fractured and the multiverse
had been created the Omni attempted
to use
their vast power to restore the Universe. They quickly
realized
that their attempts to recreate the original time-line further
fragmented it. Many resolved to work indirectly or in concert with
their direct
ancestors, the evolved time traveling humans known as
the Ancients. The Ancients who worked in concert with the
Preservers also came to be known as
Preservers.
Other
Omni were opposed to the
goal of ensuring the evolution of the human genome as it had originally
evolved. They
believed that humanity and other sentient
races
should be encouraged to reach their maximum evolutionary
potential
as rapidly as possible,
despite how this
development had occurred in the original timeline. These Omni were
collectively
known as the Prometheans. A faction of the Prometheans[13] believed that
the highest evolutionary progress was achieved not
through a beneficial environment but through catastrophes and near
extinctions
that tested and forced
a species to evolve. They were known as the Adversarialists. The
Ancients and
ordinary mortals who worked with the Prometheans and Adversarialists
were also
known by these titles. They strove to achieve their goals by creating
planetary disasters or to plunging civilizations into chaos through
catastrophe or conflict.
There
were also those Omni who
believed that since mankind was destined to become the Omni nothing
could alter that
fact. In fact nothing the Omni did would
have any lasting consequences
to the history of the Universe. These Omni viewed
the multiverse and reality as their playground; to do
with as
they willed. These often mischievous Omni have visited Earth pretending
to be
trickster spirits, Djinn or even members of a so-called Fifth
Dimension. Although one of the most famous
denizens of
the “Fifth Dimension” may have been a member of the Q Continuum.[14]
There were
some groups of Omni who
desired
to be worshipped as Gods. Among these were the beings that have been
called the
Lords of Chaos[15]
and the Elder Gods. Many of these egocentric and often malign beings
insist on
being worshipped as Gods, perhaps the worst of these are the Cthulhu
Cycle
entities[16].
They may have never truly achieved the transformation to pure energy
but
remained stuck in a quasi form composed of elements of both. They
caused great
deal of mischief and tragedy throughout the cosmos until being
imprisoned by
the Elder Gods who had before been generally content to let the
universe run
its course, so long as events followed a general cosmological and
evolutionary
course that would lead to their ancestor’s
development on the planet Earth. Another
group of beings that
nearly achieved Ascension but never quite made it were known as the
Beings.
They were worshipped as Gods on various planets including on
prehistoric and
early historic Earth.[17]
Another group of self
styled deities were the Ori.[18]
While experimenting
with various methods to repair
the time continuum and fuse the ever burgeoning amount of alternate
universes,
the Ancients discovered a method of creating pocket
universes, creating null spaces in the fabric of time and space. Using
sophisticated matter/energy conversion technologies and technologies
based on
quantum mechanics they could shape the created universes as they
wished. The
Ancients at first created pocket universes that would serve as
laboratories for
highly dangerous experiments to be carried out without endangering the
Primary
Universe or the alternate universes. The earliest of the pocket
universes were
scale models of the Ancients’ home planet and its solar system. In
their
quest for immortality the Ancients created a pocket universe in which
artificial energy beings could be created and studied. This is the
Universe
known to modern scholars as the Farmerian
Oz
Universe. They later abandoned this universe but did not destroy it
because it contained sentient life.
The Preservers and the
Ancients, in concert with
the Omni, created pocket universes based on Earth and using genetic
material
from Earth to populate these ersatz earths. These pocket universes were
on the
order of preserves where Earth populations could be hidden or kept safe
from
the fluxes in the timeline.
Just as there were
factions of the Omni, so were
there factions of the Preservers. Less scrupulous Preservers used the
gifts of
the Omni for personal gain, such as abusing time travel. To combat time
travel
abuses by renegade Preservers, a special group of Preservers was
initiated on
the planet Gallifrey, which had been one of the first humanoid
populations
transplanted from Earth. They had been transplanted on Gallifrey
shortly after
the beginning of the Universe. The Gallifreyians had achieved space
travel and
time travel on their own.[19]
Only a few Time Lords are
active agents of the Preservers, for the Council of Gallifrey had
adopted a
policy much like the Prime Directive--never to interfere in the affairs
of
other cultures. The Preserver Time Lords have extended life spans and
the
ability to regenerate into younger and different bodies. Their final
regeneration is usually into one of the Omni.
One of the other abuses
of renegade Preservers was
to use the technology to create pocket universes for purposes other
than the
creation of hidden reserves of humanity. They used the pocket universe
technology for scientific experimentation. They also created pocket
universes
based on ancient works of fiction as a means of entertainment or to
create
their own hidden kingdoms. When the unauthorized pocket universes were
discovered, the malfeasant Preservers were removed from their
unauthorized
creations, but the pocket universes were allowed continuing to exist on
their
own [20]
All the Omni become
involved in a cosmological war
that found its way into the legends of almost sentient species in the
Universe.
A group of the Omni called the Outer Gods along with the posthumans
called the
Great Old Ones aided by Lords of Chaos decided to eliminate the
multiverse and
remake the universe according to their desires using their combined
powers.
Along with reshaping the universe they planned to abolish any beings
including
the Omni who would vow obedience to them. The war ranged through all of
time
and space reverberating through the multiverse. Most religions refer to
it as
the battle between the original battle between Good and Evil, the war
in the
heavens. In the end the Lords of Chaos had their power confined to
certain
portions of the multiverse and many of the Outer Gods and Great Old
Ones were
imprisoned in pocket universes or inside planets or stars. One being
named
Azathoth, the leader of the Outer Gods had created several physical
avatars of
himself. All of these were imprisoned in various part of the
multiverse,
dividing his power. The leader of the Great Old Ones Cthulhu and
several of his
followers were imprisoned inside a star named Xoth. Even imprisoned
however the
Outer Gods and Great Old Ones power could not fully be contained and
they were
able to indirectly influence other sentient beings.
Although
the Omni and the Ancients
generally left their home solar system alone and especially Earth alone
so that
it could develop on its own naturally. This non-interference plan was
developed
after their Omni’s attempt to repair the fractured timeline had only
increased the number of timelines. They believed that leaving Earth
alone was
the best policy lest some well intentioned interference end
disastrously. However
not all Omni felt that Earth should be sacrosanct. The Prometheans and
Adversarialists
believed that the evolution on Earth should be sped up so that
Earthlings would
evolve into Omni even faster than in the original timeline. Others
believed
that even though they were descended from Earth born humanity that by
Ascending
they had transcended their heritage and that as omnipotent beings they
could
erase their ancestors without ill effect.
One
devastating incident prompted
the Omni keep a closer watch over the Earth to ensure it’s continued
existence and yet not overly interfere with its development.
A young
member of the Q continuum
was influenced by Azathoth, in his incarnation of 0,
to free him from his imprisonment inside an ice planet
in one of the pocket universes. The newly freed 0 with Q’s help was
able
to gather his other incarnations, The One, Gorgan, and (*) pulling them
through
the reluctant Guardian of Forever. 0 soon discovered that the Omni had
placed
blocks around his incarnations that prevented them from reintegrating.
Rather than
act directly and gain the attention of the Omni,
before 0 had regained enough strength to confront them, 0 and his
avatars worked
through the naïve young Q. They had him choose a civilization
suitable to be
tested for fitness to evolve into non-corporeal life. Q chose the Tkon
Empire
which existed 600,000 years before the formation of
Earth’s
first civiliation. At this
time the Tkon
were currently engaged in their great endeavor which was to replace
their dying
sun with a sun located in a far distant solar system. They planned to
use
gigantic matter transporters
to move the suns
simultaneously. Gorgan, (*) and the One subjected the Tkon Empire to
civil war
and a series of horrendous natural disasters. Yet the Tkon Empire
overcame
these adversities and was about to proceed with the exchange of suns
when 0
sped up the solar decay in the Tkon’s aged sun so that it went into a
supernova prematurely. This eradicated the Tkon civilization.
Q then realized that 0 and his counterparts’ true purpose had
not
been to help primitive species evolve but
rather to torture,
torment and kill primitive species.
Once the
Tkon empire was destroyed
however the Q continuum and other members of the Omni became involved.
