Then with his chest puffed with pride he continued , " All that changed in EE ( Enlightened Era) 001. It was then that we discovered the plant- symbiote species , the holy plant of Lamiace. It was the greatest discovery that changed the history of us, Marthyas. The seed of this plant could be ingested into us and it would intertwine with the cardiovascular, nervous, and digestive systems and grant us the meridians. The implantation of the seeds and its subsequent development was a delicate process. The success of that was less than 10% for almost 1000 years. Because the other races had a long life at that time, they did not mind us much. Through a lot of research we developed the technology of meridian or martial seeds. At first only Lamiace could be used for the process. It was only compatible with very few people and could only be used for combat purposes.
Even though the nature did not bless us with naturally endowed abilities, we made ourselves extraordinary through our own efforts. What followed then was an extensive research and experimentation. As I said earlier lamiace was the only meridian seed that could be used and very few people were compatible with it. Many sacrificed their lives and the lives of their descendants for the sake of Marthya race. The implantation process was perfected.
Soon scientists discovered ways to make artificial plant-symbiotes to grant us more powerful and sophisticated meridians. Even then the base of the meridian seed was still the lamice plant . They gave the plant different characteristics using various methodologies. The number of people getting implanted by meridian seed increased. Even then we had a disadvantage. The meridian seed had penetrated every aspect of the lives of other two races.
That changed when we could develop completely synthetic meridian seeds. They became more and more compatible with the genetic code of our race. Soon more and more non-combatant applications of meridian seeds were discovered. This led to the development of various fields. The application of meridian seeds extended to various fields like research, engineering, medical field and even business administration. Meridian seeds for most aspects of a society was made. This led to further development of the Marthya race. Countless technologies , methodologies and procedures that changed the fundamental working of societies were found out. With this the development of our Marthya race accelerated.
During all these times, the other races thought very little about us. Because many of these procedures were being developed in secret, the other races did not know about our true power. Soon we marthyas began to grow in power to the point where we had a Martial Entity in a short while. The experts of the marthya race came together and established our strongholds in various parts of the world. As the number of Martial entities in our race grew, we could take substantial amount of land from other races. With that many strongholds which later developed into nations that we see now.
This led to another urgent issue: The lack of resources.
In 1000 CE ( Confederation Era ) the various martial entities and nations came together to address the rise in population and demand for resources. The solution that they came up was to expand the reaches throughout our star system and nearby star systems. All the then existing martial entities used their efforts and dragged in 2 more planets to the habitable zone of the Nova Solar system using their powers and technology. We used the materials from the asteroid belt and the resources from our planet along with the various animus to terraform those planets. Some materials were also used to correct the environmental problems on Terra as well. We then moved to other planets which were inhabitable and conquered them: some of them peacefully and others through a bloody war.
This led to the development of all the races in our planet to a multi-system civilization. We, the Marthya race, under the banner of different nations, colonized various parts of these planets and took resources from them, developing our society to the present day level.
That is how we currently control 5 planets fully and 8 planets partially. We control the 2 star systems in which the 5 planets are located as well.
Delvin paused here. It was a long monologue. But because of the visual presentation and the atmosphere Delvin created, the students were immersed in it. He paused for a minute for all the information to settle in.
Then he said: " This is a brief history of our planet. Although there is considerable amount of history in between what I said. One of the reasons why all the 3 races did not abandon this planet was because of this history. There are many hidden treasures in this planet which are yet to be discovered. In that sense our Terra is a treasure trove.
Through history we not only learn from the mistakes of our predecessors, but also about their successes as well. Through that knowledge, we become confident that we can achieve greatness and honor the legacy of those great ancestors.
Our nation also had a significant impact on the history of this planet. In fact our nation has a civilizational background that is even more ancient than the Marthya rise. We were intellectually very much ahead and had a substantial standing. There is a lot to learn about our nation's involvement in the development of our race.
Don't be delude by what I said and think that our Marthya race was united. Like every society, we had vices among us as well. Not only in other nations, but in our own nation as well. Many were sacrificed not because of treachery of people from our own race. That in itself will take a lot of time to explain. A lot of it, you will not be able to understand now.
But always remember, the freedom you enjoy, the land you stand on, is the result of the blood and sacrifice of many people. Some of them were in your age. Both men and women. Do not forget that.
That's all for today. We will continue in the next class. Have a good day everyone and all the best for your first martial class."
As if to prove Delvin right, the signal for next class was shown. He wished the students a good day. All the students stood up in respect to the martial artist and soldier who took the class. The teacher for their next section also bowed slightly to Delvin and he nodded to her with a calm smile.