Western Commission on The Anomaly
Western Commission on The Anomaly
The Western Commission on The Anomaly was one of the three independent regional investigative bodies formed early in Illuminatian history for the purpose of studying the events that led to the termination of the Lucidus mission and the subsequent settlement of the Neonisi planet.
The commission was organized specifically to engage in its own original research to learn more about the scientific causes and technical consequences of The Anomaly. In isolation from its peer commissions, the Western Commission set out to make its own conclusions about the implications of the theoretical mechanisms and astronomical hypotheses best suited to explain The Anomaly.
The newly-founded Illuminatian government established the Western Commission along with the Eastern Commission and the Northern Commission concurrently and in isolation from one another. This was done to ensure completely independent research and results that stood upon separate merits. Secretly, the Illuminatian government also wished for the commissions to surreptitiously provide insights regarding suspected differences between the three known multiversal duplications of Lucidus survivors in Illuminatia by way of examination of potential investigative results that might diverge from those of a given commission's two companion commissions.
The Western Commission, along with the other two commissions, began its work within dozens of AU of the introduction of human settlement to the Neonisi planet.
The Western Commission was composed exclusively of researchers and assets derived only from the geographic region occupied by the Second Multiversal Duplication. Exclusivity of the origins of the individuals operating all facets of the commission to within the same multiversal duplication was non-negotiable. Additionally, all research, observation, and fact collecting was required to take place within the territory occupied by Second Multiversal Duplication survivors. This territory primarily in western Illuminatia represents an expansive land area rivaling that of the Third Multiversal Duplication to the east. The Western Commission's territory was spread through western and southern Illuminatia, including Second Multiversal Duplication population centers like the West Coast, Southwestern, and South Coast metropolitan complexes.
Much like the other two commissions, the Western Commission was able to make observations and arrive at conclusions that were largely the same as its peer commissions but which varied in a limited variety of minor ways. The Western Commission was instrumental in identifying some yet-to-be explained temperamental differences among the three multiversal duplications. The Second Multiversal Duplication, for instance, somehow nurtured a population that exhibits a greater affinity for technical innovation and exploration. This observation has been a curiosity of sociologists and cultural anthropologists. It is not entirely understood what characteristics of the Second Multiversal Duplication might explain these differences.