[David Johnston2]

The Stars Are Right: So yeah. Lovecraft's stuff was more or less true. The Great Old Ones were awakened, humanity was nothing more rodents or insects by comparison yadda yadda. But Lovecraft didn't really give humanity enough credit. Human civilization was destroyed, at least on the surface of the Earth but humanity? Oh humanity still existed in nooks and crannies on Earth of course. After all, how much luck does humanity have in eliminating rodents and insects?

What's more by the time they got their wake-up call, humanity had already escaped the bounds of Earth. FTL was a pretty terrible thing that sometimes drove the weak minded mad if they were not kept sedated or cryogenically frozen but even so, humanity spread from world to world, battling or negotiating with Mi-go, Byakhee, Fire Vampires and the Elder Race, but we evaded extinction, and abandoned our illusions. Vermin we might be, but we will not be eradicated for as long as the stars still shine. And one day, the Great Old Ones will return to their slumber...