When The Crossover exploded, most of the people on board survived. What you
see when you encounter the Crossover is probably not it in its original
form. The highest tier, which was located the absolute farthest from the
main engines, was designed for such an unthinkable event. It’s capable of
doing everything the machine as a whole could do, just on a smaller
scale—which is why it was so well insulated—but the whole point of building
the Crossover in the first place was to ultimately relocate every Maramon in
Ansutah, so it was only ever meant to protect the technology. Not all tiers
are like this, and none of them came out of the cataclysm intact. Different
sections were sent off to random universes, leaving any survivor stranded,
often with few resources. These were called expulsions, and they set the
scene for a number of run-ins with the Maramon. But the expulsions did more
than just exile people. It transformed them, so that they would fit in with
the cosmic laws of their destination. They were still Maramon, and they
usually retained their memories and motivations, but their biology was
altered, sometimes to an unrecognizable degree. Cut off from their kin, they
formed new societies, and did whatever they felt necessary to keep
surviving, even if it meant giving up everything they were taught to believe
in as Maramon. Most sections separated from their tiers, and were ejected
alone, but there was one universe that swallowed up an entire tier, though
with each section being dispatched to a different planet in that brane’s
version of the Milky Way galaxy. They were altered independently, in ways
that would allow them to thrive on their respective alien worlds. They
didn’t know what had happened to each other, and they definitely weren’t
cognizant of the general status of the rest of the Crossover. They built new
civilizations, and developed their technology, and after centuries, all but
forgot about where they had come from.
As explained, the purpose of the machine was to let their species spread
out, for they were born to a limited and confined universe. The expelled
ones realized this goal, and spent little time worrying about whether
everyone else would. Over time, the isolated Maramon advanced enough to
explore the galaxy, eventually reuniting with each other, and comparing
notes. It wasn’t for a while until the growing interstellar union finally
managed to uncover the location of Earth. Remember that they had by now lost
most of what made them Maramon, and the prejudices they held against the
humans was pretty much gone. They were willing to give Earth the benefit of
the doubt, especially since they recognized it wasn’t the same Earth that
they struggled against in their history. Unfortunately, it would seem that
they sent the wrong man to make first contact with them. He unilaterally
decided that the humans were not fit to join the rest of the galaxy, and the
best course of action would be to destroy them. He almost did it too, but
his arrival came with consequences. While this version of Earth had already
experienced some unusual things, such as ghosts living in pocket dimensions,
they did not yet have time travel. The alien had inadvertently introduced
them to that, and this changed the course of history. His technology ended
up accidentally going back in time, where it was discovered by ancient
Egyptians. Of course, they wouldn’t immediately recreate the tech
themselves, but examining it was enough to propel human technology centuries
beyond what it was meant to be. Thus began the Time Wars of this brane.
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