Most members of the zealots adorned their apparel with Marker Symbols in an apparent show of their dedication to the message of the Marker and Unitology. Īn overview of the fanatics' outfit and weaponry, showing their tags that read, 'One', 'Whole', 'Circle', 'Marker Make Us Whole', 'One Mind' and 'Circle of Life' in Marker symbols. They also commanded a small fleet of dropships which facilitated their propagation against EarthGov. Its members were well armed and equipped, carrying various weapons such as assault rifles, shotguns, stasis and explosive grenades, and rocket launchers. They were shown to possess considerable resources. Members of the organization were fiercely fanatic, zealous in their loyalty to both the Church and their leader. Īccording to one of Danik's logs, the Circle's army was built using the vast fortunes of the Church and they had membership that numbered in the millions.

If we do our job and bring about true Convergence, all those who have died will join us and we will transcend the pain and our baser human frailties to become something better, purer, whole.' -Excerpt from the diary of a member of the Circle. The deaths, he said, shouldn't bother me. He explained to me that what we're doing is a painful but necessary step towards saving the human race from the path of destruction. Fortunately, Rick, my spiritual counsellor, had been monitoring my diary and pulled me aside for a pep talk. īackground Description ' As I documented earlier in my Thought Diary, the events on New Horizons Lunar Colony left my faith shaken. A militant sect of religious fanatics, they were actively deposing EarthGov authority throughout the galaxy, launching a violent campaign with the goal of 'freeing' the Red Markers from the government's experiments in the name of nature. The Circle was an extremist arm of the Church of Unitology led by Jacob Arthur Danik. Join me as we take back our future - the future the Marker promises to us all.' - Jacob Arthur Danik's speech to the members of the Circle.

By liberating the Markers we can end this cycle of death and begin the cycle of rebirth. But nature has ways of correcting itself. They have taken our sacred relic and turned it into a disease. They tamper with the Markers – making blasphemous copies as part of their secret research programs. When our prophet Michael Altman spoke out against them, he was silenced. ' When the Black Marker was first discovered on Earth so long ago, the government at the time hid all evidence of it from us.

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