Orions / Sirians / Language of the Stars

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Robert Morning Sky

Also get your hands on his 'Terra Papers" Found here: http://www.cco.net/~trufax/research/terrapapers.pdf

Chapter I
The Green World
The young man was bent over, his hands were on his knees He was gulping in
huge breaths of air. Beads of perspiration trickled from his forehead down to the
bridge of his nose. He watched them drop to the ground. It was getting easier.
He raised his head and looked at the Master, standing at the doorway to the
House. The Master stood there smiling at him.
How does he do that? the young man wondered. He is nearly three times my
age and yet he left me far behind. Now he stands there...smiling. How does he do
that?
Matu put his head down and watched the beads of sweat fall from his face to
the ground again. As he watched, one of them almost struck a tiny ant scurrying
past his feet. The ant shuddered for a split second and then returned to his travels.
Matu kept watching. He leaned forward. Another droplet was on the end of nose.
Moving so that he was directly over the ant, he watched as the drop fell and again
nearly struck the ant. Once again, the tiny black ant stopped and shuddered... and
then continued on.
Does he see me? Matu wondered. Is he aware that I am the cause of the
great rain and thunder that he suffers? He wondered. Does this tiny ant believe that
his labors on this earth will earn him a greater reward in an afterlife? Does he believe
in an afterlife? Matu looked intently at the ant. Are you aware, little one, that I
exist...and that I can put an end to your life with no more than a whim as my
motive?
Then suddenly it dawned on him.
He stood up and looked up into the sky. Are there beings up there that I
cannot see? he wondered. Are there beings that I cannot see, that I cannot
comprehend...and yet, they have power of Life and Death over me as I have the
power of Life and Death over the tiny ant? Can I see them? he wondered...even if I
try? He scanned the sky. Are the clouds the footprints of beings so large that I
cannot see them? he wondered to himself. He stared at the sky for a long time. Are
they up there? he wondered.
When finally he looked down again, the Master was right in front of him.
"It is time, Matu..." Master Per lyr said, "...it is time that you learn the history
of the Ancient Ones'."
Matu was shocked...and he was pleased. It was one of the things that he had
wanted to learn about since he had joined the Order. He smiled.
"Get your papers, Matu..." the Elder said. Meet me in the library as soon as
you have washed and changed... I will wait for you there."
Matu nodded to him and nearly ran up the stairs to his room.
Matu changed and made his way to the Library. Per was there, looking out of
the window at the setting sun. As Matu entered, Per turned to him.
"This will be the first review of the history of the stars of our galaxy which you
must learn, Matu..." the Elder began. Begin slowly, listen carefully to the names and
learn the words which I shall teach you. You will see them again and again, and you
will need to know how to use the words and how to decipher them.
Matu nodded as he sat down. The excitement still held him. The words of the
'Ancient Ones', the secret language...it was his dream come true. He placed the
capers carefully beside him, easily within his grasp. He had learned to heed his
Master's words well. In but a few weeks with his teacher, he had written pages and
pages filled with words and names. His scroll was full of notations and scraps of
information which he had managed to career over the course of the first few
conversations with the Elder.
"Long, long ago..." Per began, "...there was nothing, Matu. There was no
light, there was no dark and there was no essence...there was only...Nothingness."
Matu sat at his table, trying to imagine what nothing was like. No light? No
dark? How could such a thing be? He wondered.
"After the UUAH exhaled..." Per continued.
Matu remembered the story of the exhaling of the Void. And how the "Ancient
Ones' had believed the Void to be the Universal Female giving birth to the universe.
"The essence of the Universe came spilling out from the center of the void
Herself..." Per said, making grand sweeping gestures with his hands. "Swirling and
tossing, wave after wave of 'waters of essence' crashed out into the Nothingness."
"As the ancient streams of the energies of the Universe arc of Life itself flowed
outwards, they formed huge swirling columns of black 'essence' billions and billions
of miles long, looking like giant serpents twisting and turning through the Great
Nothing. Sometimes they slithered off into the Nothingness by themselves...but
sometimes...sometimes they swirled together, like huge primordial snakes, writhing
and joining as if they were in a giant mating dance. Crashing and colliding together,
they spun around each other...faster and
faster with every new moment. They squeezed and crushed into each other, causing
heat and enormous pressures between their entwined bodies..."
He stopped and looked directly at Matu.
"And there, Matu...there in the midst of their gigantic writhing, the very first
atoms of the Universe were born..." Per said to him. "In the 'Dance of Creation' of
the first serpent-like primordial strands of essence... the first atoms were born."
Matu was mesmerized. He was completely caught up in the images in his
head. Giant snakes of the original stuff of the Universe...no light no dark...'something'
spilling out into nothing. Essence serpents, squirming and twisting
together...Amazing! he thought to himself. Absolutely amazing!
"There in the bodies of the snakes of creation, the atoms began to multiply.
Simple atoms of hydrogen were born. Time and time again, the crushing dance of
the primordial serpents pressed together the first atoms of the Universe!" Per
continued.
"And then suddenly..." Per paused.
Matu leaned slightly forward.
"BOOM!"
Matu jumped!
Per smiled at him and moved to his favorite
chair. Matu was surprised at the Elder's
sudden outburst.
"Something happened, Matu. There in the middle of the passion dance of the
giant swirling serpentine essences that could fill a Universe...there a tiny spark was
ignited! And that tiny little spark, Matu... that tiny little spark made all the difference
in our Universe."
Matu knew there was a message for him in Per's words.
"A spark of passion created our Universe...?" he offered with a bit of
hesitance.
Per smiled.
"Bravo, Matu!" he said to the apprentice as he leaned forward. "From the
tiniest spark of passion can come an entire Universe! You can create a whole new
world with but one tiny spark of true passion, my young friend. Never forget that,
Matu...from one tiny spark of pure passion...a Universe can be born!"
Matu nodded his understanding. He loved the insights that Per offered.
"That spark, and the other sparks of passion that were freed by the creator
dance of these enormous snakes of essence, they set off a series of explosions that
changed the Universe forever! Because suddenly, Matu...suddenly the darkness of
the Universe was filled with the explosions of the first suns!"
Per paused.
Matu looked at the Elder, wondering what was
next. "And then..." Per said simply, "...then there
was light."
Matu sat back with a smile on his face. So there it is, he thought to himself.
From giant writhing strands of essence that had come from the Void, the atoms and
the gases and the suns of the Universe had been born. And then there was Light...
Matu grinned.
"But wait..." he suddenly sat up. "Is that how Life was formed, Master? In the bodies
of the serpents of creation? Was Life formed in the dance of creation as you said?"
Per looked at the young man.
"In the dance of creation, the atoms of Life were formed... yes. But the
essence of Life, Matu...the essence of Life was in the breath exhaled by the Void..."
he answered.
Matu sat silently, staring at the Elder, trying to figure out the words. The
'atoms of Life' and the 'essence of Life', he repeated to himself. The essence of Life
was already in the 'breath' of the Void...does that mean that Life existed from the
moment of the birth of the Universe? But if that is true...
Per began again, interrupting Matu's thoughts.
"Again and again, the writhing primordial serpents crushed together, forming
more gases and creating more sparks. Again and again, more suns were born.
Swirling together in a bright shining whirlpool, they came together, spinning furiously
like a giant merry-go-round that was billions and billions of light years across."
Matu tried to keep up. He tried to imagine the mating of giant universal
serpents of 'essence'...and the birth of stars.
"These were the galaxies of the Universe, Matu!" Per was smiling again. "In
time, one of those swirling galaxies would come to be known as ERIDANUS."
Matu wrote down the name.
Per stood up and walked to the window.
"What you are about to learn, Matu, is the history of the galaxy of ERIDANUS
and some of the stars and the star beings of the galaxy...but in particular, my friend,
we shall speak of the history of one tiny planet in that galaxy...and the origins of a
group of star beings known as...Humankind."
Humankind! Humankind! Matu was excited...and he was nervous. He really wanted
to know…that was why he had tried so hard to make the Order choose him. He did
not know what the Truth was, maybe he wouldn't like it... but he had to know.
He had actually had moments of doubt in those first months. Every time Master Per
showed him something, another of the Truths he had always held to was undone. 'Up
is down...black is white...and everything you have ever been taught is a lie.' Those
were some of the first words he had heard from Per. They were hard to hear in the
beginning, but the more he learned, the more Matu found them to be true. And it
made him angry. Not at Per, but at the education system that had betrayed him...and
Humankind.
When he had joined the Order it was for his own reasons, for his own purposes. He
had been searching for the Truth for himseif. But now, now he remained for another
reason... for a more important reason...now he remained for his daughter's sake. He
didn't want her to be betrayed as he was.
He turned to look at his mentor.
Per recognized the look. It was the look of compassion...and determination. It was
good. This was the look that all teachers searched for. Per returned to the table
where Matu was sitting.
Per began again...In the swirling new galaxies, Matu...the process of creation
continued. Swirling in on themselves, the galaxies continued to press the essences
together, pounding and crushing it into primitive atoms. Then, here and there...again
and again...there was an explosion. A fiercely burning star fell in on itself until it
exploded. Bursting outward, the exploding star created newer and more powerful
energies...and from the center of the fiery explosion, more atoms were formed. But
these, Matu, these atoms were more complex than the primitive atoms of one
electron and one proton. These had four, five and six electrons in their outer
shells...with just as many protons in its heart. Atoms of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen
were formed...flung out into the galaxy to join with other atoms formed from other
stars that had exploded."
Per paused.
"From the chaos of dancing stars came the atoms of the elements of our bodies,
Matu..." he said. "We are the children of the fury of a dancing star that gave itself to
the galaxy and to the Universe. We are born of gigantic explosions and supernovas...
we walk in bodies that were once stars. Are we star people, Matu?
Yes...literally."
Matu was stunned. We really are 'Star People' he thought to himself. We are STAR
people! My God, what does that say of us?
Per leaned forward with his brows furrowed.
Matu seldom saw such a serious look on the Master's face.
"In the time of the first explosions of stars...in the time of the formations of the very
first primitive marriage of electrons and protons...this, Matu...this was the original
Atom and the Eve of Creation."
Matu's eyes popped open.
Per leaned back and smiled at him.
Matu almost burst out laughting. Good one, Master! Matu thought to himself. Good
one, Master. You got me. .
"Many times this happened, Matu..." Per continued. "From the writhing dance of the
primordial snakes of essence...from the first-born stars that grew and fell in on
themselves ...from the super explosions of stars a thousand times larger than our
own sun...the atoms of the galaxy and of Life itself were formed. Clouds of gas a
million degrees hot and gravity that would make a pinhead weigh a million pounds,
each galaxy swirled and spun its own atoms, as if it were cooking its own broth of
Life and Substance."
Matu could almost feel the heat.
"Atoms began to cling together, tiny little partnerships of two and three atoms,
holding tightly to each other. Then another...and another. Each new particle joining
to make the colony of atoms stronger. Too tiny to be seen by the eye, these
microscopic colonies swirled together in the gigantic primordial whirlpool. From these
colonies of atoms, Matu, the gases and solids of the galaxy were born. A hundred
years, a thousand years... a million years later...some of the colonies of atoms grew
to become tiny specks of dust. Then another thousand years later, the colonies of
specks of dust grew larger, becoming pebbles...then rocks...then boulders. In the
giant mixing bowl of primitive elements that swirled around infant stars, a small glob
of rock and gas was forming, becoming larger and larger. In the swirling womb of the
gases and dust...'
In the swirling womb of gases. Matu anticipated, a planet was about to be born.
...A small world was being created..." Per finished. "But there were more elements
that needed to be added. The atoms of newly born gases had also begun to collect
around the building primitive worlds. Gases, sometimes trapped between the stones
in the crust of the new world and sometimes from inside the stones themselves,
were released by the tremendous heat at the core of the infant planet. Here and
there on the surface of the forming world, small clouds of nitrogen and oxygen
gathered. Like a tiny puff of smoke at first making its wispy way across the shifting
land plates...the gases slipped through the dust and gas. Sometimes the hydrogen
and oxygen gases trapped in the slowly forming worlds were crushed together to
form water droplets. Slowly or through an internal explosion, the water particles
made their way to the surface. Sometimes the tiny molecules came from a hurtling
stone that was flung through space by another exploding world. In many different
ways, tiny little droplets of water gathered and covered the primordial cooling crust
of the new world."
Rain? Matu thought to himself.
"Clouds smaller than your hand, Matu..." Per described. "Growing larger, forming
larger and larger clouds...they cooled and warmed, cooled and warmed, again and
again over millions of years in the process. Eventually, droplets condensed...and rain
fell."
It is always so simple when Per explains it, Matu thought.
"On the thin hardening crust, the heated stone layers turned each droplet of rain into
steam. The vaporized drops of water rose upwards...and were cooled. And the
process began again. As the cycle continued, the ball of hot rocks became a globe of
molten stone with a hardened and cooled crust. Steam was everywhere, gases
circulated through the atmosphere. Here, Matu...were the beginnings of a new
world."
Matu could imagine the steamy world.
"In time, as the steam condensed into droplets and fell once again on the surface of
the new world, some of the drops remained in small puddles on the surface. More
drops fell... puddles became ponds, ponds became lakes, and lakes became oceans.
The heat and steam were everywhere...but the birth was near complete. A steamy
misty world complete with land and sea had formed."
Per was making sweeping gestures with his arms. Matu enjoyed watching the Elder
get carried away by his teachings.
"Oceans tossed and turned and crashed on virgin shores, the cooling lands expanded
and contracted. Enormous cracks formed, mountains were pushed upwards and
others were forced under the creeping plates of land. Volcanoes exploded, erupting
and adding their molten innards to the surface, sometimes creating towering peaks,
other times creating small islands. Rain and snow storms moved inland, pounding
away at the craggy mountain-tops, covering them with ice and snow. On the highest
peaks, melting snow formed small ponds and lakes, then turned into rivers that
made their way down to the lands below."
"Creation, Matu..." Per emphasized. "Creation is a wondrous thing, to see a planet
being formed is no less a miracle than watching the birth and development of a child.
It is the miracle of Life on a grand scale. A child is born...a world is born, both a
miracle of Creation."
Matu loved these stories.
Per paused for a moment to let the images sink into his apprentice's mind.
"In time, Matu...in time, the violence of birth calmed to a roar. Constantly moving
and always creating, the oceans became calmer. At times, in fact, they were almost
silent..." Per began again, "...at least on the surface. But do not be fooled, Matu.
What you see on the surface is not always an indication of what goes on underneath.
For there, in the deepest regions of the virgin seas, small pockets of newly formed
Life began to gather."
"Wait...wait, Master...” Matu stopped Per. "Excuse me, but was not Life born of
lightning bolts that flashed through the gases that had collected on the surface of the
waters?"
"Well, done..." Per smiled at the apprentice. "Yes, it is true that one can create the
necessary elements for physical Life by sending a lightning bolt through primordial
gases, but so can the heat and gases emitted by an underwater volcano also bring
forth the elements of Life. The falling of a comet into the waters of a new world, the
explosion of a star, the collision of two small worlds...that too can create the
elements of Life...any number of events can create them. Be not quick to commit to
only one possibility."
Matu had not thought about an underwater volcano. I guess it could happen, he
thought to himself. And a falling comet could do it too.
"And..."
Matu almost dreaded the 'And' that would occasionally pop up in Per's teachings. It
was usually a revelation that Matu had not even thought of.
"...when you create the elements of Life..." Per said, "...you do not create Life, you
only create the foundation blocks that could sustain Life."
Matu was surprised.
"Are you saying, Elder..." he wondered, "...that Life did not begin with that first bolt
of lightning?"
Per smiled. "When you create an engine out of metal, you have created the shell that
could move enormous vehicles or hurtle airplanes through the air. But you have not
produced a creation that moves on its own, it needs a driving force, an impetus.'
"It needs fuel..." Matu offered.
"It needs fuel..." Per agreed. "It needs a motivating force."
Matu thought for a moment.
"Consciousness?" he wondered aloud.
"It has been called consciousness..." Per answered. "It has been called the soul and
it has been called the 'higher self."
Matu thought about it for another fleeting moment.
"Where did the consciousness come from then, Master?" he asked. "Surely not from
the lightning bolt or the gases?"
Per smiled again. "Well done, Matu...no, the consciousness was not born of a bolt of
lightning or a cloud of gas."
He stopped. Matu knew something was coming.
"It was born of the Breath of the Void..." Per said. "The consciousness of the Void
filled the newly born Universe as did the essence of Life. The birth of the elements of
Life produced only the shell which would later house the consciousness..."
Matu leaned forward, ready to ask his next question.
"...and how that happened, Matu...we shall save for a later time.'
Per smiled that devilish smile again.
Matu sat back. Damn it! he thought to himself. He did it to me again!
Per sipped at a drink he had before him, letting Matu's thoughts run wild.
Per put his drink down.
"It has happened in many, many different ways in our Universe, Matu. On some
worlds of distant galaxies, the first cell of Life was born from an underwater volcano,
on another world it was born from a lightning bolt streaking through a cloud of water
and gas. A storm of ionized gas penetrated by meteorite, an exploding star flinging
the elements of Life through space into some far distant waters of a planet light
years away...in as many ways as there are stars, in countless ways in countless
galaxies, the first cells of Life were born in the Universe."
So Life was not just born on one single planet, Matu thought to himself. But then...
"Were all the cells the same, Master?" he wondered. "Were all the original cells of
Life the same in their make-up?"
Per smiled again at the young man. "No..." he answered. "They were not the same,
Matu. The wonder of the Universe is that there are many, many forms of Life, each
with its own shape and make-up. There were thousands and thousands of different
cells that were born in the galaxies. Each ceil gave birth to a different race of beings,
and each race was born to a different path. Look not at the Universe and assume
that all Life is as we see it, young Matu. Even in our own galaxy. Life comes in many
forms."
Per leaned forward and directed his full attention to Matu.
"Remember this, Matu..." he said in a most serious tone. "The ant climbing on the
side of a tree cannot recognize the man who stands staring at him. Man is not in the
realm of perception of the ant, Man is an inconceivable form of Life to him. His
senses are not capable of registering the complete form of Man."
He saw me! Matu was suddenly started- He saw me watching that ant!
"So too, the senses of Humankind are unable to register the forms of Life beyond our
comprehension. The best of our scientific inventions are but an extension of our
senses. To the ant, Matu, we are so large, so incomprehensible that he cannot
imagine that we are a form of Life. We are so big, that he cannot imagine how such
an enormous 'thing' could possibly contain Life as he knows it. So too, Matu, human
beings cannot imagine how such a tiny creature could possibly contain a Life of
consciousness as we know it."
"Does an ant have a concept of an afterlife? Does an ant believe in a God of ants?
Does an ant have a sense of right and wrong? In our perception, he does not. But
that is because the ant does not live according to our concepts of right and wrong.
Humans believe themselves to be superior to the ant. But why, Matu? Why are we
superior? Because we can change our environment? Is that a sign of wisdom...or a
sign of ignorance of the balance of nature?"
"Look to any city streets, Matu...is the scurrying around of human beings in their
everyday lives any different from the scurrying which the ant does? Are the cities of
humans any different from the colonies of ants? Are the wars of human beings any
different from the wars of ants? If the millions of years of existence of our planet
reveals anything, Matu...it is that the ant colony is dedicated to the common good of
the ant...while the human colonies are dedicated to the good of an elite few.
Remember this, Matu...the ants have been here for millions of years, adapting to
their environment and coexisting with it. Human beings, for all their supposed
superiority, have been destroying their environment. When the food sources for
humans are gone, the ant will continue to survive and thrive. When the comet strikes
the earth and obliterates Life as we know it, the ant will survive. What then shall we
say about the Will of God which so many human beings place such great faith in? Are
human beings truly the 'Chosen Ones' that His Divine Hand will spare...or are the
'lowly ants', as we arrogantly refer to them, are they the true 'Chosen Ones' who will
be spared?"
Matu was stunned. My God, he thought to himself. It is true. If there is such a thing
as an 'obedient servant', it is the ant. We destroy the gifts that God gave us, the
world and our own people, we destroy ourselves...while the ant continues to serve
the entire colony. I can't believe it, he marveled. The ant accomplishes what we can
only dream about. If there is a God, the ant is His obedient servant.
Per sat back to let the words sink in.
Matu sat silently for a moment. "An ant cannot see me, sir...* he began. "That I can
understand. But what then, Master, what must be hidden from me...simply because I
am a human being?"
"That is precisely the point, Matu..." Per answered. "If you desire to gain the Wisdom
of the Ant, you must think iike the Ant. If you wish to gain the wisdom of the Owl.
you must think like an Owl...and if you wish to gain the Wisdom of Star Beings, you
must stop thinking like a Human being...you must think like a Star Being!"
Matu marveled at the simplicity of the words...and the difficulty of them. Matu was
about to ask a question when Per began again.
"In the galaxy of ERIDANUS, there are as many Life forms as there are stars, Matu.
And here is a curious thing, my young friend. In this galaxy, in our galaxy...the
humanoid form is the general path that all life forms take. It is not, as many might
think, the exception. Quite the contrary, it is the general rule."
Matu remembered the many Life forms that the Master had described to him before.
There were humanoids in the galaxy who had evolved from ancestors that were
insects, and there were humanoids who had evolved from fish ancestors. There were
humanoids descended of reptiles, birds and even forms of Life that Matu was sure he
would never even see in his lifetime. This was not hard for Matu, we human beings
were, after all, descended from ancestors who were apes, he knew that. But the
reptilian humanoids...human beings born of reptilian ancestors...that fascinated him.
"Will you speak of the reptilian beings again?" Matu asked his teacher.
Per looked at his young student.
"We must, Matu..." he answered. "For they are the source of the institutions of
Humankind. They are the reason why we are here."
Matu was never comfortable when Per said that. Somehow the thought of reptilian
beings as the guiding force for Humankind seemed repugnant to Matu.
Per saw the discomfort in his apprentice.
"It is something which you must learn, Matu..." he reminded the youth. "What is
important to know in the pursuit of Truth is this: Truth does not reside in what should
be or what could be, Truth resides in what is."
"But are we then to set aside our dreams of what could be or what ought to be,
Master?" Matu asked.
"No, Matu..." the Elder responded. "Dreams and thoughts of what could be are what
give us our goals, they give us reason to move and achieve. But in order to acquire
those goals and those dreams, we can only utilize what is. Remember this, Matu, no
carpenter ever built a house by arguing what could happen if he had a hammer or if
he had nails. No one ever built a house by complaining that he ought to have a
hammer or that he ought to have some nails. The house is built by the person who
uses what is at hand. A carpenter should have a hammer, but if only stones are
available, he uses the stone as a hammer. A carpenter should have a saw, but if no
saw is available, he uses an axe or a knife. A Warrior uses what is at hand, and
focuses not on what he or she should have."
Matu mulled over the words of the Elder. Truth lies in what is... not what ought to be
or what could be. A Warrior uses what is at hand, how simple, he said to himself,
how simple. Per sat back again.
"Rest now, Matu..." he said. "When we sit again, I want to talk about the worlds of
the stars of Orion... and the Queen who is the source of all of the religions of
Humankind."
Matu sat in awe for a moment, staring at his Teacher. How much will you share with
me, he wondered. How much of what you really know will you share with me, Elder?
he pondered. He could only hope. As he rose to leave to take his time to rest, he
turned back to look at the Elder.
The Elder Per was looking up at the stars.
Matu had gone for a walk in the trees beyond the Great House. The silence of the
forest seemed to act as a blanket protecting Matu from the outside world and from
petty thoughts of life in the city. He was alone with his thoughts, his best
companions.' Sometimes he battled with them, sometimes he challenged
them...oftentimes he found that he had been betrayed by the thoughts that had
been with him all of his life. As he sat in the trees, he could only smile as he thought
how unimportant the things of the city really were. He loved the trees and the
isolation, it was as if he was becoming aware of his primitive self again. Hmmph! he
thought to himself. I am becoming a primitive...a savage! How ignoble!
As he gazed back to the Great House, he saw the light in the library was still on. He
jumped up...maybe Per is still there, he thought. Maybe we can still continue tonight!
He turned and began to run back to the House.
Matu burst through the door. He looked around the room but could not see the
Master.
"Long, long ago..." Per began.
Matu turned to the window. The Master was standing there, almost hidden in the
darkness. Matu made his way to the table, he loved that beginning.
"...on a new world, still steaming and covered with a green mist, somewhere near
the surface of its newly formed oceans, tiny little wriggling creatures thrived and
lived. These were the first life forms of the Green World. The tiny beings lived in the
waters just above the very dangerous cold and dark world of the deep, and just
below the very bright world of the warm surface waters. With each generation, the
little wrigglers came closer and closer to the surface waters. In time, they reached
the surface waters, seeking the safety of the shallow depths when the oceans
became violent, basking in the warmth when the seas were calm. But even when the
waters were relatively peaceful, the waves brought the tiny creatures closer and
closer to the land at the edge of the water world."
"For many generations, the tiny creatures managed to avoid the land...but destiny
would not be denied. In time, the churning ocean waves carried some of the tiny
squirming creatures tossing and tumbling over the waters, hurling them onto the
white sand beaches. Many of the primitive wrigglers did not survive the tossing and
turning of the destructive waves and many did not live through the sudden fall onto
the coarse sands...but a precious few managed to survive. Thrown into stagnant
pools on the beach or in hollows of rocks and cliff faces, the tiny creatures endured
the chaos of the waves. They had lived!"
"But the travails were not over...for suddenly, though they were still alive, they found
themselves confronting a new life in a new world. It was true that the waters were
much quieter in the stagnant pools than the constantly moving world of waves that
they had come from. There was no pounding of waves and no surf, no crashing and
thrashing about...and ...there was very little food."
Matu could imagine the Green World and the tiny wrigglers.
Per continued...
"...but some of the tiny primordial creatures held on. They adapted to their new
world. They learned to feed on the tiny plants in the pond itself and survive on the
bits of vegetation that fell on the pond's surface. Some died, but some lived. Those
that lived became stronger, and as they survived, they multiplied and became larger
in number. This was good, but yet, it was also bad. Soon, the food resources of the
pond were not enough to provide for them all. And as it has happened on so many
worlds with so many beings, the tiny wrigglers began to feed...on each other.
Survival demanded that only the strongest creatures would endure life in the tiny
ponds."
Cannibalism, Matu thought to himself. I guess it's everywhere.
"Over the course of time, some wrigglers made their way to the edges of the pond.
While feeding, they learned to lift their tiny heads out of the water and eat of the
moss and tiny plants hanging from the rocks. The tactic worked...for a while. In
time, in order to find food, some of the tiny wrigglers were forced to leave the water
entirely, laboriously edging their bodies out of the water, eating what they could,
then rolling back into the safety of the water. Generations later, they had learned to
leave the water entirely, scurrying a small distance from the water to the vegetation
in the mud and rocks, then hurriedly returning to the soothing water of the pond
before the rays of the sun killed them."
"It was a dangerous life, Matu. Wriggling on the land and mud often caused many of
the venturing wrigglers to become trapped in the mud or in small holes in the
ground. Some wrigglers failed to return to the waters before the sun's rays dried out
their skins. Foraging on land for food had exposed them to new dangers and created
hazards that they had never encountered before, but it had also provided an entirely
new source of food for the little creatures. As they continued to evolve and adapt,
their tiny wriggling muscles gave way to tiny primitive legs. Their skins became
hardened, and their fins turned into grasping claws. But even more importantly, the
tiny creatures began to develop lungs that allowed them to breathe in the newly
formed atmosphere In this way, Matu, the very first of the primitive crawling insects
was born on the misty Green World."
Matu pictured the tiny wriggling insects as not much bigger than a grain of rice,
maybe even smaller.
Per stood up.
"As the crawlers ventured outward, they found other pools, larger than those at the
edge of the sea. Here Life was a little easier, not often subjected to the unexpected
wave that crashed down on the tiny pool of the early survivors. The inland migration
continued, pools gave way to ponds, and the world of the primitive wrigglers
expanded to unparalleled size. The ponds became host to numerous races of insects,
and it provided food resources that had not been available in the shallow pools. Life
was better."
"But Life on the primordial Green World was a never-ending battle for survival. It was
demanding, it was grueling and it meant death to any creature who gave up the
battle or who was simply too weak. Over millions of years, the tiny insect continued
its battle to survive. Its life on the land was spent constantly searching for food while
attempting to survive the deadly rays of the suns above, the drying mud-traps and
the harsh blowing winds. Its life in the water was not much better. The tiny insect
was constantly defending itself from other small insect predators who were also
fighting to survive their primordial world. All of the tiny primitive creatures fought to
eat...and they fought not to be eaten."
Per walked to the window.
"One day, after eons of struggle and evolution, one tiny serpentine figure sat on a
small rock at the edge of the water. As it sat quietly, searching for its next meal, it
spotted another smaller creature swimming by in the water below. Without pause
and without thinking, it leapt from where it sat onto the unsuspecting creature. In a
split second, its small muscles had reacted from pure survival instinct. These same
survival instincts had caused the tiny wriggler to do the unthinkable, it had left the
safety of its perch, and it had pushed itself outward and into the sky!"
"And this was an important event, Matu...for even though the jump was nothing but
a minuscule hop a fraction of an inch, the success of the action, the fact that the tiny
jump had supplied the creature with the food that it needed, had ingrained the
behavior into its memory banks. When once again the situation confronted the tiny
insect, it did not stop to think, it just reacted...again. And it succeeded...again.
Slowly and surely, as time progressed, the tiny insect learned to perch on its ledge
and wait for its next victim. Other insects learned to do the same. Generations later,
the little wrigglers had learned to leap across the water, skipping and hopping across
the surface of the water in their unending search for food."
"With each success, the wrigglers became stronger and quicker...and more deadly.
After hundreds of thousands of years, their tiny legs became stronger and their
bodies became slimmer and more tapered...squirming had given way to hopping,
short hops had become long leaps... the evolution of insects had taken a giant step
forward."
Per turned to Matu.
"This is how you will become a Warrior of the Stars, Matu..." he said to him.
Matu was caught off guard. He was startled by the words.
"I do not understand, Per..." he managed to say.
"You will stop behaving and thinking like a human being bound to the earth. You will
begin thinking and acting like a Star Being. You must leap from the safety of your
perch that you call being 'human' and feel the power of existence as a Star Being.
Think like a Star being, Matu! Do it often, do it many times, do it all the time. If you
can do this, the actions and thoughts of a Star Being will become natural, they will
become a part of your everyday behavior. Then, and only then, will you begin the
evolutionary path to becoming a true Star Warrior!"
Matu pondered the thought. That's why an athlete practices constantly! In time, the
practiced motions become natural, they become instinctual. Incredible! To react like
a Star Warrior without thinking...that would be an accomplishment!
Per sat down again. "One day, while it basked on a small rock, sunning itself to make
its blood warm, the small insect spotted a tiny creature crawling on the ground
below. Reacting with the same instincts that had become part of its existence, \t
leaped from its perch. And as it had happened so many times before, the surprise of
the attack left the victim no chance to defend itself. The learned behavior was
rewarding the tiny insect. But this time... this time, the leap was different. As it flew
through the air, the victim of the attacking insect moved! It moved away! Already in
the air, the tiny insect suddenly threw its legs forward, trying to reach for every
micro-millimeter of distance that it could get. And it happened! The small flap of its
arms had lifted it upwards for but a split second...enough for the insect to still reach
its prey! And this, Matu...this was the first act of true flight!"
"Once again...evolution had taken a turn. Flapping its arms had worked once, so the
tiny insect tried its newly acquired skill again. Time and time again, the daring leap
from the ledge, accompanied by the flap of its arms...was successful. One flap gave
way to two, two flaps became four...as the tactic was passed on from one generation
to another, the leaps became longer as their legs and budding wings grew stronger.
And incredibly, Matu, the flapping arms of the tiny insect became lighter and filmy."
"The primordial tiny insect was evolving a set of wings. From a tiny creature with
little hairs that propelled it forward through the water to a wriggling swimmer with
tiny fins, from a crawler with little legs to a hopper with powerful jumping limbs...and
then, Matu...to a creature with wings and the power to fly...the primordial flying
insect was born."
Matu was amazed by the story. It was astounding. From a tiny wriggling creature to
a flying insect...amazing, he thought to himself, simply amazing!
Per kept going. He always kept going, Matu thought to himself. He is relentless.
"Many other primitive creatures of the pond also learned to fly in the misty Green
World. Millions of years later, numerous creatures with wings began to move from
the ocean's edge further and further into the steamy jungles that were inland. Some
creatures gave up life in the ponds and stagnant pools altogether, moving into the
tree tops or the marshy swamps. Others chose to remain near the ponds and lakes
that had always been their home and sanctuary. Dozens of different types of insects
now began to move through the lands of the Green World, and through the skies,
bringing life to the unexplored edges of the prehistoric world."
"Time passed..." Master Per continued. "The winged insects became larger and more
complex in their bodily structure. Hundreds of flying insect forms were born in the
Green World, many lived for only a few thousand years before dying off. But others
established their tiny footholds in the prehistoric primitive world. And here, Matu,
here in this primordial world of misty ponds and insects are the roots of the reptilian
beings."
Matu sat forward. Oh, my God, he said to himself. Oh, my God...that's right! Reptiles
are born from insects! Holy...! Why hadn't I seen this before, he wondered. Reptiles
are born from insects! Of course! Matu was beside himself.
Master Per saw the interest in the young apprentice suddenly become stronger. That
is good, he said to himself. That is good.
"The insect which began to dominate the world of the ponds, Matu..." he began
again, "...it resembled what we call a dragonfly here on Earth."
A dragonfly! Matu was even more excited. A dragonfly!
"And yet it was more..." Per explained. "It also had traits like the bee here on earth."
Holy cow! Matu was surprised. A dragonfly and a bee combination! What an
incredible insect that must have been!
"What was it called, Master?" he asked. "Did it have a name?"
"The 'Ancient Ones' called the dragonfly-bee a 'kheb', Matu..." Per answered.
"A 'keb'?" Matu repeated.
"It is a guttural 'k', Matu..." Per corrected him. "It is more like 'khh-eb'... like in the
sound of the 'ch' in Loch Ness monster... 'khh-eb'."
"Khh-eb..." the apprentice repeated. "Khh-eb."
Matu tried to picture an insect that was a combination of a dragonfly and a bee.
"Remaining in the world of ponds..." Per continued his story, "...the primitive
dragonfly-bee, the 'kheb\ held tight to its little world. The many stagnant shallow
ponds along with their surrounding marshy grounds allowed the 'kheb' to find food
both in the water and on the ground for their off-spring and for themselves. The
power of flight and the experience of millions of years as a predator species had
given them considerable advantage in the hunt and the kill. Their skills and the
abundance of food sources in the world of the ponds had allowed them to grow
strong."
"But there were other insects that were evolving in the Green World, and other
wrigglers and flying insects that were appearing on the primordial planet. New forms
of insect life brought new forms of violence and predation, even the dragonfly-bees
were threatened by other hunters...and it forced them to become even more
vicious.."
Per stopped to take a sip of his drink.
Matu sat back. He could see the misty Green World in his mind. He could actually see
the primordial insects swarming through the mists, and he could imagine the
wrigglers squirming in the ponds and mud pools. Everything was green in his
images...and it was hot and steamy.
The dragonfly-bees laid their eggs in the still ponds..." Per began again. "The eggs
were tiny little things that were covered in a jelly-like film. When they were born, the
little 'kheb' looked like microscopic scorpions...and, as rf they had been born of the
devil itself, the tiny 'kheb' scorpions were instantly ready for battle. They had tails
with tiny stingers on the end and tiny pincer claws on their forelegs that were
constantly pinching at the air."
Matu was astounded...and impressed. Devil insects...scary! he thought to himself.
"As soon as the tiny 'kheb' dragonfly-bees were born, they immediately began to
fight with their siblings for their own little territory. With pincers flying and tails
jabbing at their nest-mates, the scorpion-like babies were vicious and deadly. In
between the battles with their brothers and sisters, the 'kheb' infants fed on the
passing mites and tiny organisms that floated by in the water. These were dragonflybee
infants, a form of reptilian insect that was vicious in its hold on Life, and
unwilling to surrender to anything without a battle."
"But as dangerous as the dragonfly-bees were, Matu, the developing new world and
its many new creatures that existed beyond its ponds brought constant dangers and
challenges to their existence. Other insects were changing and adapting to the jungle
environment. They evolved new offensive and defensive tactics, and they too
increased their size and strength. The 'kheb' were slowly being caught and overpowered.
Without change, the death of the dragonfly-bee species was not far away."
Matu was hard pressed to believe that these 'devil' insects would die away.
"But Life is adaptation, Matu..." Per emphasized. "That is the rule of the Green
World, and it is the rule of the galaxy...and...it is the rule of Life in the Universe. And
no one knows how or why...but somehow, the dragonfly-bees did something that
would forever change the history of the galaxy. They did something no other
creature had ever done before."
Matu leaned forward.
"In order to survive, the dragonfly-bee learned to make two complete
transformations of its form during its lifetime, two complete changes of its body. The
first transformation occurred as the scorpion infants reached the age of maturity.
After crawling onto a branch or rock, the tiny dragonfly-bee infant attached its
scorpion-like body firmly and securely to a ledge. As its outer skin hardened into a
tough shell, its inner organs began to change. When finally the young dragonfly-bee
emerged, it no longer had the form of a tiny scorpion...now, Matu...now it looked
more like a mantis. Gone was the wriggling and stinging water infant, born was the
stalker who scurried over the land. Looking more and more like the deadly reptile
that it would eventually become...in its new form, the developing young 'kheb' honed
its predatory skills."
A chill went through Matu. If this was the ancestor creature of the reptilian beings...
then, good God, that's exactly why...
Per interrupted Matu's thoughts, "...but this was only the first transformation that
the dragonfly-bee would undergo, Matu. In the second stage, after shedding its outer
shell, the maturing dragonfly-bee emerged with long limbs, claws and a stinger that
was more highly developed. And it also came out with a double set of wings and a
multi-purpose long snout. In its new form, the 'kheb' was a far more efficient flying
and killing machine. This was the reptilian-insect, the dreaded dragonfly-bee, the
true Kheb. And it was this creature that would eventually rise into the skies of the
Green World and conquer it...completely."
Matu could believe that.
"As the adult dragonfly-bees flew through the air, they looked like armored
mosquitoes, Matu. They had external skeletons that were made of hardened bony
shell. The plates protected their vulnerable internal organs and made them nearly
invincible opponents in the flying insect wars. They were truly frightening. They had
four powerful wings that lifted them through the air, each wing moving independently
of the others. Because of this, the adult 'kheb' could hover in place or quickly move
forwards or backwards. They could dash and dart through the air with a skill that was
unmatched by other insects. It had long, long arms with small but powerful claws
that allowed it to cling to leaves and branches, and to grasp firmly any of its hapless
victims. With one quick slash of its claws, the dragonfly-bee could kill its enemy or
rip open the body of its prey. Then, standing over the still body, it could insert its
long snout into the body and suck greedily at the once life-giving fluids of its victim."
Matu shuddered at the vampire-like mantis that he envisioned in his mind.
"In the early days of Life in the Green World..." Per told the apprentice, "...the
dragonfly bee, the 'kheb', a primitive form of reptilian-insect, was the single most
intimidating enemy any flying creature could meet."

