Improvisar

Biography
There are men... then there are legends. This is a story of one such legend. This is the legend of Improvisar.

Once upon a time, in the age of AOL there was a prosperous Journeyman named JAdams7985. Unfortuanely John didn't take well to the changes taking place, and went into a deep coma. In the usual mannor, his body was seized by the Galactic Administration for "science". They kept him alive while reading his thoughts. We have all heard the rumor of the administrations mind-reading machines... mostly in the "law-enforcement" area. This was new... they were reading ALL his thoughts. It took almost a full year, and much computer memory, but they did it. An entire lifetime of human experience held in a computer. At that point, the scientists found John's motionless body no longer usefull... and pulled the plug.

Improvisar was born (05/16/1999 RL time). His father was unknown, and his mother died giving birth. She was a poor woman, and had no death insurance. Improvisar was confiscated by Galactic Administration's scientists for growth experiments. In 5 hours Improvisar had matured 21 years. Obviously a 21 year old infant is of no use. In order to be a success, the scientists had to mature his mind as well. They removed his brain, and replaced it with a positronic brain. Because of his man-made brain, it was easy to incorporate another one of the Administration's experiments.

Here the experiments converge. They had a human mind held in a computer, and a mature human body with a nearly blank computer brain. JAdams7985 now lives on in Improvisar. There was something that the scientists had not thought of. When the positronic brain of Imp was constructed, it was programmed to be loyal to Ming... but when they transferred the mind of John, it overwrote all of the programming! In his previous incarnation Imp was a strong willful man, and he still is!

The scientists, being the beurocrats that they were, knew that this would be the end of their jobs. The only way to get rid of their failure, was to get rid of their experiment... but they were not murderers. They gave Imp 13,000 IG, a vac-suit, and a communicator, and let him loose on Earth, with the assurance that he would not reveal his true identity.

Fourty-five minutes later he was a Commander, beginning his career as a space farer. He zoomed through the lower ranks, mapping every planet in Sol. Having a positronic brain, he had great intelligence, however growing up in a vat of goo he had a weak, frail body, but not for long. He whipped himself into shape, and in only a few months owned his own planet!

Imp also reunited with an old friend that knew him as John, BozOwl. Imp was proud, the old hooter became a Duke. As did another of his friends, Bartholomew of Boomtown. Imp joined the Land of Boz, and now finds it to be a great home. For a great time Imp worked his butt off, trading with his neighbors. His planet now prospers.

Imp's planet is great. He found it as JAdams, while lost between Neverland and Sol. JAdams went there frequently, trading with the natives. There were advanced nations, and primitive ones. JAdams was a diplomat, and brokered peace between the peoples. Because of his kindness, John was pronounced Overlord by the people, and vowed that he would return to bring them into the Galactic community. When he went back as Imp, he befriended the locals. As a spiritual people, they saw that he was the same man that brought them together, and brought them peace, happiness, and prosperity. He inherited Overlordship, and once he achieved the rank of Explorer, linked them to the rest of the Galaxy.

There was a great ceremony, and the planet was named Imp, with the capital city named Adamas, for his previous self.

Imp currenty uses the time travel technolgy developed by the more advanced peoples of Imp, and spends much of his time back in the late 20th century. He is seeking to study the history of computers. Since Ming proclaims "History" has his personal property, and will not allow it to be studied by the masses, it is the only way. He is hoping that by studying the past of computers, he can understand his own brain more. He still stops in from time to time, to keep Imp prosperous. Also in his spare time, he oversees construction on Imp to allow for tourism from the galaxy.

Improvisar is a legend on his planet... and will become a legend throughout the Galaxy.

Timothy McDaniels,

Venetian Underground Press