Founded in 4321 in a newly built habitat ring in orbit around the
Gond brown dwarf, the Deep University has since then spread to have
departments in four other
systems. The Deep University is a part of the
Deeper
Covenant, and originally created by anti-transapient
intellectuals to create a place of learning isolated from the
transapient powers. Thus the original university was placed in an
isolated system as far from the nearest
wormhole gate
as possible, while still connected with the rest of the universe via
the beamrider network.
While the original founders were anti-
transapient,
they opened the
university's doors to any
sophont interested
in joining, though
transapients and
Superiors
(as defined by the founders) were prohibited from
entering the university grounds. The university received an influx of
intellectuals who looked forward to conduct research in a purely pre-su
environment. Given the mental restrictions in relation to the higher
intellects, the professors mostly concentrated on such areas as
philosophy, art, and lower toposophy, though such professors as Harnst
Merdingdoch and Vac12 delved into areas of physics that the higher
intellects seemed to have neglected. In 8432 at. professor
Barnabadatoch Him 3rd released what the gatekeeper Early Mind announced
was the second best explanation of wormholes provided by a nearbaseline.
In 6721 the university opened the doors to a new department catering
for Superiors. The department was isolated from the rest of the
university, but allowed for free cooperation between the base sophont
and su scientists. Through its first three and a half millennia all
information between the universities intersystem departments, and the
known net was relayed over the beamrider network. In 7721 the
university accepted the gift of four nanoscale wormhole links from the
selfclaimed independent S4 Pat 4o4, to connect its departments to each
other and the known net at lightspeed. In 9221 Pat 4o4 offered another
wormhole to connect the newly established branch in Ceylonia with the
rest of the university. The five S3s, Early Mind, Cybernetic Overload,
Terry Hatchet, Neuromancer, and Glittering Bridge, which control the
wormholes, mostly keep their thoughts to themselves, though if asked,
they can usually be persuaded to offer their opinion on the various
works that pass through their holes. Still, some of the more
anti-transapient professors still use the beamrider network to avoid
"transapient meddling".
Though most of the faculty acknowledges that in reality it is little
more safe from transapient meddling than any other institute, it does
pride itself with the title "The Prime Independent Sophont University
of the Core". As far as any commentator can determine no professor in
this institute is affiliated to
any transapient or sephirotic empire, and the staff takes great pride
in that.
Such diverse transapients as the Solarian
Bright Dawn Bright, the Version Tree's Imaginary 8 Times 8 Squared and
the independent Pat 4o4 have proclaimed themselves advocates and
guardians of the university's autonomy.
