THE BEGINNING . . .
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Viral out break.
Virus reduces average human lifespan to 30 years
Scientists discover how to preserve the human brain
Pods host hologram and societal structure is defined
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Expansion of the underground accommodation concept
Population migrate to underground bunkers
Holograms personify human brain even in the after life
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THE ARALIAN CITY
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Drone Pods
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Wireless Charging Platform
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Sanctum
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Sterilization Chamber
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Pod Factory
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Storage Units
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Transport Network
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Insulation Buffer
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Undeground Residences
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Pods collect resources from the surface to sustain underground city
Pods drop resources to chambers so they can be sterilized for society’s use
Sanctum is a holy place, the only window to look up to the surface
Under the Sanctum there is a factory that produces the drone pods
Underground city where no one hears or sees anything from outside
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DRONE PODS
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FLYING POD explore habitable areas
CRAWLER POD move in complex terrain and grab resources
STATIONARY POD charge at the platform
ROBOTIC LIMBS
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THE ARALIAN EPOCH TRANSCENDING SPACE AND TIME.
A lethal virus breaks out. Humans, the species that has unforgivingly endangered the planet over the years are forced to take refuge underground. The earth begins to heal. At present, we are 100 years into the future. Humans have established colonies underground. They have not experienced the earth in all its glory. The warmth of the sun, the magnificent mountains, and the menacing tides; To them, these are merely ancestral folklore. The exposure to the virus has reduced the average lifespan drastically. The life underneath hence is slow-paced and of leisure. It is when they die that they ascend to the intangible realm – a world of post-humans where one finally finds a purpose – To work for the survival of their species under the surface, from up above. The humans walk the earth again but this time, viscerally, within the constraints of their new bodies made of metal, glass, and electricity – The Pods.
The Phenomenal breakthroughs in neural interface technology and cryogenics of a human brain allowed for the transfer of consciousness of a deceased person holographically into these Pods. These pods are ceremonially ascended to the surface from a sanctum space called the ‘Aralian’. The etymology for the first era of post-humans is borrowed from Sumerian- the first human civilization. It is to say that the sanctity, sanity, and stability of this reality lie at the juncture of where the Ground (Arali) meets the Sky (An). 5/5