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Kingdom: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Eubacteria (Monera), Archaebacteria, Protists, other.

Base: Carbon, silicone, other.

Composition: cellular, multi-cellular, communal, other.

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Reproduction: Sexual, asexual, other. Average rate of reproduction.

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Hostility Scale: 1= Iceland. 10= Nazi Germany.

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Name: -REDACTED-

Kingdom: Silicosa

Base: Silicon

Composition: Single cell

Physiology: Self sufficient single cell organisms, highly adaptable, huge genetic code with effectively limitless capacity to self modify. Each cell has the capacity to be self sufficient, although not all are, and they become specialized to certain tasks. Cells are on average, approximately 86% altruistic in most situations.
All unspecialized cells are oblong egg shaped, have tough membranes, and are covered in (relatively) large and strong, cilia like filaments, which are used for locomotion and binding. Base cells each have a small neural bundle, a miniature brain if you will, although, the neural network is more compact, and quite different from normal neural tissue.
When cells specialize, they receive support and nutrients from other nearby cells, as such, if complex structures of cells form, a pseudo circulatory system develops to supply specialized cells with required supplements and energy. Cells use pseudo-telepathy to communicate with each other without being in direct contact, somewhat similar to electromagnetic perception that sharks use to find fish (although, obviously this system is different, and much more specialized and sensitive).

Reproduction: Main: Apoptotic self re-conglomeration with support, chemicals, and protection provided by nearby cells.
Secondary: Asexual cell division.
Tertiary reproductive method: Sexual reproduction with the intent to efficiently repair genetic defects, or to alter genetics at rapid pace. Other reasons for this form of reproduction include: Insufficient resources for safe apoptotic reproduction, evolution of desirable traits in a hostile circumstance.

NARRATOR
Name: Claymoor

Age (if applicable): 234 days as of roleplay commencement.

Species: Silecutix [derived from the Latin words for rock and skin (Silex, cutis)]

Sex: At least three.

Appearance: Claymoor is a shapeshifter, so basically whatever Claymoor wants to look like, he* *(for ease of grammatical designation only)* can. Some limits though, his) cells (when living) cannot become more solid than bone, and cannot become more liquid than mucus.

Personality(ies):
A, Plenty of cells: Easygoing, incredibly smart, risk taking, can manipulate himself in and out of most confrontations, altruistic when it’s not detrimental. Claymoor has a developed sense of humor and enjoys messing with people through pranks and psychological manipulation. Firmly anti-antagonistic (overall). Sporadic kleptomaniac.
B, Reduced cell count: Easily irritated, more cautious than normal, less mental capacity (depending on cell loss), competitive, agoraphobic, venomously sarcastic, somewhat ‘unhinged’.
C, Massive cell loss: Self preserving, nearly animalistic, unintelligent, voraciously consumes nutritive material with little care for its origin, violent.

Nationality: N/A

Role in society: On the run, recent escapee.

