Metric Order
Sub-sect of Church of Darwin
The Metric Order is where the Church of Darwin meets the laboratory bench. While other Darwinists focus on physical adaptation or mental potential, the Order concerns itself with the tangible world: the physical sciences, the ruined technologies of the pre-Fall era, and the painstaking work of understanding why things that once functioned no longer do. They are archivists and innovators in equal measure, driven by the conviction that every anomaly, every failure, and every success is data pointing toward the next step in material evolution.
Their laboratories are makeshift but efficient, often assembled in the shadows of ruins that once housed humanity's greatest achievements. With limited tools and salvaged components, the Order approaches each challenge with the mindset of exploratory scientists, relying on creativity and persistence where precision instruments are unavailable. They study pre-Fall technology not to restore the past but to adapt its principles to an Infection-rich present where the old rules no longer apply.
Preservation is a sacred duty for the Metric Order. Knowledge, once discovered, must never be lost. Members document their findings with meticulous care and share them freely, believing that science is a communal effort. A discovery hoarded is a discovery wasted. Their scrutiny extends not only to the physical world but to the ideas brought into it; the Order takes responsibility for ensuring that new concepts and technologies fit within the realities of the post-apocalyptic world rather than drifting into fantasy.
Their laboratories are makeshift but efficient, often assembled in the shadows of ruins that once housed humanity's greatest achievements. With limited tools and salvaged components, the Order approaches each challenge with the mindset of exploratory scientists, relying on creativity and persistence where precision instruments are unavailable. They study pre-Fall technology not to restore the past but to adapt its principles to an Infection-rich present where the old rules no longer apply.
Preservation is a sacred duty for the Metric Order. Knowledge, once discovered, must never be lost. Members document their findings with meticulous care and share them freely, believing that science is a communal effort. A discovery hoarded is a discovery wasted. Their scrutiny extends not only to the physical world but to the ideas brought into it; the Order takes responsibility for ensuring that new concepts and technologies fit within the realities of the post-apocalyptic world rather than drifting into fantasy.
Public Agenda
Decode the mysteries of the pre-Fall world and adapt its scientific principles for the harsh realities of the present. The Order preserves knowledge as a sacred duty, documents all findings for communal benefit, and investigates why pre-Fall technology fails in the Infection-rich wasteland, seeking not restoration but adaptation.
History
The Metric Order established itself within the Church of Darwin as the faith's analytical heart, formed by those who viewed scientific knowledge as the foundation for material evolution. Its members saw the pre-Fall world not merely as a lost paradise but as a vast repository of potential, one whose failures offered cautionary lessons as valuable as its achievements. From that conviction, the Order built a practice of meticulous documentation, collaborative experimentation, and careful adaptation of recovered principles to the realities of the post-apocalyptic world.
The analytical heart of the Church of Darwin, dedicated to preserving and applying scientific knowledge.
