FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org I certainly hope so. Leadership nor diplomacy isn't new to me but psychological warfare is not something I've put a lot of thought into before.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org Nevertheless, a meeting would be fine with me and frankly I think it would be good for us to get together and speak.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org I have nothing scheduled as of now so whenever is best for Alina and youself.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org In a manner of speaking. For some time I was the Director of a research institute and we ultimately ended up transiting into the de facto governing body as well.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org As it stands now, I've spent a lot more time as a politician than a scientist.
thats an interesting transition. what happened to your rulers?
[A self-described politician is someone to be careful around, in his opinion. He wants a sense of the kind of world Hope comes from, and the kind of leader he'd been.]
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org Our world was ruled by beings many might think of gods or at least god-like, you see. They couldn't harm humans, as it went against what they were created for, so they used humans. It backfired.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org So... yes, that was the idea but wasn't set into motion for the Academy specifically to overtake them. In fact, it didn't even exist at the time of the fall.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org The Academy was founded a few years after this with the idea to rebuild humanity using human sciences and technology. It was a few centuries later that we actually transitioned into a more government-like role for the people.
[That's a very different beast than overthrowing a religious organization, especially to someone as personally religious as he is. Not necessarily bad just— overwhelming.]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
what happened during those centuries in between? you must have had some kind of government
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org We do what we must to protect what we care for.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org We had a provisional government for some time but the new villages that appeared following the fall mostly took care of themselves.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org Once we became more centralized, building a new capital city that a vast majority of the population lived did the Academy change gears.
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I certainly hope so. Leadership nor diplomacy isn't new to me but psychological warfare is not something I've put a lot of thought into before.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
Nevertheless, a meeting would be fine with me and frankly I think it would be good for us to get together and speak.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
I have nothing scheduled as of now so whenever is best for Alina and youself.
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something tells me well manage to find the time
FROM: anders@cdc.org
youve led a unit like this before?
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In a manner of speaking. For some time I was the Director of a research institute and we ultimately ended up transiting into the de facto governing body as well.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
As it stands now, I've spent a lot more time as a politician than a scientist.
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thats an interesting transition. what happened to your rulers?
[A self-described politician is someone to be careful around, in his opinion. He wants a sense of the kind of world Hope comes from, and the kind of leader he'd been.]
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They set in motion the plans to utterly destroy our world and every human life within it.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
Needless to say, it wasn't something that sat well with us.
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FROM: anders@cdc.org
so when you say "transitioned into government" what you mean is you took it back from those who were abusing it. do i have that right?
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Our world was ruled by beings many might think of gods or at least god-like, you see. They couldn't harm humans, as it went against what they were created for, so they used humans. It backfired.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
So... yes, that was the idea but wasn't set into motion for the Academy specifically to overtake them. In fact, it didn't even exist at the time of the fall.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
The Academy was founded a few years after this with the idea to rebuild humanity using human sciences and technology. It was a few centuries later that we actually transitioned into a more government-like role for the people.
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youre telling me you overthrew your gods
[That's a very different beast than overthrowing a religious organization, especially to someone as personally religious as he is. Not necessarily bad just— overwhelming.]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
what happened during those centuries in between? you must have had some kind of government
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We do what we must to protect what we care for.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
We had a provisional government for some time but the new villages that appeared following the fall mostly took care of themselves.
FROM: estheim.hope@cdc.org
Once we became more centralized, building a new capital city that a vast majority of the population lived did the Academy change gears.
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maker. id call that good experience
FROM: anders@cdc.org
for what its worth, it sounds like it was a good change for your people. even with the costs. living that way for so long cant have been easy on them