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Matu was sure that this was true.
"In the final stage of their lives, after the second shedding of their skins, the 'kheb'
had become full-fledged adults. At this time in their lives, the females were ready to
conceive, ready to bear off-spring. But in order to bear their young, the internal
organs of the females had changed even more dramatically than the systems of the
males. Where once the females could survive on the nectar of plants or on the flesh
of other insects, now the females needed to feed on the bodily fluids of other
creatures in order to produce the chemicals in their bodies that would permit
conception. The females needed to feed on the bodily fluids...on the blood ...of other
creatures."
Damn! Matu thought to himself...more and more like vampires!
"After the female 'kheb' gorged themselves with the blood of other creatures, they
returned to their nest to await 'the change'. When they were ready, they rose up into
the sky, flying as high as they possibly could, and awaited the approach of the drone
males. By rising as high as they could in the sky, the females were assured that only
the strongest and the most determined males would be able to reach them. This
would insure that they would have strong and vitally healthy off-spring. Capable of
mating several times, the females remained in their 'heavenly place' until they were
filled with male seed. Then, by descending to their chosen ponds, the females
deposited their eggs and returned to their nests...and the cycle began again. This,
Matu..." Master Per emphasized, "...this was the way of life of the ancestors of the
reptilian beings of our heavens."
Matu sat quietly. Beings... human beings... born of ancestors that were dragonflybees.
Who would ever believe that? But then, we are descended of some form of
primate, he thought to himself. Perhaps not an ape, but a relative of the apes and
the chimpanzees. And the primates came from four footed creatures who lived in the
trees millions of years ago. And where did they come from if not from a primitive
reptilian creature. It is not so far-fetched, Matu thought to himself. We, too, have a
'reptilian cortex' in our brain. Would it be so wrong to call ourselves reptilian
humanoids? he wondered. No...he said to himself...I think not.
Per gazed out the window.
"Over the billions of years of its evolution, the dragonfly-bee became larger. And as it
evolved into its larger form, the first signs of its humanoid destiny began to show
itself. Its long appendages began to look more like long gangly arms and legs. Its
thorax took the form of a torso with a pinched waist, and its triangular head with its
huge crystalline eyes began to taper and look more human. In the air, it looked like a
miniature primitive human being with wings... not quite a fairy, perhaps more like a
fury. As it sat in a tree, silently waiting for its innocent victim to fly by overhead, it
looked like a dark gargoyle."
Matu sat back, the images in his head were frightening.
"But sources of food were not only to be found in the sky, Matu. There was also prey
that walked on the ground. Larger wings had helped the 'kheb' to become efficient
hunters in the air, but the large wingspan had also restricted movement in dense
forests and thick brush. Sheer survival demanded that the reptilian dragonfly-bee
humanoids learn to hunt on the ground. By tucking its wings in close to its body, the
'kheb' learned that it could run quickly through the trees. Its legs and lower
extremities adapted to movement on the ground, and its clawed feet became more
flexible. Its backbone adapted to erect movement and its tail all but disappeared.
And though its new form allowed it to become a deadly predator on the ground in the
forests and jungles, its upper torso and wings never lost their incredible ability to lift
the creature up into the sky and dart through the air."
They sound like dragon-people..." Matu said out loud.
Per nodded. "Yes...it is an image that is appropriate."
"Were they really reptiles, Per?" Matu asked.
"Yes, Matu..." Per answered. "They were winged reptilian creatures on their way to
becoming humanoids."
"Were they cold-blooded, Master?" he asked.
"That is correct, Matu..." the Elder answered. "Scales and plates do not keep the
heat of the body in very well. As even the reptiles of earth must do, the early 'kheb'
had to sun themselves often. It was also their practice to live in the warm regions of
their world."
"You said they had scales...?" the young apprentice was curious.
"Yes, Matu..." the Elder responded, "...in the beginning. Eventually they lost their
scales and their bony shell covering. You see, for many millions of years, the
primitive male 'kheb' had bony plates all over his body and his arms and legs, much
like the dinosaurs of earth in the long ago prehistoric eras. They had a ridge of short
plates with semi-sharp edges that began near their forehead, trailed back and over
their skull and down their backs, gradually tapering down on their short slender tail.
They also had long sharp claws on the hands that they were developing. They could
cut and rip with savage quickness, and they had large square jaws with sharp ridged
teeth that could cut a limb off with one snapping bite. They had powerful legs that let
them run quickly and leap through the air with extraordinary speed and agility. Their
emotionless black eyes could intimidate the hardiest enemy warrior...and remember,
Matu...they could fly. The drone 'kheb' were among the most vicious creatures of the
Green World."
Matu nodded. There is no doubt of that, he thought to himself.
"And they were black, Matu..." Per narrowed his eyes, looking straight into Matu's
eyes, "...their bodies were a deep black. In the darkness, the male drones were
nearly invisible. Hidden in the blackness of night, an attack by male drones was both
fierce and merciless. Descending with stunning speed and quickness on enemy nests
or bands of ground creatures, attacks by dragonfly-bee males seldom failed. Born
with the instincts of dragonfly drones, 'kheb' males would continue to fight...even if
their heads had been cut off. Enemy drones who survived the initial surprise attack
of the 'kheb' had little chance of living through the subsequent onslaught. Time and
time again, the lightning attacks of the drone dragonfly-bees succeeded...and time
and time again, they expanded their primordial insect lands."
Per leaned forwards.
"But as feared as the 'kheb' males were, Matu...the females were even more
terrifying to the creatures of the Green World. In their evolution, as the females were
developing into humanoids, they remained smaller than the males and they had
smaller plate coverings on their bodies, with exposed areas that were covered with a
fine fuzzy hair. But their lack of armor did not make them less dangerous. Their
claws were still sharp and their smaller size made them quicker and faster than their
male counterparts."
Per paused.
"But there was something else..." he said.
Matu's listened with anticipation.
The Master spoke in almost a whisper, "...they were poisonous!"
Matu made a face. Poisonous? he wondered. Poisonous? Are they not deadly enough
already? They feel a need to become poisonous?
"Over the billions of years of their evolution, something happened to the female
'kheb' that did not happen to the males. The changes in their bodies that produced
the hormones necessary for the production of off-spring also produced a fluid that
was acidic and highly poisonous to other creatures! The kheb' females could protect
themselves and their nests by spitting a natural venom into the eyes and faces of
their victims. A stream of hot acidic fluid that struck the face of an enemy could
cause nerve-numbing paralysis or blindness. If there was an open wound or the
venom entered the gullet of the victim, death was almost always certain. And woe be
to any enemy that felt the fangs of the female 'kheb'
"So, Matu, while the 'kheb' drones could draw blood with their bites, that in and of
itself did not cause death. But the 'kheb' females...because of their natural venom
the females could kill with but the slightest scratch from their fangs. The battles
between the evolving creatures of the Green World and the 'kheb' males always
heavily favored the dragonfly-bees, but when the areas near the 'kheb' nests were
endangered or threatened, the destructive fury of the females always produced a
victory."
Per looked Matu in the eyes.
"Though this might sound almost trite, Matu...in this galaxy, it is the female of the
species that should be feared...it is the female of the species that is the most
deadly."
Per sat back, letting his words sink in.
Chills went up Matu's back. Buzzing bees terrified him, the idea that there were
swarms of drones descending on him was frightening. Facing a man-sized dragonfly
was also terrifying, but the thought of a hand-to-hand battle with a female that
looked like a gargoyle... and who had saliva that could kill...that was too much. Lord,
Matu thought to himself, I hope I never have to confront one. Then a thought
occurred to him...
"But that was millions of years ago, is that not so, Master? he asked hopefully. "And
on another world in a faraway star system, is that not right, sir?"
Per smiled at Matu's concern.
"Yes..." Per assured the apprentice. "That is how they appeared many, many years
ago...millions of years ago. They no longer look quite as frightening as they once
did."
Matu was relieved. "What do they look like now, Master?"
"Well, Matu..." Per resumed his story. "In the early stages of the evolution of the
'kheb', they looked like strange armored mantis-humanoids. But over the millions of
years, their bodies became tall and lanky, their arms and legs were long and slender.
The torso with the pinched waist that is so familiar to bees and dragonflies gave way
to a humanoid body with a small waist. Their large triangular heads developed into a
more rounded head with a tapering pointed or square chin. The huge black eyes that
had once dominated the entire head became large dark piercing eyes."
Matu shuddered, he was sure he had seen one of them in town earlier in the month.
"The early 'kheb' humanoids..." Per stopped and smiled.
Matu wondered what happened. "Are you okay, Master?"
The elder looked at Matu.
"The early 'kheb' humanoids were the equivalent of our cave-man, Matu. I guess
they could be called 'kheb' men and 'kheb' women..." he smiled.
Matu smiled, too. Another good one, Master, another good one.
"The early 'kheb' humanoids were tall and rather slender, but their slim build was
deceptively powerful. They were very limber and fast, capable of running on narrow
trails and passing through thin passages. And they could fly, up and down, side to
side and so fast that they seemed a blur. They were efficient and deadly
hunters...and they were cold-blooded killers. Of all the species that would evolve on
the Green World, it was the reptilian bee-humanoids the kheb', who would rise to
become the most dominant life-form of the world."
“I'll bet!” Matu thought to himself.
"As the kheb' humanoids evolved, just as it happened on earth, they formed
primitive societies that eventually became civilizations. They evolved from a
primordial nest existence to primitive mud huts and shelters and then to large
sophisticated cities. From a life struggling in a pond, to life as a reptile, and then to
Life as a humanoid; from tiny gurgles to buzzing and then to complex languages:
from mud nests, to glyphs to magnificent art; and from bartering to markets and
then to complex financial institutions...the primitive reptilian-insect humanoid gave
way to sophisticated Reptilian Man. The reptilian people had become...civilized."
Matu wondered if the path of development was the same throughout the Universe, if
all of the beings of the galaxy followed the same trail. And he wondered...
"Do the reptilian people, the 'kheb' look like snake people or mantis people, Master?"
he asked. "Do they still have scales?"
Per grinned.
"No, Matu..." he shook his head. "As human beings on earth have lost the large
amounts of hair that their primate ancestors once had, so too, the reptilian beings
have lost their scales."
"Are they green, Master?" he wondered.
"No, my young friend..." he smiled again. "They are not green-skinned, they never
were. Their dark skins no longer have scales and they do not look like the insectreptiles
that they are descended of."
Whew! thought Matu. But I wonder what... hold it!
Per began again.
"As the millions of years of their evolution continued to go by, the 'kheb' people lost
most of the very distinct reptilian and insect features of their ancestors. But not all
their physical traits disappeared entirely. Though their height began to vary slightly,
the 'kheb' people generally remained tall and quite slender. And, as is the case with
all beings born of reptilian ancestors, they possessed little or no hair on their bodies
and they had very little hair on their heads. Their torsos retained the hour-glass
shape of their long-ago dragonfly-bee ancestors. Males had broad chests with narrow
waists, large and powerful buttocks with strong thighs and tapering calves. Reptilian
females had the same shape but with a more delicate and feminine curve to their
bodies."
"Their faces were still triangular, tapering to a pronounced yet soft point. They had
large dark eyes, larger than most humanoids, but they possessed an almost
hypnotizing beauty. Their mouths were also larger than most beings but with smaller
lips. When closed, the mouth of the reptilian people seemed almost to disappear. And
though they had lost the extremely large fangs of their ancestors, their 'eye' teeth
were still long and sharp...and quite functional. The long proboscis used to drain the
blood of their victims was also gone, it had given way to an angular nose, sharp and
narrow, and it too was strangely appealing."
"It may surprise you, Matu...but the reptilian people were a physically beautiful
people. Their limbs were graceful, their bodies were alluring and shapely. And with
their large dark eyes and fluid walk, the reptilian females were known to be some of
the most beautiful women in the galaxy. The reptilian people were handsome and
fearsome, beautiful and deadly...and they could fly. In ceremony, when dressed in
their flowing robes, in the best finery their world had to offer, the male and female
reptilians could hover lightly, as if on angelic wings...but they were the Hand of
Death itself, hidden in shining gossamer."
Devils that look like angels...amazing thought Matu. Or perhaps I should think of
them more like angels that act like devils?
"Over the billions of years of the evolution of the Green World, many races of
reptilian people had evolved. And as it has happened on every world in our galaxy of
ERIDANUS, the races went to war over their own world. Without fail, the success or
failure of the reptilian armies always hinged on the extraordinary ability of the drone
warriors to maneuver in flight. Males and females alike could fly on wings that
seemed far too delicate to carry their lanky bodies. They were exceptionally quick on
the ground, but in the air the reptilians had no peer."
"From a distance, the approaching armies of flying warriors looked like a huge black
cloud of giant dragonflies, a faint angry buzzing betraying their intent. But even
though the enemy might visually detect them while still some distance away, in the
blink of an eye the reptilian winged warriors covered the ground that separated them
from their enemies. In less than a heartbeat, the viciousness of the reptilian warrior
descended on its enemy like the wrath of a cruel and bloodthirsty God."
"Though they would eventually lose their natural bony covering because of the forces
of evolution, the reptilian drone warriors compensated for the loss by wearing
fabricated body plate armor, much like the knights of the Middle Ages in Earth's
history. While the loss of natural body armor had made them somewhat more
vulnerable, the loss of the body plates had also made the reptilian warriors lighter
and quicker...and therefore, more deadly."
Damn! Matu thought to himself. Why do they keep getting deadlier? Don't they ever
develop some sort of weakness? Matu shook his head.
Per noticed Matu and stopped.
"No, Elder..." Matu apologized, "...it is nothing. I am sorry."
Per sat back and continued.
"The World Wars of the reptilian humanoids were many, Matu. The balance of power
swung back and forth between many aspiring realms. Empires and Kingdoms rose
and fell. But in time, one race of reptilian people surfaced as the dominant people of
the planet. They were known as the NEKH, or the fearsome 'Black Ones'. Through
the victories of the Black Warriors and the political manipulations of the Black Kings,
the world of the Reptiles was eventually united under one King and one Kingdom."
Matu repeated the name to himself...the NEKH...the 'Black Ones'. Yep, its scary.

