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Prologue.
The year was 2246.
A fungus had infected and killed many of the crops grown on the planet Tarsus IV.
A colony of eight thousand people suddenly found themselves with little to no food and limited rations.
Or so Starfleet told the federation public.
Governor Kodos was in power at the time.
He came up with a plan.
He created two lists.
If your name was on the first list, you lived.
If your name was on the second list, you died.
Four thousand lived.
Four thousand died.
Well… Three thousands nine hundred and ninety-one colonists died in the massacre.
Nine children survived.
The oldest was fourteen.
The youngest was three.
Eleven colonists died in the months that followed the massacre, as Governor Kodos executed those who did not abide by his rules.
And so he gained the nickname 'The Executioner'.
Hundreds died in the riots and resulting fallout that happened when the colonies food supply became infected by the fungus.
Hundreds more starved to death.
But the nine children survived.
They became the known as 'The Tarsus Nine'.
The only ones to have seen Kodos face to face and live to tell the tale.
Once they had been recused they thought they were finally safe.
Maybe it was just an unfortunate act of fate…
Or something far worse.
One disappeared and believed to be dead.
One fell to their death in a tragic accident.
One was killed in a traffic collision, it was such a tragic accident.
One died of an incurable disease.
One drowned, again in a tragic accident.
One was killed after being in the wrong place at the wrong time, such a tragic accident.
One is alive and became one of the greatest research scientist alive to date.
One is alive and became an engineer aboard the USS Enterprise, the chief engineers second in command.
One is alive and became the Captain of the USS Enterprise.
It just seems strange that children who survived a massacre, could be killed so easily in accidents which were nothing compared to what they survived on Tarsus IV…
Kodos is dead, right…?
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Hey, I hope you found the start of this story intriguing. Until next time,
Blessed be,
TreeOfLife1997.