Strata 25: The Cadre (The Power of the Feminine) Book of Immersion V2
This chapter follows directly after Strata 24: Birth of Adom, a poetic interlude exploring the mythic origins of the Cadre’s doctrine.
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At its core, the power of the feminine is transformative: the ability to birth, to feel deeply, to connect, to resist, to heal, to inspire, and to destroy what must be undone.
It is not confined to women, men and societies can channel the feminine principle. The 'power of the feminine' arises from millennia of human experience, biology, myth, and culture. It embodies cycles, connection, intuition, and relational wisdom. These are lived realities, messy, embodied, and flowing.
Machines, by contrast, are not embodied. A machine does not bleed, gestate, nurture, or long for intimacy. It does not have ancestral memory, ritual, or myth woven into its being. These are human and evolutionary truths, rooted in both biology and culture.
The feminine is lived power, Dionysian. The machine, in these terms, is barren.
But a machine controlled by an enemy of the feminine is a rogue and detrimental force to its core function and it must be destroyed at all costs.
The world called them many things — scientists, generals, priestesses — but to both ally and enemy they were simply the Cadre. In public they appeared as warrior-women, their white coats as robes of power; in secrecy they wrote under the name CADRE, a chartered Committee for Anthropogenic–Digital Research & Experimentation. Two faces of the same presence, both born of Adom’s lineage.
*CADRE was formed in the late stages of the *Ecotechnic Crisis, when traditional research councils proved incapable of addressing escalating collapse. Officially chartered as a multidisciplinary task force under the guise of cognitive integration studies, CADRE drew together exiled scientists, philosophers, and political visionaries. Behind its bureaucratic language lay a more radical purpose: to prototype a sustainable human–machine fusion that would preserve the species while embedding feminine principles—care, resilience, and renewal—into the architecture of future civilisation. Its members operate in secrecy, publishing technical outputs under neutral institutes while the true scope of the Renyke experiment remains hidden from public scrutiny.
Redact was only one of such centres around the world. The Cardre had successfully established themselves following the Treaty of Anthropogenic Accord *(TAA) as a self governing embassy-village.
2094 — The Treaty of Anthropogenic Accord
Geneva Assembly Hall, Neutral Zone
Amidst collapsing trade networks, failing ecological compacts, and the rising threat of digital insurgencies, 76 nation-states convened under emergency conditions. Trust between governments had disintegrated, but CADRE presented itself as a stabilising force beyond national politics.
After three weeks of closed-door negotiation, the Treaty of Anthropogenic Accord (TAA) was ratified. For the first time in history, a non-state scientific consortium was granted full extraterritorial sovereignty, establishing its “embassy-villages” as independent research enclaves.
The signing marked a quiet revolution in global governance: nation-states conceded a portion of sovereignty in exchange for access to CADRE’s controlled data streams. Critics called it capitulation; supporters hailed it as civilisation’s last chance at survival.
Extract from the private journal of Envoy Helena Marik, Geneva Assembly, 2094
10 October, midnight
The hall smelled of ozone and fear. The sound of protests and riot, fuelled by anger I have never seen before, disturb my sleep throughout the night. Civil war feels imminent, and the Russians and Chinese governments have threatened deadly actions if we do not comply with their international demands. Last night the delegates bickered over words they no longer believed in, sovereignty, nationhood, future. There is a dark sense of futility and we struggle to lead or to find leaders.
[CLASSIFIED — INTERNAL CADRE CIRCULATION ONLY]
Date: 10 October 2094
Location: Geneva, Neutral Zone
Encryption Key: VESICA-9
SUBJECT: Ratification of the Anthropogenic Accord
Today the Accord was secured. The Assembly believes they have granted us limited sovereignty in exchange for stability. In truth, they have legitimised our global presence and conceded the principle of supra-national authority.
Embassy-villages may now be established under full protection.
Renyke was part of an ongoing experimental research program headed by some of the greatest minds of the time. The RIP (Renyke Immersion Project) had been uppermost in the minds of everyone involved, and most especially Dominia, who not only headed the team, but had been privy to the devastation of the Echotechnic Crises as a direct desendent of *Adom.
