Like a kaleidoscopic, new-age, 'transhumanist' homage to Doc Savage, I am a soldier, engineer, diplomat, lawyer, novelist, civic leader, and war hero – a renaissance man. A team of scientists (assembled by my father) trained my mind and body to near-superhuman abilities practically from birth, giving me great strength and endurance, a photographic memory, mastery of the martial arts, and vast knowledge of the sciences.
More importantly: I am a space dinosaur. I come from space.
Over nine-thousand (!) years ago, a culture of seven or eight humanoid species was formed. This culture had a vast and complicated history and to quote galactic archives, “Has seen its waves of empires, federations, colorizations, die-backs, wars, species-specific Dark Ages, renaissances, periods of mega-structure building and destruction, and whole ages of benign indifference and malign neglect.” In case you’re wondering, there are a few major space-faring civilizations, hundreds of minor ones, tens of thousa