This massive ship is not of Eliksni origin, rather it is an old dreadnought scavenged from a now long dead race. The House of Ruin refitted and modified the ship, installing a control system to be manned by a pilot servitor, reinforced armor, heavier cannons, and a shield system. It now serves as the flagship of The House of Ruin and the seat of the current Kell.

The Cinder Coalition was the end result of the first wave of the Aurerran Federation evacuation after the galaxy-scouring Ragnarok Device was activated. They came on the first Arkship, a titanic multilayer cylinder fifty kilometers in length, populated by 150 million humans and kyrians alike. Docked for the journey was an enormous fleet of battlecraft, civil and cargo transports, mining and construction vehicles. Via the recently constructed Gravity Lensed Acceleration Gate the Arkship was launched to the nearest galaxy. The journey was two years in length, the longest continuous phase ever conducted, and likely the longest to ever be. It arrived a few lightyears above the galactic disk, and began the process of hunting for a suitable solar system. After nearly two months such a system was found, which would come to be known as the Hasrya System. It contained three D6 planets; the Class A Beiraya, in addition to a Class C and a Class D, which in the present time are heavily exploited. Two D10 gas giants were also present. They are home to numerous fuel processing depot stations, feeding off the gaseous hydrogen below.

With only a fraction of its former power, this splinter faction needed a stronger government to dictate its restructuring. The federation system was disbanded, and replaced with a body of powerful individuals (namely those who had served important positions just before evacuation) whom the general population deemed capable. Every surface base and city is governed by ten individuals, every planet by an additional twenty, for a grand total in the hundreds. Elections occur every five years.

Weaponry:
The Cinder Coalition focuses on powerful laser batteries and devastating fusion torpedoes, alongside weaker kinetic impactors and plasma warheads. Particle beams and plasma cannons are also a fleet commonplace.

The Star Corps' laser classification system ranges from 0-10, at which the value 1 is equivalent to 4.2x10^6 W, or 1kg TNT per second. The largest supercapital ship lasers can deliver pulses in the 50 megaton range, though the charge time is significant.

Fusion torpedoes are fitted with miniaturized fusion reactors, which act as their warhead. This powers a rudimentary phase shifter, a centuries-old FTL drive that protects the weapon in an unstable pocket of subspace. When the bubble interacts with a dense enough mass, it fails and deposits the torpedo into whatever it has impacted. Plasma torpedoes travel through normal space, generally delivering impacts less than 20 kilotons. Kinetic impactors are far weaker but are much harder to detect and render useless.

Particle beams and plasma cannons fire charged ions into a target, the former at relativistic velocities. They are more effective against many types of shields than conventional weaponry, and have lighter ammunition costs, though high power requirements and large signatures.

Defenses:
Focused on shielding, anti-boarding, medium armor and stealth, as well as quick relocation with the use of the ship's FTL drive.

The Cinder Star Corps' ships are, where possible, controlled by analog circuitry to eliminate the possibility of external tampering and increase system speed. As with any electronic system, however, they are vulnerable to physical manipulation and destruction, so ships are heavily fortified with anti-boarding systems.

Armoring varies per ship, but in general, they rely much more heavily on their shielding systems to mitigate damage. These shields transfer the kinetic and thermal energy of impacts or energy weapons into the ship's sizable capacitor banks, where it can be radiated away or used to power systems. The maximum rate of energy radiation depends on a ship's weapon and radiator systems. Sizable alpha strikes may partially break through the field, or sublimate the conduits and capacitors.

Select ships may be equipped with an Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Manipulator (EMSM). This can distort, manipulate, dim, displace, or eliminate a ship's visible and thermal signature. On smaller cruisers, these devices can run indefinitely, but a larger ship would require more power and thus generate far more heat, making the alteration less effective.

Travel:
All spacefaring craft utilize high-efficiency torch drives as their main normalspace propulsion. Those that land on planetary bodies have either airbreathing engines and lifting bodies or powerful chemical thrusters to keep them from crashing into the terrain. The Coalition is FTL capable, utilizing a drive that manipulates the fabric of spacetime in a variety of ways. The Quanta-Manipulator Drive can gently bend space to propel the craft through normal space at speeds no greater than 100c.

To go faster, the ship is enveloped in a pocket of spacetime and pushed out of the universe, losing all forms of sensor contact. Trajectories can be approximated by entrance angle, time spent in subspace, power supplied to the drive, and known gravity wells, but unknowns can severely disrupt travel. The maximum speed attainable by this method, known as phasing, is not known, due to the risks involved with traveling blind.

If more precise long-distance travel is in order, the drive can be supplied with a large spike in power, compressing spacetime between two points in and sending the ship through the shortcut for nearly-instant transportation. The fuel requirements of this method are high, and ships are required to scoop hydrogen often if multiple jumps are required. The highest recorded jump was executed by C.S.C. Archangel, a supercapital class carrier, at nearly 20 lightyears.

The Hasrya system houses a pair of acceleration gates, gargantuan constructs used to propel ships at enormous speeds, or to use the fold technique to transport them in jumps of up to 300 lightyears. This kind of transportation is one-way.

Survive. The Coalition has only just arrived from a mass galactic exodus, the passengers of one of several massive ships transporting the citizens of the old Aurerran Federation to a safe haven. Sixty years has elapsed since the Exodus, where the faction was forced to leave by threat of total annihilation by a powerful alien race. Most, if not all of the Cindorians are xenophobic to some degree, but research programs are underway to observe nearby space for signs of alien civilizations, and establish tentative contact.

[Planetary Classification System]
D1 – Asteroid to small moons less than 100km in diameter
D2 – Generally restricted to moons, bodies 100 – 1000km in diameter
D3 – Bodies 1000 – 2000km in diameter
D4 – Bodies 2000 – 4000km in diameter, entering range of normal habitability
D5 – Bodies 4000 – 8000km in diameter
D6 – Bodies 8000 – 16,000km in diameter (Earth size range)
D7 – Bodies 16,000 – 32,000km in diameter
D8 – Bodies 32,000 – 64,000km in diameter
D9 – Bodies 64,000 – 128,000km in diameter, entering gas giant range
D10 – Bodies 128,000 – 256,000km in diameter (Larger bodies generally show signs of self fusion, and are classified as stars)
Class A – Habitable, and currently supporting a diverse population of both plants and animals
Class B – Habitable, but supporting little life, or only vegetation
Class C – Habitable with minor atmospheric control
Class D - Not innately habitable, but conditions are manageable enough to promote surface bases
Class E – Not habitable, mining permitted
Class F – Not exploitable

The Shadow Star is a Starship Type Azkar, Base Model S, produced in CSC Shipyard #7 five months prior to the present day. 250 meters long, she is one of several ships tasked with retrieving advanced sensor data on promising targets scout probes have singled out, equipped with a top-of-the line Quanta Manipulator Drive (QMD) used in FTL travel, as well as advanced focus-point shielding. She is equipped with an Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Manipulator (EMSM), able to completely conceal or otherwise modify her EMS signature for as long as the fuel reserves last. One Type A fusion reactor powers the ship’s systems, rated at 0.6 terawatts. Shadow Star has been specially modified with enhanced management circuits. Thus, the bridge crew are the only necessary personnel, by Coalition regulation.

Age: 19
Species: Kyrian
Appearance: Sky-blue primary scales, and white underbelly plates. Wing membranes a paler shade of blue. