Foundlings (Noon Universe) - Life of The Foundlings

Life of The Foundlings

The foundlings were born on October 6, 2138 with no apparent difference from normal human children on Earth. A difference appeared only in 2149, when symbols identical to those on the discs in the Sarcophagus appeared on the right elbows of all 11-years-old foundling. The disks became known as "detonators".

To study the bond between the detonators and the corresponding foundlings, one of the discs was destroyed. A week after that, Edna Lasko, whose symbol matched the one on the destroyed disc, perished when her class was caught by an avalanche somewhere in the Northern Andes and the World Council demanded to stop experimentation on the detonators.

In 2162, in violation of Sikorski's demands, another foundling, Kornei Yashmaa, was told of his true origin. He accepted this information with stoic serenity and promised to cooperate with Earth's government if he notices anything strange about himself.

Encouraged by this experiment and despite strong objections from Rudolf Sikorski, the scientists revealed the truth to the second foundling, Thomas Nielsen, but this time it didn't go so well. Four months later he perished on Gorgona under circumstances that suggested a suicide. Shortly afterwards it was discovered that the corresponding detonator tracelessly disappeared from the case.