Chapter II
Empire of the NEKH Kings

Per pressed on, "It is important to keep something in mind when you learn of the
history of the reptilian people, Matu. In the nest of a reptilian insect, it is the females
who do the work and it is the Queen around whom Life revolves. The drones serve
two purposes, their first purpose is to mate with the Queen or the Royal female.
Their second function is to protect the nest from any enemies or invaders. As the
'kheb' evolved from a primitive insect to an evolved humanoid form, the same roles
became part of their primitive humanoid existence, and it carried over into their
civilized stages. On the battlefields and in territories away from the home, the
humanoid males fought the battles and took control of the events...but in the realm
of the home, much as in the nest, it was the females who controlled the day to day
events."
"As the 'kheb' humanoids evolved, the females continued to do all of the work
around the central colony. Males defended the colonies, but because of their wellknown
ferocity, they were seldom attacked. With little to do around the colonies, the
males began to venture out into the surrounding countrysides, invading the
territories and colonies of other humanoid races. In short time, the 'kheb' males
conquered the weaker males of neighboring lands and began to expand their wars of
conquest. In the newly conquered territories, the 'kheb' males declared themselves
Kings, ruling with an iron hand over their subject populations. At home, however, in
the central lands, the Queens continued to control."
"As the conquests continued, Kingdoms rose and fell. But the institutions remained
the same, the 'kheb' Monarchs maintained rigid control of the governments and
armies of all of the conquered realms, and even the political institutions of the
central Realm itself...but the day to day administration of the home colony and its
cities remained the domain of the reptilian Queen. While the Reptilian Kings
permitted the females minimal participation in the decision making process of the
over-all Kingdom, the Monarchs quickly yielded to their Queens when it came to
matters of the homeland itself. in short, the over-all Empire was the realm of the
King, but the home...that, Matu...was the sole realm of the Queen."
Matu sat back. Incredible, he thought to himself. Incredible! What a system, the
home is the domain of the female, the conquered lands are the domain of the male.
The home is the domain of the woman, the outside world is the domain of the man.
My God, Matu realized, it is but another way of saying what we have always been
taught about men and women in our world...a woman's place is in the home, a
man's place is in the outside world. It's the same thing... but with an entirely
different meaning!
Per continued.
"Life advanced quickly under the hand of the Reptilian NEKH Kings, Matu. Science
and technology, originally developed to assist in the Wars of Conquest by the Kings,
leaped forward by leaps and bounds. While weaponry and the science of conquest
continued to have the highest priority in research and development, the inventions
and tools that resulted from the new technologies were often adapted for everyday
use by the average 'kheb human."
Much as it has been done here on Earth, Matu said to himself.
"In time, the Kheb' Kings abandoned their destructive Wars of Conquest and focused
their attention on new wars for power. These wars were not fought on the battlefield,
they were fought in the marketplaces of the Green World. Begun as a cooperative
effort to achieve a profitable united front throughout the globe, the 'Kheb' Monarchs
began to work together, not for the sake of peace, but for the sake of monetary gain.
Wars of destruction would no longer be tolerated in the major Kingdoms of the New
World, peace and order would reign, prosperity and happiness would belong to
everyone. Business became the new battlefield. The New World Wars, officially
known as the NEKH World Wars, were fought in the business centers of the Green
World. Assassinations and murders still took place, but they were no longer a result
of heated passions and sheer hatred...'it wasn't personal... it was business
Holy cow! Matu sat up. 'It isn't personal...it's business!' The world has certainly
heard that one before! And its billions and billions of years old! My God!
"In the New World, one family of 'kheb' beings surfaced to control the wealth and
power bases of the entire globe, they were the first descendants of the early NEKH
Kings, and were known as the NEKH-KHEB. Under their manipulations, Peace was
achieved, and a new era was realized. All of the kingdoms of the Green World fell
under the flag of the Association of Kheb States, another way of saying the
Association of Reptilian States. The strength of the New World could be expressed in
a simple phrase...'and a profit shall lead them'."
Holy cow! Matu was stunned again! Holy cow!
"With the institutions of the New World Era in place, the NEKH Empires began to look
to the skies above. They began, as human beings of Earth have, to explore their
moons. They carefully developed their technologies, landed on the surface of their
moons and began to establish footholds. Generations later, their moons were
colonized and exploited, mined for their resources, and became fully equipped
stepping stones to the planets and worlds beyond. The Reptilian NEKH astronauts
reached out and conquered the worlds of their own solar system, establishing new
bases and more colonies, exploiting and developing the many new satellites of their
neighbors. The NEKH established a solar system community of Reptilian beings, the
first Association of Reptilian Worlds."
An Association, thought Matu. Strange choice of names...
"Excuse me, Master..." Matu interrupted. "But why do they call it an Association of
Reptilian States? Do they refer to themselves as Reptiles?"
"No, Matu..." Per answered. "They do not call themselves Reptilians, no more than
we call ourselves Ape Men. You must understand that to them the word 'kheb' means
human being. To them anything that is not Reptilian, anything that is not 'kheb'
would be referred to with a qualifying term. For example, we would not be known as
'human beings', we would be referred to as 'Ape Men' or 'Apes', because of our
ancestry. Beings whose ancestors might have been wolves, would be referred to as
'Wolf Men' or even 'Wolves' by the 'kheb' people. You must understand this, in the
eyes of each race of beings, they believe themselves to be the one true 'human
being'. All others are referred to by their ancestry...'Wolf Men', 'Fish Men', 'Bird Men',
etc. Unfortunately, in order to try to tell you this story in a way in which you will
understand. I too am forced to use qualifying terms in order to make my
explanations a little more understandable. If I should try to be precisely correct. I
should never use the descriptive term reptilian to you, but then you would probably
have greater difficulty keeping track of who is who in the history of our galaxy. My
apologies, Matu... but I use qualifiers to aid in your learning."
"Oh no. Master..." Matu answered quickly. "I am thankful that you have done this. I
am sure that you use the best words possible in order to teach me...Do not
apologize, Master. I must thank you for being so wise. Thank you, Master."
Per nodded his appreciation. The young man was wise indeed.
The Association of Reptilian Worlds..."
Per paused and smiled at Matu.
"The Association of Kheb Worlds was but the first step, Matu. The NEKH Kings began
to reach out beyond the boundaries of their solar system Empire into the outer
reaches of other solar systems and their worlds. Possessed of extraordinary
technology and weaponry, with vast resources and coldly calculating Star Warriors,
the NEKH Kings began to explore and exploit Other Worlds. As they had done on the
Green World, and as they had done in their own solar system, they began yet
another series of Wars of Conquest. And it was on these Wars of Conquest that the
reptilian people confronted the other humanoids of the Galaxy of ERIDANUS."
Here we go! Matu said to himself. Look out galaxy!
"When the NEKH Star Ships made first contact with beings of Other Worlds, they
were predictably cautious, of course...but to the surprise of the reptilian Star
Warriors, the Other World beings welcomed them with open arms. Since the Other
Worlders had not managed to develop their own space technology, the new
civilization looked with awe and near reverence on the ships of the NEKH. Conquest
of their planet was simple."
Of course, thought Matu to himself. Superior technology inevitably dominates inferior
forces...especially if the inferior forces openly welcome their conquerors.
"As the Other Worlds fell to the NEKH Star Warriors, the Kings were quick to
establish their own puppet governments with their own NEKH Administrators in the
seats of power. All Other Worlds would function under the same systems established
in the NEKH Empire. All newly conquered populations would obey and live by the
institutions of the NEKH Worlds, and all conquered populations would pay homage to
the NEKH King of the Stars who sat on the Throne of the NEKH Empire... All Hail King
NEKH! All Hail the King of Heaven!"
Matu shook his head. It is the same everywhere, he marveled. On earth, in the
stars... it simply does not change.
"But the campaign of conquests was not always easy, Matu. As the Reptilian Star
Warriors continued to move onto unknown worlds, they soon found that there were
other species of warriors that were not so easily defeated. Some star races were
defended by warriors with exceptional physical strengths and abilities that the
reptilian warriors had never seen before. To the dismay of the NEKH Kings, some
wars of conquest were lost."
Bravo! Matu thought. I was wondering if anyone could stand up against them.
"The Era of the First Star Wars was ended. And for a time, there was a tentative
peace in the stars. The NEKH Kings had been slowed down."
The Era of the First Star Wars, Matu wrote down. Definitely suggests a Second Era.
"Even with all of their advanced technologies and the inherent viciousness and coldbloodedness
of their reptilian Warriors, the NEKH Kings found themselves taken to a
higher level of intensity and deadliness in War. Tactics and weaponry had to be reevaluated
...as did the make-up of the warrior on the battlefield. As a result of the
demands made by these ultra-level 'Star Wars', no reptilian Warrior could be
summarily dismissed or ignored...regardless of gender. In reviewing the history of
the successful wars of the Empire, it was soon recalled that Reptilian females had
once fought side by side with the drone warriors in the Wars of the Green World.
Their participation played no small part in the victories of the old wars. There was no
reason to believe that they could not contribute to victories in the new wars. As had
once happened many, many years earlier, reptilian females were once again recruited
and placed on the battlefield beside their male counterparts."
Scary, Matu thought to himself.
"What would happen next, Matu..." Per said, "...was completely unexpected."
Uh-oh, Matu stopped writing. It was difficult to believe that the reptilian Drone
Warriors needed help, but if that was true...God help the enemies who had to face
the reptilian females.
"After a short time of peace, the hostilities in the stars began again. The Kings of the
Reptilian Empire began to move forward...again. But this time, the Star forces of the
Kings were equipped with redefined weaponry and new technologies...and fighting
side by side with the drone males were the deadly reptilian females."
Damn, Matu thought. I think I'd quit right then and there. It's too scary to imagine!
"Shortly after the Era of the Second Star Wars began, it was discovered that
battlefield conditions on far distant worlds created astonishing changes in the
metabolism of reptilian females. On their home world, females were bathed
constantly with harsh solar radiation from their multiple suns. Pulsing solar storms
forced a rhythmic fluctuation in their reproductive cycles, forcing them to produce a
chemical in their bodies that would assist in regulating the birth and conception
process. But in the vast reaches of space, away from the home world suns and away
from the forces that generated internal bodily cycles, the female fluctuation
stopped...entirely! The menstrual cycles of the female reptilians ceased altogether!
In space, reptilian females could still conceive and bear children, but only through
the direct and deliberate stimulation of the conception hormones!"
'What this means, Matu..." Per leaned forward, "...is that reptilian women had no
menstrual cycle. They could completely choose when and if they wanted to become
pregnant! What is important to note here is that the menstrual cycle was a result of
the solar fluctuations of their home suns!"
Matu pondered the idea.
"Could it mean, Master...?" he began.
"It means that free of the sun's radiation, women of Earth would be free of
menstrual cycles...it is that simple."
Holy cow! Matu was shocked.
"Sir..." he was nearly shaking. "Are you saying that the menstrual cycle of the
women of Earth is a direct result of the fluctuations of the radiations of our own
sun?"
"Yes, Matu..." Per answered. "But not the radiations precisely. Were women subject
to the flare-ups of our sun, every cycle would be based on completely random
occurrences. It is the result of the radiations caused by the rotation of the sun,
Matu..."
Matu was still stunned.
"...and the direct control of yet another body in the sky which regulates the cycle of
women so precisely."
Another body in the sky? Matu wondered.
Per began again, leaving Matu no time to pursue the thought.
"Remember, Matu, the venom that the reptilian women produced in their bodies
acted as a trigger that enabled reproduction to take place. Solar radiation triggered
the venom that in itself triggered conception capabilities. Without the influence of
their sun's radiation, the venom was not triggered and conception could not take
place. Mating could occur but no pregnancy could ever happen."
Natural childbirth, thought Matu.
"But though the conception process was absent Matu...the naturally produced venom
continued to flow through the systems of reptilian women Warriors To the surprise of
the reptilian Association of Medical Arts, and the reptilian women themselves, the
venom began to transform itself once again. Where once the venom was a regulator
and a natural defense mechanism, under Other World conditions and new solar
forces, the venom returned to its most basic function...a poison used for selfdefense.
But...to everyone's surpnse, the natural venom of the reptilian females
became even more deadly than it had ever been before!"
Oh, wonderful! thought Matu to himself. As if they weren't deadly enough already"
"But there was more, Matu..." Per continued.
Oh, great! Matu made a face. There's more! What's left?
"Under battlefield conditions, the rush of adrenaline running through the bloodstream
of women added to the potency of the venom..."
Geez, Matu winced. When does this stop? How deadly can the females get?
"To the pleasant surprise of the Kings, and to the misfortune of their enemies,
because of the natural transformation of the venom, and because of the added
adrenaline influence, the naturally produced venom of the reptilian females rendered
them far more dangerous...and far more deadly than any of the male reptilian
warriors. Still capable of spitting a hot deadly poison at the eyes of their enemy, the
new venom now virtually assured death to any soldier on the battle field who
confronted the reptilian females."
Matu just sat there shaking his head.
Per smiled. The point was being made.
"And of course, Matu..." he added, "...the females were also more naturally vicious."
Of course, Matu agreed, throwing his hands up in the air.
"When provoked to battle, the females did not permit logic or sentiment to interfere
with their goal...total and complete victory was their end-all. The females were not
fighting for glory or conquest, they were fighting for their world and their lives. When
angered, no one was deadlier than the reptilian female. These factors changed the
course of many battles between the races of Star Beings of our galaxy."
Of course, thought Matu to himself. Who would have a chance?
"Though many of the most decisive battles were fought in the skies over the 'Other
Worlds', ground forces were still necessary to maintain the edge won in the skies. In
these situations, no one could compete with the female reptilian warriors. In hand to
hand combat, the reptilian females could inject their poison into the blood-streams of
their opponents by biting them or by spitting on their blades and wounding them
with poisoned knife edges. Even injury from the clawed nail of a reptilian female
could bring on paralysis and death. Other World leaders and military commanders
feared the blades and claws of the reptilian females, choosing to negotiate with the
Kings rather than face the cold-blooded females with death in their eyes."
Good move, thought Matu.
"And so too, Other World populations yielded to the presence of the reptilian female
guards put in place to control the new governments. Hostile crowds were easily
controlled by reptilian females who were armed with little more than long-bladed
knives and spears. When puppet governments were installed, no diplomat dared to
challenge the authority of any reptilian female left in charge of the newly established
administrations. The legends of the deadly potency of the venom in reptilian women
were spread far and wide. Few beings of Other Worlds had not lost a friend or
relative to the venom of a reptilian female."
"Success after success in the conquest and control of other worlds, was based in
large part, on the participation and influence of the reptilian female warriors. In the
historical records of the Green World, it was the 'Wars of the Black Ones' from which
the Empire of the reptilian people was born. In the later records of Life in our Galaxy,
it was the 'Wars of the Stars' from which the Star Empire of the Reptilians was born.
But in both cases, Matu, it was the reptilian female warriors about whom the horror
stories were told. Lightning quick attacks by overwhelming forces, deadly battles
with black reptilian males, streams of poison from reptilian females, unwavering
control of Other Worlds by venomous females...all of these factors and more led to
the legends...and status...of the reptilian Empire as one of the greatest powers that
would ever surface in the Ninth Realm of the galaxy of ERIDANUS."
"By the time the Era of the 'Black Star Wars' was over, the NEKH Empire of the
reptilian Warrior Kings had left its bloody mark on hundreds of planets. From a
primitive beginning to a highly advanced society, the reptilian humanoids had firmly
established themselves in the annals of the Ninth Sector."
Matu sat quietly. Images of flying reptilian warriors still filled his head.
"But the Epoch of the reptilian Black Kings. Matu...was soon to end."
Matu was nearly exhausted, he had a dozen questions. Matu gazed out the window.
It must be very late, he thought to himself. I am not sleepy, though...but I am tired.
Per began again, almost without breath.
"During the expansion of the Reptilian Empire under the NEKH Kings, males led on
the battlefield and in government, but it was the reptilian females who effectively
administered to the needs and demands of the institutions and the govemments of
the many Other Worlds. It was also the reptilian females who maintained direct
contact with the rulers and peoples of the Empire, and it was the reptilian females
who administered to and maintained the channels of power. What was interpreted by
many as loyalty to the reptilian Kings by the reptilian females was an exercise in the
cunning and hidden methods of the reptilian Queens."
"You see, Matu...while the reptilian Kings initially held real power in the Era of the
Wars of Conquest on the Green World, by the time of Other World expansions, it was
the Queens and their loyal female administrators who were the real center of power
in the Empire. In any Empire run by a 'secret power", figureheads are always the
loudest and the most highly visible. The Empire is even given to believe that the
issuance of commands comes solely from the figurehead. In truth, sometimes the
figureheads even believe that they really are issuing the royal commands. But it is
the person who actually sees to the execution of those commands who truly holds
the reins of power. And in every case, it was a female administrator who was
responsible for the enforcement of Royal commands."
"Remember, Matu..." Per said. "It is the female of the 'kheb' race that does the work
The males are the warriors and the mates of the Queen. On the Green World, and on
the Other Worlds, it was the females who actually administered to the affairs of the
world."
Of course, Matu thought to himself. The world of the 'kheb' does not revolve around
the male, it revolves around the female.
"Kings routinely issued orders intended for enforcement in the entire Empire, and it
was the Queens and their female administrators who routinely altered or delayed the
execution of the royal commands. To the credit of the cleverness of the Queens, the
Kings were absolutely convinced that as Monarchs, they were the sole true power of
the Empire."
"When the Reptilian Empire, under the hand of the NEKH Kings, began to show
considerable influence in the stars of the Ninth Sector, the Queens began to
reconsider their 'behind-the-scenes' roles. Administering to the new Star Empire had
placed greater power an-responsibilities in the hands of the reptilian females. And
they had neither faltered nor failed The reptilian females had proven themselves to
be effective and efficient administrators ...and they had proven themselves on the
battlefield. But with the new status of the Empire, as a powerhouse in the stars, the
female reptilian Queens began to press the throne for a more visible position in the
ruling of the Empire."
I don't think I'd get in their way, Matu mulled.
In order to avoid difficulties at home and to placate the Queens and the reptilian
women administrators, the reptilian Kings grudgingly granted the Queens new
responsibilities. The Queens became more visible, and became a greater part of the
State ceremonies that the people always relished. Minor programs were handed over
to the Queen and her loyal female forces...but in the control of the Empire, the Kings
would never relinquish their authority...It would have to be wrested away."
Whoops, thought Matu. Not good! Bad move!
"And to their surprise and dismay, it was. What the Kings had not realized was that
by granting additional powers in the administration of the Empire, particularly by
granting a greater visible role, they had also granted the Queens additional
power...in the eyes of the people of the Empire. This error would prove to be fatal for
the Era of Kings."
"In the eyes of the King, the Queen of the Empire sat on the throne as the head
female of the Empire. Her duties were very simple: it was her task to present to the
other worlds of the Reptilian Kingdom and to Other Worlds of the Ninth sector, the
very clear and emphatic impression that all of the females of the reptilian Empire
were solidly and passionately behind their King. Even the Queen's High Court was
ordered to present the same image to the worlds of the Ninth Sector. And since all
females, including the Queen, answered directly to upper level male representatives
of the King, the King was persuaded that the Queen's role was one of grand illusion
and little influence. To the King, the Queen was an ornament for the Court and a
decoration for the Monarch to fawn over...her presence was purely perfunctory."
Per paused and smiled.
"Or at least... so thought the King."
Town fool...Matu reflected.
Per began again.
"The legend of the 'Night of Tears' tells us the following, Matu..."
"...the daily early morning meeting of the King's Royal staff was called to order. The
affairs of the Empire were always the first priority in the morning. Members of the
Royal Staff were surprised when the Queen entered the chamber instead of the King.
Soldiers of her Royal Elite female guards followed close behind her. As the female
soldiers lined the walls of the Royal Chamber, the Queen sat down, not in her chair,
but in the King's chair! Several of the King's staff jumped to their feet and loudly
protested her outrageous action. When the Queen's Elite Guard stepped forward, the
males sat down and remained silent."
"The announcement was quick and simple: The King had been assassinated in the
middle of the night. The Queen herself had barely managed to escape the assassins.
Were it not for her loyal Elite Guard, the Queen might not have survived the night.
Though the male murderers were immediately killed, they could not be recognized
nor could the source of the assassination plot be ascertained. In order to keep order,
in order to prevent riot and pandemonium, the Queen had immediately seized
control."
"To avoid a coup by the unscrupulous unknown male power who must have been
behind the assassination, the Queen issued commands to all female reptilian
commanders and administrators to take control of their appropriate circles. To avoid
a take-over by this unscrupulous and unknown male power, all males were to be
removed from their positions of control...for the sake of the Empire! Until the Queen
could reasonably insure the safety of the Empire and its people, the Reptilian realms
would be run by the female administrators who were already in place. When the
Queen was satisfied that peace and security were assured, she would relinquish
authority to the King's heir apparent."
Whoa! Matu said to himself.
"Protests by reptilian males who were in power were loud and plentiful. But the
Queen would not be swayed. That fateful night, later to become known as The Night
of Tears', was the single most crucial day in the history of the Empire."
Probably crocodile tears, Matu thought.
"To the horror of the people of the Empire, and in seeming confirmation of the
Queen's prediction of a coup attempt, over the course of the next few time periods
many of the highest level male commanders and administrators died under the most
mysterious circumstances. It seemed that the Queen's precautions had proven quite
wise and extraordinarily timely."
"And there were further complications during this time, Matu. Descendants and heirs
of the reptilian King were also mysteriously assassinated. High level representatives
of the King in key positions on other worlds of the Empire also died. The plot was
ruthless and thorough."
I bet, Matu pondered.
"But the Queen was firm and resolute. She assured her people that she would never
let them down. She would remain in control and would protect her people with her
dying breath. She also assured them that traces of female venom found in the bodies
of many of the assassinated male leaders were deliberately planted by the secret
unknown male power who sought to undermine the entirety of the Empire of the
reptilian people The devious attempt to turn reptilian male against reptilian female
would not work, the Queen would see to that. The Queen promised to lead her
people through their time of crisis The 'Night of Tears would not bring down the
Empire, the Queen vowed to her people! Your Queen shall not fail you, she promised
them!"
Long live the Queen, Matu thought sarcastically.
"For the next few periods, males who held positions of power, males who were blood
relatives to the King, and males who were potential aspirants to the throne were
mysteriously murdered. Some simply disappeared. Female military commanders and
administrators took stronger control and tightened their security measures. To
maintain order, all administrative all military, and all political programs were
streamlined and made more efficient. The Empire of the reptilian Queens became a
highly efficient and well-oiled machine."
Per stepped to the window.
"And there were other events of significance at that time, Matu. Many Other World
enemies of the reptilian Empire believed that the assassination of the King and the
take-over' by the Queen and her females was a sign that there was a weakness in
the defenses of the Empire. The Kings had always run the Empire, the Queens had
always served as secondary figures. The Reptilian Queens must be weak, enemy
Kings believed."
Not good, Matu said to himself.
"They were wrong...dead wrong. Attacks were planned and launched against the
Empire of the reptilian people...and they failed miserably. The death of the Reptilian
King of the Empire had not weakened the resolve of the people at all, in fact,
somehow, it seemed to strengthen it."
"And the seizure of power by the Queen was not restricted to the Empire of the
reptiles alone. Many neighboring star worlds watched as the changes occurred in the
Reptilian Empire. Invading forces flooded the realms of the already conquered Other
Worlds, seeming to keep control of subject populations. What the neighboring worlds
did not expect, however was that the invading forces did not stop at the borders of
the Reptilian Realm. They crossed the territorial lines and invaded the worlds of the
nearest stars."
Whoa, big surprise, Matu thought.
"And they did not stop. The deadly female reptilian warriors expanded the realm of
the Queen's Empire more quickly and with greater devastation than the armies of the
Kings ever had. Though the commanders of the reptilian forces were all females,
male reptilian warriors joined with their female counterparts to bring glory and
treasure to the Throne of the Queen. Most believed in their Queen and their Throne,
others fought out of fear for their own safety. But regardless of the reason, the
rewards of victory for the soldier were greater."
"The Empire of the reptiles became a realm of complete and total female domination
and control. Where once the reptiles had lived and prospered under the Era of the
reptilian Warrior Kings, during the Dynasties of the Reptilian Queens, the Empire
expanded as never before and it leapt to the forefront as the most powerful of all of
the Star Empires in the Ninth Realm of ERIDANUS. The fierce Empire of the reptilian
NEKH Kings had become a nearly invincible Dynasty of NEKH-T Reptilian Queens."
Per suddenly stopped. He said no more. He just stared at the stars.
Matu was relieved...and he was overwhelmed. He sat back in his chair. He looked out
the window at the stars. He stared intently at them. Somewhere out there, he said to
himself, somewhere out there, there is a world of reptilian beings. Here I sit, he
reflected. I am the product of an ancient primate being, call him Adam or Cro-
Magnon or whatever...and out there in the stars are reptilian beings who are
descended of an ancestor called 'kheb'.
How arrogant we are, Matu thought to himself. How arrogant.

[lordzoma]

