'"Well, that was different. Nobody wanted me to talk to me then," Ellis said...' Is it "nobody wanted me to talk" or "nobody wanted to talk to me"?
This is my introduction to the story, so my first reaction to the term "Creationist" was the association with the religious objections to evolutionary theory. But as I got deeper into the world you've designed (almost said created), I can see a similar anti-scientific attitude in their (mutual) disdain for the Engineers, just without the religious trappings. Their mindset is "I don't care how or why it works, just that it does" versus the Engineers' need to understand the mechanisms.
Here's a brief version of a joke an engineer friend told me: During the French Revolution, a doctor, a lawyer, and an engineer were all sentenced to death. As the doctor knelt in front of the guillotine the rope was released but the blade didn't fall. This was taken as a sign of divine intervention and the doctor was set free. The same thing happened with the lawyer, and he too went on his way rejoicing. When the engineer took his place, it malfunctioned again. He twisted his head, looked up, and said, "Wait a minute - I think I see the problem."
This is off to a great start - I like the three main characters already and enjoy their interactions.
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This is my introduction to the story, so my first reaction to the term "Creationist" was the association with the religious objections to evolutionary theory. But as I got deeper into the world you've designed (almost said created), I can see a similar anti-scientific attitude in their (mutual) disdain for the Engineers, just without the religious trappings. Their mindset is "I don't care how or why it works, just that it does" versus the Engineers' need to understand the mechanisms.
Here's a brief version of a joke an engineer friend told me: During the French Revolution, a doctor, a lawyer, and an engineer were all sentenced to death. As the doctor knelt in front of the guillotine the rope was released but the blade didn't fall. This was taken as a sign of divine intervention and the doctor was set free. The same thing happened with the lawyer, and he too went on his way rejoicing. When the engineer took his place, it malfunctioned again. He twisted his head, looked up, and said, "Wait a minute - I think I see the problem."
This is off to a great start - I like the three main characters already and enjoy their interactions.