A battle
royal ensured between 0 and his companions and the Omni. Gorgan and (*)
fled
and escaped justice. The One was reduced to his mere consciousness and
imprisoned at the center of the galaxy. 0 was forced out of the Galaxy
and
imprisoned in a barrier around the Milky Way Galaxy. Yet during his
battle with
the Omni 0 created a great deal of
mischief.[21] An
asteroid was thrown at a female Q. The Q
who had aided Azathoth opened a rift in
time and space
so that the asteroid would not hit her. The asteroid landed on Earth in
65
million BC and led to the demise of the dinosaurs. Yet
that was not the totality of ruin that 0
brought to Earth’s solar system. A thrown stellar fragment went
unnoticed
during the battle but it reached eventually Earth solar system
and wreaked havoc.
The stellar fragment
from the Tkon
sun traveled towards the Earth's solar system at near light speed.
600,000
years ago the stellar fragment entered
the Earth’s solar system. At this time there were eleven planets in the
solar system--Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Planet X, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus,
Neptune, Planet Y, and Planet Z. The stellar fragment had immense
gravitational
fields as well as heat energy and as it passed by
When the stellar fragment hit Zumor it did much more than merely shatter Zumor it created a hyperspatial anomaly.[23] Although Zumorians were not human the mutagenic substance that the Prometheans had imbued in Zumor’s substance had not only caused them to evolve in the first place but gave them a variety of mental abilities including prescience. They knew that their world would be destroyed and attempted to escape. Rather than move their entire population, the Zumorians attempted to move their planet by shifting it into an adjacent dimension, another universe and so escape the stellar fragment. They powered their device by their world’s magnetic field and planetary core. The stellar fragment hit Zumor before the phase shift was complete, the stellar fragment’s magnetic field phase locked with Zumor’s and calamity occurred. Zumor was shattered but most of its mass and part of the stellar fragment was shunted into the other dimensional space. A fragment of Zumor, containing part of the phase shifting device and permeated with strange energies, fell to the earth became known as the Mutia Escarpment.
The other dimensional
space the
Zumorians attempted to reach was the universe we call the Burroughsian
universe. Fragment it shifted over and caused cataclysms in this other
dimensionall solar system. The major fragments of Zumor were knocked
into the
planet known as Barsoom. Several fragments hit Barsoom and shifted its
orbit
and rotation and degraded its core. The new rotation and orbital shift
lessened
Barsoom's gravity, and an ecological disaster quickly struck the
planet. The
oceans began to dry up and the forests to die, and with these major
oxygen
sources compromised the atmosphere of Barsoom, which gradually became
toxic to
oxygen-breathing life.
A small piece of the
stellar
fragment shot past Barsoom on an orbit around the solar system carrying
several
pieces of Zumor and Thyoph in its wake. On its return orbit it passed
close to
the Burroughsian universe analog of Earth, known as Jasoom by the
Barsoomians
and Annwn by its own inhabitants. The fragments of Zumor and Thyoph
struck the
most populated areas of Jasoom, altering the course of civilization.
The
Western Civilization that arose on Annwn was Celtic derived rather than
Greco-Roman. The fragments of Thyoph and Zumor also had a beneficial
mutation
in raising the psionic ability of the human survivors allowing some of
them to
do great feats of telekinesis, telepathy, etc.
In
the primary Wold Newton Universe, the above scenario was
almost exactly duplicated with the exception that Mars did not have a
great civilization
to destroy, only its oceans were dried up.
On
Earth the fragment passed by but not close enough to
destroy the planet, but close enough to cause a fantastic light show
and to
alter the Earth's axial orbit. The sudden orbital shift caused all
sorts of
world-wide cataclysms including the sinking of Hyperborea.[24]
The people fled to the land that would become known as Lemuria, as seen
in Lin
Carter's Thongor series. The huge gravitational field of the stellar
fragment
also caused immense waves that flooded many areas previously untouched
by such
floods. The various geological disruptions led to atmospheric
disturbances,
rains, and darkness as dust settled in the air. However, due to the
axial
shift, the particulate matter in the air, and the huge amount of
moisture in
the air from the floods and rains--combined with the loss of heat from
the
stellar fragment as it moved away from the Earth--the planet was
subject to
flash freezing, causing the rapid creation of the Ice Age. Mankind was
plummeted from a rather high degree of civilization into the stone age.
