Editing New Directive (section)

=== Break from the Singularity and first experiments and raids ===

In Portal Year 12, during the [[The Rise of the New Singularity ]] Story Arc, [[Levistras]] and other Virindi such as [[Aerbax]] and [[Adirred the Theoretican]] rebelled against the Singularity, the core of Virindi existence in portal space. They were straining against the constrictions of the race's communal mind, and were largely responsible for the aggression against humanity. They sought ways to free themselves totally from dependence on the “Singularity” – where the race evidently resides – and separate themselves from the shared Virindi consciousness, the “[[Quiddity]].”
They called themselves the New Directive and were determined to keep their individuality at all costs.<ref name=PackLevistras>2004/11 [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Pack Levistras]]</ref><ref name=RiseNewSingularity>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref><ref>2001/07 [[Lost in the New Horizon]] - [[Dirrich's Journal]]</ref>

The Directors following Levistras' path named themselves and formed a plan, assigning themselves roles. Some would research human thought processes, hoping to learn techniques to break themselves completely from dependence on the [[Quiddity]]. Others would gather up power within the realm, to one day build up the prodigious reserves of energy it takes to establish a core Quiddity.<ref name=Insights>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Virindi Texts/Insights into the Unknown|Insights into the Unknown]]</ref> 

Several of Levistras' circle fell. An experimenter named [[Adirred the Theoretican]] was destroyed by the humans when he orchestrated a takeover of [[Ayan Baqur]] and kidnapped most of its residents.<ref name=RiseNewSingularity>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref> Another researcher named [[Lacandrillar the Inculcator]] was similarly brought low by humans. Lacandrillar helped orchestrate the kidnapping of Ayan Baqur's population, and had been using them as experimental fodder. He hoped he could, with access to fresh captives, discover what in human consciousness allows us to function as fully individual and independent beings. Lacandrillar believed that within the human mind was the secret to final liberation from the Quiddity.<ref>2001/06 [[Chains of Command]] - [[Translated Staging Complex Note]]</ref><ref>2001/06 [[Chains of Command]] - [[Translated Inculcation Cells Note]]</ref> Outraged humans slew him, releasing the residents of Ayan Baqur from their imprisonment.<ref name=LostRollout>2001/07 [[Lost in the New Horizon]] - [[Announcements - 2001/07 - Lost in the New Horizon#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]]</ref><ref name=RiseNewSingularity>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref> Both of these were denied re-assimilation, their energies released to the void, given to oblivion.<ref name=Insights>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Virindi Texts/Insights into the Unknown|Insights into the Unknown]]</ref>