More connections. I ran a search for the term "The Great Destroyers" and came accross these related articles. The first, and most direct is from the Bible. however the only connection here is related to teh other connections to teh bible. Many of the Christians would no doubt be aware with the four horsemen of the apocalypse?
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"This is grand enough, but take note of the place where this vision shows up in the Revelation. In the chapter right before today's passage, the Lamb began breaking the seven seals on the scroll. The first four seals unleash the four horsemen of the Apocalypse -- war, violence, famine, and death-- the great destroyers of human life and civilization. Breaking the fifth seal reveals the cries of faithful people who had been martyred for their faithfulness. The sixth seal initiates a series of catastrophes greater than the damage that the four horsemen had accomplished. Reading through this series of tales of what happens as the seals are broken is a terrifying tour of widening disaster made more dreadful by the feeling that the worst is yet to come.
Six seals broken, only one left to go. Warfare and famine and death and global upheaval and cries for vindication-- what's next? What's next, as Revelation recounts it, is a pause in the drama. Instead of a seventh broken seal bringing things to an inevitable end of final judgement, what John saw was a vision of the Church of Jesus Christ -- his faithful followers, first those on earth, and then, the great company in heaven. Here's what Professor Boring has to day about this: "Instead of seeing the expected End, what we see is the church. This is ... a reflection of the experience of fist-century Christianity. They looked for the End and what came was the church, not as a substitute for the act of God but itself a dimension of God's saving activity."
The interesting thing is could there be a connection with the breaking of the seals, and the coming of the apocalypse, in this case? Could one of the seals have been delibrately broken in FS1, bringing about the great destroyers? What about the Trinity, and Bosch's gambit? Was this too, what the ancients did and suffered for it?
The first freespace's seal would have to be war - war with the Vasudans, primarily. The second seal would hav ebeen the NTF, and the voilence that ensued, most poetly described in Bosch's own description of himself - "A butcher of innocents."
A similar parrellel could have gone with the Anceint's fate. They started first with war against the civilizations and the second being voilence (from Ancients Monologue 1, the sentence "We crushed them or we subdued them." would be applicable of this.) The third seal would have been the siege of their homeworld...and finally, the last one being death as they were slowly hunted down by the shivans. A rather rought parralel, but plausable nonetheless.
My take on this is the following:
If it is in fact a direct link to the coming of the apocalypse, then the seven seals would be the following.
First Seal - Terrans & Vasudans discover subspace, this leads into the second seal directly, because of the T-V war (The First of the 'Four Horsemen' was reffered to as 'War')
Second Seal - T-V war leads to direct agression between the two species (The Second of the 'Four Horsemen' was referred to as 'Violence')
Third Seal - The T-V war stretches to 16 years, this has led to military and civilian shortages as well as social hinderence of both species. (The Third of the Four Horsemen was reffered to as 'Famine')
Fourth Seal - Finally, the first appearence of the Shivans and 'The Great War', triggered the fourth seal, the 'SD Lucifer' being the physical and mental representation of the fourth and final horseman. (The Fourth of the 'Four Horsemen' was reffered to as 'Death')
A relative lapse occurs, when the Terrans & the Vasudans vanquish the shivans and 'Death' after much bloodshed and the destruction of Vasuda Prime. Sol only being saved by a hairs bredth. Relative peace arises between the T-V and an alliance was created the GTVA is formed and 31 years of relative peace pass. However, the NTF is formed and the 'Revelation' continues.
Fifth Seal - NTC Trinity activates 'Knossos' device, allowing the shivans to re-enter T-V space in greater force, direct cause is the NTF leader Admiral Aken Bosch, the rebellion itself being the direct link "Breaking the fifth seal reveals the cries of faithful people who had been martyred for their faithfulness
Sixth Seal - Supernova Triggered in Capella by the Sathanas fleet - "The sixth seal initiates a series of catastrophes greater than the damage that the four horsemen had accomplished"
Seventh Seal - As of yet Unknown (Also unknown in reference to the Revelation)
thats my personal view on things....perhaps slightly different to singh's but i still feel is relevant