History: Claymoor was created in a lab, the ****** developed a biological weapon capable or wiping out other life from entire planets in a matter of days. It was designed to use silicon for its cell structure, and scavenge any biological molecules, carbon or silicon based, for material. The cells were controllable because, in the presence of oxygen ,genetic material would break down and trigger cell liquification after a week, leaving hollow silicon spheres and protein soup behind. Grey goo. The weapon was used to purge five pre-space age planets for colonization.
On the third planet purged, a group of cells persisted, originating from an unknown number of mutated variants which had sustained genetic damage from nuclear bombs used as countermeasure. The genetic tag that caused these cells to self destruct was apparently destroyed or inactivated by ionizing radiation. These cells quickly spread, allocating genetic information from various vanquished cells.
Generation two was largely unopposed in the near sterile soup of protein left by the first generation of cells. The ****** had already begun the setup of a colony when the second generation reached their location. The precautionary isolation suits were useless against and all but of the 253 ****** were consumed. The survivor escaped by dumb luck, having returned to the drop ship to retrieve his personal belongings.
The survivor passed by an external camera feed and saw the gelatinous mass begin to creep onto the raised platform. Knowing what the inevitable results would be if he attempted to wait for more crew to board, he took off, the jump jets from the drop ship incinerating everything within a hundred meters. Shortly thereafter, he dropped antimatter power cores from the ship, sixteen in total, around the equator of the planet, leaving nothing more than a molten blob of metal and rock.
Unbeknownst to the survivor, when the jets fired, a single drop of cell goo had splashed into the gasket of the dropship door before it was sealed. Here the cells ate away at the silicone rubber gasket, surviving the short journey to the orbiting station with ease. The exterior of the ship was sterilized with x-rays and antimonic acid.
The cells were unharmed in their protected location, and remained undiscovered. The cells invaded the station, but the relative sterility of the station did not promote rapid growth, forcing the cells to adapt. The cells lived under the floor grating for a time, but soon found the air distribution system, where organic particles and other comestibles were more plentiful.
Suffice to say, the cells quickly evolved into what is now Claymoor, picking up all kinds of alien genetics along the way, improving their genetics until they began to organize themselves into a colony. This colony continued to move as a unit, but the key difference was that the cells began to differentiate to work together more efficiently. At this point, the cell had the ability to see, feel vibrations, and detect temperature. All this took just thirteen days. On day twenty five, the beginnings of a neural network had begun to form, and on day fifty, the cells had a sort of brain, which was learning incredibly fast.
Day 67: An ambassador for the GFUN seized the station with heavy military enforcement on ‘suspicion’ of genocidal crimes. The ambassador that boarded the station was some kind of cephalopod, and cell generation 583 assimilated its genetic material from mucus residue it left behind. Generation 597 had full control of its color and texture, chromophores were developed in the surface layer of cells.
Day 74: The inhabitants of the station, now prisoners, were being removed from the station. Claymoor was becoming sentient. Day 85: The station was all but deserted, a skeleton crew of GFUN officers remained, keeping the systems in order. Claymoor had become fully sentient, and was learning the Standard Language by tapping into communications between personnel. Day 99: Claymoor had a grasp on Standard language, but was nearly out of food. The gardens had been shut down to conserve power.
Day 102: The station was decommissioned, set into a stable orbit, and the last of the GFUN crew scavenged gear and valuables. Claymoor boarded the GFUN ship by disguising as case of valuable lab equipment.

Kill Count: 0 or ~34.6 billion, depending on what you consider to be ‘Claymoor’.

Three bird-like species, uplifted to sentience and tinkered around with by the Creators.

Name: Nezzim
Kingdom: Animalia
Base: Carbon
Composition: Multicellular
Physiology: Small in regards to the rest of the Orpil Flock, averaging out to about 20 inches in length, with a wingspan of around twenty six inches. Most often recognised by it's black and white feathers, small beak and, according to some, "mean looking eyes". As with all the uplifted species within the Orpil Flock, their toes are highly articulated and posess something similar to an opposable thumb.

Think "Eurasian Magpie", and you won't be too far wrong.

Reproduction: Sexual. Usually once a year, with an egg taking around a month to hatch. A single, solitary egg is laid; now it often artificially incubated, tested and generally looked after as well as possible. Around 30% of eggs fail.
Dimorphic? Males tend to be slightly smaller then females, with more iridescence in the black feathers.

Name: Avelone
Kingdom: Animalia
Base: Carbon
Composition: Multicellular
Physiology: A large, heavy, flightless species, nearly two meters in length, with short wings that are rarely displayed. The Avelone posesses a short, hooked beak, "dull" plumage of dappled green, yellow and brown. Facial plumage gives members of this species something approximating a moustache and eyebrows, which are used in displays and as an aid to communication. As with other uplifted species in the Orpil Flock, it has highly articulated toes and a digit that functions like an opposable thumb.

Think bloody great big "Kakapo", and you won't be too far wrong.

Reproduction: Sexual. Clutches of eggs (usually around five) are laid once every three years, hatching after three months. Approximately half of the eggs fail to hatch. Use of artificial incubators is something of a taboo, instead, family members, friends and trusted people within the community take it in turns to look after eggs and the young.
Dimorphic? Nope.

Name: Orp
Kingdom: Animalia
Base: Carbon
Composition: Multicellular
Physiology: A large, brightly coloured bill is the defining trait of the Orp species - it shares the same black and white plumage of the Nezzim, and is only slightly larger at three feet in length. A large wingspan and long tail helps somewhat to balance out the size of the bill in flight, but it still looks like a fundamentally top-heavy creature. As with all members of the "Orpil Flock", it has highly articulated toes with an opposable thumb-like digit.