Mars
was not the target of (*) when he sent the stellar
fragment into this solar system, nor was the Earth. Rather it was the
planet
named Thyoph, identified above as Planet Z, whose people had developed
to a
high degree of civilization and physical perfection. Thyoph was present
in many
timelines and in most of them it was destroyed by (*) who was some
times
associated with Azathoth. Sometimes there were survivors of Thyoph,
sometimes
there were not.
In
the final sequence of events of (*) hurtling the stellar
fragment towards Earth's solar system a chunk of nearly pure thyophite
fell to
the Earth and landed near six men from three different stone age
tribes.
Irradiating them, they became immortal. One of these men was Vandar Ang
who
became known as Kane.[25]
In order to ensure that the Humanity was not overly
contaminated by Thyophite, that is, contaminated in such a way that it
would
prevent humanity from evolving into the Omni, the Omni devised several
methods
to tabulate statistical data on human cultures, genetics and history.
Relatively
speaking, a group of Preservers had earlier
created data gathering symbionts by altering the DNA of certain benign
parasites. The result was a disaster as is covered in the Parasitic Races article.
This time they made benign changes to the DNA of human beings. Their primary recording devices were human beings made practically immortal by being attuned to their planet's electromagnetic field. The recorders’ senses were enhanced to make their records as complete as possible. The recorders began recording from the first few minutes of consciousness and were supposed to achieve their immortality upon reaching physical maturity, unless they suffered a mortal injury or sickness earlier. If so the immortality process engaged and regenerated the body from its mortal injury. A flaw in the process developed after its implementation. The Recorders did not automatically become immortal upon maturity but rather the immortality was dormant until “switched on” by a mortal injury that triggered the first regeneration. The Recorders however did remain at the biological age they had attained when the first regeneration occurred.
These
immortals died an actual death only when the central
nervous system was completely severed from brain function. When death
did occur
all of their memories were forcibly uploaded into the nearest Recorder.
One
recorder could carry the accumulated memories of several recorders. The
recording/immortality mutation was random throughout the human
population. The
Recorders were supposed to have been born sterile however the same flaw
that
prevented immortality from automatically manifesting upon maturity also
allowed
the Recorders to remain fertile until they had experienced their first
regeneration. This led to a mutation in
the recorder gene that allowed for the occasional human being to become
immortal without becoming a recorder. The recorders could sense one
another's
proximity; so as to be nearby if another recorder should undergo the
true
death.
The Recorders were depicted in the Highlander movies and television show. The process of downloading another recorder’s memories and the accompanying electrical effects of the process were labeled as taking a head. Not knowing their true origins the Recorders eventually formed a ritualized belief system where they believed that a prize existed for being the last of their kind. The taking of heads and the downloading of memories became an intoxicant to several of the immortals, as did the ruling of mortals.
In
addition to ensuring that Earth’s history went as it
was supposed to the Ancients also created pocket universes that would
replicate
Earth’s history and they created several doppelganger Earths in the
primary Galaxy, three of which were discovered by the Star Trek
Enterprise as
seen in Star Trek the Original Series episodes “The Omega Glory",
"Bread and Circuses" and "Miri".
The Preservers also had interest in preserving Terran cultures
and species, they seeded planets throughout the galaxy with Earth
populations
that were either replicated, were shunted through the Ancient's system
of
Stargates or a combination of the two. Although the Goa'uld would claim
to have
both built the stargate system and to have seeded the galaxy, these
claims are
quite exaggerated. While Goa'uld might have moved small populations
through the
stargates, the Goa'uld were true parasites, creating very little. The
Preservers also seeded the Counter Earth known as Zillikan[26]
or Gor[27].
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© 2000-2009 Dennis Power
Special thanks to fellow Wold Newtonian researcher Matthew Baugh for information about Thyoph.
