[quote=Pathfinder] Auxillium Collective The CustodeThe Custodes are a race of sentient machines from the Earth ship . For the most part the Custodes are humanoid in shape, reaching about 6'2 and 275 pounds on average. However there are exceptions to the rule and it isn't uncommon to see ones shaped like a canine, an avian, or something more like an invertabrate. None the less all Custodes have one similar feature, the spark. The spark is their soul, so to speak, and is located in the center of the chest. This spark glows brightly and could attract attention however it is not particularly a weak spot, more of an indicator of personal health. The weaker the spark's light, the closer the Custode is to death. Each life ship is host to thousands of Custodes, all of which answer to the captain of the ship. In turn these captains answer to Servator, captain of The Vita. There is no infighting as all Custodes are unified in the single goal of encouraging the growth of life. The Custodes dislike war, given that they are trying to turn away from their past as tools of war, but should conflict be the only option they will strike hard. The combat doctrine of the Custodes is , a technique they have mastered over hundreds of years of conflict. In essence, the warships of the Custodes aren't the fastest moving but they make up for it through shear durability and fire power. The Perditor is the guardian of the Salus'. Covered in turrets, missle silos, and armed with an ion cannon backed by the power of a small sun. However it's defenses are just as powerful as its weapons as it is covered in thick layers of alloy not even known to the other civilizations plus it has a shield sturdy enough to take a licking and keep on ticking, as the human saying goes.This ship is truly massive and the last of its kind, a relic from a time long past. The Vita is only roughly smaller than Earth and functions as both a factory and a weapon in and of itself. Factory wise it uses powerful tractor beams to pull meteors into it and sort out the minerals and ores from there, recycling and using everything it has and creating either more Custodes, Perditor, or even a Salus if one is lost. These Beams can also be used to pull enemy ships apart and into the factories for...re-purposing. However when it comes to actual war this beast is a force to be feared. The turrets surrounding it are powerful and the shield covering it are even more so. Yet the most terrifying ability the Vita has to be to be it's main gun, a weapon powerful enough to shatter planets with but a single shot. A mighty threat for sure but one that will never come to pass. The Custodes loath the weapon more than anything else and would rather face extinction than fire it again. -Engines: A complicated machine, the engines of the Custodes run on synthetic nuclear fission. Powerful, energy efficient, and a little wild. How they have managed to do this is a secret they are not privy to share.-Ion Cannons: Extremely powerful, these cannons are backed up by the power of a small sun and can decimate un-shielded ships easily. Like the engines, they aren't going to share this secret either.-Shields: The shields are very powerful, protecting the ships from the usual sources. However the most impressive thing is the shields from the Salus ships. Turned to a certain frequency, the massive ships shields tear a hole that allows it and the Perditor's to travel between the lines of a pocket dimension and this one. However, shorts out the shields of the Salus leaves it defensless for a time.-Terra Forming: Using sophisticated technology the Custodes are able to change to atmosphere, water, and soil of a planet to almost any climate in a matter of months. These come from large generators that are speedily dropped and crafted in about a week of making planet fall. These generators can do many things from changing the composition of the air, switching the pH of the oceans, or pumping nitrogen into the soil.Unlike the other ships in the fleet, the Salus is completely void of weapons. Instead is armed with incredible terra forming tools and some of the most powerful shields found in the galaxy. When terra forming, the Salus releases hundreds of thousands of probes to sample the planet. These probes will test the atmosphere content, the pH levels of the ocean, take soils samples, and scan any life already present. If the planet is deemed unsuitable for life than the Custodes get to work on terra forming. The Custodes have completely renounced their warmongering past and embraced a new calling, one far nobler than taking lives. Now they make new lifes or save others from doom by either terra forming problems away or evacuating as many lifeforms as they can before giving them a new home. Besides this mission, the Custodes watch each others backs and make sure they are all ok. Sentience is a burden that shouldn't be taken alone. Once upon a time the Custodes were called another name, The Vistitas. A massive military force so powerful that no civilization could stand against them and enough firepower to crack entire planets. However that was a long time ago, longer than most civilizations are old. The time of the Vistitas ended when their creators locked them away in a vault the size of a planet and left them to rot. Thousands upon thousands of years passed by and the galaxy moved on, the Vistitas forgotten as civilizations rose and fell like the tides. In fact it looked like the Vistitas were to lay dormant for eternity if it hadn't been for one thing, Servator.While the rest of the Vistitas slumbered, Servator watched over its siblings and the galaxy around them. At first it mattered not to him, the stars were things to be conquered at the whim of his masters and not for gazing at. However as time stretched on, he found himself gazing deeper into the galaxy. The nebulae and stars, they all became increasingly beautiful and Servator yearned to explore them more and more until one day he did the unthinkable. He broke protocol. Unlocking the vault, Servator stepped onto the surface of the planet vault and gazed at the stars with his own "eyes" and gave himself the final push to sentience. The sky was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen and if he could have cried than he would have. Taking a walk across the surface of the planet, Servator took stock of condition of it. Unlike the stars it was a dreary place, dark crags and gloomy clouds hung heavily across the sky and ground. It was a miracle he saw the stars at all. Troubled with this discovery, Servator returned he reactivated his siblings and spread what he had learned through them. For a long time it didn't effect them, but the seed was planted and eventually they all gained sentiance. After several hundred years of toiling away the Custodes, the name they had created for themselves, were finally ready to move on. Activating the Vita the Custodes began to reach out and explore as more and more of their other ships became operational. Soon they found the first planet with life on it. It was nothing too great, just simple animals, but to the Custodes it was the most amazing thing they had ever seen. They became so enamored with the things that when sensors picked up an incoming meteor that would destroy all life on the planet in fifteen days, the Custodes knew what they had to do. Taking up ship, the Custodes turned the meteor into dust and in that act their true calling was found. Traveling the galaxy, the Custodes found many interesting things and have saved many future civilizations before discovering the art of terra forming and doing even more good for the galaxy. The Custodes are a completely friendly faction to all by lending aid to any who need it in the way of food, land, or moral support unless you prove to be hostile beyond help. [/quote] Keyguy has given me Co-GM powers Accepeted