《Galaxy Wars: The Legacy of Light and Darkness》Chapter 1: Hope for Beyond the Sky
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Humans longed for something more than anything else for ages, which was flying. When humans became able to fly, they didn't feel any happiness or pride. That was because they knew deep down their souls they achieved nothing. That longing that haunted humanity since its creation wasn't to fly in the air, but to fly in the space, something the ancestors said it was homesick.
There was a calling that always drove humans to break all the natural laws that tied them and soar to space. It began with some lousy tries by humans to fly by themselves, like gluing some feathers all over their bodies and fly off the top of a mountain. Humans then learned that they, themselves, couldn't fly alone, but they could use the help of external objects to do the trick.
Here, technology and science stepped in, as humanity entered the age of flying jets, which was followed by the space exploration age. Humans were such smart, quick learner, and very patient species, so they didn't stop even after many setbacks until they managed to send some rockets to space.
Humans' success in that step was followed by an important realization that made the whole philosophy back then changed… humanity wasn't alone in this space. The discovery of many relics, evidence of multiple visits from outer space, and even receiving some random transmissions by strange languages made the man feel doubt, fear, and anticipation.
Knowledge was always the supreme power at all times, so based on this humans started to change their strategy in dealing with space. They didn't aim to just explore it, they aimed to invade it.
The most prominent feature of humans was arrogance, so humans started to build academies and established many research labs that directed all their efforts towards exploring new branches of science, space science. Humans took a long time to unveil enough secrets of the universe to be able to step one step forward and entered the endless boundless theatre of the universe.
They built space ships, discovered techniques of space hyperjump, knew how to harvest the energy of the black hole to use it as a fuel, built massive fleets, and trained huge armies just to be faced with the utter truth… Humanity was nothing in the universe.
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Arrogance got smashed on the hard rock of advanced technology, larger ships, bigger cannons, and massive armies which formed of many races humans never saw before. Defeat after defeat made humans realized how small they were, so when arrogance failed, pleading did the job.
A treaty of peace had been signed by the general leader of men on earth, leader Tohak, he was a good man in the wrong time. By this treaty, humanity officially entered the whole wide world of space, which made them feel how naive they and their ancestors were to think about invading all of this.
The second prominent feature of humans emerged at this moment; survival. Humans started to learn, adapt, and find a place to fit in, which was admirable efforts that were faced with acceptance and rejection, cooperation and enmity, encouragement, and suppression.
The first lesson humanity learned about this space was there was no certain order for it, some areas were ruled, while others were chaotic. Rule and order didn't equal to a good peaceful prosperous life, as many chaotic areas were more prosperous than some rule, which made humans live the good life in some places while suffering slavery, tyranny, and poverty at others.
On the other facet of the coin, humanity had another long troublesome journey that started since their existence; the mind, and soul; the science and religion struggle. Humans were rebellious in nature, some were, while others searched for something to fill the gap in their souls.
So, throughout ages, humanity had passed through difficult times where science and religion battles kept going and raging, even when humans joined officially the endless space community.
When humans joined the space civilizations, they were shocked to see the same struggle being repeated over and over again in other civilizations all over the universe. Humans weren't alone in this universe, even in this struggle as well.
Humans' third greatest feature, which was curiosity, made them watch and learn as time passed by slowly. Empires had fallen while others emerged on their remains.
Humans weren't the only species out there watching, the whole universe was watching and learning, and they all reached the same conclusion… science wasn't able to save or build anything just like religion, no matter what kind of civilization emerged, no matter how powerful, rightful, and advanced empires were, they all lost in time and became forgotten.
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This realization made humanity, side by side with others in this universe, feel fear, doubt, and loss. When hope was lost, despair prevailed.
Humanity, and other species in the universe, were oblivion to some simple but fundamental fact, which created all the difference regarding this issue. Philosophers weren't unique to humans, as many were present all over the universe, so some theories were made, which shared one common statement, a statement that was long after well-known as the Ravner statement.
Ravner statement took some time to attract the attention of everyone, but it did at the end, which by then it turned into Ravner prophecy. Humanity and other species found hope, and this prophecy started to be the highest principle at many civilizations and empires.
"The main principle of life isn't about religion and science; it's about good and evil. No matter what side you belong too, good people tend to rule by justice, while evil people rule by tyranny."
Instead of building religious temples and labs, one white and other black buildings started to appear, which took after the name of Ravner himself, the ravner of good, and the ravner of bad. The battle just turned from one field to another, but it was still the same battle, with the same losses and failures.
In the beginning, the forces of good were even with bad, and the whole universe got divided into three big factions, the good-doers, the evildoers, and those who were in the middle. The good side was merciful and just, but they were no match for the evil side, especially when the third biggest faction of all stood silently and waited for a miracle to happen.
Normal folks only hoped and prayed, but did nothing, which made the good side lose war after war till they became nearly extinct. On the other side, the whole universe became under the control of evil powers, who didn't stop fighting as they turned their cannons towards each other.
Civilizations kept destroying and empires became ruins, and more civilizations and empires began to rise up. Ravner prophecy turned into a curse, a curse that after a long time was nearly forgotten, but its effects were still there.
Ravner wasn't wrong, but he didn't use the right words to describe it well. He also wasn't qualified to speak for that situation, which was deeply rooted in this universe. Ravner wasn't the first to notice this unique connection between the two forces, but he failed, just like the others before him, in unveiling the mystery that fogged this connection.
Life wasn't just about bad or good, it was way higher than that, as it was about light and dark. Light doesn't always mean good, and so did the darkness, as everyone had it both.
The problem wasn't about obtaining one more than the other, the problem was which decision one would take, was it the right act to do or the wrong one? Which had the upper hand, which reigned over everyone's actions? That was the dilemma that Ravner and his gang missed unintentionally.
Balance controlled it all; no matter what it was, darkness and light, success and failure, life and death… everything was controlled by balance. So, when the universe ushered under nearly complete darkness, the balance rule reacted.
Light legacies began to appear once again after millions and millions of their disappearance, and with them darkness legacies also started to emerge. This was the start of a new age, where the true final confrontation war was about to begin.
Here our story started, as heroes and villains rose and began their true path towards both sides.
Shall you join them?
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