A pan-disciplinary academic conference on the future of humanity culminated in plans to develop an institute for advanced research, with the intention that it should pursue complete understanding of the nature of the universe as a primary goal. This was known in much later ages as the Trestunarion, a hollowed-out asteroid in a tiny pocket of space-time where intellectuals of all backgrounds and agendas pursued their studies. The staff of this organization became the founders of the Lyrisclensiae over the next millennia, progressively altering themselves and their children to further their objectives.