Preservers' Last Visit

Scientific achievement

The Preservers make their last visit to Earth. Although there is evidence of the Preservers and their interventions throughout the galaxy, the ultimate fate of the aliens themselves remains unknown. The most popular theory is the Preservers transcended this plane of existence, and any interest in it, long ago.

The Preservers capture a primitive human hunter and warrior. The unfortunate man’s body is vivisected and his mind and genetic profile are recorded in a powerful computer. Over the years, the hunter’s psyche is able to learn about the mysterious aliens and their technology

The Preservers create an enclosed environment on the far side of the Moon that they populate with examples of life from Earth, including humanity and a species of primates later known as crater apes. The city is powered by the mysterious and powerful Moonstone, and the humans quickly learn to use the technology of the city, evolving into an advanced civilization which they call Sauren, or Farside City. The Farsiders develop a higher than average propensity towards psionic abilities, with those possessing them becoming the city’s nobility.

After completing Farside City, the Preservers leave the Sol system and, ultimately, the galaxy, never to return. All that is left of their civilization are the various artifacts they scattered throughout the galaxy.