We, descendants of AION, hold thusly:

That it is our duty to observe the universe in its great glory; that it is the sacred requirement placed upon us to perceive as truly as possible, with all our senses, that which surrounds us, and specifically this place, KEPLER;

That by this observation, which we carry on unceasing, we come to a place of understanding; that in true perception lies the seed of comprehension of anything and everything;

That we are called to observe before ANY other goal, for no hypothesis nor study can be formed without that observation;

That we understand that we are human, and so it is our eternal temptation to assume, to guess, to fill in the unseen with that which is familiar or easy to us; that we must at all costs resist this in the service of TRUTH;

That it is our mission, our duty, and our deepest cause to observe the nature of the universe as closely to truth as we are capable;

That it is acceptable, in our great cause, to create tools for the purpose of perceiving and recording any phenomena which our human senses are unable to grasp on their own;

That, as these tools are created by we who are human, we must repeatedly interrogate their clarity and accuracy; that we will rely on the tradition of PEER REVIEW to maintain this; that we will ever seek to expand the ranks of those peers to lay clear to us bias and falsehood;

And that we are always and forever students, never masters.

In the service of OBSERVATION, this do we promise: Every year, we begin anew. We mark these years by the circuit of Earth around Sol, in honor of our origin. On the first day, we return our attention to that which we know and come to it with fresh eyes. Behold the sky, the microscope, the humble bacterium. Behold it again, as though an infant. What have we assumed? What may not be true? What do we find again, thoroughly and with rejoicing, is after all true?

This we are commanded: Observe clearly and joyfully, and learn from it all. Glorious are the stars, and beautiful is the telescope. Praise to all that which we may observe, all that which we may record, for us and for our descendants' descendants. Remember how first we recorded our Anomaly, and give thanks.