The Imacaci

Mesoamerican ecowarriors

Imacaci means Fearful in Nahuatl.

15 years B-Convoy: When the greek substitute to the Xolal process was created, a branch of the scientific community, especially within the 5 giants, warned the rest of the world that their process was untested and unbalanced, ultimately going to destroy the world. This caused the illarity of the rest of the world who mocked them and called them the "Imacaci", as a culturally inappropriate joke.

These scientists were however very sure of the problem and became very active on the world front, but without much success until the first mutation of the bacteria was recorded in 10 B-Convoy and sparked the first concerns.

Another branch of the Imacaci, who had reclaimed the name as a mark of wisdom, had been working hard on ways to stop such a thing happening, but also on seed projects and, if needed be, Exodus projects.

They helped design the drug able to put the bacteria in dormancy, as well as being those who designed the first exploring probes sent very early (as soon as the first mutation was recorded) toward other planets, even though the rest of the world still called them panic-prone extremists.

By the time the Convoy is ready, many Imacaci have already been sent in many Exodus Projects, but more and more join their ranks and it is the group under the supervision of Acat that is chosen in secret to join the Convoy.

As his name explains, Acat is a firm believer in making lifelong commitments, and express these in the form of tattoos, one of each commitment. His followers tend to follow his lead and are tattooed in vivid colours and patterns all over their body and faces. The use of actual ink, and not the commonly used Batik, is a source of bafflement for the other members of the Convoy.

The Imacaci are extremist eco-warriors. Most of them are only racists because they were raised in a racist environment, but it is a part of their hard-wiring. More important for them is the protection of the environment at all cost. They are servitors of the ecosystem and it comes first in all their choices, well before the part of humanity that is not involved in taking care of it.