Chapter III
Empire of the Reptilian Queens
"How did you sleep, Matu?" Per asked him.
"I had dreams, Master..." the apprentice answered him.
"Dreams of...?" the Elder probed.
Matu smiled weakly.
"I had dreams of the Queen of Reptiles, Master..." he answered. "Or...at least, I think
that she was the Queen, Master. She was hideous...she was terrifying. She had
scales and she had dripping fangs...and she was green. Very green. And she was tall,
Master, very, very taIl. Maybe 12 or 15 feet tall. And she was going to eat me, sir. I
was scared ...it woke me up! I did not sleep much after that dream."
"Oh, Matu..." Per smiled. "You have forgotten something."
Matu could not imagine what the Elder was talking about.
"You have forgotten, Matu..." Per was still smiling. "The reptilian people no longer
look like reptiles. They are not frightening in their appearance at all now. Do you
remember that I told you that they were a very beautiful people now, perhaps the
most beautiful people in our galaxy at this time. Your dream was a fabrication of your
imagination, Matu. It is not the way things are today."
Matu looked at the Master. Well, that's some relief he said to himself. Beautiful, huh?
Well, not this Queen...not the one in my dream. She was a real...
"It is time that you learn of the ways of the Reptiles, Matu..." Per began. "You must
learn of their institutions and their traditions...and you must learn them well. For in
the ways of the Reptiles, you will find the keys to many of the secrets of the 'Ancient
Ones'."
Matu made his way to the table and sat down. He was ready...again.
"As the reptilian humanoid beings evolved, because of the peculiar construction of
their mouths, there was always a lingering hiss as they spoke. It is similar to what
we call a lisp in our world, Matu. If they said the word 'stone', for example, it would
come out 'sss-tone'. If the 'S' sound was at the end of a word, it seemed to be even
longer, like 'horse', for example. The reptilian people would say, 'hor-ssss'.
Throughout the many generations of the reptilians, the '-sss' sound became a
signature of their languages. As a result, in all of the Other Worlds, the sound '-sss'
itself came to represent the reptilian people. The reptilian people became known
throughout the Other Worlds as the 'SSS' or the 'SSS-A'."
Quite appropriate, Matu thought to himself. A reptilian people who would be known
by the hiss of their speech. Probably scary, too. Then it occurred to him...
"Were they not known as the NEKH. Master?" he asked.
"That is true, Matu On their home worlds, they called themselves the descendants of
the NEKH. But on the Other Worlds, all reptilian descendants were called the SSS."
Matu nodded his understanding to the Elder.
"Now here is something very important to remember, Matu. As the most powerful
female in the Reptilian Empire, the Queen was the ultimate symbol and embodiment
of the SSS people. She was known, in the words of the Other World people, as 'SSS,
the Supreme One', or even SSS, the Ultimate One'."
"She was the Queen of the SSS..." Matu added.
"Yes, Matu, that is correct. But there is a tradition in the stars that is held to by the
kings and queens of the Empires of the galaxy. In order to show their power, their
title, they doubled their names to indicate their regal position. Thus, the reptilian
Queen was officially known in the stars, and in her Empire, as 'Her Majesty, Queen
SSS-SSS'. On some of the Other Worlds, her name was pronounced in a slightly
different manner. Here she was known as 'Her Majesty, Queen SSS-A-SSS' or 'Her
Majesty, Queen SS-A-SS'. In some cases, she was even called 'Queen SSA-SSA'."
Queen SS-A-SS or Queen SSA-SSA, Matu began making notes. This was important,
he was sure of that.
"As you write, Matu..." Per stopped him. "...also write these words down."
"The term 'UR' means 'the First and Foremost of or 'the Original of'. When it is used
as a suffix, it implies the 'First One of the group or perhaps even a 'Noble Person
of..."
"The suffix '-I' means 'One who is at the side of, much as a personal assistant or a
direct partner..."
"The suffix '-IM' is the plural of -I*. It means Those who are at the side of, personal
assistants or partners..."
Matu was writing quickly.
"And add these to your list too, Matu..." Per continued. "The suffix '-US' means 'One
who is of... NOT the same as '-I'. The suffix '-US' means a 'follower of or a 'subject of
while the suffix '-I' means 'an assistant of, a much higher position than a simple
'follower of or a 'subject of"
Matu kept writing...'follower not assistant'.
"And add yet another suffix, Matu...the ending '-U', which is actually the plural of
'-US' The ending '-U' means 'those who are of."
Matu wrote that term down, too.
"Can I repeat them to you, Master?" he asked. "Just to make sure that I have written
them down properly?"
"Yes..." Per answered him.
"This is my list, Master..." Matu said. "SSS is the name of the reptilian people in
general..."
"...the ending '-UR' means 'the First and Foremost' or 'the Original'..."
"...the ending '-US' means 'One who is of..."
"...the ending '-U' means 'Those who are of..."
"...the ending '-I' means 'One who is at the side of."
"...and the ending '-IM' means 'Those who are at the side of."
Per nodded to Matu.
Those are all correct, Matu..." he said with a smile. "Remember...each of these suffix
endings means someone who is of something. Now let us put those terms to use. If
the Queen of the Reptiles is the 'First and Foremost citizen of the realm, what would
be her official title?"
Matu looked at his list.
"She would be the SSS..." he began, "...with the ending '-UR'. So she would be the
Queen SSS-UR, Master?"
Per smiled. "Well done, Matu. But as 'First and Foremost' Citizen of the Realm, she is
not called the Queen. She is simply known as The SSS-UR,' or 'The SSA-UR', or even
more simply, The SSA-R' of the Empire."
Holy cow! Matu thought to himself.
"Is that where the title Czar here on earth comes from, Master?" he asked excitedly.
Per nodded. "Yes, Matu. As we proceed, you will find that many of the titles used on
our own earth are rooted in the titles for the Queen of the Reptiles in the faraway
stars."
"Now, as the Queen of the Empire, Matu...remember, she would double her names
and titles. As the 'First and Foremost Citizen' and as the Royal Queen, one of her
many titles would be 'Her Majesty, Queen SS-SS-UR', or 'Her Majesty, Queen SSASSA-
R'."
Caesar! Matu nearly jumped. Caesar!
"Now, Matu..." Per addressed him again. "Can you tell me what the assistants of the
Queen would be called? Remember, they are Royal assistants."
Matu looked at his list.
"SS-IM...?" he ventured. "No...wait, wait. That is not right...as Royal assistants, each
would be called an SS-SS-I, and as a group they would be SS-SS-IM, right, Elder?
"That is correct, Matu!" Per smiled. "Each would be called an 'SS-SS-IM'!"
"Assass-im? Assass-in...Assassins!" Matu blurted out. Then he stopped. Assassins?
"Yes, Matu..." Per said. "The ASS-ASS-IM were warriors who stood at the side of the
Queen and executed her every command and desire with a ruthlessness and ferocity
that was beyond compare. To make sure that the ASS-ASS-IM were always ready,
always fierce and volatile warriors ready to destroy at an instant, the Queen kept her
'assassins' constantly under the influence of a drug by her MAKH scientists, a group
we shall speak of more later, Matu."
Matu remembered the explanation given for the name 'assassin' by the experts. The
name was supposed to have come from a drug called 'hashashim'. But according to
Per, it was the drug that was named first, for the ASS-ASS-IM. Amazing! In both
cases, in the Reptilian Empire and here on Earth, it was a drug that produced
ruthless and violent warriors.
Per was still talking.
"But note this, Matu. What would be the title given to the assistants of the Reptilian
females assigned as administrators on Other Worlds? Remember, the females on the
Other World would also be referred to as SSS females."
"They would be called..." Matu looked down at his notes again, "...they would be
called SS-I as individuals and SS-IM as a group."
Suddenly, the name made him remember something.
"Essenes!" he let out. "Essenes!"
But wait a minute he though to himself.
"How could that be?" he asked Per. "The Essenes couldn't have been assistants to
Reptilian female administrators, Master."
He looked at the Elder with a quizzical look, wondering where he was wrong.
"No, Matu..." Per sat back. "You are not wrong. In time, you will learn the secret of
the Essenes of our history books. They were guardians of a religion based on the
reptilian Queen that we have been learning about. But patience, young one. We
shall arrive there."
Matu was excited.
"Now, Matu...what would be the name of the followers of the Queen of the Reptiles?"
Per interrupted his excitement.
"They would be..." Matu looked at his notes, " ..they would be called the SS-U, while
just one follower would be called SS-US."
SS-US...Zeus? He looked up at the Master.
"Well, done, Matu..." Per replied. "You must learn to apply these terms to other titles
of the Queen which we shall look at. Keep this list to heart, young man. They are
priceless in what they shall reveal to you."
Matu would make sure of that.
"Tell me the names of the assistants that you have learned of so far..." Per asked of
the apprentice.
"This is my list of titles, sir..." Matu said.
"...each of the Queen's Royal assistants would be known as an SS-SS-I."
"...as a group, the Royal assistants would be known as the SS-SS-IM."
"...the Assistants of the Reptilian female administrators on the Other Worlds would
be known individually as an SS-I."
"...the Assistants of the Reptilian female administrators on the Other Worlds would
be known in a group as the SS-IM."
Per nodded his approval.
"Well done, Matu...but let us not stop here, let us continue."
Matu kept repeating the names...SS-I...SS-SS-I...SS-IM...SS-SS-IM...
"In the early days of the reptilian Empire, when war was fought claw to claw,
reptilian drone warriors had a special way of confronting any enemy that they faced.
At first, they stood as tall as they could, spreading their wings, trying to frighten its
enemy with its size. Then, they would begin to slowly drop to a crouching position,
much like a cobra whose head drops slightly as it makes ready to strike. Moving
slowly from side to side, the drone let out a slow warning hiss, 'sss-sss'. Then, as a
final warning, it opened its jaws and bared its fangs, letting out a guttural rush of air
from deep within its body. It sounded like a Komodo dragon, Matu ...the sound came
out...'khaaaa' "
Khaaa-aaa! Matu exaggerated the sound. He had heard the fearsome sound of the
Komodo dragons, the loud exhale that seemed to vibrate everything around it.
"It was often the last sound that most enemies heard..." Per added.
"But the sound that terrified more enemies than any other was the sound made by
the reptilian females. Just as the male drones crouched and hissed, so too the
females lowered themselves just before their attack. But as they began to hiss,
Matu, here was the difference and what terrified their enemies. At the end of their
hiss, the females would spit their venom into the eyes of their enemies. The sound
was something like 'sss-sss' and then a loud 'ttt' sound. Sssss-ss-ttt! And then the
venom came spraying out. Blinded or paralyzed, the enemy had little chance of
surviving what would come next. The claws, the fangs or the writhing death that
meant that the venom had found its way into the blood stream...in all cases, death
was virtually certain."
"In time, Matu...the spitting sound, the 'ttt' came to represent the reptilian females
themselves. A way in which people of Other Worlds distinguished between the
reptilian males and females was to call the males, the SSS, and the females, the
SSS-TT. Some people would never know the reptilian females as anything other than
the TT."
TT meant 'reptilian female', Matu thought to himself, actually it was the sound of the
spit. SSS-TT meant 'female of the reptiles'. Not too confusing, he told himself.
"But now, Matu..." Per stopped. "Let us test your newly acquired knowledge again."
Matu smiled, he was ready.
"What Matu,.." Per began slowly, "...what would the title of the Queen be as the
Royal Female of Females?''
TT-TT!" Matu nearly exploded.
"Correct!" Per smiled. "People of Other Worlds referred to her as 'Her Majesty, Queen
TT-I-TT'. or 'Her Majesty, Queen TTA-TT' or even 'Her Majesty, Queen TTI-TTI' or 'Her
Majesty. Queen TTA-TTA'."
TTI-TTI...Matu smiled inside. QUEEN TTI-TTI at that!
"And what, Matu..." he continued, "...what would the title of the Queen be when she
is the First and Foremost of the Reptilian Females?"
Matu thought for a moment.
"The Supreme TT-UR..." he answered. "And as the Supreme Royal Female, she would
be known as 'Her Majesty, the Queen TT-TT-UR."
Per smiled again.
"Excellent, Matu!" he congratulated him. "TTA-TT-UR is yet another pronunciation,
but you seem to have a grasp of the basic idea."
"If I may be so bold, sir..." Matu was encouraged. "May I try to recite the titles and
names of the various members of the administration of the Queen?"
"Yes, Matu..." Per agreed. "Please do."
"The Royal Assistants to Queen TTI-TTI would each be known as TT-TT-I..."
"...as a group, the Royal Assistants would be known as the TT-TTIM..."
"...the individual followers of Queen TTI-TTI would be known as the TT-TT-US..."
"...as a group they would be known as the TT-TT-U."
Per had a wide grin on his face.
"Well done, young one!" Per congratulated him.
Matu was really proud of himself.
"I shall now introduce another term for your list, Matu..." Per told him. "Throughout
the Ninth Sector of ERIDANUS, the word that symbolized and meant 'the Highest'
was the word 'N' or 'AN'. Since the Empire of the Reptilian Queens had risen to
become the most powerful realm of the time, in essence, the 'highest realm', many
star people began to use the term AN as the name for the reptilian empire itself."
N or AN ...Matu wrote it down.
"When AN or N is used as a suffix, it means the 'Highest One of, usually as in a very
high-ranking individual or being..." Per explained.
Works for me, Matu thought.
"Now, Matu...from the time of the 'Night of Tears', when the males of the Empire
began to die and/or disappear, the administrators and representatives of the Queen
on Other Worlds were always reptilian females. They were...?" Per paused for Matu
to answer.
"They would be known as TT'..." Matu answered.
"Yes..." Per nodded. "Well done. Now, the females who were Heads of State, who
were the highest ranking representatives of the Queen would be known as...?"
"They would be known as 'AN'...a suffix that would be attached to TT. The title of the
Heads of State would then be known as...TT-AN? Is that right, Master?"
"Yes, correct..." Per agreed. "The term is TT-AN, or the TAN, a term which literally
means 'Reptilian Females - the Highest'. Every female representative of the Queen of
the Reptilian Empire who had the highest status was known as a TT-AN. But tell me,
Matu, what would be the title of the Queen assigned to any of the Other Worlds?"
Matu looked at his notes.
"As a Royal Female, she would be TT-TT..." Matu began. "As the highest Royal Female
she would be the...TT-TT-AN?"
"Yes..." Per smiled. "That is correct, Matu!"
TT-TT-AN! TT-TT-AN! Titan! Matu repeated. It is the word Titan! This is the word that
even expert linguistic specialists have never been able to find the root for!
Incredible!
"It is important to remember that the female representatives of the Reptilian Queen
ruled with an iron hand. No one on any Other World could ever do anything without
her approval. Any deliberate transgression was punishable by death."
Of course...that is where the concept of nearly invincible warriors would come from!
"Since the Queen assigned to the Other Worlds was known officially as 'Her Majesty,
Queen TT-TT-AN'...can you tell me what her Elite female warrior guards would be
called, Matu?" Per asked.
"Warrior Guards?" Matu wondered. He could find nothing in his notes to indicate what
the title of a Warrior would be.
"They would be 'of the Queen, Matu..." Per hinted.
"TT-TT-AN...US?" Matu wondered. "TT-TT-AN-US for individual warnors. TT-TTAN-U for
the group, Master?"
"Yes, Matu, yes..." Per confirmed, offering him support for his attempt "The royal title
TT-TT-AN-US was reserved for a member of the Elite female warrior-guardians who
protected the Queen herself. They were known as the Royal TT-TT-AN-US and were
often referred to as the TT-TT-ANS...female reptilian warriors who were without
fear...and without equal. And TT-TT-AN-U was the title of the entire Elite Forces."
That's it! Matu was sure! It's not the Queen, it's the Elite Guard! The TT-TT-AN-US or
the TT-TT-AN-S!! Bravo! That's it! Matu was excited.
Per could see the sparkle in Matu's eyes. He decided to press on.
"Now, Matu..." he began, "...let us combine some of the pieces which you have put
together."
Matu sat up. He was looking forward to the challenge.
"What was the term that distinguished the male reptilians from the female
reptilians?" Per asked him. "Be careful...do not respond hastily."
Matu thought it over carefully.
"The distinguishing term was SS-TT, sir..." he answered.
Per sat quietly, staring at him. Matu was surprised, he was sure the Master would
smile and tell him that he was correct. But he simply sat there.
"Oh..." it came to Matu in a flash. "The distinguishing term was actually TT, Master!"
This time Per smiled.
"That is correct, Matu!" he congratulated him. "But I wish to explain a curious term
here. The reptilian people were known as the SSS, you are aware of that. But you
must remember that the contact most Other World people had on a day to day basis
was with the reptilian females. As a result of this one-sided contact, many Other
Worlders came to refer to all of the reptilian people as the SS-TT or the SSA-TTA.
While this is not technically correct, the term SS-TT became an accepted term for the
reptilian people."
Matu nodded. Good to know, he thought.
"Now, Matu...as the Queen of the SS-TT people, can you tell me what the official title
of the Queen would be?"
"She would be known as 'Her Majesty, Queen SSTT-SSTT or maybe 'Her Majesty,
Queen STI-STI' or 'Queen STA-STA'..." Matu guessed
"That is correct..." Per responded. "But she was most often known as 'Her Majesty,
Queen AST-AST', Matu."
Queen AST-AST, Matu wrote down, was the most common title
"But now. Matu...tell me..." he looked at his apprentice. "What would the title of the
Queen be as the 'First and Foremost' Reptilian Female?"
SST-UR or maybe SSTA-UR, sir..." he answered without hesitation
' And AST-UR..." Per added. "And what would her title be as the 'First and Foremost'
Royal Reptilian Female of Females?"
SST-SST-UR..." Matu answered. Sister, he was thinking. "No, Master, wait. If her
most commonly used name was Queen AST-AST, then she was probably better
known as the AST-AST-UR."
"Correct! Now what is the title of the Royal Assistants to the Queen?" Per continued.
"AST-AST-IM, sir..." he replied quickly. The 'system'? he wondered.
"What is the title of the Assistants to the Reptilian Female Administrators on Other
Worlds, Matu?" the Master asked next.
"AST-I for each individual, Master..." he responded, "...AST-IM as a group."
"Keep going, Matu..." Per told him.
"AST-AST-US are the individual followers or subjects of the Queen..."
"AST-AST-U are the followers or subjects taken as a group..."
"AST-AN is the title of the female administrators on Other Worlds..."
Matu stopped, thinking that there must be more.
Per smiled at him. He was proud of the young man.
"Is there more, Master?" the young man asked.
"Titles of the Queen..." Per hinted.
Matu thought for a moment.
"...AST-AST-AN is the title of the Queen in her role as the Highest Reptilian Female!"
Per sat back.
"That is extraordinarily well done, Matu..." he said. "You are doing extremely well."
Matu smiled a big smile.
"There is one more detail that I would like to share with you, Matu. Over the many
eons of the Dynasty of the Reptilian Queens, the throne of the Queen itself became
known as the Throne of AST-AST', or the AST Throne. In time, in partial tribute to
the power of the Queen of the Reptilian people, the Throne itself came to be called
simply The AST'. Over the course of the history of the galaxy, the star people of all
worlds would eventually come to call their own thrones the AST of their Empire."
"As the Empire of the reptilian Queens grew to include thousands of Other Worlds, it
became necessary to streamline the institutions of government for maximum
efficiency with minimal maintenance. To avoid difficulties, a single form of
government was instituted throughout the Empire. The day to day duties of running
the business and military affairs of the worlds of the Reptilian Empire were always
handled by the SSS-T reptilian females who had been appointed by the Queen. Any
and all female and male assistants to the SSS-T were held to strict and rigid
measures of control. No detail, however minute, would go unscrutinized by the SSS-T
female administrators. And no government was permitted to deviate in any way from
the institutions set in place by the Reptilian Empire. Any and all assistant
administrators to the female Head of State on the Other Worlds were known as the
SSS-T-IM. They had to perform the duties assigned to them, exactly and without
deviation. In fact, Matu, deviation from the standard meant death to those who
committed the sin. In time, the term SSST-IM was applied to not only the assistant
administrators but to the institutions themselves. In this way, Matu...the SSS-T-IM,
or the 'system' was born."
I knew it! Matu celebrated in his mind. The 'system' had to come from the name for
the administrators, the SSS-T-IM!
"Now, Matu..." Per sat back. "Now, we shall introduce yet another term for your list."
Another one? he thought. Sure, why not.
"Earlier, I spoke of the loud guttural sound that was uttered by the reptilian warriors,
the sound 'khaaa', that immediately preceded the strike of death."
Matu remembered that the sound reminded him of Komodo dragons
"The sound 'khaaa' would, in time, give birth to the word KHAA, a term that came to
mean 'Death' itself. The SSS Reptilian warriors who administered Death to their
enemies with such ease, both male or female, came to be known as SSSA-KH, a
deceivingly simple term that literally meant 'Reptilian Beings - Death of, or in a more
understandable form. 'Death from Reptilian Beings'."
Okay...got it, Matu thought to himself.
"Again, over the course of many eons, as it has happened before, though the title is
actually appropriate to the SSS warriors, people of Other Worlds came to use the
term SAKH for both the reptilian warriors and the reptilian people. So too, the stars
and the home worlds of the reptilian beings would become known as the SSAKH
stars and the SSAKH worlds."
Matu understood and nodded to the Elder.
"Knowing this, Matu...let us return to our list of terms and construct yet another
group of names and titles that were used in the Reptilian Empire. But this time, let
us construct the titles in terms of the SAKH military of the Reptilian beings."
"As the epitome of the SSAKH Warrior essence, the Queen was known as The SAKH'.
"...as the Queen of the SSAKH warriors, and the Ultimate Warrior, she was known as
'Her Majesty, the Queen SAKH-SAKH'. In some Other Worlds, she was known as 'Her
Majesty, Queen SAKA-SAKA'."
"...as the 'First and Foremost SAKH Warrior', another way of saying the Commanderin-
Chief, she was known as the SAKH-UR."
"...as the Royal Commander-in-Chief, she was known as the SAKH-SAKH-UR."
"...as the Highest SAKH Warrior, the Commander-in-Chief, the Queen was known as
the SAKH-SAKH-AN."
"...assistants to the Queen, her personal Royal Warrior staff, were known as the
SAKH-SAKH-IM."
"...Heads of State on Other Worlds were known as SAKH-AN."
"...individual SAKH Warrior Staff assistants to the Heads of State on Other Worlds
were known as the SAKH-I."
"...as a group the Warrior Staff assistants to the Heads of State were known as the
SAKH-IM."
"...individual Warriors of the Queen were known as the SAKH-US."
"...and Warriors as a group were known as the SAKH-U".
Holy cow! Matu said to himself as he wrote furiously. How come so many titles? His
list was getting longer and longer.
"Why are there so many titles, Master?" he ventured as he wrote. "Why not just one
simple title or name instead of all the confusing addresses?"
"Each title reflected a function of the Queen, Matu..." he answered, "...or the
individua being addressed. Take for example, how we address each other here on
earth. When a ma-enters the place where he works, he might be called 'manager' or
'accountant' or 'vice-president'. At home, the same man might be called 'husband' or
'sweetheart'. His children would call him 'Daddy' or 'Father', while his parents and
siblings would call him 'Son' or 'Brother'. They are all the same man, Matu...it is the
perspective of the person speaking that has assigned him a different title or name."
Whew! Matu thought to himself Yes, well... I guess so. But it's still confusing.
'Well...let us pass on to another institution of the Empire, Matu..." Per said.
Matu was relieved. Perhaps there won't be so many names in this one, he thought.
"In the early ages of the Empire, the Queen who sat on the throne performed two
separate and distinct roles, one as the Queen of the Empire who ruled over her
subjects, and the other as the Royal Queen Mother who gave birth to the Royal offspring,
the reptilian Princes and Princesses of the future. After the 'Night of Tears'
era, of course, the focus was on the birthing of females, the future Queens of the
Empire."
"All of the titles which we have been looking at. Matu...are titles of the Queen in her
role as the Ruler of the Empire. What we want to look at now are some of the titles
of the Queen in her role as the Queen Mother."
Whoops! Here we go again, Matu thought as he pulled out another sheet of paper.
"Motherhood was represented by the term, MA, the same root which we use on earth
today. As the epitome of the essence of Motherhood, the Queen as Mother was called
simply The MA'. But in her role as the Royal Mother, she was known to everyone as
'Her Majesty, Queen MA-MA', the Mother of Mothers."
Simple enough, thought Matu.
"Now refer back to your list, Matu..." Per told him. "Follow the titles with me..."
"...as the First Mother and First Citizen of the Empire, she was known as the MA-UR,
or to put it more simply, the 'Great MAR'."
"...as the Royal First Citizen and the embodiment of Motherhood in the Reptilian
Empire, she was referred to as 'Her Majesty, Queen MA-UR-MA-UR', or 'Her Majesty,
Queen MAR-MAR'."
"...as the Queen Mother and the Ultimate Female of Females of the Empire, the
Queen was known as 'Her Majesty, Queen MA-TT."
"...and perhaps her most majestic and sweeping title, as the Queen Mother of the
Realm, the Ultimate Female of the Empire, and as the 'First and Foremost' female of
the Empire, the Queen was known as 'Her Majesty, Queen MA-TT-UR'."
MATTUR...Mater...Mother! Matu was amazed! The revelations of the titles of the
Queen opened up the doors to the mysteries of where so many of the words came
from.
"What is important to note here, Matu..." Per emphasized, "...is that as the Queen of
the Reptilian Empire, one of the most powerful realms in the galaxy, the Queen was
the embodiment of the Empire itself. To all of the beings in her realm, she was
known as 'Her Majesty, Queen MAR', the 'Queen of the Galactic Waters'. In time, the
'Waters of Heaven' and the Queen herself would be equated in identity and scope.
Both would be addressed by the same title...the 'Great MAR'."
Wow! Matu thought. 'Mar' is the Latin word for 'ocean'!
"Now let us look to your list again and try to construct the names and titles of the
Queen's assistants, Matu."
Matu took his list out again...and another sheet of paper.
Per began again.
"The individual Royal Assistants to the Queen Mother were the MAR-MAR-I..."
"...as a group, they were known as the MAR-MAR-IM..."
"...female Heads of State on Other Worlds were known as the MAR-AN..."
"...individual followers of the Queen were known as the MAR-US..."
"...and the followers as a group were known as the MAR-U."
Per paused.
Matu was still writing as Per sat back. Matu finally stopped and looked up.
Per was waiting for him to finish.
"I am done, Master..." Matu said. "Thank you for waiting for me."
"The mating of the reptilian Queen, Matu..." Per began again, "...was unlike the
mating that we know about."
Matu sat back, his eyes were wide open. Per had his attention.
"When the Queen mated, Matu, she was able to carry the semen of her mate for the
rest of her life."
"She what?" Matu was caught completely off-guard He sat up.
"Do you remember that I told you that the ancestors of the reptilian people were
insect like, almost like dragonfiies and bees. If you did not know it. Matu, the Queen
of the bee-hive here on Earth mates just once in her life. She carries the semen in a
special pouch and from that pouch she can fertilize all of the eggs she lays from that
time on."
Matu was amazed.
"When the reptilian humanoids evolved from their insect stages, the reptilian Queen
had retained her ability to do the same thing. She was able to keep the semen of
every mate that she had ever been with."
"Did all of the reptilian females have that ability, Master?" Matu asked.
"Yes..." Matu's teacher said, leaning forward. "But here is a very important thing to
remember, Matu."
Matu leaned forward.
"All reptilian females have the ability to conceive and produce off-spring...but only
the Queen can have Royal off-spring."
Okay, Matu thought to himself. I think I can understand that.
"You see, Matu...every egg that a Queen lays, which is fertilized with the semen from
her pouch...every one of them will become a female!"
"Every one, Master?" Matu said incredulously.
"Yes..." Per answered, "...every one!"
Matu thought it over.
"But where do the males come from then, Master?" Matu asked his Elder.
"The males, Matu..." Per paused again, "...the males come from eggs which are not
fertilized."
Matu had to sit back. What?
"The eggs are not fertilized, Master?" he was confused.
"That is right, Matu..." Per answered. "The males born to the Queen, her sons, have
no father...the egg they came from was not fertilized."
"But..." Matu was speechless.
Per smiled.
"That is the way of the Royal Kheb families, Matu. The males have no father. Believe
it or not, to this day, the bees of our earth behave in the same way. The drones of a
hive are born from eggs that are not fertilized."
"But..." Matu continued to sputter.
"And the females, Matu..." Per interrupted him, "...the females are born displaying
an aura and a scent that all other reptilians can feel and smell. No other females
carry themselves or smell like a Royal Female."
Matu was completely stunned.
"The Royal male off-spring of the Reptilian Queen have no father..." Per repeated.
"And the Royal female off-spring have a distinct sense to them...and a distinct smell.
It is one of the most entrancing scents one can ever encounter and it is an aura that
is virtually irresistible. There are few males of any species that can resist the allure
of a Royal reptilian female."
Holy cow! Matu was thinking to himself. Holy cow!
"The Queens of the Kheb Empire, as their ancestors had done before them, always
mated with the strongest and most powerful males. In the primordial days, the
reptilian-insect ancestral Queens soared into the sky to find the strongest and most
able males. In later times, when the kheb' humanoids evolved, rituals were
conducted in which the most able males were pitted in contests with each other,
running, jumping, performing feats of strength and fighting with each other until one
male proved himself to be the best. As part of the reward, he was given the
opportunity to mate with the Queen...and she would carry his seed with her for the
rest of her life. This contest, Matu, is what has inspired the creation of the contests
between males here on earth. The original purpose of the competitions was to
produce a fitting mate for the Queen of the Stars of Heaven."
Matu stood up. He could bear no more.
"Master...wait!" he almost shouted. "The birth of a male child without a father...the,
uh ...I mean, if that...I guess I..."
He stuttered and stopped, he could not find the words to continue.
Per nodded to him.
"Yes, Matu..." he answered without being asked. "The birth of a male child who has
no father...a male child who is the Son of the Divine Being...yes, Matu...that is the
foundation of the story of the Christ child."
"Jesus!" Matu was beside himself. "Jesus! The story of Jesus, Master...!"
"And the story of Buddha and other prophets..." Per finished the thought for him.
"The story of the son of the Supreme Being born of no human father... it is based on
the real story of the reptilian Royal Mother and her male off-spring."
Matu was absolutely stunned.
"And remember this, Matu...the Queen could have mated as a very young female
and never mated again. To people of the Other Worlds who might never have seen
her mate, yet who became pregnant and gave birth..."
"They would have thought she was a virgin!" Matu almost shouted. "They would
think that it was an immaculate conception...and that she was a virgin!"
Holy cow! he thought to himself! Holy cow! Of course!
"Master Per! Master Per..." Matu looked pleadingly at his mentor. "How can we ever
tell this story to the rest of the world? Who can we tell?"
Suddenly, he stopped himself. He remembered his vows. He sat down again.
"I...I am sorry, Master..." he apologized.
Matu stared at his notes. He was shaking his head.
Per could see the anguish of the revelation in Matu's eyes. He remembered how he
had reacted and how he had felt when he had first heard the story. It was
exhilarating...and it was painful. The truth was almost devastating at times. How well
he knew the feelings Matu must be enduring at that moment.
Per sent Matu out to walk in the trees...it was time for a break.
Hours later, Matu returned to the Library. Per was sitting, examining a few ancient
text books in front of him. Matu sat down and pulled out his notes. Per continued to
read. Matu was not sure he was ready, but the Master had insisted they continue.
The walk had allowed him to vent some frustration, it had helped.
Finally, Matu looked at the Elder, wondering if he knew that he had returned.
"Throughout her lifetime..." Per began again, without looking up.
"...the Queen mated only with the finest males of the Empire. This insured that her
off-spring would have only the finest genetic material in their make-up. This also
insured that the Royal mating was always vigorous and enduring."
I'll bet, Matu thought to himself. Prime athletes...yes, vigorous...I'm sure that's
right.
"But in time, Matu, the running of the Empire with its thousands of worlds and its
huge numbers of people, even though the Queen had the most able
administrators...the running of the Empire and the bearing of children became far
too difficult for the Queen. And perhaps more importantly, it became a task that the
Queen simply did not wish to go through any more. At her command, the scientists
of the Empire came up with a solution."
"It had always been the practice of the Queens who ascended to the Throne to
terminate the life of the Queen who had preceded her, even though the sitting Queen
had very likely been her own mother. But now, the deposed Queen could serve a
purpose. Reptilian scientists were instructed to remove the eggs, and the semen
from her matings, out of the body of the Queen who sat on the Throne. Once
removed, the eggs and semen were transplanted into the womb of the elder Queen!
In this way, the genetic material was taken from the Queen in power and
transplanted into the closest compatible surrogate...her own mother! And even
though the elder Queen carried and delivered the off-spring, they were all still the
genetic children born of the eggs of the Queen sitting on the throne. With this
procedure, the Queen of the Empire was freed to spend her time in pursuit of the
activities which were crucial to the welfare of the realm...and pleasurable to herself."
Matu wondered aloud, "Was the Empire then possessed of two Queens, Master?"
"Yes, Matu..." Per answered him. "There was the Queen of the Empire, who was the
ultimate source of power in the realm...and the Queen Mother, who was the bearer of
the Royal Off-spring, but who had only minimal power in guiding the affairs of the
Empire. She was simply, the 'Queen Mother"."
The Queen Mother, Matu smiled. Holy cow! the Queen Mother! So that's where it
came from!
"The Reptilian Queen who sat on the throne of the Empire always took the name 'AY',
a name which simply means The First' or The One'. As the Queen she was, of course,
known as 'Her Majesty, Queen AY-AY', Matu..." Per continued. "Over billions of years,
the title AY-AY came to be known to some beings of the Other Worlds as 'Her
Majesty, Queen AYA'."
AYA! Amazing, Matu thought to himself. ELLA in Spanish means 'she'. AYA! Wow!
"And here is a fact that you must remember in your studies, Matu..." Per stressed to
the young man. "The curious construction of the mouth and throat of the reptilian
beings often resulted in the T sound being pronounced as a sort of 'L' sound. The
name AYA sometimes sounded like ALLA."
"That happens in some Spanish languages, Master..." Matu added.
"That is correct, Matu..." Per smiled. "The double 'L' in the Spanish word for yellow
'amarillo', is pronounced as a 'Y'. You are absolutely correct."
Matu beamed.
"So remember..." Per continued. "The name of the sitting Queen is 'AY-AY' or 'AYA
but in some cases, the name came to us as 'ALLA'."
The young apprentice wrote it down.
"Now, I do not wish to confuse you, Matu, but there is one more variation of the
name of the Queen that you should be aware of. In the ancient languages of
humankind, the sound of the letter 'L' was often interchanged with the sound of the
letter 'R'."
I knew that, Matu thought to himself.
"Sometimes you will hear the name pronounced or you will see the name written
dowr in the ancient languages of Man with the 'L' and 'R' sounds changed. Thus, the
name of the Other Worlds, the first reptilian influences were very suppressive.
Instead of administrators, perhaps the better choice of words would be 'Overlord', an
iron-handed ruthless 'Overlord'. And for the most part, Matu, remember...they were
females Now, can you tell me what the title would have been for the Heads of State
appointed by the Queen? They were the...?" the Elder stopped, waiting for Matu to
complete the thought.
"The female Heads of State would be the AYA-AN..." he answered.
"And the other names, Matu?" Per asked.
"They could have been known as the ALLA-AN...or the ARRA-AN..." Matu replied.
"Correct, Matu!" Per said. "The reptilian 'Overlords on Other Worlds became known
as the 'ARRA-AN's or the 'ALLA-AN's..."
Per paused and looked at Matu. Matu knew that he was about to make a point.
"Consider this, Matu..." Per began, "...beings from the stars were known to the
people of the Other Worlds as the 'ALLA-AN's..."
Matu listened to the words, '...beings from outer space are ALLA-AN's. ALLA-ANs...
Suddenly, it hit him. ALLA-ANs... Aliens!! Beings from outer space were aliens! But
wait...!
"Per..." he wondered. "How can it be that a word that may be millions of years old
can be almost the same as a word that we use in a contemporary language like
English? Would the word not have changed or at least have been spoken in an
ancient language instead of one of the languages of today?"
Per smiled. "Yes...Matu. It would make sense that the word should properly be found
in the ancient languages of long, long ago. But you should also be aware that the
systems put into use on Other Worlds were those that had been developed and
refined over billions of years. And the wonder of a 'system' that works over billions of
years is that is maintains a core of rules and institutions that are virtually
unchanging. With the ferocity of the enforcement of the systems put into play by the
reptilians, you will find that a rule, a law, a method of government, and even the
words used will be nearly the same on all Other Worlds...they will exist in almost the
same form, allowing only for environmental adaptations, they will be put into
operation in almost the same fashion...and the words, Matu...particularly the 'key'
words will be virtually unchanged because of either time or location."
Per kept looking at Matu.
"What I am saying, Matu...is that the sound of a word like ALLA-AN will be nearly the
same on all Other Worlds, and it will survive the test of time...simply because of the
ruthless efficiency of the 'System'...the SS-SS-TT-IM."
Matu was nearly floored. The enforcement of a system that would endure thousands
of different worlds and millions of years speaks to the extreme efficiency of the
system and the total enforcement of the system. My God...are they that thorough?
he wondered.
"Throughout the Other Worlds, Matu...the ARRA-AN were the iron-handed symbols of
the power of the SSS Empire. As a result, the populations of the Other Worlds began
to apply the name of their reptilian Overlords, the ARRA-AN, to all reptilian people
and to the Empire itself. And that is why the central worlds of the reptilian Empire
came to be known as the 'Worlds of the ARRA-AN', and the entire Empire itself was
known as 'ARRA-AN'. Today we call them the stars of...ORION."
Oh...my...God! Matu said slowly. ORION! ARRA-AN! The stars of the reptilian people
are the stars of Orion! But wait...
"Master..." Matu started. "Excuse me...I still wonder. How can the name Orion, the
name of the stars in English...how can that have been the name of the stars in
ancient times? Would it not have been something else?"
"Yes..." Per admired the challenge. "The earliest name for the stars of Orion in the
annals of Humankind is actually an Akkadian name, Matu...and it is pronounced URUANNA
And as you can see, even though the name is millions of years old, it remains a near
match for the name ARRA-AN."
Matu was impressed. Incredible, he thought! The stars of Orion are the home stars of
a reptilian people who have been influencing the galaxy for billions and billions of
years! Incredible!
As Matu was reflecting on the power that had given rise to such an incredible Empire,
Per moved to his favorite place near the window.
"You have done well, Matu..." Per praised him. "You seem to be grasping rather
easily the derivation of titles in the reptilian Empire. Now that we have learned some
of the names and titles associated with the Queen who sat on the throne, let us now
look at some of the names and titles that were given to the Queen in her role as the
Mother of the Empire."
Matu pulled out another piece of paper, he noticed that his supply was dwindling.
"If you will recall..." the Master reminded the young apprentice, "...in the early days
of the Empire, the Queen who was de-throned was usually terminated. This
prevented the new Queen from having any potential rivals to the throne in the
future. Oftentimes, it was one of the Princess Daughters who seized the throne."
"You mean one of her own daughters executed the old Queen?" Matu asked with a
look of incredulity on his face.
"Yes, Matu..." Per confirmed. "The Daughter terminated the Mother when she
secured the Throne. But with the developing sciences, the relegating of the old
Queen to the status of Queen Mother solved many problems. For one, it freed the
new Queen to focus strictly on her duties to the Empire. It also removed the dangers
and health considerations that accompany childbirth. After the eggs of the new
Queen were removed and placed in the body of the old Queen, the new Queen took
steps to insure that her off-spring had every opportunity to become strong and
healthy. The surrogate 'Queen Mother' was constantly monitored by the personal
Royal physicians and nurses who had no other responsibility. Nutrition and proper
exercise, sufficient rest and all the things a Mother must do to remain healthy were
the only duties assigned to the Queen Mother."
"To take advantage of her experiences, however, the new Queen would always keep
the Queen Mother on the Councils and Courts of the Empire, providing the Queen
and the Realm with the benefit of her many years on the Throne. Pampered and
waited on hand and foot, her every need fulfilled and her happiness paramount, the
status of Queen Mother was not without its benefits."
"In the language of the Orion people, the sound 'B' literally meant 'the container of,
or 'the House of. Now...when the 'B' sound is pronounced with the long sound of the
letter 'E' right after it... B-EE...it means to 'come out of, or to 'give birth'. This
word...B-EE...is written with the letter T...BI, but is pronounced BEE. Remember,
Matu, it means 'to come out of or 'to give birth'. When a pregnant female 'gives
birth', she is called a 'Bl'...a 'bee'. The name given to the Royal Queen Mother would
also be 'BI'. Thus, her official title was The Royal Queen Mother, BI', and would be
pronounced The Royal Queen Mother, BEE'."
Queen AY and Queen BI? Matu smiled. It was almost funny, he thought to himself.
Then it occurred to him...Queen BI...Queen BEE! Matu started to ask...
"In the language of the ARRA-AN, the sound V is the diminutive of the sound 'B'.
That means that it has an inferior value, but maintains the same essence. The sound
'V means the 'bearer of or the 'carrier of instead of the 'container of."
Matu could see the difference.
"As the 'bearer of, or the 'carrier of, the eggs of the Queen herself, a secondary title
of the Queen Mother was Queen 'V, or Queen EVE as she was referred to on the
Other Worlds.
In the stars of ARRA-AN, Matu... EVE was the female who gave birth to the off-spring
of the Divine One."
Holy cow! Matu said to himself. Eve, the first mother of Life on earth according to
some holy scripture...was the First Mother of Life in the stars of Orion! Holy cow!
"Now, Matu..." Per began.
Matu barely had a chance to get another sheet of paper.
"The daughters of Queen AYA, born of the Queen Mother BI, were reptilian females
the TT. To express this in the ARRA-AN language, you must first write down what you
wish to focus on in the word. Since we wish to address the Princess Daughters, we
shall first write down the term TT, reptilian females. Then, in order to show where
they came from we would place the term Bl in front of TT. Thus we have BI-TT, a
word which literally means 'container' -'reptilian females who are of."
Matu looked at what he had written.
"So it is much like the suffix '-im' or '-us', Master..." Matu noticed. "The TT means
'reptilian females who are of. Is that not correct, Master?"
"The 'suffix', as you put it, tells you what you are speaking of, or who you are
speaking of. If you wished to write 'reptilian females of the mother'..." Per paused,
"...what would you write, Matu?"
Matu did some scribbling on his papers.
"It would be MA followed by TT, Master..." he said. "I would have to write down the
word MA-TT and it would mean 'reptilian females from the MA', or the 'Mother'...I
would write down the word MA-TT."
"Well done, Matu..." Per smiled. "Can you tell me what the name would be for the
'reptilian females from heaven'?"
'N'...Matu wrote down. And then TT.
"N-TT..." Matu looked over to his teacher. "You would write N-TT, Master."
Matu noticed that Per had nodded but he had a furrowed brow, a questioning look,
must be missing something, he thought to himself.
Matu looked at what he had written. N-TT... N-TT... Holy cow!
"Master!" he was surprised. "N-TT...that is the name of the Goddess of the Sky ir
ancient Egypt. N-TT or Nutt is the ancient Goddess of the Sky!"
Per smiled, his brow relaxed.
"That is correct, Matu..." he agreed. "That is absolutely correct. In time, you will fine
that most of the names of the ancient deities can be deciphered through the use of
the language of the ARRA-AN which I am showing you."
Holy cow! Matu repeated. Holy cow!
"The title of the reptilian females born of the Queen Mother BI would be...?" Per
waitec for Matu to answer.
"BI-TT..." Matu looked at his notes and repeated the name.
"And as Princess Daughters, Matu?" Per asked. "Remember...they are royalty."
"It would be the term BI..." Matu began, "...but with a double TT. So it would be the
title BI-TT-TT..."
Matu noticed the curiosity.
"Almost like the name Betty, Master..." he said.
"Exactly like the name Betty, Matu..." Per corrected. "The title of a Princess Daughte'
born of Queen Mother BI would be BI-TT-TT as you say."
Betty...Matu said to himself. Betty...that's short for Elizabeth. Elizabeth! Holy cow
-Princess Daughter assigned the role of Queen on Other Worlds could be called
Elizabeth Holy cow! Holy cow! he kept repeating.
Per broke his train of thought.
"But let us say..." Per kept going, "...that you wish to write down the title of the
Queen Mother in her role as the Mother or 'Container" of Reptilian Females. What
then would the title be, Matu?"
"First, I would write down what she is...the EM..." Matu wrote on his paper again.
"Then I would write down what she is 'of'...TT. That would give me the title 'TT-BI'.
She would bear the title TT-BI as Mother of Reptilian Females...right, Master?"
"That is correct, Matu..." Per answered. "But when the vowel sound appears at the
end of the word, it is usually dropped, Matu. While TT-BI is correct, the actual title
used for the Queen Mother was TT-B."
Matu decided to take a chance and take a guess.
"As the Mother of Reptilian Princesses...she would be known as TT-TT-B..." Matu
looked up to Per for confirmation.
Per smiled and nodded.
"That is correct, Matu..." he agreed. "She would known as Her Majesty TT-TT-B."
"But regardless of the title of the Queen Mother, whether she was called Queen BEE,
Queen Mother EVE or even Queen Mother TT-B, she never forgot, nor was she
permitted to forget, what her role in the grand scheme of the SSS Empire really was.
Though she was the bearer of the Royal Offspring of the Empire, she served
completely...and totally...at the whim and pleasure of her daughter, the Ultimate
Power of the Empire, 'Her Majesty Queen AYA'."
That would be a good thing not to forget, Matu thought to himself.
"To aid in the administration of the Empire, Queen AYA chose seven of her Princess
daughters to help her administer to the Empire. Though numerous eggs would be
born, only the seven females who showed extraordinary abilities, incredible beauty,
ruthless cunning... and a cold-blooded willingness to execute the will of the
Queen...would be permitted to remain on the Central Worlds to assist with the
running of the Empire. While the Princess Daughters assigned to Other Worlds could
hardly be distinguished from their sisters on the Central Worlds, never-the-less, only
seven were chosen to assist the Queen of the Empire directly."
"As reptilian females, the Seven were SSS-TT. But as the daughters of Queen AYA,
they were the 'First and Foremost' UR females of the Royal Court, surpassing all
other females except the Queen herself. As such, each Princess was known as a SSST-
UR."
A SSS-T-UR! A sister! Matu wrote down his incredible discovery.
"Each SSS-T-UR was responsible for one of the seven realms of the Empire and
answered only to the Queen. In the Empire of ARRA-AN, only the Queen held more
power than the Seven SSS-T-URs."
The 'Seven Sisters', Matu nearly jumped!
"Master..." he had to ask. "The 'Seven Sisters'...the 'Seven Sisters' is a name given
to the stars of the Pleiades, Master, not the stars of Orion. How can that be?"
"That is true, Matu..." Per nodded with a devilish grin. "What you do not know is that
the original title of the 'Seven Sisters' was given to the stars of Orion. The two
shoulder stars, the two stars of the lower skirt and the three belt stars were
originally symbolic of the 'Seven SSS-T-URs. On our world, at a much later date, the
name 'Seven Sisters' was transferred to the stars of the Pleiades."
Of course...Matu made a note on the switch.
"Can you tell me, Matu..." Per asked. "What would the title of the 'House of Royal
Reptilians'...what would their title be?"
Matu made some notes again. 'Royal Reptilians'...SSS, and then House...B.
"The title would be SSS-B, Master..." he answered.
"That is absolutely correct, Matu..." Per nodded. "The seven Princess Daughters of
the Queen constituted the seven members of the 'Family of the Royal Reptilians' or
the 'House of Royal Reptilians', the 'SSS-B'. They were the Supreme Family and the
Highest House of the SSS worlds. Can you tell me, Matu, what title would be given to
this Highest House', or 'Highest Family', of the SSS Empire?"
House of Royal Females...SSS-B, he wrote. AN...the Highest.
'SSS-B-AN..." he answered. "Seven!" Matu blurted out. "Seven! That is where the
number seven comes from!"
Per smiled. "Almost, young Matu. SSS-B-AN, the House of the Seven Princess
Daughters is where the symbolism of the number and the name came from.
yes...but there is more that we shall learn later which we will need to examine before
this is completely clear."
Matu was still excited.
"The SSS-B-AN SSS-T-UR would be a title for the seven Princesses of the Royal
House of the Empire!" Matu offered.
"Exactly, Matu!" Per was happy for the revelations that were coming to the
apprentice. "Now...do you remember the suffix that meant 'death'?"
Matu flipped through his notes.
"Yes, Master..." he found it. "It was the suffix '-K'. That is where the name SAKH
came from. It meant 'death from reptiles'."
"Good, Matu..." the Elder said. "The seven Princesses, as the highest representatives
of the Queen had the power to administer death sentences to anyone they might
choose, for any reason they desired. They were the final judges of their realms. So
too the Queen Mother had the right to execute anyone who did not serve her every
need or who might interfere with her duty as the Queen Mother. Of course, the
Queen herself had the power of administering death to anyone at any time for any
reason. In short, Matu, all of the Royal Females had the power to administer death.
Because of this, the people of the Other Worlds, and the reptilian people of the Home
Worlds called the House of the SSS-B by another name...to them, it was the House
of the SSS-B-AN Judges, the House of the SSS-B-K, and the House of Reptilian
Death."