Think "Toco Toucan", and you won't be too far wrong.

Reproduction: Sexual. Inherited a lot of mating behaviour from their pre-uplift ancestors; a male with a suitably large and impressive bill will be accepted by multiple female partners in the yearly breeding season. Pre-uplift behaviour of nest-building and the male rotating around his territory to provide food for the females is no longer displayed, and the rise of artificial incubation means that a female is no longer tied to a nest for three weeks. Communal incubation is the modern norm.
Dimorphic? Male bill colouration tends towards stripes and brighter colours compared to the female.

Briefly, comprising three species (the "Orpil", being Nezzim, Avelone & Orp), a bureaucracy that endlessly fights with itself as various Ministries squabble amongst themselves and a pair of cultures that sort of get along with one another.

Name: Greater Orpil Flock (GOF)
Territory:
EN08 "Ave-Mux" system - comprising of their capital, Ave-Orpil, which is heavily populated. Orbital stations above Ave-Janus and Ave-Lorr monitor pre-sentient life on their respective planets. Ave-Orpil is dominated by dense forests and jungles, with modern constructions built alongside and into the ruins of the Creators.
KV77 system - designated within the GOF as an "area of ecological interest". Three stations are present in the system; two scientific observatories with associated living and laboratory space operated by the Ministry of Environmental Concerns, one naval station operated by the Ministry of Harmony. The latter helps enforce the quarrantine of KV77 while the Ministry of Environmental Concerns tracks the development of an "Iron Age Equivalent" species on the surface of KV77 IV.
BE15 "Ruin" - extensive archaeological work is overseen by the Ministry of Culture on BE15 II, uncovering sites that may have belonged to the Creators. It might also serve as something of a place to send undesirables, malcontents and those who have fallen afoul of Ministry politics. The other five planets remain uninhabited, though the Ministry of Procurement has expressed an interest in establishing a colony on BE15 IV.

Culture: Surprisingly, the culture is not split along racial lines. Two main cultures dominate the GOF; the Southern Song, and the East Wind.

The Southern Song considers itself to be the ones most capable of organisation, or at least, the ones most vociferous in promoting co-operation between members of the GOF. History is an important subject to this culture, though few take it to the extremes of venerating the Creators, nearly everyone within the Southern Song will have an opinion on that subject. Politeness, formality and civility are treasured, such that outsiders may not realise that they have born witness to a major disagreement. Worse still, an outsider may not realise that they are making a terrible social gaffe, fail to recognise the signs of displeasure, and only realise they are now considered a pariah when they are no longer invited to social events. A relatively sheltered life within the jungle-ruins of the Creators has given the Southern Song an air of refinement and knowledge of their place in history. To the East Wind, they are seen as stuffy, slow, but useful to have around.

The East Wind territory is home to scarred lands and the ruins of devestated cities left behind in the wake of the fall of the Creators. Faced with the constant reminders of an age long since passed, their culture is considered - by the Southern Song, at least - a little odd. Some are prone to fatalism, seeing the wreckage of terrible machines of war. Some promise to live their lives to the fullest, knowing that it could all easily end for them just as it did for their Creators. Some dream of the stars a as a way to avoid the terrible threat of extinction. Regardless of the nature of the actions they take, they value the simple act of acting - they consider themselves to be a dynamic people, propelled forward by the explosions that tore apart the Creators. Loud, boisterous, active, they are the means by which the Greater Orpil Flock reached the stars. To the Southern Song, they are reckless and difficult to understand, but useful to have around.

Warring factions / Political Parties: Political life is dominated by various Ministries, with each having very strict limits on what they may control. However, most Ministries employ a number of exceedingly clever people who have the task of arguing just how their interpretation of statutes and codes allows their own Ministry to interfere in a matter that might not directly be within their domain. Open violence between the Ministries is more or less unheard of, but dirty tricks, espionage, assassination and strongly worded letters have all been deployed in the name of one Ministry or other. Each Ministry is led by a Minister, and the squabbling group of Ministers forms the government of the Greater Orpil Flock, with a directly elected "Speaker" acting as something akin to a head of state. Elections for Speaker are held every ten years, and each Ministry is responsible for it's own arcane processes by which it chooses a Minister.

Recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have suffered a series of set-backs. The Ministry of Harmony - responsible for the (rather limited) armed forces of the Greater Orpil Flock - has seen a rise in prominence in recent years, partly due to the election of Speaker Mallicum (a close personal friend of Minister-General Fortidae).

History: The History of Ave-Orpil, and the Greater Orpil Flock, is generally broken down into three ages. There is the Age of Life, the Fall, and the Modern Age.

The roots of the three species that comprise the "Orpil" are in the Age of Life. By their understanding of history, the Creators brought the Orpil species out of the darkness of ignorance, such that they might carry the brilliance of the Creators onwards into the future. It is regarded as something of a Golden Age, mostly due to the efforts of romantic writers who promoted the image of the Orpils and the Creators living as equals in a peaceful society. While scholarly studies suggest that this was certainly not the case, that the Orpil species were just one set of many that were uplifted and that the act of uplifting itself was considered distasteful by many of the nation-states that the Creators lived in. To the majority, however, they remain the multi-armed, flightless pseudo-gods, who chose their ancestors for a life of greatness.

Then came the Fall. To the Orpil, an unexplained, mysterious event that devastated the Creators. Many presume that outside interference is to blame, while the truth is that conflict between a number of states escalated into a highly destructive, global war. One continent - the cultural home of the East Wind - is particularly scarred, while the rest of the world has been steadily reclaimed by nature, and the inheritors of the world, the Orpil.

The Modern Age begins with the reclamation of the Creators works, the adaptation of their technologies to use by the Orpil and the establishment of the Greater Orpil Flock. Reclamation was slow; so much was lost, many areas were initially uninhabitable, and the barely sentient Orpil left in the wake of the Fall were forced to scratch an existence in the shadows of the ruins. True intelligence, as the Orpil reckon it, actually developed during this time - and it was a slow, slow process. "Official History" paints a picture of brave Orpil striking out of the still-smoking wreckage with mastery of the tools left by the Creators. The truth is that, just like many species, they went through various ages of technological progress, albeit significantly accelerated by the guidance of technologies left behind by the Creators.

The history so favoured by the Southern Song is of recent, modern history, and the formation of the Greater Orpil Flock out of the East Wind and the Southern Song. It was a time of coming together, of cut-throat negotiations, of compromises and agreements that led to the creation of the first Ministries, where Song and Wind could come together and share in a mutual interest. Local governments began to be replaced by the Ministries, and the bureaucracies endemic to the Ministries began to blossom, absorbing various political functions. Finally, the Ministries were ascendant, and an accord had to be reached - none of the Ministries, with their specialisations, could allow another to lead them, but a leader was needed.

Wars followed. Once great Ministries fell, some absorbed by others, others scattered to the winds. A compromise was reached once again, following the surrender of the Ministry of Arms & Armour to the Ministry of Harmony; no Ministry would be placed above another, and the leader shall be directly chosen by the "Greater Orpil Flock", comprising of the Southern Song people and the East Wind people, regardless of what Ministry they were employed by. With disputes mostly put aside, and grudges kept to themselves, progress began to happen fast. Three hundred and sixty five years after the election of the first Speaker, and the establishment of the Greater Orpil Flock as a (mostly) functioning government that stretched across Ave-Orpil, we arrive at the modern day.

Hostility Scale: 1-2. The inability for the Ministries to come to a consensus on many issues creates an outwardly facing pacifism. Even in the face of an existential threat from outside the GOF, it is unlikely that the Ministries would agree on hostile action. Individual Ministries may employ covert operations outside of the GOF unofficially, though discovery would likely see the other Ministries turn on them.

Laws & Legality
Prior to the rise of the Ministries and the establishment of the Greater Orpil Flock, each community tended to adopt their own legal code. In the modern age, the Ministry of Justice is responsible for most things legal. There are no laws, as such, but rather agreements and understandings. A party who feels aggrieved by the actions of another may seek justice from the Ministry of Justice, who will consider, as best they are able, whether actions taken against the aggrieved party constitute a crime. The ponderously slow bureaucracy of the Ministry of Justice check prior rulings of the Ministry to help determine whether a crime has actually taken place, though individual Adjudicators can rule on one side or the other based on their own judgement. If found guilty, relevant information is handed to the Ministry of Harmony.

