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After her tenure on the Discovery-C, Hsina was assigned as lead archaeologist of the Preserver-Iconian-Yeltan Project, with her base at the planet Pisces 4, a Preserver seed world with near-identical Earth cultures and an accurate Earth parallel timeline, only 3,019 years behind the progression of Earth (current Pisces 4 year is 626 BCE). While she had access to the Runabout Thebes and made frequent use of it to investigate leads uncovered at Pisces 4, most of her time was spent covertly integrated in Assyrian society's priestly caste where she had direct access to the temples of Nina and Assure. Her imposing stature, impressive build and ability to read and write not only the local Sumerian cuneiform, but also the languages of the Egyptian pharaohs, Persians, Greeks, Hebrews and even the distant Shang Chinese made it easy for her to gain access to the all-important inner sanctums of the temple of the goddess Nina, which was in fact a Preserver library that also contained Iconian and | After her tenure on the Discovery-C, Hsina was assigned as lead archaeologist of the Preserver-Iconian-Yeltan Project, with her base at the planet Pisces 4, a Preserver seed world with near-identical Earth cultures and an accurate Earth parallel timeline, only 3,019 years behind the progression of Earth (current Pisces 4 year is 626 BCE). While she had access to the Runabout Thebes and made frequent use of it to investigate leads uncovered at Pisces 4, most of her time was spent covertly integrated in Assyrian society's priestly caste where she had direct access to the temples of Nina and Assure. Her imposing stature, impressive build and ability to read and write not only the local Sumerian cuneiform, but also the languages of the Egyptian pharaohs, Persians, Greeks, Hebrews and even the distant Shang Chinese made it easy for her to gain access to the all-important inner sanctums of the temple of the goddess Nina, which was in fact a Preserver library that also contained Iconian and Yeltan archives. | ||
While she never displayed any technology or modern knowledge to the people of Pisces 4, rumor quickly spread of her and many began to fear her, while others worshipped her thinking she was an incarnation of Nina herself, descended to judge them. Hsina did nothing to encourage or discourage such rumors as they served her purpose of allowing easy and unfettered access to the library. | While she never displayed any technology or modern knowledge to the people of Pisces 4, rumor quickly spread of her and many began to fear her, while others worshipped her thinking she was an incarnation of Nina herself, descended to judge them. Hsina did nothing to encourage or discourage such rumors as they served her purpose of allowing easy and unfettered access to the library. |
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