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Matu was writing as quickly as he could.
"Now, Matu..." Per said to the young man, "...remember this, the Supreme Court of
the Empire, the 'Highest Court' was called the N Court, or the AN Court. All females
who were members of the Royal Court N bore the Royal title N-N, NAN or NIN. Male
administrators and assistants, who, it must be said, could serve in the Royal Court
only if they were totally loyal and subservient to the Lady NIN, these male members
were known as the EN."
The NIN and the EN, Matu wrote down.
"Now, my young friend..." Per said, "...we shall leave the Supreme Court and take a
look at the military forces of the ARRA-AN Empire. Can you tell me, Matu, what was
the original name of the reptilian warriors?"
Matu flipped through his notes.
"They were called the SAKH, Master..." he answered, "...and the Warriors of the early
Reptilian Kings were called the NEKH."
"Correct, Matu..." Per confirmed, "...but the term for Reptilian Warrior is technically
SAKH. In regards to the SAKH Warriors, can you tell me...were they male warriors or
female warriors?".
Matu searched frantically. He could find no notation that could tell him whether the
SAKH were male or female.
"Both..." Per answered himself. "Both males and females made up the early SAKH
forces, young one. Remember, SAKH means 'death from reptiles', all reptiles!"
Matu nodded, he would not forget again.
"In the early days of the Empire, when the NEKH Kings were still in power, an elite
guard was assigned to protect the Queen. Remember, Matu, that at this time she
was still giving birth to the Royal off-spring. In those days, she was still the Queen
MA. The warriors who were assigned to the Queen were among the finest warriors of
the Empire. SAKH soldiers who had excelled in battle but who could no longer be in
the field because of injury or some form of incapacitation could be appointed to the
elite guard as a reward for their services. Intelligent and experienced, these skilled
and vicious warriors were also given the newest technology to assist them in the
protection of the Queen. Warriors who were assigned to the elite guard of the Queen
MA were known as...the MAKH."
"As time passed, the Queens preferred to have female MAKH warriors beside them.
By the time of the 'Night of Tears', the MAKH forces were comprised almost
completely of female warriors. In the dangerous times that immediately followed, it
was the MAKH warriors who stayed loyally at her side, protecting her from the
various assassination attempts on her life. In the later eras, it was the warriors of the
MAKH forces who developed the technologies of mind control that would prove to be
one of the most important developments of the Empire.''
Mind control? Matu's ears perked up. Mind control?
"In the days of the Empire when reptilian drone Kings ruled, conquered populations
had but one choice: submit or be destroyed. Far too often, the people of conquered
worlds refused to give in. In the Era of the Queens, it was an early matriarch who
realized that the destruction of conquered populations was also the destruction of a
potentially productive work force. Turning to the scientists of her elite forces, the
MAKH forces, she instructed them to actively research and develop the science of
mind manipulation. The early Queen had hoped that rather than destroy the
dissenters, the MAKH scientists could find some way to 're-program' the minds of the
conquered populations."
Smart move, Matu thought...smart move.
"And, Matu, they succeeded. At first, through the simple use of electromagnetic
stimulation of the brain, the MAKH were able to create a 'reward and punishment'
system that could be used to control the resistant masses. But over many millions of
years of research and development, the manipulation of the brain was successfully
accomplished, through many different techniques. From long-distance influence and
control, to the immediate programming of minds in the laboratory, the MAKH mindaltering
technologies became the foundation of the administrative programs put into
practice on the newly conquered worlds."
"The military forces of the conquered worlds were always the first subjects to
undergo the re-programming of their minds. After their minds had been altered, the
conquered forces obediently professed their complete loyalty and dedication to the
Queen. Once tested and confirmed, all warriors and military forces of conquered
worlds were placed into the combined warrior forces of the reptilian Empire. As newly
dedicated soldiers of the Queen (TT-TT), they were trained to become the most
vicious and skilled warriors in the Ninth realm, and were given some of the most
advanced lethal weapons and death-dealing technologies. As a result of their training
and the available weaponry, the warriors of the Queen's forces became the
unquestioned champions in the delivery of Death on behalf of their Matriarch. The
combined forces were known as the 'Queen's Death', the mighty and invincible TT-TTKHAA,
or more simply...the TAKH."
"But a distinction is necessary here, Matu. The TAKH forces which remained in place
in their home worlds, performing their duties as defenders and protectors of their
home regions were known as TAKH, that is true ...but the forces which were taken
into the heart of the armies of the Empire and conducted the wars of expansion and
conquest on behalf of the Queen and the SSS realms ...these combined forces were
known as the SSS-TAKH or the SSS-TAKH-A."
The swastika! Matu was astonished again! The swastika! The combined forces of the
ARYAN armies of Hitler fought under the banner of the SWASTIKA. The combined
forces of the ARRA-AN armies also fought under the banner of the SSS-TAKH-A! Oh,
my God! Matu nearly fell off his chair. Oh, my God!
Per sat back and looked at his apprentice in his state of near shock
It is time for a walk again, he thought to himself.
Matu was nervous. He was also excited and afraid. He wanted to learn more and he
didn't want to listen to any more. He was honored to have been allowed to learn the
secrets of the Brotherhood, and he hated knowing that he had been lied to during his
life in the Real world. Hmmph! he grunted. The 'Real' world...if only people knew the
Truth.
Per re-entered the room. He took one look at Matu and knew that the young man
had reached an important moment in his learning. Per walked over to the young man
and handed him the key to the 'Room of Memories'.
Matu looked at the key in his hand. It was the key that would allow him to gather the
things that he had come to the school with...and leave. Matu never hesitated. He
stood up and handed the key back to the Master. Then he walked to his stack of
papers...and picked up the pen. He was ready again.
Per smiled. He turned and walked to the window.
"The people of the ARRA-AN stars knew, through their scientists, that all Life in the
Universe had been born of the Great Void. In a great expulsion of the Breath' of the
Void, in a primordial exhale, all of the elements necessary for creating Life in all its
forms were ejected into our Universe. In this way, Life was born. But the scientists
had also discovered that one day the 'Great Void' would inhale, that the entire
Universe would fall back into itself. Life would return to where it had begun."
"When the reptilian people attempted to imitate the sound of the 'Breath' of the Void,
they opened their mouths wide, and exhaled a long and hard breath. Because of the
peculiar structure of their larynx, they emitted a hard hissing breath sound...'khaaaaa'.
From this odd hissing sound of the reptilian 'breath' came the name that the
SSS people would use to represent the Void...the KHAAA."
"Even in the Era of the Kings, it was accepted that the Void, the Great KHAA, which
gave birth to all things...was feminine in essence. Only a female essence could give
birth to the Universe. Emerging from the womb of the Void, the Life of the Universe
was born. When the Queens rose to the throne, because of her great power, it was
soon believed that the reigning Queen of the Empire, AYA, was the ultimate
representative and embodiment of the 'Great Void' itself:"
"...She was the One and Only manifestation of the Grand Creatrix."
"...She was the Ultimate Heavenly Mother."
"...She was Eternal, She was Omnipotent and She was Omniscient."
"...She, Queen AYA, was the embodiment of the Void, She was the One from whom
all things came and to Whom all things returned."
"In the Empire of the SSS reptilian people, the Queen was the living KHAA itself. She.
like the Great Void, was Life...and she was Death. In keeping with the Royal
tradition, history would record her name in this regard as 'Her Majesty, the Royal
KHAA-KHAA, or also as 'Her Majesty, the Royal KHA-K'."
"On most of the Other Worlds, the hard breath sound of the reptilian people was
recorded as haaa', with a softer 'H' sound in the beginning, instead of the gutteral
'kh'. On these worlds. Queen AYA, in her role as the manifestation of the Void, was
known as 'Her Majesty. Queen HEH-HEH' or more simply, 'Her Majesty, Queen HEH."
Per paused.
Matu knew what was next. He readied another sheet of paper.
"As the Ultimate embodiment and Divine manifestation of the Great KHAA, the
Queen was the Ultimate TT Female of the Empire, Queen AYA therefore bore the title
of 'Her Supreme Majesty, the Divine Queen KHAA-TT'."
The sacred Egyptian cat, Matu thought to himself as he wrote the title down.
"As the Divine KHAA-TT, the Ultimate female manifestation of the Void itself, and as
the 'First and Foremost' UR representative of the Great Void, Queen AYA was known
as 'Her Supreme Majesty, the Divine Queen KHAA-TT-UR'."
This is the Goddess Hathor, Matu thought to himself as he wrote the name down.
"As the Ultimate embodiment and Divine manifestation of the Great KHAA, and as
the First and Foremost UR representative of the Void, Queen AYA bore the title of
'Her Supreme Majesty, the Divine Queen KHAA-UR'. In time, this title became simply
'Her Supreme Majesty, the Divine Queen KHAR'."
What must this name be? Matu wondered.
Almost as if in anticipation, Per began again.
"In this title of the Queen, Matu, in the title Divine 'KHAR', lies one of the secrets of
the 'Ancient Ones', the Teachers of Old who began this Brotherhood, Matu. The
Queen of the stars of ARRA-AN had the power and wealth of thousands of stars at
her fingertips. She could do anything she wanted, she could go anywhere she
wanted, and she could have anything she wanted. With such power and wealth at
her disposal, the Queen made it her duty, and her responsibility, to pursue
knowledge, to find wisdom, to collect the finest art treasures, and to amass the
wealth of all of the cultures under her control."
"And most important of all, Matu, she made it her duty to enjoy them...to enjoy all of
the pleasures of her realm. Her day was consumed in enjoying the delights of art,
music, dance and culinary treats...and especially, she enjoyed pursuing and indulging
in the joys of physical pleasure!"
Matu sat forward.
"And she enjoyed herself, Matu. She indulged in the physical pleasures of every
world in her Empire, and she indulged in the physical pleasures with only the finest
and youngest males of her Empire. It had become the great passion of 'Her Majesty,
the Divine Queen KHAR' to become one with the pleasures of the body."
KHAR...HAR...Whore! Matu's mind raced. Could that have been the source of that
'bad' word that meant a horrible woman?
"Lest you think that the pursuit of the pleasures of the body by the Queen was but
the exercise of base animal desires, rest assured, Matu, that there was yet another
reason for her incessant hunger. You see, not many people know that when the body
revels in the throes of passionate intimacy, there is an electrical energy that is
produced. Almost all people focus on the purely superficial and immediate feelings of
pleasure. A precious few can enjoy the feelings which follow the intensity of the
pleasure, the so-called 'after-glow'. There are but a handful of human beings who
understand these things and are able to place their attention on the energies that
are created. In the pursuit of pleasure, the Queen of ARRA-AN sought more than the
over-powering feeling of ecstasy...she sought to create the electrical energy that
allowed her to expand her essence and further her link to the Great Void."
Matu was totally astounded...and quiet.
Good Lord, he thought. Sex creates energy? Electrical energy?
"Be clear on this explanation, Matu..." Per emphasized. "This is not a justification for
promiscuous behavior...it is not. Unbridled sex does not focus on the potential
energies which are produced and could be utilized. My words to you are but an
explanation that there are great mysteries in the most basic and simple of human
behaviors. Unfortunately, Humankind is not taught how to recognize the energy, nor
is it taught how to harness the natural electrical forces that can come from the
expression of the passion of the soul."
Matu sat stunned at what Per had just explained. Somewhere in the act of intimacy,
there was an electrical energy that could be harnessed. No judgment of good or bad,
only the proper and improper use of electrical energy...incredible!
"Serving at the pleasure of the Queen were carefully selected reptilian males who
had but one duty to perform...to pleasure the Queen in any way she chose. Artists,
dancers, musicians and experts in physical pleasures, only the finest specimens of
SSS masculinity were permitted to be with the Queen. If any should fail or falter,
they were immediately terminated and cast aside, forced to live on a faraway world
for the undesirables. But if they were obedient and faithful servants, if they were
exemplary in their service to the Queen, they were treated as the Supreme Males of
the Empire. Beholding to 'Her Majesty, the Divine Queen KHAR, the males who were
always at her side, were known as the KHAR-IM."
Matu nearly jumped...again! HAR-IM! Harem! A stable of pleasure mates! But not
females...males! Holy cow! My God...what if the world really knew? I wonder what
they would say if they really knew that a harem meant a stable of males?
"To serve as one of the Royal KHAR-IM, young males were chosen for their physical
beauty and their ability to pleasure the Queen. In time, the Queen asked her MAKH
scientists to develop a breeding program that would provide the Queen with better
and more beautiful KHAR-IM each and every generation. As the breeding program
progressed, the males did, in fact, become more and more handsome...and under
the training aspects of the program, they became more and more adept in the Arts
of Passion. And remember, Matu, the most successful males provided the 'seed'
which was used to bring forth the Princesses of the Empire. This also served to
produce reptilian Princesses who were the most beautiful women in the Empire."
"Under the KHAR-IM program, some physical attributes which the Queen had found
undesirable were bred out of the KHAR-IM males. Since youthfulness was something
the Queen found to be a desirable characteristic, KHAR-IM males were bred to have
short lifespans. This assured the Queen that all of her lovers would always be young
and healthy. And even though males who were 'long-lasting' in their ability to
produce pleasure was desirable the Queen insisted that males in the KHAR-IM
program be bred so that they would only have one or two 'peaks' of sexual pleasure.
Since the Queen was capable of numerous 'peaks' of pleasure, restricting the males
to only one or two 'peaks' insured that the Queen would have tc have multiple
partners during any of her times of pleasure. In this fashion, boredom would never
set in for the Queen."
Matu could hardly believe what he was hearing. Males in the stars of Orion were
being bred to pleasure the Queen! What a concept!
"But the Queen was also wise, Matu..." Per continued. "To keep the females in her
service happy, she also extended the rewards of the KHAR-IM program to the most
loyal and faithful helpers. Eventually all of the males in the Empire became subject to
the breeding program. In time, all reptilian males of the Empire passed away at a
much younger age than the females. Reptilian females would also be able to enjoy
their own youthful partners, and because all males were only capable of one or two
'peaks', they could also enjoy multiple partners if they so desired. Youthful partners
also assured the females that they need not be concerned with male egos that
needed to go on and on about their great experiences."
"And the extension of the KHARIM program to the rest of the home worlds had other
advantages. Keeping all reptilian males young prevented them from achieving
wisdom and maturity, something that could potentially cause a problem for the
Empire. Young and immature males do not challenge the basic precepts of the Queen
and her Empire. And long life was unnecessary for reptilian males anyway...their
purpose was, after all, but to serve the Queen and provide some pleasure for her
loyal followers."
"Eventually the KHAR-IM program became a foundation stone in the ways of the SSS
Empire, Matu..." Per finished. "These are but a few of the reasons why it was
adopted."
Matu was silent. The revelations of the Elder never ceased to amaze him. There was
so much to ask. As he looked up from his papers, he noticed that the Master was
silent, as if in deep thought. Matu thought it best to wait for a moment. When he was
ready to begin again, Matu wondered what he would speak of next.
In moments, Per spoke again.
"I wish only to mention this in passing, Matu...in time you will understand why we
must mention the architecture of SSS Empire. In the primeval times of the Green
World, the Home World of the reptilian SSS people, the original reptilian dragonflybee
ancestors of the SSS built nests of mud. Oftentimes the nests reached up into
the sky, towering over the ground around it. Cells inside the nests were generally
hexagonal but were always built around a central chamber that reached up through
the core of the nest. The central room was the largest chamber in the nest and had a
circular floor plan with walls that loomed high up into the ceiling. Nests of several
colonies often resulted in tremendous mud structures with spires sticking straight up
into the sky."
"When the reptilian humanoids evolved, they generally built their shelters with a
round floor plan and a covering that made the hut resemble a dome. In later stages
of their evolution, the buildings of significance, from the Court of the Empire to the
Meeting Halls and other central buildings favored tall towering spires with large
circular central chambers, or dome-like buildings with round floor-plans. In the era of
the Queens, official structures dedicated to the Queen in her role as the KHAA always
had multiple spires and a round chamber at its core."
The description sounded like a modern skyline to Matu.
"In the early Dynasties of the reptilian Queens, while the Queen was still responsible
for ruling the Empire and giving birth to the Royal off-spring, the SSS scientists
working with the MAKH development programs had uncovered a special nutrient for
the Queen, one that assisted her in several ways. Drawing on the well-known fact
that special proteins in the blood of warm-blooded creatures assisted in producing
the venom necessary for conception and child-birth, SSS scientists began to develop
extracts based on warm-blood nutrients. This very special nutrient was known as SMA.
The liquid acted as an 'enhancer" of the Queen's metabolism. It increased her
energy levels, gave her more stamina and actually added to her physical strength."
Matu repeated the name...S-MA...S-MA...Holy cow! Could it actually be 'soma'? It
sounds like it might be... and Soma was known as the 'Food of the Gods'!
Per saw the look on Matu's face but did not stop.
"Here is another important fact which you must know, Matu. In the language of the
Orion people, the 'S' sound...as a prefix...was a 'causative'. It literally meant, 'it
causes', it 'makes happen' or it 'makes go'. Since in this case, the 'S' precedes the
term MA, the title of the Queen as the Royal Mother, S-MA literally means 'makes go
- the Royal Mother."
"As the S-MA liquid was further refined and developed, other discoveries about its
extraordinary properties were made. Continued use of the S-MA liquid, for example,
increased the life-span of the Queen. Through the careful refining of various strains
of S-MA, it was discovered that the Queen's life could be extended well into hundreds
of thousands of years. It also became evident that S-MA kept the Queen's bodily
functions youthful. It was the Queen's 'Fountain of Youth' and the 'Cup of Eternal
Energy'."
"To prevent the possibility of other females, including her daughters, from rising up
from the ranks of Nobles of the Empire to become challengers to the Throne and to
usurp her role as the 'Ultimate Female' of the realm, the Queen immediately banned
the S-MA liquid and any derivatives from the common market. Use of the liquid was
restricted solely to the Queen Lower grade derivatives, far less powerful, were
granted to the Queen Mother and the Seven Princess Daughters. Anyone other than
a Royal family member found possessing or using the drug were to be executed on
site...S-MA was the nutrient for the Divine Ones only!
"Under the S-MA program, the Queen further instructed her scientists to proceed
with any research and development that might uncover a way in which to extend the
life of the Queen and her family. In the later phases of the S-MA program, SSS
scientists developed and refined the re-animation sciences, a program that allowed
restoration of life to anyone who had died. After years of intense research, death
became little more than a disease that could be cured. By creating special chambers,
SSS scientists found that they could re-animate the bodies of people who had
recently died. The bodies, of course, could not be in a state of decay nor could they
have suffered irreparable trauma. Assuming that there was insignificant damage,
significantly important workers in the field could be re-animated if they were killed
by an accident or even murdered deliberately."
"Can you imagine, Matu..." Per said with another of his devilish smiles. "What would
the people of Other Worlds think, particularly if they were primitive, if they saw a
being in long flowing robes descend from a bright silvery object in the skies? And
what if this being was able to pick up a fallen comrade who had just died...and then
bring him back to life? What do you think, Matu...what would the average primitive
being think?"
"He would think he had seen an angel..." Matu had to say. "He would think that he
hac seen an angel with the Divine power to bring a dead person back to Life."
"Yes..." Per agreed. "And he would see the re-animation as a sign that the 'saved
person was 'special' or 'blessed'. He would not see an administrator saving a worker
whc provides a profit margin, he would see a 'blessing' instead.
Damn! thought Matu. Business, not benevolence! Of course they would save a very
devoted worker, he brings in a profit! Damn!
"For the Queen, Matu..." Per continued, "...re-animation significantly increased her
lifespan, a trait worthy of the "Ultimate Divine One'. Should she suffer an accident or
even a deliberate plot on her life, she could be re-animated."
Matu saw a flaw in the plan.
"But it would be necessary to trust the individual at the controls, would it not,
Master? " he asked. "Even if there were several people necessary for the reanimation
process, would r still not be necessary to trust all those involved?"
"You forget something, Matu..." Per said. "You forget that the MAKH sciences have
given the Queen to program any of the people in her service. By re-programming the
worker at the controls, and anyone involved in the process...the Queen could assure
that they would obey her every command. Certainly it would demand that the Queen
know every detail of the process and that she would be the only one to hold the final
codes, but let us not forget the ruthlessness and efficiency of the Queens of ARRAAN.
It would not take a great stretch of the imagination to understand that the
Queen would take every possible precaution to insure her safety in the re-animation
chambers. I can assure you, Matu... She is very thorough."
She would have to be, he thought to himself
"But in time, the success of the re-animation program brought an unexpected new
complication to the fore. Scientists discovered that even with the advantages of the
S-MA liquid nutrient, the continued re-animation of the Queen took its toll on her
body. To solve the problem of wear and tear, the S-MA program scientists researched
and developed the science of Regeneration in an effort to produce body replacement
parts for the Queen. By taking cellular material from the Queen herself, the S-MA
scientists were able to regenerate the entire body of the Queen, thus providing parts
of her anatomy which could be used to replace injured or completely destroyed parts
of her body. In time, several regenerated bodies of the Queen were kept intact and
vital for any emergency that might require transplantation or replacement. With the
success of this aspect of the development program, the Queen was once again given
the power to extend her lifetime to even greater and almost unbelievable lengths."
Per paused for a moment.
"Make these notes in your papers, Matu..." he instructed the youth. "If you recall,
the name of the Queen was always AYA, or sometimes ARRA. In her position as the
sole embodiment of the Void, as the Queen of the Empire, as the Supreme
Female...all of these titles point to the importance of her physical existence. Her
body, Matu, would therefore be the single most important body of the Empire. It
would be known as the 'Supreme Body', or the 'Body of the Highest'. Can you tell me
what the title of her body might be?"
Matu was caught off-guard. He turned to his notes and found 'highest'...N or AN. A
body would be a 'container" or BI. Therefore, Highest... AN, body of...BI.
"AN-BI, Master?" Matu guessed.
"That is correct..." Per answered. "AN-BI is correct. The 'Body of the Highest' of Her
Majesty Queen AYA or the 'Body of the Highest' of Her Majesty Queen ARRA,
Matu.wnat would that be?"
Body of the Highest...AN-BI, of Queen AYA...
"It would be AYA-AN-BI or ARRA-AN-BI..." Matu wrote down.
"Correct again, Matu..." Per smiled. "ARRA-N-BI would be the official title of the body
of the Queen on the throne. It is this title which was given to the Regeneration
Program, it was officially known as the ARR-AN-BI Program. It should come as of no
surprise to you, Matu... that the ancient Egyptian word for rejuvenation was RENPI."
Matu wrote the words down. When he finished, he looked at his Master. Good God"
he thought to himself. I know that these things are true, the evidence continues to
pile up...but who recorded all these things, he wondered? Who passed this
knowledge on to human beings he wondered? Before Matu could ask the question,
Per began again.
"In one of the final phases of the S-MA program, the elite MAKH scientists, who were
now known as 'Genesis' scientists because of their ability to create and manipulate
Life, were instructed to attempt to isolate and capture the 'consciousness' of a being.
It was hoped that if the 'consciousness' could be captured, somehow it could be
transplanted into another body Remember, Matu, these were the very scientists who
had been the developers of the mind-alteration sciences used so successfully in the
population control programs."
"Though the task was monumental and seemed to offer little chance of success, over
millions of years and countless failures, the MAKH Genesis scientists were successful.
Through tireless effort and sheer genius, a process was developed that allowed
complete consciousness to be transplanted from one body to another. One
of the difficulties encountered, however, was that the initial consciousness of the
receiving body could not be completely eliminated without terminating the life of the
body. As a result, after a 'consciousness' transfer, the new body was fully aware of
two distinctly different personalities in its mind."

"To combat the potential confusion problems, the Genesis scientists were forced to
add a secondary procedure to the transfer process. It was already known through
the MAKH mind-control programs that thoughts and memories could be easily
implanted into the brain of the target being. And it was also known that some
memories could be eliminated in the 'target' By merely enhancing the procedures, by
intensifying the mind-erasure and implantation techniques, the mind of the receiving
body in a 'consciousness' transfer could be made totally receptive to a new
consciousness. After the procedure, the receiving body would believe that the new
consciousness had always been the original 'consciousness' of the body. And what
about the original 'consciousness'? It would be relegated to the body's subconscious
where it would occasionally surface as a very vivid dream or an inexplicable vision."
Wow! Matu marveled. A whole new consciousness...In another body! Amazing!
"With the success of the MAKH consciousness transfer program, the Queen of the
stars of Orion had the power to transfer her entire consciousness into one of the
regenerated ARRAN-BI bodies. Should the worst conceivable circumstances occur,
should the body of the Queen be severely damaged, her consciousness could be
completely transferred. Combined with the successes in the regeneration and reanimation
programs, the Queen was able to extend her life-span beyond any lengths
that had ever been imagined. When her subjects and the populations of the Other
Worlds claimed that the Queen of the Empire was possessed of 'Everlasting
Life'...they were virtually correct. Because of the Genesis Sciences advances she had
come close to achieving immortality. While generations of her subjects lived and
passed away, the Queen outlived them all. And by restricting the most elaborate
processes of 'Extended Life' Sciences to herself, the reptilian Queen insured that she
would live for millions of years and could remain the wisest, the most intelligent and
the most experienced being in her entire Empire."
Amazing! Matu said to himself...just amazing! Then suddenly, he had a thought.
"But how could she trust the people who performed the transfer procedures or the
cloning processes, Master?" he wondered.
"Well considered..." Per answered him. "Any and every technician, scientist or
individual who might be connected with 'Extended Life' Programs were subjected to
the MAKH mind-aIteration programs. Any and all thoughts which could be dangerous
or threatening to the Queen were completely eliminated, thoughts of total and
complete loyalty and obedience were implanted. Through these safety precautions,
the Queen could assure herself that the scientists and people in charge of any of the
operations or procedures of the 'Extended Life Programs would do exactly as she
wanted. Believe me, Matu, the Queen made sure that she would not be betrayed at
any level...and in order to do this, she made full use of the MAKH
programs...wherever and on whoever it was necessary to control. And you would be
surprises at some of the people who were included in the MAKH programs."
Matu was sure he wouldn't be.
"To preserve the lives of high-level workers and administrators who were invaluable
tc the on-going systems of the Empire, the Queen commanded the use of simplified
versions of cloning and re-animation to be used on key personnel. Vital commanders,
administrators and assistants were included in the cloning and re-animation
programs, and if their experiences and knowledge were important to the
administration of the Empire, the 'consciousness transfer system insured that their
'consciousness' would not be lost to the Empire...and particularly...to the Queen. To
assist in keeping the SSS-T-IMs strong, much weaker versions of S-MA liquids were
granted to the various important members of the Empire, with somewhat stronger
fluids reserved for the sole use of the Royal Family. But the Supreme S-MA. it was
strictly reserved for the Queen herself."
"And...as a final measure of security for herself, Matu, the Queen subjected the
Queen Mother ...and her Daughters... to the MAKH Mind control program. In this
way, the Queen felt that no one, not even her family, could ever have a single
thought of rebellion or challenge to her Rule."
As he finished, Per sat back again.
Matu could only stare at him. What an extraordinarily ruthless ruler the Queen of
Orion was...yet in a strange way, Matu could understand the precautions. Were he in
the same place, he would probably do the same, he thought to himself. But still...a
Queen of an Empire of thousands of stars...a civilization of reptilian-descended
beings in the stars of Orion... mind control, re-animation, cloning and the transfer of
consciousness...what would the rest of the world say if it really knew that these
things existed...that we are not alone in the galaxy?
They probably wouldn't want to know, he answered himself.