[1] The Thoan of Philip Jose Farmer’s the World of Tiers series and the Ethicals of the Riverworld series both call the highly advanced species that preceded their existence as the Ancients. On the Stargate television series, the Ancients are also a highly advanced galaxy spanning race who preceded most sentient species in the Galaxy. The Stargates were originally their creation. On the Star Trek series the world of the Guardian of Forever was said to have been an artifact of the Ancients.
[2] The Long-Gones are an ancient highly technological race that preceded the arrival of humans onto the Oz plateau in Philip Jose Farmer’s A Barnstormer in Oz.
[3] The Metron were first encountered by the Starship Enterprise in 2267. They transported Captain Kirk and a Gorn captain to a distant planet so they could decide in a trial by combat which species would be allowed to expand into a particular region of space.
[4] The Companion was a single Omni who made its home on a planetoid on the Gamma Canaris region. In 2119 it found Zephraim Cochrane, the creator of the warp drive engine dying of old age and rescued him. It rejuvenated him and was his constant companion. In 2267 When Cochrane became lonely for human companionship the Companion grabbed a shuttle ship from the S.S. Enterprise. Eventually the Companion inhabited the body of Federation Ambassador Nancy Hedford who perished of Sakuro’s disease.
[5] The Thasians are a group of Omni who have chosen to make the planet Thasus their home. In 2256 a Federation ship crashlanded on Thasus and the only survivor was a male human child named Charlie Evans. So that Charlie Evans could survive on Thasus the Thasians used their powers to evolve him into a transhuman, giving him a incredible psionic powers. Evans was rescued by the SS. Antares who happily transferred him to the SS. Enterprise. The teenaged Evans was not emotionally or psychologically equipped to handle his powers and so was retrieved by the Thasians. Star Trek “Charlie X”
[6]
The Prophets and the Pah-Wraiths are from the same group of Omni who
created
and then chose to live in a stable wormhole near the planet Bajor. The
Prophets
taken an interest in the inhabitants of Bajor and it is believed by
some
scholars that the Prophets are Omni who evolved from the Bajorans. As
part of
their interest in Bajor’s evolution, they have also taken some interest
in the affairs of Earth, at least in regards to one family, the
Russell/Sisko
family who they know is vital to the affairs of Bajor. One of the
Bajoran
Prophets inhabited the body of an Earth woman named and married Joseph Sisko.
She gave birth to Benjamin Sisko and when he was one year old
disappeared. Commander Benjamin Sisko of Starfleet was assigned to
command the
Federation Starbase Deep Space 9 in 2369. He discovered the stable
wormhole and
became the Emissary to Bajor’s Prophets. The Pah-Wraiths were cast out
of
the wormhole for using their powers maliciously and for the most part
they were
imprisoned in the
[7] The Onayan are a group of Omni but without any permanent home base but with a particular mission. They inhabit the bodies of creative people and increase their creativity so that their creative works become works of genius. The cost of this however that the host’s brains cannot handle the increased activity and eventually burn out causing the creative person to die an early death. The Onayan were first catalogued in 2372. Star Trek Deep Space Nine “The Muse”
[8] The Organians were first encountered in 2267 during the first Federation-Klingon war when Organia was considered to be of strategic value for both the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Posing as a simple medieval culture the Organians observed the interaction of the Klingons and Federation. Eventually they revealed their abilities and brokered the Treaty of Organia imposing a uneasy peace between the Klingons and Federation. Star Trek: “An Errand of Mercy”
[9] The Douwd first became known in 2366 when one of them encountered the crew of the Starship Enterprise while in the human guise of Kevin Uxbridge. Star Trek The Next Generation “The Survivors
[10] The Q Continuum first became known to the Federation in 2364 Star Trek The Next Generation “Encounter at Far Point” Humanity may have actually encountered the Q much earlier however. In 2267 the original Starship Enterprise encountered a being named Trelane who embodied many of the same powers as the Q. Star Trek “Squire of Gothos”
[11]
The Everoinye
also known
as the Star Lords are a mysterious race of beings of great power that
have
taken an interest in the affairs of Earth and the world of Kregan. They
have
demonstrated the abilities to instanteously
transport beings from Earth to Antares
or through time. First encountered in Transit to Scorpio Daw books 1972
[12] Although they had been part of the mythology and legends of Earth for millennia the first recorded encounter between Earth humanity and an Ascended Ancient was in 2000 a.d. by the secret military group SG-1 (SG-1 “Maternal Instinct” February 2000
[13] So far as we can tell, the being known as Morgan Primus was an Ancient who achieved a form of ascension as recounted in Star Trek Excalibur series.