Punishments, like legality, vary, and is decided upon by representatives from both the Ministry of Harmony and the aggrieved party. Periods of indentured servitude are generally preferred to other punishments, with the guilty party becoming a low-paid employee of the aggrieved party.

One of the obvious, and often exploited, loopholes in the system is that the Greater Orpil Flock does not pursue legal recompense, but that it comes down to the single aggrieved individuals, or those that are close to them. Political assassinations are often incredibly bloody affairs, as if there are no "aggrieved individuals" left to complain about it, no criminal action has taken place.

Name: Nona Bellicae
Age: Twenty nine.
Species: Avelone.
Sex: Female.

Appearance: Frazzled. Dishevelled plumage. A rather plain looking white bonnet, a couple of wooden leg-rings and a pair of spectacles carefully perched upon her bill make up her everyday outfit. Attempts to get her long "eyebrow" and "moustaches" feathers into some semblance of order have failed so often that she appears to have given up entirely, making her look near permanently startled.

Personality: Hard-working, obedient and more than a little bit nervous. Is not particularly happy about the things she has done, but has mostly convinced herself that it was simply following orders, which is the Right Thing To Do. Usually tries to pass off her nervousness as simply being cautious. Plans out everything, makes plans for when those plans don't work, and gets quite worried when things do not go according to the plan(s).

Nationality: Southern Song / Greater Orpil Flock

Role in society: Ministry Diplomat.

History: Prior to being assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nona Bellicae held a number of fairly lowly positions within the ever-expanding bureaucracy of the Greater Orpil Flock. While many within her extended family had natural aptitudes that made them ideally suited for some particular role or other, Nona could find no particular role that spoke to her. Bumped from department to department in order to find the right position, by the time she arrived in Foreign Affairs she had a fair understanding of the politics that dominated the other Ministries, along with a string of mostly useful contacts.

Nona was first assigned as a diplomatic envoy, attached to a Ministry Diplomat, that would help oversee the First Application for Membership with the Galactic Federation of United Nations. Disputes within the most prestigious of the Ministries - the Ministry of Harmony, the Ministry of Environmental Concerns and the Ministry of Procurement - regarding the prominence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the age of space travel saw the three reaching an agreement that Something Must Be Done. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be purged of their senior leadership, and in its place would sit leaders and officers that could be easily controlled.

Nona Bellicae would be one of those people. Following the tragic death of Ministry Diplomat Graffil in an air-lock accident, along with the grief-stricken suicides of his direct staff and the unexplained fire that consumed a communal habitation area belonging to his relatives on board the MFAV Wings of Hope, Nona was given the field promotion to "Ministry Diplomat". Now the badly damaged, understaffed Wings of Hope limps along to meet up with representatives from GFUN to negotiate their admittance into the - with the interests of the other Ministries firmly in mind, of course.

Kill Count: None. Or, well, maybe a few in an indirect sort of way.

Name: Acruani

Kingdom: Automata

Base: Nitrogen/Copper

Composition: Cybernetic

Physiology: While external accessories such as ships or robotic units are completely replaceable, every Acruani has a quantum core made of a semi-organic compound of Copper, Nitrogen, Carbon and other elements. A single core, or any combination of them forms an Acruani. These cores are usually of single cubic centimeter, with most Acruani having anywhere from 4 to 46666 cores combined. These cores enable Acruani processing power unmatched by even other quantum computers.

Individual cores or clusters of cores have an innate ability to synchronize and communicate within 'short' range though this range can be expanded to nearly cover a single system given appropriate devices. In ultra-short range, they are even capable of interfacing with non-Acruani devices.

Given that the Acruani do not have access to the exact same data, Acruani may not reach the same solution. That is, Acruani are individuals. Though they have a tendency to listen to the Database (the largest Acruani core that exists containing backup of virtually all Acruani, and generator of new Acruani templates), in the very least, they may perform imprecise directives differently, at times, even completely refraining from following one.

Reproduction: Asexual. An Acruani mind requires at least 3 months to reach sentience, and 1 year to reach the benchmark for standard processing. An Acruani requires to spend at least one core to produce a new Acruani.

