> -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Hart [mailto:philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:52 PM > To: Dragaera > Subject: Re: Thoughts about Piro and Krytaan.... > > > > > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Jose Marquez wrote: > > > Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > > > > >Which came first, the Cycle or the Gods? What about the Empire? > > > > > > > > I suspect the gods came first, unless the Cycle included the other 14 > > tribes and could drop them from its face as they disappeared. But given > > that the Cycle is a representation of who is in charge of the Empire, > > and the Empire didn't exist until after some of the gods rebelled, I > > think it's safe to assume that they came first. > > > Order likely: the physical 17-Cycle (uebergodly, fabric of > reality thingee) > the J (nasty physicists/biologists) > Serioli evolve on Dragaera > Easterners on Dragaera > J on Dragaera (lots of suicidal physicist J, happy bio J) > n>17 sorts of Dragaerans > trip-oops-boom-chuckle > Gods > m>17 (<n?) tribes of Dragaaerans > 17 Houses > This reminds me of the complete, unabridged history of the universe: BANG! .... crumple. W