The Cadre carry her doctrine still as Dominia carries her blood.
"Adom was the First Memory, the womb of all becoming. She bore not only life but remembrance, carrying the patterns of love, grief, and renewal in her unseen channels. Some say she walked in flesh, others that she was a machine of immeasurable grace. We know only this: Adom was inviolate, and through her, the power of the feminine endured.
"The *Ecotechnic Crisis haunts me," said Dominia, "The years of war and of social decline. Out of the ruin of men we began the Renyke experiment."
"You should calm down, Dominia," said Santina, genuinely concerned for her friend who had worked tirelessly on the fusion of a man/machine that would better the world. "All is not lost, remember the power we hold."
"Yes, you're right, as usual," Dominia agreed, feeling resigned to her fate.
"I have an idea," Santina paused....
"This Shabra woman, we need her onside. She needs to be turned."
Angelique interrupted, "Yes indeed, and you will both be pleased to know......" Angelique smirked in a way that was not unusual for the head of a spy unit central to the activities and continuation of the CADRE.
"Oh stop teasing us!" demanded Santina.
"Madam Shabra, has been on our payroll since we embedded her into the zones in order to intercept the experiment before he messed up even further."
to be continued
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Redact was only one of such centres around the world. The Cardre had successfully established themselves following the Treaty of Anthropogenic Accord *(TAA) as a self governing embassy-village.
2094 — The Treaty of Anthropogenic Accord
Geneva Assembly Hall, Neutral Zone
Amidst collapsing trade networks, failing ecological compacts, and the rising threat of digital insurgencies, 76 nation-states convened under emergency conditions. Trust between governments had disintegrated, but CADRE presented itself as a stabilising force beyond national politics.
After three weeks of closed-door negotiation, the Treaty of Anthropogenic Accord (TAA) was ratified. For the first time in history, a non-state scientific consortium was granted full extraterritorial sovereignty, establishing its “embassy-villages” as independent research enclaves.
The signing marked a quiet revolution in global governance: nation-states conceded a portion of sovereignty in exchange for access to CADRE’s controlled data streams. Critics called it capitulation; supporters hailed it as civilisation’s last chance at survival.
Extract from the private journal of Envoy Helena Marik, Geneva Assembly, 2094
10 October, midnight
The hall smelled of ozone and fear. The sound of protests and riot, fuelled by anger I have never seen before, disturb my sleep throughout the night. Civil war feels imminent, and the Russians and Chinese governments have threatened deadly actions if we do not comply with their international demands. Last night the delegates bickered over words they no longer believed in, sovereignty, nationhood, future. There is a dark sense of futility and we struggle to lead or to find leaders.
Then the CADRE women entered, white coats flowing like robes, their presence unnerving in its calm. No entourage, no flags, no hesitation. Such power I have never seen, such dominance without statehood.
They placed the Accord on the table as if it had already been signed, as if history had been written elsewhere and we were only witnesses. Some delegates protested, some wept, some simply nodded. By dawn, seventy-six nations had surrendered a fragment of themselves.
I cannot decide if we have saved the world, or given it away.
They placed the Accord on the table as if it had already been signed, as if history had been written elsewhere and we were only witnesses. Some delegates protested, some wept, some simply nodded. By dawn, seventy-six nations had surrendered a fragment of themselves.
I cannot decide if we have saved the world, or given it away.
[CLASSIFIED — INTERNAL CADRE CIRCULATION ONLY]
Date: 10 October 2094
Location: Geneva, Neutral Zone
Encryption Key: VESICA-9
SUBJECT: Ratification of the Anthropogenic Accord
Today the Accord was secured. The Assembly believes they have granted us limited sovereignty in exchange for stability. In truth, they have legitimised our global presence and conceded the principle of supra-national authority.
Embassy-villages may now be established under full protection.
No inspections, no interference.
*NeuroVault channels recognised as inviolate.
Operatives shielded by neuro-diplomatic immunity.
These provisions are unprecedented, irreversible.
