Cybran

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The Cybrans are an offshoot of humanity who formed the Cybran Nation in the RTS game Supreme Commander. They are cybernetically enhanced human beings who rebelled against their human creators who brutally oppressed them.

[edit] Background

The Cybrans were created during the age of the Earth Empire in the distant future and before the rise of the UEF. During the year of 2592, cybernetics expert Dr. Gustaf Brackman successfully developed the first 'twining' of a human being and an A.I who would work as a pair. These humans were capable of extraordinary levels of computational capabilities making them perform, mentally, faster than a regular human. As such, the superior thinking abilities of these Symbionts made them take key roles within human society - both for the civilian and military fields.

The brutal Earth Empire wished to keep total control over this new subrace of humanity and did so by pressuring Dr. Brackman into creating a loyalty programme in the symbionts. This allowed the leaders of the Empire to control their 'servants'. As a reward to Brackman, he was assigned to a distant colony to continue his research, along with a sizeable number of symbionts working with him who would sustain themselves on exported technology.

Gradually, Dr. Brackman began attempts to secure the freedom of his people by declaring independence and declaring the symbionts the Cybrans. To combat this, the Empire activated their loyalty program which suceeded and ended the Cybran rebellion but Dr. Brackman was capable of fleeing with a small group of fellow Cybran symbionts who had their loyalty programming disabled. This group managed to form a secret colony and formed the Cybran Nation who yearn to free their remaining kind against the tyranny of the humans of Earth.

[edit] Timeline

• 2592 - Dr. Gustaf Brackman develops the first symbiont, an amalgamation of human and an A.I.
• 2612 - Symbiont research programme ends with the resulting technology offered to all fields; military, civilian and the private sector branches.
• 2663 - Third Earth Empire expansion begins on a large scale with hundreds of colonies established, however, this causes strife and administrative problems in managing the many colonies. Rogue EarthCom officers are at the heart of the rebellions, something unknown to the military.
• 2666 - Dr. Brackman establishes the Procyon colony for him and his fellow symbionts. Application is made for independence but is denied. EarthCom military occupies the colony as a precaution.
• 2669 - The symbionts retailiate against the forced occupation of Procyon colony and a massacre ensues on the part of the proto-Cybrans. However, Empire wide revolts ensures and the military is forced to activate its hidden loyalty programme. The rebellion quickly ends.
• 2678 - A colony, made in secret, by Dr. Brackman is established for those surviving symbionts and the Cybran Nation is formed.