Civilization Gardener by KatesFriend
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ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA Edition 428193 - Earth English
Civilization Gardener: Summary
Civilization Gardener is the official IAU1 Language English2 name for a society of socially programmed omni-morphs found scattered through out the Milky Way galaxy and known to reside in twenty-three (23) other galaxies. They are also called the Gardeners or by comparable translations.
The name 'Gardener' is not consistent with the IAU naming convention for confirmed alien civilizations. One reason is that the Gardeners are not native to the Milky Way. According to their history they came out of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) with members first arriving in the Milky Way approximately 2.4 billion years ago. The unconventional name also stems from the fact that members are an engineered species and not a naturally evolved creation from a specific birth world3. Instead, this civilization is named metaphorically after their apparent social purpose.
To summarize this social purpose: Members study, nurture and preserve biodiversity in the cosmos. Preservation is often accomplished through the construction of artificial planetoids as gardens. These bodies, averaging 1100 km in diameter, duplicate the environmental conditions of the biosphere being preserved. This duplication includes gravity, in spite of a planetoid's small size.4
Gardener planetoids are mobile and can be transferred5 (several times if required) to compatible stars. Whenever possible, these planetoids are positioned far from any existing civilizations to minimize risk of biosphere contamination due to the commerce of other societies. There are exceptions to this rule, such as times when a civilization may undergo Eden Crisis6 and request a preserve planetoid be created in the event of the worst. Preserve planetoids are often placed within reach of a civilization in crisis but safely outside any danger zone.
Gardener planetoids are controlled by a small population of caretakers. Caretakers, sometimes called 'friars', are distinct species bioengineered during a planetoid's construction phase to be compatible with the environment and biology for which they will care. Thus members of the Gardener civilization can appear radically different from each other but think and behave largely in the same manner. They are the best living example of a practicing omni-morph civilization.
Civilization Gardener is not regarded as a true civilization by some other members of the Community7. Two reasons are often cited.
- Gardeners were initially bread by a forbearing civilization for a specific function and have never developed social goals independent of that purpose.
- Biologically Gardeners do not evolve naturally and their common intellectual capacity has not increased significantly since their initial creation.
Comments (31)
mgtcs
This is just fantastic my friend, amazing conception!10+
MOSKETON
PRECIOSA CREACION, ME ENCANTA..
magnus073
Clayton you did such a outstanding job on both the image and the history for it. Can't get over the attention you paid to the details in both.
Star4mation
Cool image. Love the ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA entry!! :)
Faemike55
Wonderful image and great information! Excellent
myquad
What a fantastic image and info, Clayton!
annie5
You did a very good work here..fantastic! :)
drifterlee
Really cool idea!
npauling
Excellent details with the image and the writing, well done.
eekdog Online Now!
uber kewl space scene, love the planet textures.
Chipka
This is superb work, both in writing and in rendering! I love the complexity of the information you provide and the very erudite manner in which it is presented! There's a sense of reality behind this which I find supremely appealing! The rendering itself is super! I love the details you've included on every level, and though I have a ton of catching up to do, I'm glad to start it here! Great work.
Minda
This is excellent image clayton and your info is amazing!!
flavia49
fabulous work!!! wonderful text!!!
sandra46
xcellent work
Lunastar
wonderful image
zoren
lovely.......
ACue
Clayton, I believe you're on to something ... perhaps a new form of illustrated, speculative sci-fi literature. Your creations are always mind-blowing, and very plausible. Bravo.
OrphanedSoul
Oh I must have missed that copy! Totally excellent fiction and art!
moni2000
A super picture, great!!!!!!
Zazou
What a great idea ! I hope they will take care of the earth...
twingo
Interesting story and great looking universe.
BenBischop
Excellent Work...!!!
M2A
Pretty illustration. Thanks for the info.
angelafair
beautiful!
artistheat
Very Cool Image:)
Burpee
What a fabulous piece of art and writing. I like how it seems a page from a report. I'm also amazed that planets render so well in Poser. Grand job!
MagikUnicorn
TOTALLY COOL ONE DROP LIVE SHOW
chimera46
A good read. Is all this stuff from a series or something or did you invent this whole wonderful universe yourself?
Flixthe
Etonnant et merveilleusement expliqué.
myrrhluz
These are as fun to read the second time around as the first! Excellent writing! One of the things that I love about your work, is that the reality you are creating is so interesting, that all kinds of questions form in my head and I want to know more. I'd like to know a lot more about the Gardeners, like why they left their own galaxy (was they fleeing from something or exploring), who engineered them, and more about the "friars." It's very interesting how they interact with the other members of the community. They are obviously useful but also unpredictable. Wonderful narrative as usual, leaving me wanting to know more. Excellent image! A world in the making. Great details.