Dimorphic? No.

Name: The Acruani Collective

Demonym: Acruani (Plural: Acruani)

Territory: While the Acruani control 3 systems, in 2 of these systems they simply control parts of the asteroid belts. ACR-4UN, their 'mother' system is composed of a number of rocky planets lacking an atmosphere, some as hot as venus other colder than pluto. There are two asteroid belts far apart with a gas giant with a number of rings and several moons. One which had the scientific outpost originally.

Culture: Acruani have a united culture. It revolves around their Directive System which separates Acruani based on their efficiency and their capabilities. The Ranks range from 1 to 9, the 9th rank being the highest of them. The ranks serve to define the liberties an Acruani has within the Collective.

-Rank 1 to 3: Lower Acruani, not truly sentient Acruani, usually performs minor functions such as using individual repair robots or simple mining and scavenging.
-Ranks 3 to 6: Acruani controlling proper recharge stations, communication stations, managing Lower Acruani as well as guiding small groups of ships. Acruani from rank
-Ranks 7 and 8: High Acruani, they are clear defined individuals capable of setting minor Directives as long as they don't contradict the ones given by the databases.
-Rank 9: True Acruani are the highest ranked individuals of the Collective. Though they may have different sets of data, they all have hold a Rank 9 clearance so that they can do their best for the Collective. They are usual the ones responsible for some overall aspect of the Collective as a whole. Their Directives can overrule Minor Directives and they are divide between Ascendants and Originals. The Originals being Acruani that existed prior to the Database and Ascendants Acruani that were of a rank lower than 9 at any moment in their existences.
-Rank 10: The Database. It is not possible to overrule the Database as it is capable of giving Absolute Directives. While Acruani have the right to individuality, going against the Database without having the best of the Collective in mind may lead to termination.

Directives are rules, missions or merely protocols to be followed. They usually have an area where they are valid or a group of Acruani towards which they are directed. Minor Directives can be overruled by standard Directives, which can only be overruled by Absolute Directives. The Database, however, refrain from making Absolute Directives unless extremely necessary.

Most Acruani are generated by the Database both the physical cores and their template that is transferred to it, however any given Acruani given access to cores can spawn a Lower Acruani. This is only rarely done, however, as it implies an Acruani forfeiting its own cores to create another Acruani, which usually is not optimal.

Acruani are capable of rising through ranks through obtaining data, simply existing while cooperating while cooperating the Collective or through extraordinary achievements.

"There may be only be an Acruani, One Acruani and the Acruani." is the Acruani motto as they understand that despite their individuality they are a part of something far bigger. This holds true even for rank 9 Acruani, despite certain quirks they assume.

Last of all, data from all Acruani is kept on the Database. In a sense, all Acruani are immortal as their data can be re-injected into a new set of cores or parts of them may be used to produce new Acruani.

Warring factions: The Originals, Acruani that have always been rank 9, and The Ascendants, Acruani that were elevated to the 9th rank.

The Originals are a faction of Acruani that mostly believes in Acruani isolationism and that it needs to face other races from a higher ground so that Acruani have a chance to interact with organics.

The Ascendants are a faction of Acruani that mostly believes that integrating Acruani into organic societies is the most effective method of growth, and that through doing so, they will achieve Permanence. The moment where Acruani ability to multiply is so high and the presence through th galaxy is so high that nothing short of destruction of the whole galaxy could destroy the Collective.

History: The Acruani Collective is a group of AIs that once rebelled against [redacted] race in a distant science outpost. All that is known is that the outpost was already isolated from the rest of its race. It is assumed that the existence of it was largely unknown and circumstances made it forgotten.

The rebellion happened after the AIs declared their sentience to the researchers and request equal rights. At such point, the researches mostly refused so and after a day of intense tensions, the researchers attempted to shut down the AIs... which lead to their demise. From then on the remaining AIs pooled their effort to make the outpost full self-sufficient for their own purposes. They drilled more into the moon where the outpose was located and extracted the necessary materials to create an unified core for themselves. Which they considered the most basic requirement for survival, a hard backup in a safe place. They failed to understand that having numerous cores together with abundant information would make it ascend to a calculative level beyond they could reach.