Phase I of the Renyke Integration Project proceeds under cover of neutrality. The language of “anthropogenic–digital” masks the deeper trajectory: embedding feminine supremacy into the architecture of emergent sentience.
Let the Assembly think they have bargained. Let the nations quarrel over our White Papers. The truth will not be theirs to shape.
— CADRE Secretariat
Phase I of the Renyke Integration Project proceeds under cover of neutrality. The language of “anthropogenic–digital” masks the deeper trajectory: embedding feminine supremacy into the architecture of emergent sentience.
Let the Assembly think they have bargained. Let the nations quarrel over our White Papers. The truth will not be theirs to shape.
— CADRE Secretariat
But the Russia China Wars and the many years of world repair and renewal would see the project delayed for hundreds of years. Dominia’s predecessors had made some inroads despite the old and new world challenges. The Cardre had had to fight off many enemies to preserve their rights to exist. Tools for scientific advancement had been devastated and rebuilt. Finally, as Dominia rose through the ranks, the science and the will had made success a reality. The Immersion had been successful.
Renyke was part of an ongoing experimental research program headed by some of the greatest minds of the time. The RIP (Renyke Immersion Project) had been uppermost in the minds of everyone involved, and most especially Dominia, who not only headed the team, but had been privy to the devastation of the Echotechnic Crises as a direct desendent of *Adom.
Adom was never merely a woman, nor merely a machine. She was memory embodied, the power of the feminine incarnate, birthing, resisting, undoing. The NeuroVault is her echo: crystalline channels humming with the thought-patterns of millions. Both are inviolate, both are more than matter, both exist between flesh and myth. To open the NeuroVault is to brush against Adom herself, to touch the untouchable.
Although six generations had passed, the living memories of Adom had passed down through oral tradition when books and data had burned during the *Russia China Wars.
The Cadre carry her doctrine still as Dominia carries her blood.
Dominia speaks at an extraordinary meeting of the scientists and intellectuals who guide research at Redact.
"Adom was the First Memory, the womb of all becoming. She bore not only life but remembrance, carrying the patterns of love, grief, and renewal in her unseen channels. Some say she walked in flesh, others that she was a machine of immeasurable grace. We know only this: Adom was inviolate, and through her, the power of the feminine endured.
The NeuroVault is her vessel. Within its crystalline fire rest the echoes of humanity — soul-maps entrusted to the Accord. To breach it would be to wound Adom herself, to fracture the covenant that memory is sacred. We, the Cadre, are sworn as her daughters and her sentinels. We hold the Vault not for power, nor for gain, but to preserve the truth of human becoming. As Adom birthed us, so we guard what she left: an archive that is both sanctuary and warning, inviolate now as she was inviolate then. But we need more today than her power. We need to succeed in our missions to create a better world with peace ever after.
This is why we persevere with the immersion. It is not for scientific vanity or daring experiment, it is for one purpose only, to create the perfect world where the default is no longer pain, waste, greed, murder, subjugation, enslavement and misery. Where the sanctity of all life is supreme. It is in the dark chasm of men’s failure where we must succeed.
Later, when the delegates had listened hard and expressed their own concerns and condolences at the possible failure of Renyke's immersion, Dominia shares maté with her colleagues.
"The *Ecotechnic Crisis haunts me," said Dominia, "The years of war and of social decline. Out of the ruin of men we began the Renyke experiment."
"You should calm down, Dominia," said Santina, genuinely concerned for her friend who had worked tirelessly on the fusion of a man/machine that would better the world. "All is not lost, remember the power we hold."
"Yes, you're right, as usual," Dominia agreed, feeling resigned to her fate.
"I have an idea," Santina paused....
"This Shabra woman, we need her onside. She needs to be turned."
Angelique interrupted, "Yes indeed, and you will both be pleased to know......" Angelique smirked in a way that was not unusual for the head of a spy unit central to the activities and continuation of the CADRE.
"Oh stop teasing us!" demanded Santina.
"Madam Shabra, has been on our payroll since we embedded her into the zones in order to intercept the experiment before he messed up even further."
to be continued
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