[AC] “THE CHARONTIDS” - Août 2007

“THE CHARONTIDS”

The Charontids are the light combat incarnation of the personality Aspects of the EI. The perfect soldiers, they march a whole week without sleeping, tolerate any level of sunlight and gravity, are able to breathe in any type of atmosphere and are not disturbed by any smell. They can sleep anywhere. They wake up right away. They can eat any organic substance in order to survive. They have the best equipment the Ur Rationalist can make. Their helmets have an integrated image intensifier with a fish-eye lens of advanced sophistication, a multidirectional microphone and a range of wide spectrum and active and passive infrared detectors. Their systems of hypersensitive sensors and radar/sonar are scattered on plates all over their body armour in order to receive a global image of their surroundings. Charontids see absolutely everything. You can run but never hide from them. They constantly receive information from the satellite web and command posts of the EI, located in geosynchronous orbit. All data and orders are transmitted in duplicate, from different sources and with different encryption codes, so that it is almost impossible for the enemy to tamper with signals or introduce fake data. In classic Greek, Charontid means roughly, “those who are like Charonte”, or “the sons of Charonte”, the boatman of souls. This name was transmitted by the EI across all human military channels from Paradiso as a presentation of their new campaign toys in a sinister display of technological superiority.