[14]
The member of the Q continuum who so often bedeviled Captain Jean Luc
Picard of
the Starship Enterprise and Kathryn Janeway of the Starship Voyager.
Had been
sentenced by the Q Continuum to become a guardian to Earth after he had
through
carelessness caused the extinction of the dinosaurs as revealed in
Q-Strike by
Greg Cox, Pocket books. Although the evidence is slim Q may be the same
entity
who bedeviled Superman as Mr. Mxyzptlk, Batman as the Bat-Mite, Namor
(Aquaman)
as Qwisp and the Fantastic Four as
[15] The Lord of Chaos and their interaction with humanity have been depicted in a number of myths and legends. Most notably perhaps by Michael Moorcock in his novels about the various incarnations Eternal Champion and in the Amber novels of Roger Zelazny
[16] The Cthulhu Cycle entities have been worshipped by various cults since the dawn of time. Fiction writer and occultist H. P. Lovecraft wrote about some of these cults and cultists in his fiction. Further researchers expanded upon his initial work. The Cthulhu Cycle entities consist of the Elder Gods, The Outer Gods and the Great Old Ones. Cthulhu is one of the latter. As portrayed by Lovecraft the Great Old Ones were alien beings of great power beyond the comprehension of mankind. They had little, if any regard for humanity and did not actively involve themselves in human affairs or seek human worshippers. When August Derleth began to expand on Lovecraft’s work, the “Mythos” seemed to have acquired a dualistic cosmology, in which Good and Evil fought an eternal battle, often using humanity as their instruments of war. Many researchers have claimed Dereleth’s corrupted Lovecraft’s original concept by forcing his Roman Catholic values upon a basically atheistic world view. It is possible, but it also possible that Derleth’s researches uncovered more of the true nature of these beings than had H. P Lovecraft,.
[17]
One of the Beings was first encountered by the Starship Enterprise in
2267 near
Pollux IV in his guise as the god Apollo. Star Trek “Who Mourns for
Adonais” Although
this
being apparently committed suicide at the end of this
[18] The Ori were first known by name in 2005. Stargate SG-1 Avalon, July 12005
[19]
Other cultures also achieved time travel on their own. On many
timelines of
Earth time travel was discovered on at various time periods. Many times
the
technology led to abuses. The Preservers often aided but did not take
direct
action in such temporal police agencies such as the Time Patrol or The
Temporal
Police, which were often localized to one timeline. Time travel often
has led
to temporal wars. The crew of the first
[20]
The humans created in one of these latter pocket universes later
developed the
ability to create pocket universes themselves. They were known as the
Thoan.
For more information please see Philip Jose Farmer’s World of Tiers
series;
Maker of
Universes, Gates of Creation,
A Private Cosmos, Behind the Walls
of Terra, The Lavalite World, More than Fire
[21] Q’s involvement with 0, The One and Gorgan and their responsibility for the fall of the Tkon Empire were detailed in Greg Cox’s The Q-Continuum
[22] The stellar fragment theory was derived from The Atlantis Enigma by Herbie Brennan
[23] It is possible that the Zumorians merely opened up an existing hyperspatial anomaly. Adventurer Michael Kane used a matter transportation device that accidentally transported him to Ancient Barsoom from Earth. This is seen in Edward P. Bradbury (Michael Moorcock) Kane of Old Mars series.
[24] Hyperborea was chronicled by Clark Asthon Smith. Hyborea was chronicled by Robert E. Howard. Similar names, different eras and places
[25] For more information see Immortal Befuddled.
[26] The Planet Zillikan is depicted in J. T. Edson’s Bunduki series
[27] The Planet Gor is depicted in the eponymous series by John Norman. Zillikan and Gor may be the same planet, although in different time periods.