– by Casparian

I had destroyed my race.

I say ” destroy ” but maybe I should be a bit clearer.Each of my brethren ,was found a new home , a home that is at a constant core temperature of absolute kelvin, a dead ice planet , a dead planet for a dead people.Now you may be thinking that this wouldnt be good for their health and that life expectancy on a ” dead ” planet at absolute kelvin is going to be pretty short, youre wrong, I know , I know ,” absolute kelvin” I hear you ask, followed by ” well they have to be dead , dont they “?

We are the Jovians.

First and foremost amongst the races.Whilst the others were grubbing in the dirt, we were colonising the stars.Even in the early days of space travel the Jovians were way ahead of the other races, for some reason space travel was like a old ability just rediscovered, even in those early days our technology was godlike.Like all people who think themselves godlike we started doing things that maybe only god was qualified to do, but hey , who was there to stop us, not god certainly.Our technology had brought us the stars and all in between them, we truly were masters of the universe and as such, arrogance was our downfall and your savior.

Honestly , we didnt set out to remake ourselves, it wasnt until the best and brightest of us was taken by lord time to their death beds that we started to consider such things.All people want to be remembered when they are gone, we just went one step further , we didnt want to ” go ” . Eternal life is a tempting mistress, we had tried to break the mystery that is time travel but whilst all the theories were solid, the results were not, all that was left if we couldnt travel time ,was to exist utill the end of time.

We started gently, changing our bodies first to further enhance our space capabilities, first of all we made ourselves so that we became part of our ship , our senses interfacing with the ship directly, our first real taste of godhood.After this we made a truly remarkable breakthrough, not only could we now interface with our ship but all technology was opened to us, we became one with the technology that set us apart, nothing was denied us, with our altered bodies and enhanced state we truly had become “gods”.

My title was “First” , simple , direct , tells you all you need to know , I was the leader of the Jovian race, as such I was the person responsible for my people’s sucess’s and failure’s . With our new godlike powers came godlike problems, as I have said before, arrogance was our downfall, but not in the way you are thinking, in our arrogance my people believed that as gods we should have races to serve us and pay homage , entertainment if you will,the only races in this universe were the ones who came with us , the dirt grubbers.You were chosen, you did not have any say , we are gods and you were just as ants to us.Youre technology had just advanced to the spaceflight era again , and already you warred on yourselves.I have to say for my part I was against this decision, you deserved your chance at godhood like the rest of us but my voice was one small drop in the ocean of arrogance, preparations were made to ” take you under our  wings  and guide you”, pathetic for a race as advanced as ours that we would use a excuse such as this to condone slavery.

As first I spent more and more time watching your races in the guise of choosing a people to own I came to the conclusion that youre barbaric, driven by hate and jealousy, greed pushes you into the stars and death follows you, it really would of been for your own good if we ruled, except in what was left of my soul I knew our excuse for slavery was wrong, we were wrong and as First it was my duty to take steps to correct that wrong.I killed my race, I killed almost every being in the Jovian race, as First I was also the most powerful of the Jovians , all it took was a thought, you may think me a monster, committer of genocide, that is true. what is also true is that for your continued existance, I killed my own race.

I am Jovian , I alone knew that nothing else would stop them, judge me as you will but do not attempt to understand me for I still am a god.The best of my race I saved , the brightest and the greatest, they fought me but I am First and would not allow them their petty revenge, each of them I overcame and put into stasis.

I have known of your peoples and their first steps into space, how could I not, you spread like germs through the air, taking over what you cannot subdue, It was myself who put into place the injunction on planetary exploration that has protected you these past millenia but now in your infinite wisdom as the new gods you are looking at planets again and you have woken the old gods, us.

I can feel my remaining brethren out in the stars, as your ships come close to their prison they are awakened by the call of your systems as was I when the first mining ship came to my prison and after all this time they are , well to put it in a way you can understand, pissed off.I am First and could still end their existance but after all this time let us see how the new gods greet the old gods, I have been alone for many many years , perhaps I am now insane but feel in the need of a little entertainment and to be honest I am still arrogant and pridefull and you are after all only grubbers in the dirt, what gave you the right to subvert our technology in such a way and to try and enslave other races, that was our downfall not yours.

Your downfall shall be US