Alright, my mewing semi-equines, today's thought experiment is this;

What if the Venlil were the creation of a long-dead Humanity? Why did Humanity make them, and where are they now, what has happened to them? Were the Pre-Fed Venlil designed to be equal to the challenges of Skalga, or is the Post-Venlil the only kind to ever be, intended as companions? What did Humanity feel for the Venlil, hope as their inheritors and the ones who from their perspective would carry on Sentient Life, or dismissive of their tailor-made people who were only ever supposed to be a step or two above pets?

Are the Venlil ignorant of this, or do they know and have kept it a secret, either to protect their ancestor's memory from the Federation, or out of shame?

If they're ashamed, then do they keep it under wraps and call it at that, or actively try to distance themselves from their origins by embracing Federation ideology more than others?

Or if they are unashamed, then what does it mean? Do they keep the secret to protect the pieces of their parent's culture they have left, or to protect whatever Human population is left, if Man should still live?

What of Earth? Is it still livable, either by effort of Humanity or having finally healed after it's loss? Do the Venlil know of it's location and keep it safe as the home of their few surviving parents, as their carefully-kept true/ancestral homeworld, or as a guarded tombworld to their lost predecessors? Or do they not know it's location and seek it endlessly, and if so, why do they seek it?

Lastly, what about the main story? How does it start, and proceed? With the Venlil discovering their origins, or acting on it after the raid on Skalga? When the Federation find Earth and force the Venlil's paw? Do the Venlil use the technology a long dead, highly advanced Humanity to fight back either the Arxur or Feds, or with allied-species they spent years planning a coup with, or maybe even Isif's sector, covertly given tech and soldiers for his eventual rebellion?

Discuss and debate!