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'''Clovis Bray I''' was a [[Golden Age]] scientist, the patriarch of the Bray family, and the founder of the technology and research company [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. | '''Clovis Bray I''' was a [[Golden Age]] scientist, the patriarch of the [[House Bray|Bray family]], and the founder of the technology and research company [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Toward the end of his life, Bray embarked on a mission to [[Europa]], both to catalogue the moon's native life-forms and to investigate a source of | ===Mission to Europa=== | ||
Toward the end of his life, Bray embarked on a mission to [[Europa]], both to catalogue the moon's native life-forms and to investigate a source of immortality alluded to in messages from the [[Anomaly (artifact)|K1 anomaly]]. The [[paracausality|paracausal]] force empowering the artifact, which Bray referred to as "[[Darkness|Clarity]]", had promised Bray the secret to immortality - a secret which Bray was desperate to obtain. | |||
Upon reaching Europa, Bray discovered both native life in the moon's subsurface ocean, and the source of "Clarity," which Bray named "Clarity Control". Bray requested that his granddaughter [[Elsie Bray|Elisabeth]] , who was suffering from inherited fatal insomnia caused by the elder Bray's genetic meddling, join him and assist with his work, which she agreed to do. | Upon reaching Europa, Bray discovered both native life in the moon's subsurface ocean, and the source of "Clarity," which Bray named "[[Pyramid (Europa)|Clarity Control]]". Bray requested that his granddaughter [[Elsie Bray|Elisabeth]], who was suffering from inherited fatal insomnia caused by the elder Bray's genetic meddling, join him and assist with his work, which she agreed to do. | ||
"Clarity Control" instructed Bray to build a [[Vex]] gate, which Bray accomplished by stealing a Vex from the [[Ishtar Collective]]. The completed gate led to a [[2082 Volantis|blue giant star system]], in which the star had been surrounded by orbiting particle accelerators, statites and other Vex megastructures in order to both prolong its life and use it to generate heavy elements via fusion. | "Clarity Control" instructed Bray to build a [[Vex]] gate, which Bray accomplished by stealing a Vex from the [[Ishtar Collective]]. The completed gate led to a [[2082 Volantis|blue giant star system]], in which the star had been surrounded by orbiting particle accelerators, statites and other Vex megastructures in order to both prolong its life and use it to generate heavy elements via fusion. | ||
During his investigation of the Vex, Bray discovered that exposing Vex milk to "Clarity" resulted in a substance with paracausal "anti-structural" properties, but lacking the virulence of raw radiolarian fluid. He then administered some of this substance to the physical hardware of an exomind, and discovered that it seemed to solve the problem of exomind deterioration. Comparing this miraculous substance to the mythological Alkahest produced by the legendary Sorcerer's Stone, Bray decided to name his workplace on Europa the [[Deep Stone Crypt]]. Ultimately, however, another problem presented itself, Dissociative Exomind Rejection (or | During his investigation of the Vex, Bray discovered that exposing Vex milk to "Clarity" resulted in a substance with paracausal "anti-structural" properties, but lacking the virulence of raw radiolarian fluid. He then administered some of this substance to the physical hardware of an [[Exos|exomind]], and discovered that it seemed to solve the "loop/billboard/crash" problem of exomind deterioration. Comparing this miraculous substance to the mythological Alkahest produced by the legendary Sorcerer's Stone, Bray decided to name his workplace on Europa the [[Deep Stone Crypt]]. Ultimately, however, another problem presented itself, Dissociative Exomind Rejection (or DER), which not even Bray's "Alkahest" could solve. | ||
==Personality and Traits== | ==Personality and Traits== | ||