Monoliths

This article is considered to be In Character by its author.

Synopsis
Photography by Zenariae Havraan
Monoliths are a mystery of significance. They are conspicuous and unlike anything else in New Eden. They yield no secrets, no information, no clues as to their origins, age, purpose, or creators. Scanners of all types, including Entosis Links are all but useless tools upon them. Striking in their appearance, yet silent, inert and obdurate, the monoliths are one of the true great mysteries of New Eden, yet they are bound to our existence somehow, found in or near locations of archaeological importance and most certainly have been known to the Sleepers, entities also bound in some way to our consciousness and being. Visible yet stubbornly silent, it is ironic that the things most striking when seen are sometimes the most perplexing to comprehend. The unseen universe is far less confusing...

Devil's Dig Archaeological Site

The Devil’s Dig archaeological site is located in Otitoh in the Okkelen constellation. This is all very factual of course, and there’s no need for me to repeat what’s already been written about the place but I will add some thoughts on the so-called Sun Reader monolith I observed there, the monolith at Dead End and in those I’ve come across in some wormhole systems. The New Eden monoliths are bizarre and possess lines unlike anything else encountered in the cluster. From a design perspective they don’t even closely match Talocan technology discoverable near these objects and the CONCORD description stating that they are full of stars is most curious. They show no evidence of decay to the harsh conditions of space, nor do the rogue drones at Devil’s Dig appear to have been able to convert or adapt the monolith to their own technology. This leads me to speculate that perhaps these objects are simply some kind of enormous space installation or artwork or perhaps that they even predate all of the known civilizations of New Eden. Oddly, I also discovered no ancient temple nearby at the Otitoh site that I could discern as a place of worship, only what looked like a Gallente station overrun by drones. As an artist though I find the monoliths inspiring and majestic and I’ve spent hours simply in quiet contemplation near them. Their highly reflective surface captures the stars and colors of the cluster, rendering a beautiful painting of Maker’s creation and light. Perhaps this is why it is full of stars, in the same way that we gaze upon somebody’s eyes and see the reflection of ourselves within; we see the universe mirrored and illuminated at the cusp of our minds. The Sun Reader disturbed me though in its ostentatious eeriness, its obstinate silence and I fear that looking at it too long may polarize those feelings into an irrational obsession. It's kind of cute though.

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  The Temple?

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  Full of Stars

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  Infested Excavation Site

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  Devil's Dig Site

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  Devil's Dig Site

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The Dead End Monolith

Genesis is the origin or the coming into being of something, the powerful act of creation. The Dead End Monolith shimmers silently with a majestic, eerie beauty in the Genesis Region, but reveals no secrets to its mystery, to its origins or how it came to be. Yet it is visible, and the most mysterious of things are often the most visible to taunt us with the reality that humans are so very small and do not know all there is to know. Only Maker could tell us, but that would spoil the journey he intended his creation, no? Our own origins fall within several jumps of this object in the system of New Eden and ancient travelers from another visible and mysterious object, the Eve Gate. It shines with a blinding, radiant light, defiant against the darkness of space compared to the ossified blackness of the monolith that only reflects light from its surface. The two opposite poles of duality, light and dark, with a sliver of each in the other. Do I dare to speculate on a connection between these two objects? The obdurate Monolith resembles nothing in design to any of the ancient civilizations of New Eden. What is it made of? Is there something inside? Was it already here when those travelers through the wormhole arrived? Does it possess some technology that opened the Eve Gate for those people? Are we simply an experiment of a silent, watchful consciousness that we cannot even begin to fathom? Only Maker could tell us.

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Wormhole Monoliths

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