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  Chapter 5

  As part of the Prometheus Project’s attempt to deliver the powers of the Void to males, it investigated the various theories on why the technology performs so much better in females than males. One such theory that was investigated was the Pacifist Hypothesis. This theory is an extension of the Sabotage Hypothesis, which asserts that Void technology had been intentionally sabotaged by its original creators to be effective only with females. The Pacifist Hypothesis takes this one step further and asserts that the sabotage was an attempt to limit the powers of the Void to peaceful purposes. While it is true that females are typically less prone to violent behavior than males and that the “pacifism” embedded within the organizational structure of the Sacerdotes Vacuum, the Priestesses of Void, could be considered as suggestive of anti-militaristic intent on the part of the technology's creator, no evidence has been discovered that would indicate that the technology itself has been sabotaged to prevent its militarization directly.

  This may not have been technologically feasible. Note the battles staves of the elite Agema. While the ability to power a battle staff is limited to a very small portion of the male population and only after years upon years of practice, the staff itself is a very effective combat weapon. Further research conducted with several captured from the so-called “Coven” (a loose confederation of those skilled in the ways of the Void who have turned to criminal enterprise) suggests strongly that the technology itself has no safeguards against weaponization (or against even rather sadistic behavior, see Appendix G-3).

  - The Failure of the Prometheus Project – Official Report to the High Council