Continuing From The Previous Post

We are told that the nascent galactic brain affects the course of the universe (Genesis, p. 103). . How? The whole universe? Are there similar developments in at least some other galaxies? If so, are they near enough to interact?

One node remembers Earth and transmits the memory. Some other nodes agree that Earth deserves attention and discuss it further. Over centuries and light years, the discussion becomes a decision that is sent to the node best able to implement it. The narrator reminds us of Terrestrial myths:

the sun as a fiery chariot;
the year as a god dying and reborn;
death as a punishment for sin -

- and then presents a myth of the mission to Earth:

the node's primary consciousness has a primary aspect, Alpha;
Alpha has synthesized a lesser manifestation of itself, Wayfarer, to release into separate existence and has incorporated the record of Christian Brannock into Wayfarer;
copies of Brannock have been spread across the galaxy;
Alpha is the apex of large structures, mainly comprising force fields, orbiting a dwarf star fifty parsecs from Sol;
stellar movements have brought it about that this is now "...the settlement nearest to Sol" (p.105);
the settlement was established in an earlier age to study curious life forms on one of the planets but Alpha now has other concerns, mainly its own self-evolution;
Sol will remain stable for billions of years but will boil life off Earth in a mere hundred thousand years;
human Earth is remembered while post-human Earth approaches the post-biological phase;
Gaia, the Solar node, has responded evasively to inquiries;
the Solar System was last visited two million years ago;
should the resources of nearby stars be used to save Earth as a first step towards remaking the universe so that awareness can survive stellar mortality?;
Wayfarer will visit Earth to find out;
a laser accelerates to near light speed a spaceship containing a matrix to run the Wayfarer programs, a database, sensors, effectors and several bodies.