Learners

Learner was a class of society among the Phyxx, defined by Master Learner Vid. They were the leaders of the Phyxx around 135000 years ago and spoke the Language One.

For generation upon generation Learner/Leaders had lives of no physical effort in floating, gravity free palaces. Their only purpose was to learn, think, and order as Worker/Soldiers existed only to work, fight and obey. Eventually, the Learner/Leaders developed mind-to-mind communication in an attempt to maintain the link between the two branches of the Phyxx race, but this only had limited success.

Despite technical sophistication the world labored under the control of one Learner/Leader or another, each as bad as the last, for hundreds of generations.

Around 110000 years ago, the Soldiers became the leaders of the Phyxx. Now Learners cannot disobey the direct order of a Leader/Soldier, whenever asked must explain or facilitate the comprehension of any and all Leader/Soldiers in situations requiring technical knowledge, on demand; and no more than two of Learners may gather together to speak to each other at any given time.

Learners became subject to physical and electronic search whenever entering or leaving the facility. Failure to follow any of these rules may result in punishment by physical beating, incarceration or death depending upon the circumstances.

If a Learner did not get the answer a Soldier wants, if they talk in a way hard to understand, do strange things, seem untrustful, or would not let a Soldier look at their things, a Soldier was free to do whatever he wanted to them.