The Mods of Taxon

taxonomy, n. The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Thousands of years in the future, Earth's civilization has ceased to exist. It has left traces, however, enough for an alien intelligence from a few galaxies away to gather together, study, and assemble something of a history. This study, this story is based on the most enduring thing humanity created: fiction.

Not content with merely piecing the the tale together, the intelligence decided to try and recreate it.

After years of development and disaster, they've created this, The City of Taxon, a home for as close an approximation to life from Earth as they can manage. Placed safely in a large cavern on the inside of an abandoned moon, the project is a blend of archeology and highly advanced programming. With a few lines of code, buildings are built or restored. Plants can grow. Lives can be created. There are even 'Extras,' simple human-based people populating the city and performing its basic functions for the characters placed inside with such care. It's not a perfect or exact science; things go wrong often as the intelligence adjusts its methods and adapts new data.

Even so, most days it can be idyllic. There's no crime, no rules, no limits except those imposed by the characters and the basic programming they're existing in. There are buildings from every possible era and setting waiting to be occupied. Great care has been taken to make sure the characters can fully enjoy the comforts of home.

This is their home, after all...


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