Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Day 312, Thursday
November 8th, 2018
Chapter Four: The Traditionalists
There were far more members of the hierarchy, both in the priesthood and
among the general staff who would never have even considered the notion of
rebellion against the Continuum.
They were loyalists.
There were a far greater number of Observers guiding them, than those
who plotted against the Continuum.
They were cardinals and bishops and priest.
They were planetary governors and star system commanders.
They were members of royal houses.
They held leadership positions throughout the Empire, across a million
worlds. They were loyal to the Empire and its institutions, regardless of their
faith (or lack of it) in the religious beliefs, and the promises of the
Continuum.
They had the absolute majority.
When the crises struck the Observers associated with this faction were
quick to leave their post, to return their consciousness to the HomeWorld, to
attempt to forestall the collapse of the Continuum.
They were trapped in their Mechanoid bodies when they arrived. They were
caught in their tiny little prisons, deaf, dumb and blind. They were effectively
sequestered.
The traditionalists were unprepared for the violence which came at them
from all sides.
The Observers among them had been in key positions of leadership, they
could not develop a strategy without them.
Being unprepared, they were trapped.
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