Ars Moriendi Summary

Jason tells Tyler about the things he learned about the Martian society directly from their ambassador. He says that these things might be slightly different from the image that Wun Ngo Wen gave of Mars to the rest of the world while he was alive. Even though the Martian civilization had made great advances in terms of biotechnology, it was relying on the limited resources available on the planet. These resources were rapidly vanishing, so the Martians devised the replicators technology to scan the universe for more resources. However, they were unable to launch the replicators they designed, which is why Wun was sent to Earth.

Jason adds that the replicators technology required another component, which was not mentioned by Wun Ngo Wen: a human element capable of acting as a catalyst for a different communications channel between the network of...