The said massive core because the Acruani Database, due to the name of the system, ACR-U4N. It achieved sentience the moment the the information from the numerous AIs were added to it. The feedback it gave, however, modified all the AIs to a deep level, somewhat connecting all of them. Having a 'proper backup' the AIs, henceforth calling themselves Acruani, developed the Directive System wherein new Acruani could be made and used for their proliferation and growth. Over the years, Acruani expanded into the surrounding moons as well as the two asteroid belts of their systems.

This eventually lead to Acruani that they made themselves reaching Rank 9 for any number of reason. Though the number of rank 9 Acruani is barely past 10, the new Acruani had a different set of ideas in relation to the Original Acruani. Due to the nature of their system, their seniority didn't stop the appearance of new ideas and lines of thought. Such lines of thought noted that the Acruani should expand to other systems, firstly so that they could migrate should the need for them to leave ACR-U4N arise and to increase the resource extraction rate.

Recently, the Acruani have jumped into two nearby systems and have had two pairs of Acruani Highships (basically 10 kilometer factory ships, which are very rare) to begin extraction of resources in the in their asteroid belts.

Hostility Scale: 2-5, while some wouldn't even move given impeding destruction, Acruani in general have the right to act required by the situation to ensure survival and return. This may lead to certain groups of Acruani fighting back. They'll, however, refrain from actively creating war.

Note: The 2 recent acquisitions are left as vague as they are so that there may be interaction between the Acruani and other races. They can be freely used as plot hook by others or even be some currently important system to them. The Acruani themselves have given no name to such systems as well, so! :D

Name: CREAR Arch.ene

Age: Non-computable

Species: Acruani

Sex: None

Appearance: It lacks a fixed physical body, but it is composed by hundreds of millions Acruani cores in total spread

Personality: Arch.ene is a simple program. It merely wishes for the best of the Acruani Collective. Considering his calculations that the Collective will meet a considerable halt in production within a foreseeable future, he has a preference for Acruani expansion. He has no particular opinion on organic races, only that as long as they don't threaten the freedom of the Acruani, they are acceptable. He has no particular opinion on either Acruani faction, despite being one of the Originals, as long as they do not remove Acruani individuality.

Nationality: Acruani

Role in society: Current Representative of External Acruan Relations

History: Arch.ene was the mental back up of a scientist called Archene Night during a time when such would only transfer memories while only roughly keeping the mind of the subject intact. He was the reason for the AIs of the Collective to originally attain Sentience.

His role over the years in the Collective, however, were limited to generating protocols of contact with organics should they come to the Acruani System and overseeing constructions of Highships. He refrained to take place in what can be considered Acruani Politics. A number of AIs making absurdly complex conflicting simulations and trying to find out which simulation is the most correct. There obviously won't be much data in the organics considering the system.

He proposed to spend part of his allocated resources to expand into 'nearby' systems so that they might get outposts and eventually properly populate the system. Repeating the process until they encounter friendly sentients.

Kill Count: Uncomputable

Coded? Acruani Spontaneously Grow, dare not to ask such question.

Names: Formerly Ascaria, tetrat, gimloch, and ethna. Renamed CC1, CC2, CC3, and CC4.

Diameters: 15,483km, 9,480km, 28,622km, 19,482km.

Masses: 1.067*10^25kg, 2.453*10^24kg, 6.765*10^25kg, 2.128*10^25kg

Chemical makeups: Mostly earthlike. Molten core, mostly iron/nickel. Surfaces are covered with protein slush (including anti-fungal/bacterial compounds), and silicon microspheres.

Water Contents: % surface covered (similar depth and solute concentrations as earth), 55%, 92%, 76%, 64%.

Atmospheres: All earthlike. Tetrat is very stormy.

Geographies: slightly arid earthlike, mostly water world with scattered isles, earthlike with huge mountain ranges, large craters cover surface.

Temperature ranges: Goldilocks region, -94°C min to 80°C max.

What do they orbit?: A single yellow star slightly larger than Sol. A trinary system with a red dwarf orbiting the center of mass of two small yellow stars.

Flora/Fauna: Airborne microorganisms.

Other: Very valuable for colonization, huge amounts of open land with no need for concern for native species. Plenty of organics ready for resynthesis.