Chapter IV
The Wolfen Kings of Ast-Ar

Matu had spent the previous day attempting to solve the Circle again. It was an easy
test yet after dozens of attempts, he had still been unable to solve it. The circle was
twelve feet in diameter. Twenty feet away was a bright white round stone about the
size of a large orange. Without leaving the circle, Matu had to retrieve the stone. To
aid him, Matu could only use what was in the circle. In the circle with him was a two
foot piece of rope, a shoe and a small flashlight. Per had introduced him to the circle
and had taken him into the circle many, many times to begin the test...and each and
every time, Matu had been unsuccessful.
As he sat at his table, he thought about the circle. He drew little diagrams and hoped
that somehow he could see the solution using another perspective. His paper was full
of little arrows and lines and circles. Somehow and in some way, Matu was
determined to solve the problem. He had been completely absorbed with his
drawings when he suddenly noticed that the Master was standing at the window.
"Oh..." Matu blurted out. "I am sorry, Master Per. I did not see you come in."
Matu shuffled the papers and took out new sheets.
Per turned from the window, and as was his habit, he simply began talking.
"Billions of years after the birth of the Green World and the evolution of the SSS
reptilian beings..." Per started, "...another race of beings evolved on another world
far, far away. On this world, there were three suns in the sky...a red star, a white
star, and a black star that could not be seen but that most certainly could be felt."
A black star that could be felt? Matu was confused.
"Unlike the SSS people who had evolved from a reptilian-insect ancestor, these
beings had been born of and evolved from a reptilian-wolfen ancestor. Following
almost the same path that had led to the evolution of the reptilian people, these
wolfen beings had also evolved from a primitive ancestor into humanoids that lifted
themselves up from their primitive and simple beginnings to a complex civilization
complete with its own culture and identity. The path that has led to the evolution of
humanoids has been repeated many times in many ways in our galaxy, Matu, and
while the ancestors who begin the journey are of different forms, often the paths are
nearly identical in their content."
"In many cases, the new life forms of a planet cannot survive the harsh conditions of
their own world. Sometimes, an errant asteroid or comet plunges down from the
sky and destroys the planet, perhaps an unstable and violent core literally tears the
world apart. In many ways, a new world sees a premature end. Usually, however, the
single most destructive force on these new worlds is the evolving life form that walks
on the surface of the planet. In | so many cases, the worlds that survive, and the
populations on it, endure because the beings who walk on its surface have learned to
control their own destructiveness and greed. The worst enemy of Life...is Life itself."
"On the Green World, humanoids had evolved from a reptilian-insect that had
learned to fly and lift itself from the worlds of the stagnant ponds. On the World of
Three Suns, another group of humanoids evolved from the water creatures who
emerged from the oceans and seas themselves. If you remember, Matu, in the Green
World, the reptilian-insect ancestors of the SSS were originally sea creatures who
were tossed to the shore on ocear waves and deposited in stagnant ponds. On the
World of Three Suns, however, the tiny creatures of the oceans remained in the sea
and evolved to become fish-like creatures. In order to live and survive the great
waters, these ocean creatures learned early in their evolution to prey on other
creatures. Unlike the reptilian-insect ancestors, these reptilian-amphibious creatures
had begun their journey to becoming land creatures by developing ther hunting and
killing skills long before they had reached the water's edge. By the time they hac
begun to search for food on land, they had sharp teeth and extraordinary strength
and agility Their fins had already begun to take on the look and function of strong
and extremely useful appendages."
"As the sea creatures explored the edges of the continents, the development of their
powerful fin-like arms and legs readily adapted to crawling on land. In time, after
millions of years of crawling, the now amphibious-reptilian creature learned to walk
and hunt on four legs Millions of years later, as the creature continued to adapt to
land life, its moist amphibian skir gave way to a tough outer skin, and its oceanliving
traits were gone...gills and broad feet ar : hands used for paddling in water
were replaced by lungs and large padded feet suited for walking on virtually any
terrain. Still later, the steaming hot tropical climes began to take their toll on these
primordial creatures. To survive, they adapted. After hundreds of thousands & years,
in place of toughened amphibian skin, they developed fur, and instead of laying eggs
the primitive mammals gave birth to live young. Gone were the distinctly reptilianamphibian
features of their ancestors, permanently acquired were the physical
characteristics of the species known as warm-blooded creatures. The wolfen ancestor
was born."
Matu made a face. Per saw him.
"Is there something wrong, Matu?" he asked.
Matu fidgeted slightly.
"I am wondering, Elder..." Matu began. "How is it that the evolutionary paths of the
beings of our galaxy are so similar. It is almost as if somewhere way back, even
before the first cells were born...it is almost as if there was a common source of Life,
as if one ancestor gave birth somehow to all of the creatures of our Universe."
"Of our galaxy..." Per interrupted him.
Matu glanced at him.
"Yes..." he agreed. "Of our galaxy..."
Matu momentarily reflected on Per's correction. Why did Per say 'the galaxy' and
not the Universe? Is there something about our galaxy... or the Universe... he is not
telling?
"Is there...somehow...a common ancestor in our galaxy?" Matu continued. "Is there
a single source of Life in Eridanus, Master? Can that be?"
Per hesitated. And the hesitation was enough to convince Matu that there was, in
fact something that Per did not want to say.
"As we proceed, Matu..." Per began, "...you shall find that the Void is the very
ultimate source of Life in our Universe."
As soon as he finished, he began to talk on another subject.
Matu was sure now. There was something else. Something else, or someone else,
was somehow involved in the development of Life in the galaxy.
"The World of Three Suns was soon filled with four-footed creatures. Furry walkers
and amphibious walkers, walkers with bony shells and walkers with smooth skin...the
new primitive world was now teeming with many different races of creatures. But
one species in particular, the reptilian-wolfen creatures, was the most menacing."
"The early wolfen creatures had the appearance of both a large cat and a wolf. They
were powerful and built low to the ground. Large muscular legs moved them quickly
across the ground and allowed them to spring forward with astonishing speed and
height. They were extremely agile and strong, and they possessed long sharp claws
that cut easily into the bodies of their victims. While they often ate easily acquired
fruits and vegetation, they preferred a diet that consisted of freshly killed flesh."
"The head of the primitive wolfen-beast was large and almost square in appearance.
The beast had piercing, almost glowing eyes that constantly searched the
surrounding terrain for an unwary victim, and it had fangs that could sink through
almost any creature's hide. Males and females both had manes, large coarse hair
that framed their faces like deadly portraits. They were covered with golden brown
hair, though some wolfen races had dark brown to black hair. Long powerful tails that
would softly flicker at the end gave an air of deceptive calm to the wolf-beast as it
lay waiting for an unsuspecting prey."
"And although the wolfen-beast looked more like a primitive lion than a wolf, the
primitive beast was most definitely canine in its make-up. Its roar was a combination
of a low gutteral growl and a throaty bark. The sound of their roaring was more like a
low deep rumble that preceded an earthquake and was delivered with such intensity
that it could be heard many, many miles away."
"Firmly established as carnivores who fed on flesh and savored the blood of their
victims, the wolfen beasts eventually left behind most of their reptilian features and
continued to evolve along the lines much like our own mammals of this world
evolved, Matu. Co-existing with other creatures that were often larger than they
were, the wolfen beasts accomplished with brutal violence and cruel cunning what
their size could not provide. Hunting in packs and developing their skills at finding
the weakness of their victims, attacking with merciless viciousness, the Wolfen Ones
soon held their own in the primitive World of Three Suns."
Of course, thought Matu to himself. It is amazing how the most violent creatures are
the ones who establish themselves on the planet, and then it is their descendants, if
they move into humanoid form, who conquer the planet. But then, it was the same
way with the beings of our own world, he remembered. Humans were the most
violent and the most vicious. As the Wolfen Ones did, we compensated with brutal
cunning what we lacked in size. Yes...I am sure that it must be a rule of the galaxy:
he who is the most violent...wins.
"As with the evolution of the SSS beings, so too in the world of the 'Wolfen Ones',
the path to humanoid existence took millions of years. Learning to walk upright,
conquering their environment and their fellow species, rising from wolfen dens to
caves and then to constructed shelters, all of the same steps, with a slight variation,
were steps that the Wolfen humanoids had to take. But it happened, Matu. They
became humanoid."
"As is generally the case with most evolved humanoids of our galaxy, the primitive
Wolfen humanoids passed through the many stages of evolution common to
humanoids. From individual dens to primitive mud huts and shelters, and then to
constructed homes with temperature-controlled air, and finally to large sophisticated
cities with covered markets, the Wolfen beings conquered their environment. Hunting
gave way to butcher shops, scavenging gave way to markets, territories gave way to
nations, and primitive survival gave way to organized conquest. From a life of pure
basic survival instincts to a world complete with culture and art, science and
technology, luxury and comfort; from primitive growls and howls to a complex
language and developed writing; from leaders of the pack to Wolfen Kings...the
Wolfen people rose from a primitive existence to a sophisticated existence."
Sophisticated? Matu thought. Right...big deal!
"Over the millions of years of the evolution on their planet, many races of the Wolfen
evolved, Matu. Sometimes races of Wolfen beings died through natural causes and
planetary changes, sometimes because of disease and famine, but unfortunately, as
it has happened on nearly every world in the galaxy of ERIDANUS, over the millions
of years of their evolution, the many Wolfen races went to war...and it was war that
destroyed many of the primitive Wolfen civilizations. Fangs and claws gave way to
knives and swords, spears and clubs gave way to guns and airships, skillful hunting
gave way to the Art of War...and Primitive Wolfen man gave way to Conquering
Wolfen man. Eventually one race of Wolfen warriors would rise to become the single
dominant race. Born of vicious conquering Kings, the Rulers of this new world were
called the RRR."
The RRR, Matu wrote down. Strange name for a strange people...hey, wait a minute!
"What did the Wolfen people look like, Master?" he asked.
Per turned to him and smiled.
"I am remiss, Matu..." Per said. "My apologies. The Wolfen humanoids were a
strange looking people who had the features of a dog...and the features of a cat."
Dog and cat features? Matu was confused.
"Primitive Wolfen humanoid males had broad chests and with little or no waists, large
and powerful buttocks with strong thighs and thick calves. Primitive Wolfen females
had large chests and a very slight feminine curve to their bodies. They had large hips
and muscular legs. And although they had lost most of their thick and coarse body
hair, they still retained a fine dark hair all over their torsos. Their arms were large
and muscular, their wrists were thick, and their hands broad and rounded. Unlike the
long fingers of the Reptilian Beings of Orion the Wolfen Ones had shorter and fatter
fingers. Their necks were also thick and quite short."
Whew! Matu said to himself. They sound like the Sumo wrestlers of the Orient.
"The large broad heads of their primitive primate ancestors had become slightly
more rounded, but their square lower jaws still gave them a very imposing
appearance. They hac broad noses with piercing hunter's eyes, a large forehead, and
small ears. And perhaps the most dominating feature of all...hair. Lots of hair. The
manes of their ancestors had given them coarse beards on the faces of the males
and long sideburns with chin whiskers on the females. As Wolfen women braided
their hair, so too Wolfen men braided their beards. Their hair and beards ranged in
color from a golden brown to dark shades of auburn brown to a deep jet black. One
race even had thick and long manes of deep red hair. When take-together, all of
these features served to give the Wolfen people the distinct semblance cr humanoid
Lions."
Wow! Matu could see them in his mind. Lion-people! Lion-people who had canine
ancestors! Amazing!
"The physical features of their bodies also gave a lion-like appearance to early
primitive Wolfen humanoids. Both male and female, had feet that were large and
broad, and although their tails were gone, a few small bones that remained left a
tell-tale bump at the end of ther backbone. They had large hands, large powerful
hands that seemed to swallow whatever they held and sharp pointed nails, vestiges
of the claws of their ancestors."
"Early Wolfen humanoid beings were handsome and fearsome, beautiful and deadly...
and...they were violently aggressive. Oftentimes the act of courtship and mating
between males and females ended up in what might appear to anyone who was
watching as an extremely violent physical battle. Wolfen females, much like their
ancestors, relished a hungry and powerful male. Oftentimes, the female herself
would challenge a courting male to a battle. If he was unable to defeat her, he was
unworthy. Consummation of a passion was often violent. Relationships were based
on sheer power, a dominant male could possess as many females as he could keep
under control. Females were sometimes stolen by other males, but if the first male
could not steal her back, she remained quite happy with her new lover...as long as
he was the dominant one in their relationship. Encouraged by these female traits, the
world of the Wolfen people remained quite violent...and very male-oriented."
I wonder if Earth women would like it there, Matu thought to himself.
"It has long been said that if a Wolfen being does anything, he...or she...does it with
a ferocity that is seldom seen in our galaxy. During the course of their evolution, it
seemed as if the Wolfen Ones did not need to learn about violence or fierceness,
quite the contrary, it seemed as if intense violence coursed through their veins
instead of blood. If was as if they had been born from the heart of an angry
primordial War God. Instead of a heartbeat, they were possessed of a drumbeat...a
drumbeat of War. But because of this innate ability to be violent and fierce, the
Wolfen Ones accomplished in a shorter time what many civilizations had taken
millions of years to develop. On the World of Three Suns, conquest of natural
enemies and competing species came easily to the Wolfen Ones."
"Perhaps the most significant evidence of their barbarity was borne out again and
again on the battlefield. Descending on their victims with the wrath of 'dogs from
hell', the Wolfen Warriors did not defeat their enemies, they destroyed their enemies.
After the battle was over, while still standing in the blood soaked fields, the Wolfen
Warriors ripped open their enemies tunics, exposing the flesh to the sky...and then
promptly, and savagely... began to devour the flesh! The bodies of enemy soldiers
who had fallen in battle provided the sustenance and the nourishment for hungry
Wolfen Warriors. In short...the Wolfen Warriors ate their enemies."
What?! Matu was totally shocked. They ate them?! Matu had not expected this.
Per saw the sudden sickened look on Matu's face.
"But the enemies who died in battle were the fortunate ones, Matu. Those who had
fallen from wounds were the unfortunate ones...they were devoured alive! Teams of
Wolfen butchers moved in after a battle to dress and prepare the bodies of the fallen
enemy soldiers. While the flesh was the basic source of food for the soldiers and kept
in storage, some organs were carefully removed and sent back to the homelands to
become delicacies in special meals and ceremonies. For Wolfen soldiers, war was
waged not just for glory and conquest, or even for right and wrong...it was also a
source of food. This added incentive...hunger...turned the tide of many battles in the
field in favor of the Wolfen Ones."
Good Lord! Matu shook his head. It is not as if the reptilian warriors were enough...
now we have to deal with the 'Wolfen Ones'!? Damn...what chance have we got?
"Many frightening stories are told in the history of the World of the Three Suns,
Matu. But none paint a more gruesome picture than those which describe the
battlefield after a victory by the Wolfen Warriors. Can you imagine the horror of the
sight? Smoke and mist mixing together in the twilight to create an eerie and surreal
scene. Grunting and growls came from everywhere, the sounds of a wolf pack
tearing at the flesh and devouring the meat. Sometimes, the growling eating sounds
are punctuated by the screams and cries of their victims. In the dim light just before
darkness, large bodies that look like hairy lions are bent over, feeding on the innards
of fallen soldiers. Their manes and bodies are covered in blood, they tear at the flesh
with their teeth and raise their heads time and again to howl at their victory...those
who have survived the onslaught of Wolfen Warriors never forget the horror of what
they have seen. It is one thing to see your comrade fall in battle beside you...but to
see him being eaten and devoured with such frenzy...that was something that
brought nightmares to even the strongest and bravest soldier."
Matu shuddered. He could see the smoky silhouettes and the dripping blood. He ever
saw the fangs tearing at the flesh and could hear the howls...he had to shake his
head to stop the pictures in his head.
"The barbarity of the Wolfen Warriors and their cruel ferocity quickly gave birth to
Kings and Kingdoms on the World of Three Suns, Matu. Seldom in the history of the
galaxy had a race of humanoids exhibited such violence. And while the home life of
the reptilian beings of Orion had revolved around the female, in the world of the
Wolfen Ones, the male was the unquestioned master of the home...and the world
around them. The male ancestors of the Wolfen Ones had often devoured their offspring,
and though evolution had shown merit to maintaining the life of progeny, it
was not uncommon for the males to turn to their young ones as a source of food in
difficult times. And lest you think that the females protested, Matu...be assured that
the females were often willing participants in the gruesome feeding."
Damn! was all Matu could think of. Damn!
"The victories of the Wolfen Warriors were horrific in their carnage, efficient in the
disposal of the victims. On the World of Three Stars, it did not take long for them to
rise to domination over the many species of the planet. Their conquests were
decisive and complete their Kings ruthless and efficient. Populations who suffered
their invasions and were defeatec quickly yielded to their rule. Those who resisted or
refused to obey quickly found themselves prime sources of nutrition for the Wolfen
Ones."
Obey or become buffet, Matu thought to himself.
"Because of a deep throaty growl that permeated their speech, a hold-over from
their canine ancestors, the Wolfen Ones became known to their victims and
throughout the World of Three Suns as the RRR. Driven by a force seldom witnessed,
they had managed to develop a civilization at a faster pace than most races of star
beings in our galaxy. It seems as if the best way in which one can sum up the reason
for almost everything the RRR beings did was actually one word: hunger. Hunger for
power, hunger for wealth, hunger for food, hunger for sex, hunger for virtually
everything. It is more than greed, Matu, it is more than desire, it is more than
selfishness, and it is more than righteousness, it is an instinct...hunger is, pure anc
simple, a gut level instinct."
Not good, Matu thought as he wrote. Not good. Wealth and power are luxuries that
are the result of desire, and desire can be diverted or sublimated. Hunger, however,
is a form of passionate instinct. A Warrior who wants to kill his enemy so that he can
eat him is a far more dangerous and deadly Warrior than one who simply follows
orders.
Per continued, "As had happened on the world of the SSS reptilian people, the World
of the Three Suns was soon dominated by the Wolfen Ones, in particular, one race
that came to be known as the 'Golden Maned Ones'. These Conqueror Kings
eventually created a 'One World' Empire, with trillions of beings forcibly united under
the RRR banner."
"And it should come as of no surprise to you, Matu, that the research and
development of the sciences and technologies of Wolfen civilization were all oriented
towards conquest anc militarism."
"No, Master..." Matu answered. "It is only logical that that should be the case."
"In the world of the RRR Wolfen people, political debate was virtually non-existent
Everything and everyone served only one purpose: to further the military might of
the Empire and the Wolfen Kings. Even the first steps into outer space were designed
not for exploration, but for exploitation. Early astronauts that departed the home
world of the Wolfen people were not sure that other beings existed on the other
worlds of their solar system, but their ships were always designed for self-defense
and conquest."
"The healing technologies were all designed with the intent and priority of healing
and providing speedy recovery for Wolfen Warriors; communications technologies
were designed and developed for the specific purpose of providing dependable and
encrypted messages between Warrior forces in the field; transportation vehicles were
developed specifically with the intent of providing quick and reliable movement in the
battlefield; and food preparation and nutrition sciences were all based on the needs
of the Warrior on the field. Honors in academia and science were always presented
for achievements in the fields of military and conquest sciences. Entertainment was
always oriented towards militaristic themes, as were the games provided for the
young Wolfen children. Everything, Matu...everything revolved around war."

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"Athletic events and competitions generally resulted in the death of the losers, while
legal cases of contract violations were tried in Wolfen courts only if one of the
complainants was not killed. Police shot speeders and traffic violators on site while
prison populations were nearly non-existent. Generally, those who were locked up
were simply in transition to their executions. In short, Matu, in the world of the
Wolfen beings, either an individual obeyed the law...or he was executed."
"But the use of violence was not restricted solely to enforcement of controls on the
general populace. While ruthlessness and cold-blooded cunning were generally
rewarded with advancement in the ranks, oftentimes upper level positions needed to
be filled because of the sudden and unexpected death of the individual holding that
position. In other instances, some high level officials maintained their position
because any potential challenger to his position also met with an unexpected death.
It is a curious thing, Matu, that this very violent way of life assures that only the
most cunning and deadly individuals end up in the highest positions."
"And the throne of the Wolfen Kings itself was not spared. Monarchs generally rose
to the throne through murder and assassination. Often, it was the son or a relative of
the sitting King who moved to seize the throne. To avoid such difficulties, it was
common practice for the King to send his sons and heirs to far-distant worlds where
difficult conditions often resulted in their deaths. Sons who found favor with their
King father were permitted to remain in the Royal Palace where they were
systematically placed at odds with their sibling brothers. By pitting them against one
another, the King was assured that only the most worthy heir would be allowed to
claim the throne after the King passed away. Even contests that resulted in death
were permitted. It would take an iron hand, a cunning mind, and a ruthless spirit.
Sentimentality was for the weak, power demanded a cold-blooded, almost heartless,
inner spirit. In a perverse manner, Kings were often seen smiling as their son dealt
them the final fatal blow in his assassination coup. Such was the way of the RRR
Warrior Kings."
"While we may question the use of violence to enforce its existence, a society that
will exterminate deviance becomes quite one-minded and unified...whether it be
voluntary or not. It is not wise to condemn the RRR beings off-handedly. Matu. For
their accomplishments often diminish the achievements of other star peoples who
have agonized over the morality of their actions. Ruthlessness breeds efficiency,
violence eliminates hesitation...and the weak."
I guess so, Matu agreed. If I lived in a world that does not permit hesitation or any
form of challenge, most assuredly I would be ruthless and violent...if I wanted to
survive. Matu was about to ask a question when Master Per answered it.
"If a violent world is all you know...then one does not question the use of violence. It
is as natural to the Wolfen people as it is for human beings on Earth to stoop to help
an injured bird or a whimpering puppy. Violence is a way of Life, Matu, and as
dreadful as it might seem, it is a very strong motivating force."
Per stood up and walked over to the window again.
"The exploration of space was seen in a different way by the Wolfen people. As I said
before, when they looked to the stars, they dreamed not of walking on strange new
worlds and meeting strange new beings, but rather, they imagined themselves ruling
as Kings of new lands and territories, of new populations and new forms of treasure.
Other bodies in the sky were not to be reached for, they were to be seized."
"It is important to remember, Matu, that every aspect of Life in the Wolfen world,
from daily work to home life, from the marketplace to the Empire, from personal life
to public life ...everything was oriented towards conquest, expansion, and obedience
to the Throne."
Per stopped and gazed at the sky. Matu always wondered what thoughts were
running through his Master's mind at that time. What faraway thoughts was he
entertaining, he had wondered. Is he thinking he cannot tell me something because
it might be too frightening...or is he thinking what he might tell me next. Someday, I
hope I am at a window, Matu thought to himself, wondering what I shall tell my
apprentice next.
"It is here, Matu..." he began again, "...that I wish to tell you of the most ingenious
invention of the Wolfen people. It is both a wondrous starship...and a terrifying
deathship. It was the principal vehicle in the conducting of the Wolfen Wars and the
pivotal weapon in most of the conquests of the RRR Empire. It is a starship that was
known simply as...the AR."
The AR...Matu wrote it down. A sure derivation of the name RRR, I bet.
"Many civilizations of star beings developed and created starships, many of
exceptional size and maneuverability. Most starships were huge round globes, the
shape most efficient in the wide open spaces between stars and worlds. Constructed
and fabricated of super-metals, these shiny and silvery ships were generally the
vehicle most civilizations would develop when they learned to travel the stars. But
here, Matu, here is yet another testimonial to the brilliance and cunning of the
Wolfen Ones."
"Where most star races would develop and produce their starships from the supermetals
of their worlds, the RRR produced their starships in a most unique way. In the
course of reaching for the stars, the Wolfen scientists began to develop methods to
mine and exploit the natural resources of asteroids and meteorites of their solar
system. Because of the highly unstable three sun system, fragments of primordial
worlds as well as newly destroyed planets were abundantly available. By burrowing
into the core of the asteroids, instead of attempting to mine the surface, scientists
were able to remove valuable and precious minerals in a far more productive and
cost-efficient manner. What they had not anticipated, however, was that the mining
process that hollowed out an asteroid would result in a shell that would become an
extraordinarily deadly warship."
"It was extremely simple and amazingly clever. By taking the remaining rock shell,
often miles thick, and adding appropriate venting and exhaust ports, then by
installing powerful star drives and death-dealing weaponry, the forces of the RRR
Wolfen Kings found themselves in the possession of a warship that was easily and
inexpensively produced...and...it was easily hidden from the enemy. While other star
races created enormous starships that were laden with extraordinary offensive and
defensive war weapons, the large silvery globes were easily detected. The hollowedout
asteroid warships of the Wolfen Kings, however, could easily enter an alien solar
system undetected. By hiding in the midst of other orbiting asteroids or simply by
hurtling through the star lanes while emitting the 'appropriate' gases, the AR ships
could move quietly into targeted solar systems. At the appropriate moment,
thousands of asteroid warships began their devastating attack. It should come as no
surprise that most worlds and their military forces were simply caught off guard by
the Wolfen warships. And this, Matu, this was the brilliance of the techniques of war
of the RRR Warriors. The methods were simple but effective. Stealth was the
greatest tactic of the Wolfen Warriors. And the asteroid warship, christened the AR
by the Wolfen Kings, became the power behind the space fleet of the RRR Empire."
Holy cow! Matu was stunned...again. An asteroid that has been hollowed out! That is
positively brilliant! How easy it would be to hide! Brilliant! Just brilliant!
"The victories of the Wolfen Warriors were quick and decisive. Through the vicious
and cruel tactics of the soldiers on the battlefield to the stealth maneuvers of the AR
warships, the invasions by the Wolfen Star Forces were lightning sudden and
devastatingly overwhelming. With these techniques, the expansion of the Wolfen
realm was limited only by the number of Wolfen commanders available to lead the
Empire's invading armies. Unlike the reptilians who re-programmed the conquered
populations, the Wolfen Ones simply devoured any resistance ...quite literally."
"The incorporation of subjugated armies into the invasion forces of the Wolfen
Empire was difficult. Oftentimes military coups were attempted, almost all of them
failed. Armies who remained with the Wolfen Forces often did so out of fear...but
given a chance, they would abandon the battlefield, running for the skies in
desperate search of escape. For this reason, and others, any and all invasions had to
be led by Wolfen Commanders. This, in and of itself, was the only factor that
prevented the wider expansion of the RRR Realms."
"Yet they were successful, Matu, that cannot be denied. The conquests of the Wolfen
Kings had been exceptional in their expanse, no one seemed to be able to stop them.
Until however, their conquering ways had taken them a little too close to the realms
of the older and infinitely more powerful Empire of the Reptilian Queens."
Whoops! Matu smiled as he made notes. This ought to be good! Reptilian Warrior and
Wolfen Warrior... Reptilian Queen and Wolfen King...whoa! This is going to be REAL
good!
Per left the window and returned to his chair.
Yep! Matu thought...if Per has to sit down, this is going to be REAL good!
"Running from the Central Stars of Eridanus to the outer edges of the galaxy is a
very important interstellar 'trail' that connects star to star, world to world. It is a
passageway of both commerce and travel. Linking the primordial Central Worlds to
the outer perimeter, the 'trail' was known as the PESH METEN, the Ninth Passageway.
Running through the heart of the SSS Reptilian Empire, the Ninth Passageway
provided vital links to the Inner Worlds and the Outer Worlds. Travelers, whether on
business or political missions, were constantly on the Ninth Passageway. Commercial
vehicles, carrying precious ores and valuable treasures made their way on the PESH
METEN. It was, without any question, vital to the security and welfare of the reptilian
Queen's Empire."
"To the misfortune of the Wolfen Kings, their conquests had taken them to the very
edges of the Ninth Passageway. The Queen had not been totally unaware of their
movement, but she had not moved to stop them...as yet. When they moved
perilously closer to the heart of the Passageway, the reptilian Queen could take no
chances. She immediately sent a dispatch to the Wolfen King: 'Cease and desist your
wars and movement upon the Ninth Passageway. Yield or be totally destroyed!' Such
were the words of the Queen."
Whoa... Matu thought... here we go!
"The Kings had, of course, heard of the Reptilian Empire and had had minimal
contact with them, but they had not considered that their war campaigns had taken
them within a range that might be perceived as a threat by the SSS Queens."
"The Queen of the SSS Empire had also heard of the Wolfen Kings. She had found
their conquering ways reluctantly admirable, if not just a bit barbaric. Perhaps, if
they had extended their Empire in a different direction, she would not have
interfered with them. But they had not. They had entered her Realm...and she would
tolerate no interference with her Empire. She was also aware of their potentially
deadly and unpredictable behavior. Barbaric beings of this sort possessed a
primitive mentality that could hardly remain consistent anc logical. It was also likely
that these beings may not have the wisdom to know when to cease their attacks.
While this was a desirable trait for warriors, it was a trait not to be welcomed ir one's
enemies."
"And at this point, Matu, we shall see the wisdom and extraordinary abilities of the
Queen of the Reptilian Beings. In the communique sent to the Wolfen Kings, the
Queen issued a threat of devastating retaliation if the borders of her Empire were
violated. But in an unexpected move, the Queen submitted an offer that was seldom
extended to any potential enemy...the Queen offered an Alliance between the two
Empires. And it was an offer that the Wolfen Kings could hardly reject."
Oh, great! Matu made a face. Two of the most terrifying forces in the galaxy...instead
of fighting it out until one loses, decide to join forces. Great! Just great!
"If the Wolfen Kings would agree to align themselves with the SSS Empire, the
Queen would grant them significant territories and trade routes, and she would
officially sanction their continued expansion, as long as it remained distant and apart
from the reptilian Empire, and in particular, away from the Ninth Passageway. The
Wolfen Kings would receive an immediate payment in precious metals and resources
as a 'fee' for their acceptance of the proposed terms. The Wolfen Kings would have
the authority to use the name of the Queen in any political negotiations, and if it
became necessary, the forces of the SSS Queen would support their every move in
the stars. All enemies of the Wolfen RRR Kings became enemies of the Reptilian SSS
Queen and her Empire. And finally, should the Wolfen Kings accept the alliance, the
Queen would elevate the Warrior armies of the Wolfen Kings to the official status of
Enforcers of the Empire, a rank higher than any of the armies of any Other Worlds,
second only to the Elite Forces of the Queen herself. Wolfen Commanders would
assume control of many of the key military forces of the reptilian Queen's armies and
would have available to them the many resources and most advanced warships
developed by the SSS War Sciences and Technologies. In short, the Wolfen Kings
would have the power of the Throne of the Reptilian Empire behind them and at their
disposal. This, Matu, was an extraordinary offer."
It sure is, Matu agreed in cautious silence. It sure is.
"But..."
Whoops! here it comes, Matu thought. Better grab your seats, Wolf Kings!
"...in exchange for these extremely significant concessions, the SSS Queen
demanded unhesitating loyalty and total obedience to her Throne. The Wolfen Kings
would execute her every command, unquestioningly, unhesitatingly and with all of
the force and fury that they could muster. The Wolfen Kings would immediately turn
over half of the wealth of the entire Wolfen Empire to the Queen, and would continue
to send her half of any future gains. The Queen would immediately become the
Supreme Being and the Ultimate Power of the Wolfen Empire. All official ceremonies
and royal events would begin by addressing her power and by paying homage to her
status as the Supreme Being. From the moment the Alliance was agreed upon, the
King would relinquish his status as the most important individual in the Empire and
would become known as the representative of the Queen. From the moment the
Alliance was signed, no Wolfen King would ever hold on to the throne without a
Princess Daughter of the Queen herself sitting by his side...and no Wolfen King could
ever make any decision without the approval of the new Queen, the Princess
Daughter herself."
Damn! Matu thought to himself. That surrenders a great deal of power. "And she
gave them one other extremely important benefit..." One other benefit? Matu
wondered. What the heck could that be? "...she allowed them to remain alive." Yep!
Matu realized...excellent benefit.
"The Queen was quite shrewd, Matu, she was an excellent military tactician. After
sending her dispatch to the Wolfen Kings with its orders to cease hostilities...and her
offer of an Alliance between the two thrones, the Queen allowed only a very short
period of time for the RRR Monarchs to consider her message. It is, of course,
standard practice to attempt to stall the actions of any enemy who approaches and
threatens retaliation. This has been done by numerous Empires in the stars and has
been a tactic used here on Earth. As the final moments approached, the Wolfen
Kings sent message that they needed more time to consider the Queen's offer. At the
precise moment the time limit had been reached...the SSS-TAK forces descended on
three invading armies of the Wolfen Kings. In moments they were totally and
completely obliterated...not just destroyed, Matu...obliterated. Even the AR starships
had been totally wiped out. As a matter of precaution, in fact, every asteroid in the
vicinity of the three invasion armies were also destroyed. To further establish her
position, the Queen made use of the incredible pin point accurate death rays of the
MAKH Warriors. Half a dozen of the King's personal staff were immediately
terminated, their brains burned from the inside by light beams that came from
seemingly out of nowhere. Several of the communications networks were also
suddenly seized by carefully placed spies in the King's military administration. The
quick and stunning display of the Queen's power was most effective. Geez! Matu
shook his head. I guess so.
"There was little debate, Matu. The Wolfen Kings knew that the Queen had the power
to completely obliterate their armies...and their Empire. The offer extended was one
that simply could not be refused. While it seemed that they would surrender much,
without question it was also clear that they would also gain tremendous power...and
they could live. There was no choice but to agree."
And perhaps someday the Queen would slip and the Wolfen Kings might step in to
take over the reins...yes, I'm sure they thought of that, Matu smiled.
"As part of the agreement, the Queen promised never to reveal how easily the Kings
had been personally attacked. This would preserve their image as near invincible
Kings with their subjects. The official story released in the Wolfen Empire portrayed
the stunning skill and insight displayed by the Wolfen Kings in their negotiations with
the Queen. Based on their extraordinary bravery and courage, their fearsome
abilities in war, the Queen of the Reptilian people had proposed an Alliance rather
than go to war with them. And though the Reptilian Empire was larger and possessed
greater Death weaponry and ships, it was the cunning of the Kings that allowed them
to secure such a high position in the Empire of the Queen. And though the position of
Enforcers might seem a secondary position, the power and technology gained would
portend...'great potential for the future of the RRR Empire'."
That's correct, Matu smiled. Just drop your guard once, Queen.
"The Wolfen people were quick to accept the assessment and judgment of their
Kings, and readily assumed their position as Enforcers of the Empire. A grand display
in the skies of the powerful new deathships that the Wolfen Warriors would now have
access to helped in giving the impression that the Wolfen people had secured the
upper hand in their relationship with the SSS Queen. A ground display of astounding
death rays and sound guns, with other equally stunning weaponry finished off the
ceremony before the official signing of the Alliance."
"With the signing of the Alliance, the Princess Daughter of the SSS Reptilian Queen
was presented to the Wolfen people as their new Queen. Standing proudly beside her
was the reigning Wolfen King of Kings. Her never-ending presence was a sign that
the Queen of the most powerful Empire in the Ninth Sector completely trusted the
King and his subjects with the very life of her Daughter. And, it was also an
assurance to the King and his subjects that the Queen would never attack the
Empire. For the Queen, however, the presence of her Daughter in the Royal Court
at the side of the Wolfen King of the RRR Empire insured that nothing contrary to the
wishes of the Queen could ever take place in the Wolfen World Court."
She's good, Matu marveled. She's really good!
"The Alliance was made. The Queen secured the fierce and vicious Wolfen Warriors
for her star forces, while the Wolfen Kings received the backing and complete
support of the reptilian Queen and her Empire. A 'marriage' had been made in
heaven."
Great! Matu said to himself. Just great!

[lordzoma]

