The Espansor Bands
The Espansor Bands were the device that jump-started the romance between Rome and Rei in Rome's Revolution. The bands have been an integral part of the story going way back to the first draft of VIRUS 5 in 1973. I know where Rome got the bands. She got them from her mother, Binoda, as a keepsake to remind Rome about her father. But where did Binoda get them?
It turns out the Overmind of Earth had created a eugenics program to see if he could stem the genetic tide changing the Vuduri into Onsiras. The code name for the program was Slayer (in Vuduri) because it was meant the slay the Onsira phenotype. At the time, nobody, including the Overmind, knew MASAL was behind the transformation. The Overmind of Earth prattled on about this program in the novel Rome's Evolution much to Rome's dismay. Even more so when she found out she was just a lab experiment. However, as it turns out, the program's name was literal because Rome actually was the slayer of MASAL.
Binoda was originally selected to work in animal husbandry because she had a strong voice. This was required when working with animals. However, the Overmind had his scientists perform a genetic analysis of all Vuduri and came to the conclusion that Binoda was one of the closest living relatives to Hanry Ta Jihn. Her mission was changed. She was selected to mate with Fridone because the Overmind felt she would be the most attractive to the mandasurte scientist.
She was given the bands by the Overmind so that she could look into Fridone's mind and figure out what it would take to produce an offspring. However, the bands malfunctioned (or maybe they didn't) and Binoda and Fridone bonded in a way that had never been experienced before.
The result of that bonding was Rome and we are the better for it. In Rome's Revolution, Rei and Rome experienced the same phenomenon. They were, in fact, soulmates. In Vuduri, Rome called it Asborodi Cimponeti which means companion spirits.
It turns out the Overmind of Earth had created a eugenics program to see if he could stem the genetic tide changing the Vuduri into Onsiras. The code name for the program was Slayer (in Vuduri) because it was meant the slay the Onsira phenotype. At the time, nobody, including the Overmind, knew MASAL was behind the transformation. The Overmind of Earth prattled on about this program in the novel Rome's Evolution much to Rome's dismay. Even more so when she found out she was just a lab experiment. However, as it turns out, the program's name was literal because Rome actually was the slayer of MASAL.
Binoda was originally selected to work in animal husbandry because she had a strong voice. This was required when working with animals. However, the Overmind had his scientists perform a genetic analysis of all Vuduri and came to the conclusion that Binoda was one of the closest living relatives to Hanry Ta Jihn. Her mission was changed. She was selected to mate with Fridone because the Overmind felt she would be the most attractive to the mandasurte scientist.
She was given the bands by the Overmind so that she could look into Fridone's mind and figure out what it would take to produce an offspring. However, the bands malfunctioned (or maybe they didn't) and Binoda and Fridone bonded in a way that had never been experienced before.
The result of that bonding was Rome and we are the better for it. In Rome's Revolution, Rei and Rome experienced the same phenomenon. They were, in fact, soulmates. In Vuduri, Rome called it Asborodi Cimponeti which means companion spirits.
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