The Many (System Shock 2)

Join us. Become one and experience the beauty. All messages and logs by The Many and some logs with infected crewmen. Some of the quotes: "What is a drop of rain, compared to the storm? What is a thought, compared to a mind? Our unity is full of wonder, which your tiny individualism cannot even conceive." "We do not know death - only change. We cannot kill each other without killing ourselves. Is your vision so small that you cannot see the value of our way? "Do you not trust the feelings of the flesh? Our biology yearns to join with yours. We welcome you to our mass. But you puzzle us. Why do you serve our mother ? How can you choose cold metal over the splendor of flesh? But you fear us. We hear your thoughts, and they rage for your brothers you believe dead. But they are not. They sing in our symphony of life. We offer another chance to join us. If you choose to lie down with the machine, we will rend you apart, and put you separate from the joy of the mass." "Life grows within the womb of these walls, life that has never seen the surface of the Earth." "Babies must sleep. Babies must rest. Wise is the one who does not waken them. Leave this place now, or we will wound you, as you have us." "Submit to the biomass, and your suffering will end." "The individual is obsolete. When you and your kind are extinct, we shall cleanse our collective memory of the stain of your existence." "We are many, and you are one. How can you hope to prevail against us?" "You seek your associates, but you cannot find them. You are so very alone. How does it feel to be one against the infinite?" "Mistrust is the tyranny of the individual. Your own kind sees you as a threat. Why do you murder our unity? No matter - the line is drawn. You will cease to be. It is just a question of who will bring your end: us, or you?" "You have wounded Xerxes, but we will not allow him to be destroyed. See if the machine mother treats her servant with such devotion..." "The machine mother told us of the planet of her birth. We know how you have harmed this place with your pollution, your violence, and your discord. But when we arrive there, we will cleanse the surface of that place, and merge it with the harmony of the Many." "The machine mother conceived us, but with every moment, we are reinvented. She cannot imagine our infinite chorus." "Perhaps we judged you too...hastily. We feel there is room for us to coexist. After all, we are both children of flesh. Why not join with us against the machine mother?" "Do you think you can defeat us with your wire and steel? We offered you the ecstacy of our union, and you chose the vacuum of technology." "You were warned. Prepare to be cut down by the progeny of our joy." "We welcome you to our biomass. We invite you to spread yourself out on our warmth. One of our many will be there to help you before long..." "The machine mother cannot help you inside the biomass. Her coldness is not welcome within the warmth of our flesh." "You tear our very flesh with no thought of compassion. Do you think we will sit idly by while you corrupt the very womb of our existence?" "We feel you moving inside of us. The sensation is...repulsive." "Your time is running out. This place is a womb, where we grow our future. Your weapons fail. Your ammunition runs low. And you've yet to see our most beautiful creation. All you have is your hatred, and your...individuality. Now, don't you wish you'd joined us? Would you then feel so alone?" "The end is near. Soon you shall see our final face. But do not despair. Surely the void is preferable to your pointless, solitary struggle." "Do you know what you have wrought? Our tragedy is written by your hand..." "We die. Beware the machine mother. She is a stranger to everything we cherish..."