Recorded by Cricket of the Caves, Bird Go denizen and Official Scribe to the 2008 Olympic Games. (Yes, McDonalds will do a tie-in...)

First, there was darkness. Then, there was Gatchaman. And Tatsunoko said unto Him, "I will make for thee a helpmeet," and he Created Joe and the Holy Transports called G1 and G2.

[He also created Jun, Jinpei, Ryu, Katse, Solsai and Nambu, but they are his Lesser Creations and are described, not in the Holy Works, but in another, supplementary text found elsewhere. He also created the Phoenix and two other transports.]

And Tatsunoko looked at what he had Created and said it was good enough, and left.

And Lo, after many weeks there came Sandy Frank, and he looked unto Gatchaman and saw that He would do nicely. So too did Saban and Disney and others who shall not be named.

[Beware, ye Peoples of the world, of false preachers who seek only to make profit from that which is Holy.]

For many years, Gatchaman was kept from the light of the world by the Corporations, kept alive only by the efforts of many and varied Peoples.

[Gather up those who have seen only the false gods of Mark and Ace, and bring them gently into the fold. Chastize them not, should they be unable to fully comprehend the Greater Glory that is Ken and Joe, but allow them to worship in ways that they see fit, provided only that they let you continue the True Worship.]

[Be grateful, oh Ye of BirdGo, for those Peoples. If not for them and their enthusiasm, the Holy Episodes would not have been seen as profitable and there would have been no Re-release. Forgive them, oh Ye People of BirdGo, for their sins of feather-dusters and Princess. They are unable to see the True Light, yet they still worship, and should be cherished. It is even permissible that Ye of BirdGo should worship with the members of such other faiths, provided that Ye continue to also participate in the worship here.]

[Indeed, it is my Desire that thou shalt goest amongst such Peoples, to learneth of them and their Beliefs, and to dispense such of My Bounty as they might accept, limitted though it may be to Outfallings and Seas of Devils.

And amongst the Peoples there was Sam. And the Lord Gatchaman used the other Peoples to nurture Sam and to give her Great Trials. He gave unto Sam a Holy Mission: Create Ye BirdGo, a refuge for the weary, a place to worship Ken and Joe."

And Sam said unto the Lord Gatchaman, "Lord Gatchaman, I am unworthy. I have no knowledge of the Holy Code, and cannot create thy temple unaided."

And the Lord Gatchaman said unto Sam, "Lo, you don't think I know that? I hath seen your stick figures and found them wanting. But despair not, I have made for thee a helpmeet, who goest by the name of Lyon. She, too, has been through the trials of the Other Groups, and is still amongst them. But most importantly, she knoweth the Holy Code and can make likenesses of me and the Lord Condor that do not sucketh. So take these, the Holy Fronds of Celery, and deliver them unto her. Together, thou shalt Create in My Name the Place of BirdGo."

And so Sam used the Holy Fronds of Celery and much peanut butter and coffee and snippets of fics to tempt, cajole, wheedle and drag Lyon to Create the Temple and to skin it in Flames. And together they worshipped Ken and Joe. And it was good.

And the Lord Gatchaman said unto Sam and Lyon, "Go Ye forth from the haven that is BirdGo, and gather together those who also see the truth of Ken and Joe." And forth they went, risking Censorship and far worse, and they Advertised and Recruited others of like mind.

Sam and Lyon demonstrated the joys of Challenges, and invited the Congregation to take part. And BirdGo flourished, nurturing talent and demolishing boundaries and suporting those who had been downtrodden by those not of their Faith. Allowing Rants and Strange Questions and Prickles and Misunderstandings and Agreements to Disagree.

And for many weeks there was joy, as Sam and Lyon and the Congregation here assembled and worshiped Ken and Joe with Tabs and Slots and Romance. Threes and Sunsets and Pitstops. Kitchens, Hotels, and Floods. Secrets of Victory, Wildness, and Cows.

And then Lyon said unto Sam, "Hey, Sammers! We've got such a bounty of Offerings and Postings that the Holy Server we share with the Birds of Thunder is stuffed to bursting. Not to mention that some of the congregation is having trouble partaking of the Fellowship at a reasonable speed."

So it was decided that the Holy Server be upgraded.

Whilst this was occuring, Sosai and Katse and Jun and Jinpei and Ryu and Nambu, having realized that they had been virtually ignored, determined to maketh a big stink. So, at the moment of vulnerability caused by the upgrade of the Holy Server, they created the Big Crash, and attempted to make off with the Holy Files.

And there was much sadness and despair.

But, Lo, there was Hope, for Gatchaman and his Holy Consort Joe were able to rescue most of the Holy Files. Then Lyon worked through fourty hours of day and night to repair them.

[Evidence of the Great Crash exists in the form of an absence of approximately one week's posts to the Holy Forums.]

And the Lord Gatchaman said unto Sam and Lyon, "For Thine efforts, and for proving yourselves worthy by not giving up during the Crash, I will Reward Thee and Create of Thee Goddesses."

And the congregation of BirdGo saw the Holy Leaders and bowed in worship.

Here endeth the First Book of BirdGo.