The Panzer Dragoon Dictionary
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The Ancients - Were humans who possessed an incredible amount of scientific knowledge. At some point, however, they became extremely arrogant of their abilities and proclaimed themselves as gods. Some factions within the Ancients did not agree with this self-proclaimed godhood title and rebelled. These two factions would later go to war with each other, and this war would lead to the Fall of the Ancient Age.
The Towers - These monolith structures were created slightly before the War of the Ancient Age. Their original purpose was to control the ecosystem of the planet to help create the perfect being - once the perfect being was created, the towers would revive the world to its former self before the Ancients tampered with it. However, during the War of the Ancient Age, the Towers were used for something far more sinister than what was originally intended - since the war was basically at a stalemate, the Ancients decided to use the Towers as a weapon to help annihilate the rebel faction. In doing so, however, the Ancients realized, too late, that they had made a major mistake. The activation of all the Towers on the planet, simultaneously, led to a meltdown that made the majority of the planet uninhabitable by humans - the damage done was so immense, that it could not be undone by the Towers, themselves. The remaining Ancients observed that their other ‘creations’ were unaffected by what had taken place and were slowly changing the environment they inhabited. They came to the conclusion that the creatures that they had created out of arrogance would eventually heal the planet and restore it to its former self after several thousands of years. Wanting to see the fruits of their efforts, the remaining Ancients went into stasis and remain there to this day, waiting to be awoken.
Sestren - A massive, planetary multi-dimensional computer created solely for the purpose of observation and record keeping. During the War of the Ancient Age, however, Sestren’s role was changed from being an observer, to being both an observer and a coordinator. Sestren was given control of the Towers, to control the environment and to ensure, at whatever cost, the creation of the perfect being. That role would later change, as well - Sestren would be the catalyst which, initially, gives the command to the Towers to activate simultaneously, and inadvertantly ends the war with a single stroke.
Drones - Originally, these beings were created as slaves. ‘Tools’ might be an even better word. These beings had the ability to interface with Ancient technology - of course, not a single drone could interface with more than one Ancient technology – that would be too dangerous – instead, each individual drone was given a task to perform based on which technology they could interface with. Some drones could interface with mainframes and weaponry, others could interface with biological creatures…while the truly advanced drones – the important ones – could interface with forbidden Ancient technology, such as the Towers, the Cradle, and even the stasis chambers of the Ancients. No one truly knows what the drones are, biologically, but if Azel is any indication of what they are, they would be 3/4ths human | 1/4th dragon.
The Heresy Program - This program was created out of desperation by the rebel faction during the War of the Ancient Age, once they had learned that the Ancients they were fighting with had given Sestren control of the Towers. The scientists among the rebels knew that Sestren was never designed for such a task and that the outcome, if left unchecked, would lead to disaster. Therefore, the scientists created the Heresy Program which was designed solely for the purpose of infiltrating Sestren, removing whatever program the other Ancients had installed, and permanently cutting off Sestren’s control of the Towers.
The Heresy Dragon(s) - These creatures were designed by the rebel faction during the War of the Ancient Age for the sole purpose of being ‘carriers’ of the Heresy Program and going against the Towers – they were designed not to destroy the Towers, but to infiltrate them to gain access to Sestren. There were other ways to access Sestren, but the only way to remove Sestren’s control from the Towers, was to access Sestren from within the Towers, themselves. Unfortunately, the first generation of Heresy Dragons were destroyed by the Tower’s defense mechanisms, and Sestren was not stopped in time. The rebels, knowing that they were now doomed to die, made sure that more Heresy Dragon’s could be created in the generations to come by creating a mutant gene within a somewhat insignificant creature called a Coolia - the reason why the Coolia was chosen as a perfect candidate for the next generation of Heresy Dragons was due to the fact that Coolia’s could adapt to all environments, no matter how harsh – which was perfect, considering the state their world was now in. Within the mutant gene implanted within the Coolias was the Heresy Program itself - unfortunately, less than 1% of all Coolia’s would ever become Heresy Dragons.
Azel - A near-perfect drone, created by the rebel faction, who had the ability to ‘open the doorway’ to Sestren. Her original purpose was to help the Heresy Dragon(s) infiltrate the Tower(s) and open the way to Sestren so that the Heresey Program could be injected within the system. Without her, the Heresy Dragon(s) and the Heresy Program were meaningless. Before she was completed for the task at hand, she was stolen and hidden by the Ancients.
Orta - A drone/human hybrid created by Azel after her search for Edge turned up nothing. Some think she is the offspring of Edge, while others think she is the offspring of Craymen. Either way, all we know at this point is that Azel created her from the DNA remnants left by the human who had been in Sestren - this could have been either Edge or Craymen, considering Craymen knew what Azel’s purpose was when he first ‘kidnapped’ her, and probably accessed Sestren during that time…only to realize, that to achieve his ambitions, he needed the Heresy Program, which is why Craymen ASKS Edge directly for help in PDS because he knew what the Dragon was…and he also knew that the real Edge was dead. What makes Orta special compared to other drones is the fact that she carries ‘free will’, which is a bi-product of being half human…her other ability is that she can interface with ALL Ancient technology, not just one. This is why Abadd wanted her so badly.
This ‘Dictionary’ is based on pure speculation and should not be considered as fact. This format was used simply to make reading theories more interesting. I will post another followup to this once I get done thinking about all of the facts and can tie things together more efficiently.
–Kadamose
Your theory makes very interesting reading, and here are my thoughts on some things: