Space... "Patrol group eight, anything to report?" The voice came through the comms, and the Overseer peered over the view screens, and his bridge officers head lit up bright orange, before he responded "Just another minor tear. Hang on... biotic readings here." The Overseer looked up to the view screen displaying the tear, then the tear anomaly reading from the terminal below him... He paused "Cicuta (Poison)!" He cursed, and his fears were confirmed when a ship drifted through the tear. "Amputate!" He ordered, and the four ships that composed his patrol group sped forwards, opening fire with their plasma weapons on the Extra-universal ship, burning through several places of it's armour... Hold on, this class had shields and weapons... yet it wasn't fighting back "Cease." He ordered, and the four ships stopped firing almost as suddenly as they had started, the flagship slowly drifting towards the Extra-universal ship. As the extra-universal ship slowly spun in space, he learnt why it hadn't fired back. Nearly half of it's other side had been torn off, including the life support systems. "Must be a casualty of the Universal War, left floating in the secondary universe until it hit a tear" One of the bridge officers commented, and the Overseer nodded "Should I prepare an extraction?" "Affirmative" He hit the comms terminal again and spoke to his CO again "Revise: Bringing in destroyed exogen ship for recycling" "10-4" Videt, Triarius "The tears are driving the Primicerii rampant" "Indeed, it's harder for them to focus on the Collective when there are so many conflicting energy signals being tossed around." "Is there no way to close them?" "The only way to do so is to cut off the energy to them, within a few years there shouldn't be any more tears within this galaxy though, so we can return to... relative normality." "I see... Hm, I was reading in the archives about a species who referred to themselves as 'Equestrians'. It was very odd, they had four legs and no..." "No arms, yes I know. No manner of fingers either, the ability to grasp objects would have been above them." "So how did they become space faring, are the archives incorrect, in which case how many of the other files are incorrect?" "I don't know, I find it best not to dwell on it. It does seem that they could not exist, there would be no way to construct the various devices to advance even partially, let alone to space faring status. Of course, it's quoted as saying they used something they referred to as 'Magic'. Maybe some other species had given them a piece of technology beyond their understanding? Maybe this 'Faust' mentioned in the file?" "I don't know, Faust appears to be an extra-dimensional being, in which case might she not have been destroyed along with Extra-universal forces by project Severance?" "Not necessarily, she may not have had the correct alignment of particles. It appears, from the records, that they were some how destroyed shortly after a war with the Collective, implying that they were destroyed by us, am I correct?" "The files do seem to lean that way, in which case Faust must have been destroyed." "Indeed, there's no logic to leaving alive a being of such power after destroying it's allies. That is, unless it fled and hid away, which is also possible." "With the destruction of nearly all Extra-universal life, and all others being hunted, shouldn't we be focusing on the destruction of Extra-dimensional life as well?" "As far as I am aware we are, there's just less records of it due to it's nature." [Hider=Worlds] Homeworlds: Six (Triarii homeworld, Saeva Simius homeworld, Selkath homeworld, Lance Human Homeworld, Umbrae Populus Replacement homeworld, Honoratissimus Aviarius replacement world) Habitat worlds (Not including homeworlds): 11 Forge worlds: 8 Hive worlds: 6 Total: 31 [/hider] [hider=Type Meaning:] Homeworlds: These are the designated homeworlds of the species of the Collective. not every species has one, and the Corruptelae Insectum homeworld is designated a Hive World rather than a homeworld. They function similarly to Habitat worlds, with the exception of Triarius, which is more of a Forge World as it's not well suited to agriculture. Habitat worlds: These worlds include massive amounts of population along with massive amounts of agricultural land. These are often the largest planets within the Collective, some being many times the size of Earth. These worlds are obviously of the utmost importance; The Collective has a massive population due to refugee's and barely manages to sustain it's self through these Habitat worlds. If it weren't for the Homeworlds and Habitat worlds, the Collectives population would have starved long ago. Forge Worlds: These worlds are the industrial powerhouses of the Collective, with massive manufactorums going many miles deep and spanning the planet. Mining operations are also prominent on these worlds. These worlds are also where the majority of augmentations and synth processes take place, and thus they also double as Penal Worlds and military bases. These worlds are vitally important for Collective industry for obvious reasons. Hive Worlds: These worlds are home to the massive Corruptelae Insectum hives. These worlds generally have massive forests with much life which is all subservient on the food chain to the hordes of Corruptelae Insectum. They are an extremely hostile and dangerous type of world, and any land invasion is doomed to massive losses. In times of war, the hive worlds will have 'Harvesters' take vast amounts of Corruptelae Insectum from the hive worlds, with the co-operation of the Queens who are practically the only truly sentient Corruptelae Insectum. These will then be quickly augmented and thrown into combat and used as a wave of bodies or meat shields, the idea being the enemy will run out of ammo before the Collective runs out of easily replaced Corruptelae Insectum. [/hider] [hider=Navy and Size] Velites class Corvette: 80 Venator Class Frigate: 100 Indespectus Class Prowler: 10 Hastati class Cruiser: 110 Princeps class Destroyer: 100 Evocatus class Battle Ship: 80 Aquilifer class Carrier: 35 Praetorian Class Ship of the Line: 40 Invictus Class Super Carrier: Four Aethereus class Super ship: One Total: 560 [/hider] [hider= Current Problems] Food shortages across the Collective as approximately 15 agricultural production planets attempt to support the trillions of people within the Collective. 'Triage office for Food Distribution' has been set up. [/hider]