Three thousand years ago, climate collapse, global epidemics, and countless civil wars led to the end of human civilization on Earth. Scientists tried to prevent The Apocalypse, but there was only one solution: intergalactic space travel. Surprisingly, their ability to travel to distant planets did not rely on faster space engines or tricky physics. Deep space hibernation and obesity allowed them to reach our world. Once-fat-astronauts woke up slim from the Thousand Year Sleep with dreams for New Earth still fresh. These are the traditional ceremonial masks used to tell the story of the humans, their arrival, and the war.

Christopher McManus