Humanity left behind roughly 25,000 genetically modified chimps on a terraformed world orbiting Barnard’s Star, hoping to recreate the conditions of early human civilization. These chimps had been engineered with larger brains and a more upright posture. Although the project was eventually abandoned, the chimps continued to evolve, ultimately developing human-level intelligence. Over thousands of years, and through many brutal wars, they were finally united under a single nation by a leader known as Augustus. Another millennium later, their society advanced far enough to master space travel and build futuristic weaponry.
for ANA
