The Archive

The Archive is one of Semper's greatest achievements.

Started at the same time as Semper was founded, the Archive has grown to a vast size and occupies a considerable area of the subterranean city.

The Archive is primarily a biorepository focused on cataloguing and preserving as much organic material as possible with seed banks for plants and gene banks for animal life. Non organic material such as geological samples are also maintained.

The material is gathered from multiple sources to improve its diversity.

For plant species, seeds are gathered from current biomes, and the heritage traced to identify heirloom and descendant varieties.

For animal species the samples are gathered from fauna in both wild and captive species.

The Archive uses the store in conservation efforts as well as research and development.

Following the collapse of the UK The Archive overtook the Millenium Seed Bank as the largest of its kind in the world.

The Specialists of The Archive section are trained to work in a range of diverse climates and conditions. This training means that they often accompany other Militias acting as guides and pathfinders, finding safe routes across or through hazardous environments.

Amongst the other Specialists and Militia they have built a proud reputation as expert physical trackers and scouts, often ranging ahead of any main Militia force supporting their advance.