Project Lambda (Possible)

== Disambiguation ==
Project Lambda is a space mission that occurred in the 20th century with the goal of discovering more about dark matter.
== Background ==
In the Face of God universe, the powers that be have technology that is greater than public tech and hidden. In the 20th century, a group of astronauts and scientists travelled several light years away to try and learn more about dark matter. 
Seeing as they not only did not return, but also sent back no communications, the governments tried again, but to no avail.
== Inclusion in the Main Plot ==
Within the in-book plots, Project Lambda represents a previous space mission to what may be a 21st century escapade that would feature main characters, particularly the 16.
Again, this is a concept currently. Such a story point would probably take place after the events of Silence, but before the War of Silence. As to how main characters such as Eli and Thomas would be included, that's yet to be determined. The Face of God doesn't explore technology or space deeply, except for the Gems Ring Project; thus, major plot reconstruction would need to occur.
== Possible Plot Idea: Defenders of the Milky Way ==
Author notes: A few years ago, I had a dream about three guys who were apart of a space task force that was charged with defending the Milky way. They were different than modern real life forces in that they had special knowledge of the human body which allowed them to use a sort of martial arts or combat system that inhibited certain human functions. For example, I saw in the dream that one was training underwater; he had a criminal by the hands, and he was able to put his own hand somewhere on the criminals' wrist to make it so he couldn't move his arm/hand. This would be a neat idea to use rather than handcuffs.
The task force was to go out into the galaxy to do something, not really sure what, and they eventually completed their tasks which were also character building quests or something. Basically they "passed the test" and their trainer came out of a portal door that appeared out of nowhere and told them as much. Prior to this, a few of them were hiding behind a space truck, and I think one or two were fighting something.
The name as well as the concept sounds a bit too much like Guardians of the Galaxy, but I could change some things to make it unique. By the way, the task force itself was secretive, as they were doing things and had tech that the public didn't know about. Were this to be in the FoG plot, it would probably take place in the 21st century. Again, not sure how to include the main characters. One idea for world building is that scientists discovered how to use the Mind of God power to understand how humans work, thus creating the new combat system. Currently, according to this page, scientists didn't discover how to use Face of God traits for personal use until after the War of Silence, and after the events of Gems. If that were the case, these events would take place about the same time as the other books.
There's not really a problem with Project Lambda having advanced tech, because the tech made from the Face of God traits is metaphysically charged; in other words, scientists will have learned how to manipulate energy that is above and beyond anything related to baryonic matter, and whose natural traits can supersede physical traits. So in other words, this is really advanced tech. In fact, such technology would made a redo of project Lambda feasible, and is a good idea to base the plot around.
If we take an imaginary scenario and imagine an X-Men apocalypse like plot where Stacey, Eli, Thames, etc. go to space with other astronauts, one could wonder what exactly they were be expected to achieve. Supposing the goal was to learn more about dark energy, they may take Thames for understanding. They could take Aldorlian to see into the universe. They could take Stacey to grow food, Thomas for protection from death, literally the possibilities are endless. One issue with this is why would any government or organization trust people with free wills when they can replicate the powers into their tech, even if only to a much smaller scale.
...In fact, this could also be a way to implement the cloning narrative that was initially related to project Depression. Recall, the government was making clones of the 16 to either lure away the Silent or replicate the 16 to study so as to use their powers (I haven't decided which). Perhaps scientists are cloning in order to use them rather than the 16 in the space mission.
The last plot point relating to dark matter has to do with the Silent themselves. A while back I had an idea that dark matter or energy was the Silent. If this is the case, the 16 would be coming on contact with their other selves. Ideally, they already know what the Silent are from events of Silence, so perhaps this space travel could happen after this book, in response to something they learned.
Stacey may already be seeing these things, if the plot about INFP being world travelling dreamers becomes cannon. If Stacey actually develops this power, she could travel to the other universe were the gods live and learn things, possibly being another reason for why Project Lambda is repeated: to stop a potential threat that is thought to be connected to this dark matter. Aldorlian could also see things, since he has the eye of God trait. With Eli being able to travel/see through time, Aldorlian and Thames, and Stacey being able to bridge the universes, it actually seems that there is too much going for the humans here, so certain limits will have to be put in place. If somehow they could use Nat or the Arm trait, they could rescue the lost team from the original Lambda, thus learning where they went.