#fifthgenesis

[james-roha]

"...Life flows in the machines' wake, like ancient deities of the forest brought into reality..." - Ryan #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CD37bQAJkEF/?igshid=ckzgsvwf6i2x

[james-roha]

"The Forest Sodality boasts the finest woodland facilities this side of the Nantucket Sound Mr. Thirster." - Ralph, Forest Sodality Compatriot #compatriots #sodality #forest #vignette Working on a later portion of the #fifthgenesis after the earth has been reborn and have been doing some #lookdev to make things look miniature. #miniature https://www.instagram.com/p/CFziWxCsp9n/?igshid=1lnafijp7fnby

[james-roha]

Ryan: "I felt the tanker before I saw it the first time, it shook the earth with every step." Evaline: "Funny you mention it, the tremors are actually one of it's primary ecological functions- other than resupplying chemicals to the ATMO fleet." #fifthgenesis xD earthquake in LA last night https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUkxEks0y2/?igshid=znprnevuiui4

[james-roha]

"...these landscapes will never be the same; I'm just glad they are alive again." -Ryan #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CFFJJeqsYJv/?igshid=zh1qsnohxpyr

[james-roha]

"What a beautiful world it's becoming— I can't stop thinking about the machine we saw on the trip we took to the plateau restoration site. It's strange form haunts me, like I witnessed the embodiment of the forest at work." - Ryan #fifthgenesis Back to some concept paintings! https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCeWrZMdDf/?igshid=1mbo3z9v7vvrh

[james-roha]

"...the compounds we use for their skin are highly absorptive when stimulated by movement; slowly walking causes the machines to recollect the nutrients we've released into the atmosphere. Once collected, the nutrients are balanced and mixed while they travel to the ends of the machines' appendages... Just by moving they can fix nutrients into the ground..." - Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CEo3rfbsZQ_/?igshid=1l3c3aoxqgz0b

[james-roha]

"...the first four mechanical generations were the work of the original Aventine—the fifth generation is my responsibility, and we've fully embraced biotechnologies." - Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZlFKApGSk/?igshid=us1st8x67xx5

[james-roha]

"...networks of stationary deepwells infuse a nutrient mix with water and disperse the new atmosphere—creating life-ready climates.... Once the atmosphere is ready, ATMO walkers traverse the landscape, altering and cultivating keystone paths through the environment..." - Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CERsxutpJQw/?igshid=104qnxt7j8cc6

[james-roha]

"... It's funny you ask - we did have an incident where a gen. two prototype completely ignored the LITHMO network computations — it carved a swath of green for miles into the desert with no support network. The unit was so big that we just had to leave if out there when it ran out of power—that was only a couple of years ago and its path is now a lush jungle... I'm actually grateful it happened... we use it as a proof of concept case study to investors and regulators." - Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPNbSBJr8L/?igshid=128v0d9o481kw

[james-roha]

"... but to your last letter Ryan—we are well beyond the times of gods and demons, though I believe a single demon remains and its name is ignorance." -Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CEMrMJypmWg/?igshid=1vcpxtc364a3x

[james-roha]

"For most of my childhood, machines of industry were demonized by those who love the world—now that these machines are saving us... who are the demons?" - Ryan #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CEHby6DJ53b/?igshid=9r7322r0v18w

[james-roha]

"Each week we run ai update diagnostics in the test chambers. They aren't viable for testing ecological impacts—the chambers are just too small... Really they exist to make sure the field units won't go haywire and destroy property." - Evaline #fifthgenesis Felt like a good day for a double feature. This one is heavily inspired by my favorite anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFX_bQJIRg/?igshid=2iji7cmexi76

[james-roha]

"We had to train the prototype units in secret for months. Even then it was amazing to watch dead earth come back to life." - Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CECd9MQJ4JQ/?igshid=o1y43rvsnv14

[james-roha]

"A few of the units require intensive maintenance a couple times a month. The process can take a highly trained team an entire day... Dr. Davids likes to half joke about the next project will be robots to take care of robots." - Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_wcqGJ1f5/?igshid=a305wsymoxlr

[james-roha]

"... Together we can rebuild the earth... " - Ryan #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9IjCkpOff/?igshid=o1cxmebk5cyp

[james-roha]

"Conditions around the machines are so favorable for plant growth that some of our prototypes stopped functioning entirely after just a couple of months. Plants would grow between crucial movement components and core circuitry.... so the newer models have patches of smooth alloy that make growth more difficult. Still we have to send the occasional maintenance worker out to prune." - Evaline #fifthgenesis https://www.instagram.com/p/CD6mAQzpNDC/?igshid=ixffpwj70dzw