Chapter V
Eye of God

Matu's nightmares were vivid. Huge scaly green Dragons towered over him, their
claws were ready to rip him apart. Yellow venom fell as the Dragons drooled over
him. They were staring at him with fiery red eyes, piercing his brain...filling his head
with visions that he was sure the Dragons wanted him to see. Images flashed
through his mind...he was a good boy, he was a patriotic citizen, he was
obedient...he was soulless. He could feel his spirit being drained from him... it was
more than frightening. For the first time in his life, he felt the need to run away. As
he turned, in his dream, to run from the Dragons, he was suddenly confronted by
dogs as large as he was. They had yellow eyes and their fangs were bared. They
looked at him with a hunger in their eyes, and looked up and down at his body. One
of them licked his lips. Matu did not know which one had lunged at him, all he knew
was that his leg was missing...a bright red stump was dripping blood. Something
pierced the back of his head. His mind was being stirred, his body was being ripped
apart.
He woke up with a start. His heart was pounding and he was sweating. He stood up
and began to get dressed. The sun was not up but he needed to go for a walk. When
he had finished, he ran down the stairs and opened the door to the House. As he
stepped outside, he looked up at the stars. They were beautiful, he thought to
himself. Then he cursed them.
He began running down the trail towards the forest, but before he reached it, he
stopped. The trees were dark... very dark. And they seemed to have taken a form.
Matu was amazed. He was actually somewhat scared. Damn it! he whispered to
himself. I am letting the stories of the Master get to me. He smiled to himself. I am
being like a child. How silly of me.
Then he looked up at the stars again.
They are not 'stories', he reminded himself. Damn it! With that thought, he turned
and began walking down to the water's edge. As he reached the white sands, he
stared out at the waters. What creature is out there now, he wondered. Are we
human beings but a single step that Life has taken on our planet? Are we the final
conquering race, or are we temporary kings and queens of the 'middle ages' of our
world's ultimate history?
He turned and began walking on the sand.
Back at the House, Per watched silently from the upper window of the library.
Matu wasn't tired when he returned to the House. Thinking that he might read a
book he made his way to the Library. When Matu entered the room, the candles were
already lit He looked around and didn't see anyone. As he sat down at his table, Per
turned from the window and began talking again.
"With the signing of the Alliance, the Empire of the Wolfen Kings was essentially
absorbed into the Empire of the Reptilian Queen..." he started.
Matu nearly jumped out of his skin. Jeez, he said to himself. Where did he come
from?
"But unlike other Empires that disappeared when they became part of the SSS
Empire the Empire of the Wolfen Kings was immediately catapulted to the enviable
position of the Enforcers of the Reptilian Empire. And it is in this context, as the
second most powerful beings in the Reptilian Empire, that we shall examine the titles
and the institutions of the Worlds of the Wolfen Kings."
Matu was still grabbing for blank paper.
Per waited for a moment.
"As the Wolfen astronauts began to make their way through outer space, they
quickly learned that the physical laws that applied on their home worlds did not apply
to the vast spaces between the planets of their solar system. As they began to
make their way beyonc the worlds of their solar system, they found that the laws of
physics changed once again Interstellar travel opens up many secrets of the
Universe, Matu...one cannot conquer trave through the 'heavenly waters' without
becoming aware of the influence of the Great Void."
"It is not clear, Matu, exactly how the Wolfen people came to call the Great Void, the
UAH, the sound of the exhaled breath, perhaps they learned the name from one of
the many worlds that they conquered, or perhaps they learned of the name from
their monitoring of the many transmissions of Other Worlds. In some way, the Wolfen
beings acquired the concept and name of the UAH. Considering themselves to be
direct descendants of the Great Void they called themselves the UAH-RRR, or as
some people knew them, the UAHR."
UAH-RRR...Matu wrote down. Per pronounced the name...then it struck him...WAR!
it sounds the same as the word WAR! And they are the Kings of UAHR, the fierce and
vicious Warriors of WAR! This is the root for the word 'WAR'...I just know it, Matu
thought to himself.
"The throne of the Wolfen Empire, the AST, was officially known as the AST-RRR or
the AST-AR. And the home worlds and stars were known as the Empire of AST-AR."
Matu wrote the names down as quickly as he could.
"And here, Matu, is a most curious title which I think you will enjoy. Can you tell me
what the title of the Queen of the SSS Reptilian Empire would be if she was
called...'The First One of the Great Void?"
Matu looked through his notes. The 'First' was AY...but as the title of the Queen, it
would be AYA. The 'Great Void' was UAH...
"The title of the Queen as the 'First One of the Great Void' would be UAH-AYA.
Master..." he answered.
"That is correct, Matu..." Per said. "Can you tell me what the title would be if we use
the variations of the name of the Queen?"
"UAH-ALLA or UAH-ARRA, Master...?" he offered.
"Well done, Matu..." Per answered him. "Now can you repeat those titles for me
again please?"
"UAH-AYA...UAH-ALLA...and UAH-ARRA..." Matu listed the names again.
"Good..." Per said. "Understand that this is a major title of the Queen, Matu. Now car
you tell me what the title would be that means 'The Wolfen people of the Queen who
is the First One of the Great Void'?"
Matu added the title RRR to the root words he had just written.
"The title would be UAH-AYA-RRR..." Matu began. "It would also be UAH-ALLA-RRR
...and UAH-ARRA-RRR. Warrior! Warrior, Master! This title is exactly the same as the
word 'Warrior'! A Wolfen Warrior who serves the Queen would be known as a UAHARRA-
RRR...a Warrior! Master...it works! The language of the star beings works!"
Matu was excited.
"Is there more, Master Per?" Matu asked.
Per smiled at him.
"Yes, Matu..." he answered. "There is more...much more. But let us not lose sight of
the point which we are making at this moment. A Wolfen person, be it soldier or
worker, is one of the 'Enforcers of the Throne', that is why they were taken into the
Reptilian Empire. It is because of their fierceness and violent natures that the Queen
made this most incredible offer to their Kings. Remember that, Matu, ferocity and
violence was the spirit that gave birth to the UAH-ARRA-RRR."
Matu was sure that he would never forget.
"And it was the Queen's intent to keep that ferocity and violent nature intact under
the newly formed Alliance. By offering the Wolfen Kings her complete support and
her vast Death and War hardware, she had hoped that they would be inspired to
reach for previously unimagined heights of conquest and power. By offering them
status and wealth, and the potential for even greater position and treasure, she had
sought to reward their violent ways in a manner that exceeded even their own
wildest dreams. She gave them the means, the opportunity, and the reward for
remaining true to their inner spirit...by proclaiming herself as the Supreme Being,
she had simply placed herself in the saddle and at the reins of this most
extraordinary 'Beast of War'."
Whoa! Matu smiled. Great image!
"And do not forget, Matu. The very in-bred nature of the RRR Wolfen people made
them obey the system and the Throne, regardless of who sat in it. For the people of
the RRR Empire, the only thing that had changed was the figure on the seat of
power, in the execution of their duties and day to day life, everything remained the
same."
"But would not the Wolfen people..." Matu wondered, "...who are very male-oriented,
would they not refuse to accept a female oriented world, Master?"
"Yes..." Per was pleasantly surprised at Matu's question. "They would. They would be
quick and passionate in their rejection of such a world. But that is why the Queen
changed nothing in the day-to-day worlds of the Wolfen people. What she did was to
simply introduce the 'Spiritual' side of existence to the very physically oriented
Wolfen Ones."
The 'Spiritual' side? Matu was confused.
"Do you mean 'religion', Master...?" he asked.
"Precisely, Matu..." Per confirmed. "You see, the lives of the Wolfen people had been
focused almost completely on the physical aspect of their existence. Any concept of a
'spritual' existence that they had was little more than an acknowledgment of their
'warrior' spirit...there was nothing attached to it. What the Queen did, however, was
to emphasize to them that their violent nature was nearly identical to the very
violent nature of the cosmos itself. While one may choose not to see it as such, the
changes that occur on a planet, the changes that take place in the stars, and the
invisible storms that rage through the spaces in the galaxy...these events are quite
violent and destructive by their very essence. The Queen simply explained to the
Wolfen Ones that they were an extension of the 'spirit' of the galaxy ...they were
'One' with the basic violent spirit of the Universe. And... since she was the
embodiment of the Void...the manifestation of the Universe, they, the Wolfen people,
were simply an extension of the Queen herself."
Wow! Thought Matu to himself. Brilliant...simply brilliant.
"To take advantage of the Wolfen people's natural tendency towards violence and to
help sway them in her favor, the Queen filled the Ceremony of the Alliance with
grand displays of violent weaponry. Reptilian warships streaked overhead with light
and sound weapons firing their enormous cannons; reptilian warriors pointed and
fired their light weapons at empty vehicles, melting them into puddles of molten
steel; and yet other warriors leveled buildings with their sound emitting rifles. The
capabilities of the death technologies of the Queen were vividly and dramatically
impressed on the minds of the Wolfen people. In short, they were very impressed."
Per paused.
"Can you imagine, Matu..." he started, "...how the Wolfen people must have felt
when they saw this astonishing display of power...and were told simultaneously that
they were an extension of the Queen...and that power? It was absolutely
overwhelming."
Matu nodded his head. Absolutely, he agreed...absolutely.
"In order to further the new 'religion' centered on the Queen, immediately after the
signing of the Alliance, the Queen continued to fill every moment in the lives of the
Wolfen people with personal communication images of the death-dealing powers of
the Queen."
What was that? Matu wondered.
"Excuse me, Master..." Matu interrupted, "I am sorry, but can you tell me what
'personal communication images' are, please?"
"Certainly, Matu..." he answered. "These are images that are beamed directly at the
part of the mind that receives electronic impulses. At any given moment, a
transmission from the Queen sent through special broadcast towers will be perceived
in the minds of all those beings who receive signals at a specific frequency. By
varying the frequency of transmissions, in time, everyone will see the images sent
into their brains."
"Do you mean that I would see images in my head, Master?" Matu was intrigued.
"Yes, Matu..." Per answered him. "Unless you learn to block out those frequencies,
you would receive mental pictures that were sent out by the Queen's towers."
"Whether I wanted to or not, Master...?" Matu asked.
"No, Matu...you would not see the images if you had learned how to close down
those receivers in your mind. But most of the images sent to the Wolfen people got
through, however. And in virtually every image, the Queen was depicted as an
infinite force of power, and thus, an ultimate source of violence. The words
accompanying the images were clear: the Queen was the True and Ultimate physical
embodiment of the violent side of the Great Void. Continual displays of violent and
horrific destruction were constantly transmitted to the minds of the Wolfen people.
Images of small planets that were being vaporized, large worlds that were being
rocked with internal explosions, volcanoes, earthquakes and even the manipulation
of weather...all of these pictures were continually sent as a concerted effort to
convey the incredible powers of the Queen. The Wolfen people were overwhelmed
with the image after image of the Queen's power. It did not take long, it was clear to
everyone...the Queen was truly the physical embodiment of the Great Void. All Hail
the Queen, Mother of Heaven and the Great Destroyer of the Universe."
"But the Princess Daughter of the Reptilian Queen, the new Queen of the Wolfen
stars and the personal manifestation of the Queen herself, conveyed to her new
subjects that there was more that her mother, the Queen of Heaven, could add to
the lives of the Wolfen people. Yes, there was a naturally violent part of the
Universe...that was true...but there was also a creative side, a compassionate side,
and the Queen of Heaven was the One and Only True embodiment of that aspect of
the Universe as well. The Queen of Heaven, Mother of All Things was the
manifestation and embodiment of Creation and Destruction, of all aspects of the
Great Void. She was the One, the only true physical incarnation of the Void itself."
She was the Goddess, Matu thought to himself.
"The new Wolfen Queen was quite eloquent in the praise of her Mother and of her
new subjects: 'The Wolfen people are the physical embodiment of the Great Void',
she told them, 'the living Warriors of the Void. The Queen of Heaven, my Mother and
yours, is the spiritual embodiment of the Great Void and the complete manifestation
of the Great Void. And because of this, she was the Supreme Being of the Universe."
Matu was impressed. That's quite a religion that the new Queen was creating. The
legend of the Queen as the Supreme Being was brilliantly presented.
"For the people of the Wolfen Empire, the Queen was the Ultimate Being...and they
were ready to obey her every command. Such was the way of the Wolfen
Ones...fierce and violent dedication to their superiors."
"Was this the beginning of the religion of the Goddess...?" Matu asked.
Per nodded his head.
"Yes, Matu...for the Wolfen Ones, this was the beginning of the Way of the Goddess."
Matu guessed that.
"The words which I would like to share with you now are titles and names that were
applied to the Wolfen people in the language of the stars of Orion. In some cases, we
have the original words of the Wolfen people, but after the Alliance, it was the Orion
titles that were used and carried forward the significance of the rank or status of the
person."
Matu was ready...he loved the word studies.
"As we spoke of earlier, the RRR people called themselves the UAH-RRR. But when
they were introduced to the worlds of the SSS Empire of the Reptilian Queen, they
were given the title of The Highest Ones of Death'. Can you tell me, Matu, what that
title would be?"
Death....KH, Matu remembered that one. He looked through his notes, N or AN, he
had written down. Therefore...
"KH-AN, Master?" he guessed.
"Bravo, Matu!" Per answered. "The Wolfen Kings were introduced to the people of the
SSS Empire as the KHAN."
Ghengis Khan? Matu wondered.
"Can you tell me what the titles of the people would be, Matu?" Per asked him.
"KHAN-US for an individual...KHAN-U for the people as a group..." Matu answered.
"Shall I list the derived titles as you have shown me, Master?"
"Please do..." Per responded.
Matu was ready.
"KHAN-I, 'One who is at the side of the KHAN', a title for a single personal assistant
to the Wolfen Kings..."
"KHAN-IM, 'Those who are at the side of the KHAN', a title for the personal assistants
to the Wolfen Kings..."
"KHAN-UR, The First and Foremost of KHAN Kings', The Original KHAN King', this is
probably a title for the highest ranking King of the Wolfen Empire, Master..."
"KHAN-AN, 'Of The Highest KHAN' or 'Of the Heavenly KHAN', a name for anything
which belongs to the King, probably also a name for the Wolfen Warriors and the
Lords..."
"KHAN-KH, 'Death from the KHAN King', probably a name for the King when he acts
as a judge and executioner, and it could also be a name for a Warrior of the King, I
guess..."
Matu tried to think of any other titles which might apply.
Per was shaking his head back and forth.
Uh-oh, Matu was concerned. What did I miss? What did I miss?
"That is most impressive, young Matu..." Per finally said. "You have learned your
lessons well."
Whew! Matu was relieved.
"But you have forgotten the titles of Royalty."
DAMN! Matu realized he had forgotten to double the names!
"KHAN-KHAN-US for an individual subject of the KHAN King of Kings..."
"KHAN-KHAN-U for all of the subjects of the KHAN King of Kings..."
"KHAN-KHAN-I, a title for a Royal Personal Assistant to the KHAN King of Kings..."
"KHAN-KHAN-IM, a title for the Royal Personal Assistants to the KAHN King of
Kings..."
"KHAN-KHAN-UR, The First and Foremost of KHAN Royal Kings', a title of the KHAN
King of Kings..."
Matu hesitated. Did I get them all? Was that it? He looked up at Per.
He was smiling.
"The KHAN-US were the most vicious race of the Wolfen people, Matu. They were the
ones who had risen to dominate their world. It is important for you to know that on
the World of the Three suns, they were also referred to as the 'Golden Maned Ones'.
They were known as the light-skinned UAH-RRR. While it does not make a great bit
of difference now, it will be something that you will need to know later."
Matu wrote it down. The Master never said things without cause, it must be
important.
"Do you recall the name of the Throne of the RRR people, Matu?" Per asked.
"AST-AR..." Matu answered right away. That was easy, he said to himself.
"That is correct. But time and pronunciation differences also resulted in the throne
being called ASAR. Remember that, Matu. The Wolfen Empire, and the star worlds in
its realm, were known as the Stars of ASAR."
"Can you tell me what the loyal subjects to the Throne would be called, Matu?"
"AST-AR-U or ASAR-U, Master..." Matu answered.
"Good!" Per acknowledged. "The Wolfen people were known as the ASAR-U."
He leaned forward.
"Now...can you tell me what title would be given to the central star in the Empire of
the KHAN Kings, Matu?" he asked.
Matu was puzzled for a moment. Obviously, this was an important answer.
"It would be called KHAN-US, Master..." he answered, making a face.
"Can you tell me the significance of that name, Matu...?" Per asked him.
The KHAN-US Star? Matu wondered. The Star of KHAN-US...the KHAN-US star...the
star of KHAN-US...? Then it hit him. The KHAN-US star! The CANINE star! The 'Dog'
Star' Sirius was the Dog Star! The KHAN looked like dogs, like Wolfen people! In
constellation lore, the Dog Star Sirius was one of the loyal dogs of the Great Hunter
Orion! And in Egypt and Sumer, the name of the Dog Star was ASAR! Incredible! Just
incredible! The Star Language works...it works! Matu tried to calm himself down.
"KHAN-US is the name for the central star of the Wolfen Empire, Master..." he began
"It is also the name for the star Sirius, Canis Majoris, also known as the Dog Star
and one of the loyal hunting dogs of the Great Hunter, Orion."
Per sat back. His wide smile was enough for Matu. He had done well. Matu was proud
of himself...and of his Master. He would never doubt his place in the Order again.
This was to be the work of his life from that moment on. Now, he was sure. For his
daughter, for himself... for the world...this was to be his life and his passion.
Per noticed the sudden look of seriousness on Matu's face.
"In the lives of every one here, Matu...there is one moment in which we came to the
realization that we could no longer leave the Order..." he said. Then he smiled.
"Welcome, brother..." It was as simple as that.
"Upon the signing of the Alliance, Matu..." Per began again. "The Wolfen Warriors
were assigned to the TAKH forces of the Queen, the combined forces of all of the
worlds of the SSS Empire. But they were not to become low-ranking soldiers, Matu...
no, they assumed the roles of leadership. You see, the Queen had tremendous
admiration for the fierce and violent nature of the Wolfen Warriors. Their tactics were
brilliant in their simplicity, and their focus was unshakable, their courage was
unparalleled, and their relentless hunger was also unmatched ...in the mind of the
Queen, they were very close to what the pure Warrior had to be. If there was anyone
who embodied what the Queen wanted in a Warrior, it was the Wolfen Warriors."
"It was a very important move for the Queen, Matu. As leaders and commanders of
her combined forces of the Empire, the Wolfen Warriors soon inspired their troops to
a higher level of efficiency and deadliness...and a renewed spirit and morale. It did
not take long for the Wolfen Warriors to personify exactly what the Queen wanted
the spirit of the TAKH Warriors to be...they were, in the eyes of the Queen, the pure
Warrior...they were the pure TAKH."
"In time, the Wolfen Warriors were known simply as the TAKH. When Other Worlds
spoke of the TAKH forces, it was the image of the Wolfen Warrior that was captured
in the mind of the people. Ferocity and violence became the trademark of the TAKH
on the battle-field, ruthlessness and total obedience was the way of the TAKH in the
handling of the affairs and the administration of the worlds of the Queen."
"And Matu..." Per nodded to him. "The Queen was very, very happy."
I'll bet, he thought. I'll bet she's happy.
"Upon the joining of the Warrior forces of the Reptilian and Wolfen Empires, the AR
deathship of the RRR was brought alongside the giant deathship of the Queen. Now,
if you will recall, the sound '-tt' came to be interpreted as 'death from a reptilian
female'. Since each of the warships of the Queen was a form of 'death from a
reptilian female', each one of them came to be known as an AT. The flagship of the
Queen, the largest and the most deadly of her warships, was known, of course, as
the AT-AT or the T-AT."
"Can you tell me, Matu, what the title of the Queen's flagship would be if it was
known as the 'Highest One of the Death from the Queen'?"
"AT-AN or AT-EN, Master...?" Matu guessed without looking at his notes.
"Bravo! Matu..." Per smiled. "And without looking at your notes! Well done. The most
commonly used term was AT-EN."
ATEN! Matu wrote down. As he looked at it, he remembered...he had seen the name
before. It was the name for the Sun, the power behind the Great Throne of the
ancient gods of Egypt. The ATEN!
"Can you tell me now, Matu...what would be the title of the Queen's flagship in its
role as the 'First and Foremost Deathship from or of the Queen'?"
"The AT-UR, Master..." Matu answered right away. "It would be the AT-UR!"
"Correct..." Per said. "Now, Matu...in the upper quadrant of the enormous globe was
an enormous dark concave depression that housed the huge light cannon, the main
weapon of the Queen's ATEN. By rotating the gigantic cannon towards its target, the
AT-EN was capable of instantly vaporizing cities, regions, starships, aircraft and even
small planets with its intense beam. The 'Light' also had the ability to generate razorsharp
cutting rays that could slice through any ship and penetrating pin-point beams
that could isolate a single individual on a distant world as its target for elimination.
From a distance, the gleaming globe looked like an enormous eye-ball, with a dark
iris and a black pupil. As it rotated its enormous hull to targe: its victims, the AT-EN
took on the appearance of a gigantic eye that was turning to look at its intended
prey."
"Also housed in the 'Light Cannon' quadrant were 'Sound Cutters' that had the ability
to generate sound waves that could shake apart the molecular structure of most
physical objects stun living beings, and even produce a cutting and ripping beam.
Sound waves could also be concentrated into flat beams that could be used to lift
extraordinarily heavy loads by aiming the beam under the object and simply raising
the beam itself."
"As the AT-EN loomed in the distance, the people of Other Worlds would look skywarc
and know that an emissary of the Queen, if not the Queen herself, was about to
make an appearance. Immediately, they would begin to cry out her name...AY! AY!
AY! In time, this cry would become universal in the Empire... AYE! AYE! AYE!"
"For many, the cry AYE! was interpreted as the name of the Deathship itself. This
mighty starship, capable of death and destruction on a scale that was unimaginable
to most subjects of the Empire...this was the AYE of the Divine One."
Holy cow! Matu sat completely upright with such suddenness that he dropped his
pen Holy cow! The mysterious 'Eye of God'! Holy, holy cow! The 'Eye of God'! The
ATEN is the mysterious 'Eye of God'. Which is not accurate anyway because the
'Goddess' preceded God and so the 'Eye of God' is really the 'Eye of the
Goddess'...which is absolutely...
Matus mind was racing. Per looked at him as he sat frozen in his seat. Matu looked
as if he had seen a ghost.
"Are you all right, Matu?" Per asked him.
"NO!" he almost yelled. Then he caught himself. "I mean Yes, Master... I am all right.
I am sorry. It is just that I think I have discovered something that...but it just all
fits...and I want to be able to...but there is so much that..."
"Calma'te, Matu..." Per said gently. "Calm yourself, Matu. Would you like to stop for a
little while so that you can..."
"NO!" he almost shouted again. "I mean...I am sorry, Master...no, please do not
stop"
I am fine. Your teachings have become my passion. Your words are simply incredible
in ther revelations. I am honored, sir. Please...please continue."
Per looked at him for a moment.
"Very well, Matu. This is a story that everyone on the Other Worlds told their childrer
Somewhere in the sky, hidden among the stars or in the clouds, the 'AYE' of the
Supreme Being was overhead...watching, always watching...waiting to rain down
death and destructior on any people who had done something wrong. Any evil or
crime would be punished with a wrath that could destroy the entire planet! While the
story scared many a child, the meaning of the tale was very clear...the forces of the
Queen were always overhead, always monitoring the activities of the people on the
planet below. Though one could not always see the ship...it was there
...somewhere!"
Holy cow! The 'Eye of God'! Matu could not get over the revelation.
Per continued.
"Another name for the AT-EN was the 'Royal Container of Containers', and even the
'House of Houses'. Can you tell what the title for the AT-EN would be in this regard,
Matu?"
Matu did not hesitate.
"The House of Houses' or The Container of Containers' would be the B-B or BE-B..."
Matu answered. 'Babe'? Matu wondered as he said the words. 'Babe'?
"Can you tell me what the title of the AT-EN would be as the 'First and Foremost
House' or the 'First and Foremost Container'?" Per then asked.
"B-UR or B-R..." Matu said.
"Well done..." Per said. "Now can you tell me what the title of the AT-EN would be if
it was recognized as the 'Death Comes Forth from It'?"
'Death Comes Forth from It?', Matu flipped through his notes. 'Comes Forth'? Matu
could not find any entry that meant 'Comes Forth'?
"I cannot find my notes, Master Per..." Matu said. "I am sorry, I do not know what
'Comes Forth' is."
Per nodded.
"Do not worry, Matu..." he said. "It is the long sound of the letter 'E' and is
pronounced 'eee'. When this sound follows a consonant, it implies to 'Come Forth
From'. To distinguish 'Comes Forth From' and Those at the side of, you must look to
the context of the words that are around the word with the long sound of 'eee' as a
suffix. For now, let us just assume that you can tell the difference. Can you try again,
please?"
"Death would be KH, Master..." Matu began again. "If the long sound of 'eee' means
to 'Come Forth From', then the word would be KH-EE."
"Correct, Matu..." Per said, "...but even though the word is pronounced KHEE, it is
written KH-I. 'Death Comes From It'.KHI.
"A title of the AT-EN in its role as the Royal Deathship..." Per continued, "...was the
KHI-KHI. Each of the pilots who flew the Royal Deathships were known as the KHIKHI-
I, 'One who is the side of the Deathship'. Time and pronunciation differences
have seen the title change to IKHI-KHI."
Matu wrote all of the names down... AT, AT-AT, T-AT, AT-EN, AT-ER, BU-R, BE-B, and
KHI. Whew! I have so much to remember.
"Also note, Matu..." Per continued, seemingly without breath, "...that the term KH-I
was a title of all of the warships in the armada of the SSS Empire. Each one was a
'death-dealer', each one was a KH-I."
Matu kept writing.
"Remember, Matu..." Per cautioned him. "These titles we have derived are titles of
the Queen's AT-EN, the enormous fabricated Deathstar of the Empire. What may be
confusing in your future work is that the AR Warship, the hollowed out asteroid ship
of the Wolfen Kings, was oftentimes referred to by the same titles applied to the ATEN.
Though these titles are technically incorrect, you will often find them used to
describe the AR."
Oh, great! Wrong names for the AR...Great! Well, he thought to himself, at least the
Master has forewarned me.
"It is a compliment to the abilities of the pilots of the Wolfen AR that some confusion
has arisen between the AT-EN Deathstar and the Wolfen Deathstar. Pilots trained to
operate the AR Deathstar had learned that the asteroid warship did not handle quite
like a fabricated starship. As a result, the Wolfen pilots had developed not only new
techniques of interstellar navigation, but they had also learned to develop a unique
'inner sense' that the Reptilian star-pilots in sleekly constructed craft had not been
able to develop and acquire. Where Reptilian star pilots were trained for
instantaneous response to instruments that monitored the space around them,
Wolfen pilots had been forced to learn to operate their ship as if they were an
asteroid in space, thus forcing them to predict where the flow of interstellar 'waters'
would take them. This required an immediate adaptation to the physics of the space
that they were in, no small skill in outer space. Oftentimes, the pilots utilized the
natural dynamics of the new space by gliding on electromagnetic waves or solar
winds. Because the AR pilots were essentially flying an asteroid, the most direct
route to a target was often a path that took the AR ship in a very circuitous course
that followed the interstellar flow between stars and worlds."
"But as time-consuming and demanding as this type of flying might have been, it
was precisely this flying technique that proved to be so deadly to their enemies.
Solar systers were seldom suspicious of an in-coming swarm of asteroids, and if they
were, they simply could not monitor every meteor shower that entered their system.
The success of the Wolfe' campaigns of conquest were based on this very simple
premise: every asteroid was a potential warship...a warship that no one suspected."
"Wolfen pilots had become Masters at flying the currents of the 'heavenly waters
between the stars and the solar systems, using the natural flow of space to attack its
enemies. Reptilian pilots had become Masters of full frontal attack, breaking through
the defense fields and electro-magnetic nets with such force that they could take
direct lines towards the enemy. Technology was the strength of the Reptilian pilots,
technique was the strength of the Wolfen pilots...when the two types of pilots were
joined together in the armadas of the TAK forces of the Queen of the Reptilian
Empire, no star system was safe."
I'll bet, Matu said to himself. I dread thinking how Humankind can ever deal with
these two star races. I see little chance of doing battle...in fact, I see little chance at
all.
"Oh..." Per suddenly added. "Also keep in mind, Matu, that the AT-EN...and the AR.
were both considered to be an extension of the Queen and her power. In fact, some
people perceived the AT-EN and the AR to be the embodiment of the Queen herself.
It is often the case that some ancient star people actually equated the AT-EN, the
AR, and the Queen of Heaven. This too, Matu, should remain in the forefront of your
knowledge about the history of the stars of our galaxy...and the beings of the stars
of Orion and Sirius."
Matu was scribbling his notes quickly, reaching for more paper as he did.
"Now, let us continue to look at some of the names given to this most astounding
ship the mighty AT-EN of the Queen..."
My God, does he not get tired? The Per is relentless, Matu marveled. How does he
know all of these things? How does he keep these things in his head? Matu stopped
to stare at the Elder for a moment as he continued to talk. Who are you, he wanted
to know? Where did you come from? Really...
"Besides being the basis for the legend of the 'Eye of the All-Powerful One in Heaven
the AT-EN, and the AR, gave birth to other stories which were told around the fire or
while sitting at the hearth of the homes on the Other Worlds. Many stories described
the most horrible 'Beast of the Heavenly Waters'. A monster with one horrible eye
that could see everything and could spit fire. This was, of course a reference to the
deadly AT-EN. Other stories told how the 'Beast of the Waters' traveled the 'rivers of
heaven', and was capable of destroying ships and swallowing up their human pilots.
Obviously, since this 'beast' traveled the 'rivers of heaven', this was a reference to
the Great AR."
"Since the 'Beast' was 'of the Waters' or the 'rivers of heaven', many stories about
the horrible demon described it as a horrible 'Sea Monster' or a 'Demon Sea
Creature'. Oftentimes fantastic elaborations were added to the descriptions, legends
were embellished and often added details that stretched the imaginations of the
listener. But in each case, the 'Demon' Sea Creature' or the 'Sea Monster' referred to
the AT-EN or the AR. With horrible powers of destruction and the ability to devour
men..."
The Wolfen Warriors on the AR! Matu guessed.
"...this was, of course, a reference to the deadliness of the AT-EN and the AR, and
their ability to traverse the 'waters of space'. Keep these ideas in mind, Matu, it will
become very important later on."
Matu made sure to make that note quite findable.
"Let us now turn our attention to specifically the AT-EN..." Per said.
"The AT-EN of the Queen, the Royal Flagship of the SSS Starship Armada was the
size of a small planet. Actually, there are several types of AT-ENs, Matu, and they
vary in size, but for our conversation, we shall address the largest of the globular
Death Stars...the AT-EN Ship of the Queen."
"The completely fabricated globe is built to be completely self-sufficient. It uses two
primary types of drives, the 'push-pull' drive, and the 'fold' drive. The two different
types of drives are necessary to travel through the two types of space in our galaxy.
There is 'Real' space and 'Universal' space. In 'Real' space, there are numerous
heavenly bodies, suns, planets, asteroids and comets, all quite physical, all quite
'real'. In 'Universal' space, there is no physical existence, there is no matter...it is the
'Breath of the Great Void' as yet unchanged or degraded to the world of physical
things. To travel through 'Real Space', the most common drive was the 'push-pull'
engine. To travel through 'Universal Space', the 'fold' drive was developed."
"In the 'push-pull' drive, the ship actually uses two methods to move through 'Real'
space. In one, the ship propels itself through the 'waters of space' by pushing itself
against the 'stuff' of space. Ancient oarsmen of long ago, for example, used oars to
push against the water in the river to propel the ship forward. In later times, hot
gases were emitted out of the back of the ship, sometimes called 'thrusters',
propelling the ship forward or upward. Later drives would use light particles and
electrical particles to propel themselves forward."
"In the second method, a point in space, the exact same size as the ship, is pulled
towards the craft with a device that generates electro-gravitational force. Once the
point has been pulled around the ship, the electro-magnetic drive is turned off. When
space and time snap back to their original form, the point...with the ship inside it...is
now at the point's original space and time. While the occupants of the ship would feel
nothing, the space around the ship would seem to be flying by. Observers from a
distance would see a sort of stretching of space that suddenly snaps back in a blur
with the ship inside. This is the 'pull' method but is severely limited to distances that
have no obstructions."
'Push-pull', huh? Sounds almost too simple, Matu thought to himself.
"To understand 'Universal Space', Matu..." Per leaned back. "We must return to the
first moment in time...the Breath of the UAH. Some scientists have called this the
'Big Bang', the moment a tiny point exploded and gave birth to the Universe. We
shall not debate the actual event right now, Matu. Let us just agree that there was a
moment in which the Universe came out of the Void. Now, imagine that from this one
tiny point, strands of matter came out, streaming into the Void as if they were
strands of spaghetti."
Spaghetti? Matu was amused but it was easy to imagine strands of spaghetti flying
out from a point of origin.
"Those strands of spaghetti are where we live, Matu. These strands are what we call
the physical Universe...it is where matter resides. Between the strands there is
nothing...it is the Void that has not been filled with the 'Essence of Matter'. Now
imagine one of those long strands of matter twisting and turning through the Void.
Coils and loops, in and out, this is our Universe...or at least what we think is our
Universe. If we are at one end of this twisting and turning strand and a bright star is
at the other end, light travels to us through the strand...it does not travel through
the space without 'Essence'. Light can only travel through this strand. And even
though the light follows the looping, twisting and turning strand, we believe it has
taken a direct...and straight...path towards us."
Amazing! Matu could picture the strand and the star's light traveling through it,
twisting and looping through the strand, yet we would think it was a straight line.
Incredible!
"Now imagine the strand of the physical Universal bending back on itself, almost
touching but still apart at the ends. The light coming from the star at one end flows
out alone the strand, loops back and finally strikes our eyes. We see the path as a
straight line, but the light rays have completely turned."
"But now, Matu, it is important that you understand this. The star and earth are
almost touching, yet if we follow the strand we may very well be light years away
from each other Our Universe consists of many strands of matter. It is much like a
spider web of strands that go in many different directions, touching in some places,
apart in others. To use the 'Fold Drive', one simply folds one strand of the physical
Universe over so that it touches another part. Travel is almost instantaneous."
Incredible! Matu thought. Just incredible!
"The AT-EN of the Queen had both capabilities. Also inside the ship were all of the
most sophisticated and most recent weaponry developed by the MAKH scientists.
Light beams that cut and melt, sound waves that bend, lift and obliterate, heat that
can freeze its target, electro-magnetic waves that re-structure the shape of an
object, electro-gravitational waves that pull planets out of their orbit and the latest in
mind-control technologies...any and every instrument and weapon that had been
recently developed was found on the AT-EN."
"In the center of the enormous Death Star was an artificial sun. On the inside surface
of the globe, layers and layers thick, was an artificial rock and soil crust. Carefully
maintained lakes and rivers, even small mountainsides and hills were designed on
the artificial ground Stabilizing atmospheric conditioners maintained a consistent
temperature and climate. Domed cities with towering structures for business, military
headquarters and private home life were incorporated into the design of the globe.
Travel to and from domed city to domed city was accomplished through airships that
navigated the internal AT-EN skies. In short, Matu, within the AT-EN was a carefully
designed and constantly monitored miniature world."
Whoa! Matu was stunned. A whole little world inside a ship! Amazing!
"When inhabitants of the 'Inner World', as they referred to it, looked towards the
center of the AT-EN globe, towards the artificial sun, they were actually looking...'up'.
When they looked towards their feet, 'down', they were actually looking away from
the artificial core towards the outer hull of the ship. Though the world was inverted,
Matu, it was a near perfect paradise for its inhabitants. In fact, generations of people
were born and raised in the 'Inner World'. Some inhabitants had known no other life,
and wanted nothing else."
Yes, but never getting out? Matu made a face. Is it possible that these people would
never want to get outside.
Per saw Matu's face.
"Perhaps if I told you more about the 'Inner World', you would understand why these
people might not want to leave, Matu..." Per offered.
Matu nodded. Perhaps, he thought. Better be good.
"In the 'Inner World'..." Per began again. "The environment was completely clean.
The air was safe to breathe without pollutants. The ships that traveled through the
internal skies were powered by electro-magnetic fields that were carefully designed
never to touch or come close to inhabited areas. The artificial sun emitted no harmful
radiation nor did it ever become too hot. There were no solar storms nor deadly solar
wind. Rainfall was carefully plotted and could be turned on and off with split second
precision. There was no fog or windstorms or snowstorms. Artificial bodies of water
were stocked with appropriate forms of underwater Life rivers flowed over clean rock
beds and small mountain peaks were peppered with real generated snow.
Inhabitants of the 'Inner World' could enjoy an artificial outdoors that was safe from
predators and chaotic and unpredictable weather conditions. It was never too cold
nor was it too hot. Day and night periods were carefully regulated, with a spectacular
light show that accompanied every transition."
"The artificial ground was mixed in such a way as to be contaminate free and superabsorbent
in case of pollution spills of any sort. It was also fertile and fully capable of
supporting individual gardens and full-fledged farming operations. Vegetables and
fruit grown on specifically designated farm units were also free of contaminates and
dangerous insecticides. Only beneficial primitive Life forms were permitted in the
'Inner World'. There were no pests or life forms that could spread disease and
infections. There were absolutely no scavengers that could endanger the safety and
health of the inhabitants. Every exposed surface area could sustain Life... it was, in
short, a Garden World."
"Carefully designed and constructed domed cities were safe. Every movement was
totally monitored so that the inhabitants were completely unafraid of any criminal
activity. There were no prison colonies, no holding centers or detention centers.
Travel was done through the airships or tube shuttles that linked every point in the
city to every other point, so there was no traffic congestion, pollution or accidents.
There were fully equipped Medical Centers with the latest medical equipment,
including Re-animation and Re-generation chambers. There were centrally located
entertainment centers that provided the latest holographic appearances by musicians
and artists, lecturers and speakers...even the Royal Family of the Queen herself."
"Every inhabitant had specific duties but were permitted generous amounts of time
for personal development and growth. Mates were carefully screened, and biological
reproduction was programmed only when necessary. Any pleasure was permitted so
long as it did not interfere with the running of the ship. Stimulation centers were
available to everyone but were seldom used because everyone was inherently happy.
Life spans were extraordinarily long because of the healthy and stress-free lives led
by the inhabitants. Proper nutrition and eating habits were the norm, exercise
regimens were part of every day life."
"Inhabitants were safe, long-lived, healthy, intelligent, and happy. Every one of their
needs was filled and every desire was satisfied. Life was idyllic. And when you live in
a totally controlled environment, there is little to be said for living on the surface of a
totally unpredictable and unstable planet, with equally unpredictable and unstable
people."
"In short, Matu...living in the 'Inner World' was exactly like living in Paradise."
Hmmph! and probably quite boring Matu thought to himself.
Per saw the look on Matu's face.
"No, Matu..." Per shook his head. "I can see a look of displeasure on your face, and
you are mistaken. Life in the AT-EN was a near perfect existence for its inhabitants.
In fact, the requests for residency on the Starship were often turned down. To live on
the AT-EN, an individual had to pass entrance examinations and qualifying health
checks. Entrance requirements were stringent. The only other way to win residency
was to be born on the ship. In time, each AT-EN Starship had its own identifiable
population, much as we human beings refer to our own nationalities. Citizenship on
an AT-EN Starship became an object of pride. Beings often referred to themselves by
the Starship that they lived on."
"Citizenship was a matter of great honor...and often considered to be the measure of
the man. If an inhabitant of the AT-EN committed a crime or broke any of the rules,
the penalty was severe... transgression meant immediate surrender of citizenship on
the AT-EN. This, in and of itself, Matu...the potential loss of Paradise...was sufficiently
frightening to most inhabitants to insure that no difficulties would ever occur. The
greatest punishment any of the inhabitants of the AT-EN could suffer was
banishment. Loss of the Garden World meant a fate worse than death."
Matu sat bold upright...again! Oh, my God! The loss of the Garden of AT-EN! Oh my
God ...can it be? Can it actually be?
Chapter V
The Garden ofEden
"Master!" Matu nearly shouted at him.
Per was smiling.
"Master!" the young man was very animated. "Is it possible that the Garden of Eden
was actually the 'Garden World of the AT-EN'? I mean, you described it as a paradise,
and certainly, if everything is as you described it..."
Matu suddenly stopped. He had made an error.
"I am sorry, Master..." he apologized. "I am certain it is as you described it. I am just
excited about the possibility that the 'Garden of Eden' and the 'Garden of the AT-EN'
might be one and the same."
"Do not apologize, Matu..." Per shook his head. "Be not afraid to challenge any of our
teachings. You must not blindly accept my words...so do not hesitate to question any
of what I say to you. Accept nothing, question everything, challenge everyone. It is
important that you do so. If the words are true, they stand on their own and need
not the reputation of the person who utters them for their veracity."
Matu was relieved.
"Now..." Per said. "In regards to the possible link between the 'Garden of Eden' and
the 'Garden World of the AT-EN'. Let us proceed together, Matu, and see if we can
provide evidence for...or against...the argument that the two might be the same
place."
Matu pulled out several sheets of paper. He didn't want to miss a single word on this
one! It was too good ...and too important.
"In ancient languages, Matu..." Per began. "The sound of the letter T and the letter
'D' were interchangeable. Thus, AT-EN could have been written AD-EN."
I knew it! Matu smiled.
"And of course, AD-EN and EDEN are apparent cognates. Assuming that the 'Garden
World of the AT-EN' is as I have described..."
Per looked at Matu and smiled.
Matu smiled back.
"...then what do we know of the Garden of Eden?" Per asked. "To find out, we must
turn to the book which first introduces the Garden of Eden to Humankind...the Bible."
Per reached for the large copy on the desk and began to thumb through it.
"Ann..." Per exclaimed, "...here it is."
Handing the Bible to Matu, he asked, "Would you be so kind as to read the passages
about the Garden of Eden please, Matu?"
Matu took the book and began to look at the passages. Someone had already
market! the pertinent passages. Matu began to read:
"From the Book of Genesis, Chapter 2 Verses 8 through 17..."
'Verse 8 - And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed."
"Verse 9 - And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the
garden, and the tree or knowledge of good and evil."
"Verse 10 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it
was parted, and became into four heads."
"Verse 11 - The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole
land or Havilah, where there is gold..."
"Verse 12 - And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia."
"Verse 13 - And the god of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone."
"Verse 14 -And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward
the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates."
"Verse 15 - And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it."
"Verse 16 - And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat..."
"Verse 17 - But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
"From the Holy Bible, the King James Version."
Matu finished and put the book down.
"Let us note, Matu..." Per began, "...that the very first line in the Holy Bible tells us
that the 'Garden' is NOT Eden itself. It is not. What this passage tells us is that the
'Garden' is '...IN Eden'. It would actually be more accurate to call the Paradise that
Adam lived IN the Garden in EDEN. And if it is IN Eden..."
"Then it is a perfect description of the Garden World that is IN the ATEN..." Matu
said.
"Correct, Matu..." Per smiled. "But let us for now say that this is quite a remarkable
coincidence, Matu..."
Matu marveled at Per's caution.
"If we look to the ancient languages of Sumer and Akkad, we will find that the word
'edin' means 'a plain', or 'a steppe', with the implication that they are quite fertile. In
essence they carry the essence of 'fertile flat lands'."
"The 'Garden World' of the AT-EN was a fertile place, was it not, Master?" Matu asked
"Yes, Matu..." Per answered him. "It was...but we must still have further
confirmation before we can convincingly say that the AT-EN and EDEN are one and
the same. Now, if we look to the Hebrew origins of the word 'eden', we find that the
primary root is the word 'adan which actually means 'to live voluptuously'."
"Exactly!" Matu smiled again. "It is another way of saying that they lived fruitful lives
that they lived in a paradise world like that which was in the AT-EN!"
"Speaking of 'paradise', Matu..." Per continued. "If we look at the ancient Greek
language, we shall find that the word 'paradise', the word ascribed to the Garden of
Eden actually means... 'an enclosure'."
"Another 'coincidence'!" Matu smiled even more.
"Now, Matu..." Per continued. "What would you say if I told you that the Hebrew
word for tree was pronounced 'ates'?"
"Ates?" Matu wondered. Suddenly it hit him.
"AT-US, Master!" Matu grinned broadly. "In the language of the stars, the term AT-US
would mean 'one who is of the AT'! The 'trees' of the Garden are the 'subjects of the
AT! Another 'coincidence'! Master! This is wonderful!"
Matu remembered that the Celtic people always spoke of the 'tree people' in their
stories of the 'ancient ones'.
"And here is another important fact, Matu..." Per said. "The suffix '-IM' means Those
who are at the side of, a title that implies people who have higher standing than
Those who are of, the '-U'. Knowing this, can you tell me what the name of 'highranking
individuals of the AT would be?"
Matu paused then answered, "AT-IM, Master?"
Then his eyes popped open.
"AT-IM!" he repeated. "AT-IM! AT-IM would also be AD-IM...which is the same as
ADAM! Good Lord! The name ADAM means 'high-ranking individuals of the AT!
Higher than the AT-US! And ADAM was the 'high-ranking' individual of the Garden of
Eden! It fits! ADAM of EDEN is AT-IM of the ATEN! Another one, Master...another
'coincidence'!"
Good God! Matu was excited and stunned by his discovery. ADAM was an inhabitant
of an enormous starship! Good God! How will I ever be able to tell anyone?!
"Yes, Matu..." Per said. "But the term '-IM', which means 'those who are at the side
of also implies 'those who take care of. AT-IM would also mean 'those who take care
of."
"Like Adam was supposed to take care of the Garden of Eden!" Matu said with even
more excitement! "It works, Master. It works! It must be true!"
Per kept going, "...And consider this, Matu...yet another quote, but this one from the
book of Ezekiel in the Bible. Chapter 31...Verse 9...in this quote, the Patriarch Ezekiel
is describing Adam in the Garden of Eden, it reads: 'I have made him fair by the
multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of
God, envied him'."
Matu was a little confused.
"What this verse is saying, Matu..." Per explained, "...is that the 'ates' trees of the
Garden were envious of the 'adama' men...the AT-US of the Garden were envious of
the AT-IM. The lower ranking inhabitants of the ATEN were jealous of the status that
the AT-IM held on the AT starship."
"Another one!" Matu let out. "Another 'coincidence'! Master...it is true! This is just
another confirmation that EDEN and the AT-EN are one and the same!"
"The argument is being made, Matu..." Per smiled, "...but let us not become too
comfortable with our position. Let us continue. Remember the quote wherein God
says that he made 'ADAM fair by the multitude of his branches'?"
"Yes..." Matu nodded.
"Let us carefully look at that phrase...'Adam is made 'fair' by all of the 'branches' that
he has..." Per continued. "The Hebrew word for 'fair' is 'daliyah'. Thus, in Hebrew,
this phrase would actually read 'Adam is made fair by all of the 'daliyah' that he
has'."
Matu wrote the word down. d...a...l...i...y...a...h...
"Now to understand the hidden meaning, we must look at the root for the word
'daliyah'. Simply, the root is actually 'dalah'. The term 'daliyah' is actually the
combination of two words, 'dalah' and 'yah'. But 'yah' is a term that you should
recognize, Matu..."
Matu immediately saw the name of the Queen, YAH or AYA, at the end of the word.
"YAH!" he said right away. "It is the name of the Queen... AYA...it is a word that has
to refer to the Queen! The word 'dalah' followed by YAH must mean something like
the 'dalah' of Queen AYA'!"
"Exactly..." Per smiled. "The phrase 'Adam is made fair' actually reads 'Adam is made
'dalah' of AYA!"
Matu was still not clear what that meant.

[lordzoma]

"To understand the real meaning, Matu, we must reconstruct the word 'dalah' in the
manner of ancient languages, of which Hebrew certainly qualifies. To begin with,
remember that the sounds T and 'D' were often interchanged in ancient languages.
Thus, the word 'dalah' could actually be written 'talah'."
Matu wrote the word down. t...a...l...a...h...
"But ancient languages also interchanged the sounds 'L' and 'R'. Thus, our word
'dalah', which is now 'talah', could also be written 'tarah' or 'terah'. Can you tell me,
Matu using your new knowledge of linguistic parts, what the word 'terah' could
mean, Matu?
TER...AH? TER...AH? TER...UH? Matu was looking at the word carefully. Then it hit
him. 'UH' is like the suffix'-U'. TER...AH is just like TER-UH! And TER-U is another
form of
"Master, 'terah' must be 'TER-UH' or 'of the ATER'!" Matu guessed. "It must mean
mean Those who are of the ATER' or, in other words, Those who are of the ATEN'!
The phrase 'Adam is made 'terah' by his ates', actually means 'AT-IM is made 'one of
the ATER by his AT-US'."
Matu was momentarily confused.
"AT-IM is made one of the ATER by the AT-US..." Per repeated. "AT-IM is accepted by
the subjects of the AT into their fold."
Wow! Matu thought to himself. Adam is made a part of the Garden World, he is
accepted by the beings of the Garden...but not without some jealousy. Just like some
of the angels were not happy with the creation of Adam in some of the old stories.
But nevertheless Adam becomes part of the Garden.
Per smiled that smile of his.
"Did you know, Matu..." he said, "...that the term 'dalah' also means 'to deliver" or
'to let down'?"
"Right!" Matu smiled. "As in 'to deliver' something in the ATEN or to 'let it down' from
the ATEN! It all fits, Master!"
Per smiled at him.
"There is yet one more aspect to this most remarkable root word 'dalah', Matu..." he
continued to smile. "It is also the foundation of the word 'b'daleh'...a word which has
been translated as 'bdellium' in the Bible."
Matu was puzzled again.
"Read Verse 13 again, Matu..." Per said.
Matu picked up the Bible.
"Verse 13..." he began, "...And the god of that land is good: there Is bdellium and
the onyx stone."
Matu nearly jumped.
"Bdellium!" he said loudly. "Bdellium was in Eden! The word 'dalah' means 'of the
ATER'...and 'b'dalah' means 'bdellium'. Bdellium also means 'of the ATER', Master! It
makes our point again! EDEN is the ATEN!"
"Yes, Matu..." Per nodded. "The term 'b'dalah' means 'of the ATER'. Bdellium is an
element basic to the mighty ATEN. The argument becomes even stronger."
Matu was still excited.
"Perhaps you will also enjoy these next few words as much, Matu..." Per said. "I will
wait for you to get another sheet of paper. I think you will want to record them."
Matu eagerly reached for another sheet. Per was amazing, he thought to himself.
"The discovery that the Garden of Eden might quite possibly be an enormous globe,
an enormous Starship, will be very difficult for many people to believe. They will, of
course, say that such technology simply could not exist millions of years ago."
Boy! that's for sure, Matu agreed.
"But let us see if any ancient languages...from Humankind's own past...present us
with any evidence that the mighty AT-EN which I have spoken of, did indeed exist..."
Matu was sure that they would...and he would write every word down.
"In the ancient Akkadian language, the term 'hatanu' means 'to fly' and 'to protect'."
Bingo! HATANU and ATEN sound alike and essentially mean the same thing, Matu
smiled to himself. Score one for the ATEN's existence!
"...in Hebrew, the term 'atiyn' means 'a receptacle' and it also means 'a breast'..."
Another one! Matu thought. A receptacle is a 'container', the ATEN is a 'container',
and a breast absolutely indicates a female essence...the Queen, of course.
"...in Hebrew, the term 'iyt' means 'to swoop down on' or 'to fly'..."
Bingo! Matu said again. The AT and 'iyt'!
"...in Hebrew, the term 'ayit' means 'a hawk' or a 'bird of prey'..."
Another AT piece! Matu thought. Bingo!
"...in Hebrew, the term 'ad' means 'to advance', 'ever-lasting', 'world without end',
and 'booty' or 'prey'..."
AT becomes AD, the AT 'advances' and is 'ever-lasting'...but 'world without end'! My
God...how much closer can you get? Another bingo!
"...in Hebrew, the term 'ed' means 'a witness' or 'a prince'..."
AT becomes AD that becomes 'ed'...'a witness' is 'one who watches' or 'one who uses
his eye'...and a 'prince' implies 'royalty'. Sounds like another Bingo! to me.
"...in Hebrew, the term 'adah' means 'to alter', 'to remove', 'to take away', or 'to
advance'..."
AT-UH...of the AT. 'Remove', 'take away', 'to advance'...yep, those are things 'of the
AT! Bingo!
"...in Hebrew, the term 'edah' is feminine and means 'an assembly', 'a multitude',
'people' or 'a state assemblage'..."
AT-UH becomes AD-UH which becomes EDAH...'of the AT...'an assembly", 'a
multitude', 'a people'...absolutely! Another Bingo!
"...in Hebrew, the term 'adon' comes from a seldom used root word that means 'to
rule'. It also means a 'divine controller' or 'lord' and 'master'. In fact, the later Greek
term 'Adonis' is derived from 'adon'."
The AT-EN was a 'divine controller', it was the symbol of power of the Queen. Bingo!
Another bingo!
"...in Hebrew, the term 'adonay' is a very strong and emphatic form of 'adon'...
'adonay' was actually believed to be the proper name of God."
ATEN-AY!! AT-EN and the Queen's name AY!! Is that incredible or what?! Matu was
absolutely amazed...and very pleased!
"...and finally, Matu...in Hebrew, the term EDEN means the 'foundation' of
something, the most basic aspect of something. It also means the foundation of a
building."
Of course, Matu realized. The AT-EN, as the most powerful ship in the Queen's
Armada of ships was the foundation-stone of the fleet. Bingo! Again! AT-EN and
EDEN are one and the same, I'm sure of it! Matu was beaming. It was true.
"Master!" Matu was absolutely convinced. "All of these words support the idea that
there was such a thing as an AT-EN starship long, long ago! And that starship, as
you
described it, had a 'Garden World' in its core! It is true...the 'Garden of Eden' is the
'Garden World of the ATEN!"
Per nodded his approval.
"Do not stop writing, Matu..." Per said. "There are yet a few more words."
More? Matu was surprised...and yet, he wasn't.
"In the ancient Greek, 'atenizo' means 'to gaze with great intent', or to 'fasten ones
eyes on something."
"...in Latin, 'attinere' means 'to reach for something' and 'to hold fast to it'.
Okay...the AT-EN reaches for new worlds and holds tightly to them. Bingo again.
"... in Latin, 'attonarer' means 'to thunder at' in such a way that you stun someone."
The AT-EN roars through the skies, the sound weapons emit their stun rays... Bingo!
"..in Arabic, 'adan' means 'to damage' or 'to harm' or even 'to cause injury'."
Yes...the AT-EN definitely causes damage and causes harm and injury... Bingo!
"...and again, in Arabic, 'idn' means 'if God chooses', or 'if God is willing'."
'God willing'? Matu wondered for a moment. Oh! Of Course! An act of God! What the
AT-EN does has to be interpreted as the actions of the 'Divine One' in heaven! The
AT-EN is an 'idn'...an act of God! Bingo!
Per had stopped, Matu was still writing. When he looked up, the Master was silent.
Matu nearly exploded.
"Master..." he was excited. "How can anyone argue? The ATEN existed! All of these
ancient languages have root words that point to its existence! It was an incredible
starship that held an incredible 'Garden World'...and it was the 'Garden of EDEN'.
Master, it is true! It really is true!"
"It would certainly seem so, Matu..." he said. "But let us not become complacent, let
us continue in our search. If the ATEN was real, then should we not find that the
other names of the AT-EN are also reflected in the ancient languages of our world?"
Matu stopped. Yes, actually, he thought to himself. That should be true.
"What were the other names of the AT-EN, Matu?" Per asked him.
Matu looked through his notes. Some of the pages fell on the floor.
"AT-EN....AR...AT-ER...and BE-R..." Matu answered, stooping over to pick them up.
"Very well..." Per stood up and walked over to one of the shelves of books. "Let us
look at some of the other names of the AT-EN and see if we can find them in other
languages. Matu was ready.
"The following words are ancient Egyptian, Matu..."
"... 'aar is the name of an unidentified bird."
"... 'ar' is a name for a kind of stone or rock."
"... 'ar' is also a word that means 'to come' or 'to go up to something', as in to
ascend."
"... 'ara' 'is a word that means 'to go up', 'to embark in a boat', or 'to be high'."
"... 'arar is a word that means 'to be high', or 'to be exalted."
Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Score five more for the ATEN's existence, Matu smiled.
"The following words are ancient Hebrew..."
"...the words 'ar' and 'iyr' mean a 'city that has a constant watchful eye."
Wow! Matu thought to himself. Any city in the 'Garden World' IS a city in the Eye!
"...the word 'araf means 'to demolish', or 'to break up'. It also means 'to raise up'."
"...the word 'er' means 'watchful'."
'Watchful' means 'to use the EYE' Matu thought.
"...the word 'ra'ah'or 'ra'eh' means 'to see', 'to gaze at', 'to look at', 'to stare'.
RA-UH or AR-UH, Matu smiled. 'Of the AR', of course. And it also means 'to use the
EYE'. Matu smiled very, very smugly.
"... 'ra'ah' has another meaning, Matu. It means 'a bird of prey'."
Bingo! Matu smiled. The AR is a 'bird of prey'.
"...the word 'uwr' means 'to wake up', 'to open the eyes', or 'to use the eyes'."
Bingo! Another one, Matu smiled.
"...and the word 're'iy', Matu...means a 'looking glass'."
Huh? Matu suddenly stopped smiling. A looking glass?
"I do not understand this one, Master?" he said. "What does that mean 'looking
glass'?
Per smiled.
"In ancient Egypt, Matu, the word for 'looking glass' was... ATEN."
Bingo! Bingo! Matu was grinning again.
"...and the last word is 'airo', Matu. It is an ancient Greek word that means 'to take
up' or 'to take away'."
Another one! Matu grinned. My list is getting extremely long. The AR and the ATEN
absolutely existed!
"And now for the other title of the AT-EN...the AT-ER. Remember, Matu...these are
but a few of the words that pepper the ancient languages. There are many, many
more...in time you will have to find them. For now, these words I give you are a
starting point."
"In the ancient Hebrew...'atar' means 'to form a circle to attack'..."
A 'circle for attack'! The ATEN globe! Bingo!
"In ancient Arabic....'atara' and 'atr' mean 'to influence' or 'to make an impression'.
They also mean 'to pursue', 'to follow' and 'to take possession of."
Good! Good! Yes! Another couple of hits!
"The ancient Syrians called their God of War and the Chase... 'ber'..." Per said
without hesitating or stopping.
BAR! From B-R, the other name for the AT-EN! BAR is the same as B-R! The ATEN
could easily be referred to as the 'God of War and the Chase'! Bingo again!
"In ancient Egypt, the word 'bar' meant 'greatness of eye'."
Bingo!
"...the word 'ber' itself actually meant 'eye'."
Double bingo!
"In ancient Hebrew, the word 'b'ara' meant to 'look with pleasure'."
Another word that means 'to use the eye'!
"And..." Per said with some emphasis. "Do you remember the title which meant 'the
container of containers' or 'the house of houses', Matu?"
Matu looked at his notes.
"Yes, Master..." he found it. "The title was B-B, or BE-B."
"Did you know, Matu..." Per said, "...in ancient Egyptian, one form of 'baba' meant
'cave', or 'abode in the earth'?"
A home...in the earth? Exactly! Matu smiled again.
"Other forms of 'baba' meant 'to fly', 'to kill', 'to slay' and 'to use force'."
Absolutely! Still more Bingos!
"In ancient Hebrew, 'babah' meant 'hollowed out' and...Matu...it also means 'the
pupil of the eye'."
Super double bingo! Matu was excited.
"And in the ancient Arabic, the term 'bu'bu' meant 'the innermost part', 'the source',
'the origin', and...'the pupil of the eye'."
Another one! The 'source' of things and the 'origin' of things! Matu was very excited
More proof that the ATEN existed!
"Remember, Matu..." Per reminded him. "These are but a few of the many words thar
can be found in the ancient languages of our history. You will find many, many
more...but let us just acknowledge for now, that there is sufficient evidence to
support the existence of the AT-EN in our far distant past."
Matu could not agree more. He was absolutely convinced. The ATEN existed...and I
was the source of the legend of the Garden of Eden!
"Master..." Matu was excited. "Master...it is no wonder that no one has ever found
the Garden of Eden! It never actually existed on our world! I believe that! But...but I
was wondering...is it possible, I mean, we have also never been able to find
convincing evidence of the existence of the continent of Atlantis on Earth...could the
'Paradise World that Plato has described long ago...could that also have been the
ATEN...could the continent of Atlantis alsc have been a ship in space? The names
ATEN and ATLANTIS are similar sounding...might they have the same root?"
Matu felt his excitement rising. What a discovery that would be! To his
disappointment Per shook his head from side to side. Matu was surprised. He was
sure that Atlantis was alsc the world-sized starship. Matu looked up at Per.
Per smiled back at him.
"You are too quick to abandon your theory, young one..." Per said. "If you believe
that you may have a discovery at hand, do not stop your investigation merely
because you have been told you are wrong. I did not shake my head because you
are wrong... I was shaking my head because I marveled at the astuteness of your
question. You are truly an intelligent young man, capable of wondrous thought."
Matu was surprised. Per had not been denying him, he had been impressed with the
question! But Matu also realized that Per was right, he had been too quick to
abandon his idea. As he looked up to Per, the Elder immediately began to speak.
"That is an excellent thought, Matu..." he said, "...perhaps we should examine the
possibility that the ATEN was not only EDEN, but that it was also the Lost Continent
of the long ago world of Atlantis!"
Per paused for a moment.
"I believe you should take out more paper, my young friend..." he said. "I think you
will need it."
Matu was getting excited again. He reached for more paper. This is going to be good
he thought to himself. This is going to be good!





---That's all I have.---

[lordzoma]

Once someone has read this in its entirety or has read the terra papers, I'd love to hear some people's thoughts on it.

[gravityhero23]

The paper's are fascinating - i've read them - I wonder if there is a similarity between the blues and psychedelic mushrooms - psilocybin turns blue after picking.

lordzoma, this topic has already been posted - more the merrier though

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16951

Have you also listened to the interviews on art bell's show?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EMqw6ILD3DM

[matrix911]

Once someone has read this in its entirety or has read the terra papers, I'd love to hear some people's thoughts on it.

Hands down, this is one of the best readings I've ever done and on the highest of frequencies containing extremely ADVANCED writings/knowledge/wisdom up there on my list with the RA material. It resonates quite well with me and validates a similar story I've heard back in the early to mid 90's from another "source"... so this is only the 2nd time in my life i've seen anything having such information/knowledge in this area.

Have you ever seen another interpretation or similar account of the "story" told in the TP?

However Imo, ones frequency has to be high enough to a) be able to read past the first page let alone first paragraph b) resonate with. c) comprehend the advanced knowledge, allegory and truth between the lines. and d) leave your ego at the door... most will have trouble following and being able to process whats being revealed as anything other than jiberish.


LZ... a few other questions for you...

is there a text version of TP?

are there any specific or recommended links or further info on RMS you can suggest?

When was this material released in this form?

Its quite interesting and odd at the same time that RMS is able to have remembered so much detail unless of course he was transcribing everything he was being told at the time of dictation or while the story was being told... yet all of it does appear to be presented in a very cohesive manner/order even though i'd expect to see most dismissing it as nonsensical ramblings.

Most will probably claim its nothing more than a story since there can never be scientific proof of much of whats being asserted/told and claimed TRUTH...

While I might agree, from other areas I've investigated pertaining to much of the material over the years, I believe there's much wisdom and knowledge being revealed that closer to, if not the TRUTH, than most will ever admit or be able to comprehend at this moment in human evolvement.

There's a reason they call such things ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE ;)

[pali_gap]

too much to read and it feels kinda generic...

[lordzoma]

I agree with you 100%. This material is far more advanced than most people on this forum are capable of resonating with. I resonate with it completely, and there are many MANY truths contained here.

From what I know, the material was taken from a GREY that was rescued from one of the 4 crashes near roswell, and brought to RMS' father's house.

WHICH means something rather important - it means that all of this material comes from a sequential, and therefore is tainted with the agenda that a sequential would give in manipulating humanity.

While much of it is true, it does not address some fundamental aspects to the nature of sequential consciousness, as this is not something a sequential would share with a simultaneous incarnate like us.

For example, numerous times there is the discussion of the death of the orion queen and the passing on of the lineage. Death does not work in the same for sequentials as it does with us. Once their body dies they move into the astral and then can reincarnate in a body of thier choosing, with full knowledge of all the lives they have led before. This means that the passing of the queen's body does not end her reign, as she will soon be born again and will reign again.

I have no idea if the material exists in text forum, but im sure you can figure out a way to copy paste it from the pdf into a text format.

If you resonate with this material, you will also resonate with the Matrix 5 material which you can find some information about linked in my signature. you can find the books at trufax.org. This forum is primarily filled with lighsiders, many of whom call it a flaw of my ego to recognize their existence as being lightsider oriented in the first place. This ties in hand with the delusions of the lightside and should be expected. One of them even went so far as to source a ship being destroyed in the atmosphere and slated it as being by ashtur command and it being proof that the lightsiders are here to protect us and will win - PURE delusion. The dark on this planet and in america is a very deep dark, and is getting darker by the day. People love to lie to themselves and try to see things in another way because as a lightsider they fear the dark and are afraid of what it means to be in a place where no matter what they do they cannot win. Polarity games are rampant everywhere, and it takes a truly advanced person to be able to get beyond the polarity play and focus in on the real material. M5 contains many of the keys needed to graduate and will help you gain a fundamental focus on the material RMS discusses. The terra papers and atlantiseden have tremendously valuable knowledge in them when taken from the proper perspective.

[matrix911]

too much to read and it feels kinda generic...

Told ya LZ.

this response is a perfect example of my point about FREQUENCY.

so I rest my case.

[matrix911]

I agree with you 100%. This material is far more advanced than most people on this forum are capable of resonating with. I resonate with it completely, and there are many MANY truths contained here.


Its called the law of frequency... and its universal.

Ones frequency has to be high enough for resonation. Its literally jiberish or as the above poster said, "generic" and too much to read... perhaps when this persons frequency is ever RAISED, they'll return and have a totally different opinion. I know I've come across something I thought seemed interesting, but never read more than a paragraph and just bookmarked it... a year later i happen to come across the material again and kick myself for not having understood it, read it thoroughly or put it aside. It only meant my frequency at the time, wasn't high enough to fully resonate with it. IOW it was OUT OF MY FREQUENCY at that time. This also works with relationships, work, etc.

I like to equate or describe this "law" to an episode of star trek where they attempted to figure out what the "buzzing" sound was which sounded like a mosquito flying around... spock figured out that when ones vibration/frequency was sped up, the buzzing sound was really a higher intelligence or consciousness state of being which to those with a lower frequency vibration, was undetectable or invisible.


From what I know, the material was taken from a GREY that was rescued from one of the 4 crashes near roswell, and brought to RMS' father's house.
WHICH means something rather important - it means that all of this material comes from a sequential, and therefore is tainted with the agenda that a sequential would give in manipulating humanity.


are there any other details like HOW this was communicated/conveyed? vocally or telepathically etc?

I'm sure one of the biggest questions might be is how such detail was first recorded and then how it was recalled or transferred to RMS since obviously most will question its authenticity or want some way to verify it being anything other than just another story or fable etc.

The reason I give this story credence and consideration is because I've heard many parts of it corroborated by someone else who i can only describe at this time as having demonstrated special esoteric knowledge at the highest of levels... Or iow, whatever it is that gives you confidence that this story is TRUTH or contains real wisdom, is the same confidence I have of my source. The only difference though is that you don't know RMS or his grandfather personally. You/We are being asked to take the story as something more than a fictional story... something very difficult for most, especially a skeptic that would look for a way to validate it scientifically right? Something obviously impossible. which is why I cite a further source that appears to be corroborating many aspects. To me thats very interesting and worth consideration that there may be much truth in this "story".



While much of it is true,


I'm curious though, why YOU believe its "true/truth"? because it RESONATES? or something else?


I have no idea if the material exists in text forum, but im sure you can figure out a way to copy paste it from the pdf into a text format.
If you resonate with this material, you will also resonate with the Matrix 5 material which you can find some information about linked in my signature. you can find the books at trufax.org. This forum is primarily filled with lighsiders, many of whom call it a flaw of my ego to recognize their existence as being lightsider oriented in the first place. This ties in hand with the delusions of the lightside and should be expected. One of them even went so far as to source a ship being destroyed in the atmosphere and slated it as being by ashtur command and it being proof that the lightsiders are here to protect us and will win - PURE delusion. The dark on this planet and in america is a very deep dark, and is getting darker by the day. People love to lie to themselves and try to see things in another way because as a lightsider they fear the dark and are afraid of what it means to be in a place where no matter what they do they cannot win.


They fear the fact that the TRUTH that most have been taught, has been a LIE. Its merely EGO that continues to maintain the illusion of freewill and maintains the state of ignorance 99% most humans have been in for millenia.


Polarity games are rampant everywhere, and it takes a truly advanced person to be able to get beyond the polarity play and focus in on the real material. M5 contains many of the keys needed to graduate and will help you gain a fundamental focus on the material RMS discusses. The terra papers and atlantiseden have tremendously valuable knowledge in them when taken from the proper perspective.

I have to agree the Terra Papers are the real thing... so what level of graduation do you feel you need to acheive or that these can help with in your spiritual growth/evolvement?

have you read the RA MATERIAL? or are you aware of the connection giza has to 9/11?

[pali_gap]

I dont know when I start to hear names like "Matu" like who the hell is Matu?? and all from another planet than queens and so on it just feels boring to me.
Does Orions read our books? Do they care!? Why is this important?? I like M5 material but this putts me off.

[csr21]

Thanks for posting this, an interesting read, as are the Terra papers. I think there's are lot of truth to this. Do you know where I can find past chapter 5?

[lordzoma]

I have no idea. If you find it please post it.

[briggs55]

Thank you for posting this great information!! :)

later

[les_paul_robot]

I stuck it out and read that all!
It's interesting for sure. I can buy that Sirius and Orion have civilisations. The two main things that I am quizzical about are
1) the stated process of evolution. I've never really believed we evolved from apes as such, so I'm unsure about humanoids evolving from wolves. Or does it mean that Red Dwarf is correct and if you left a cat long enough it would evolve into a humanoid?
2) So how did Eden become somewhere on Earth? Or was it always on this ship and reptilians and wolfens just remembered it when they settled here?

[lozz]

Thanks for posting this :) I'm mainly replying so i can easily find it again to read Thursday (my day off) ;)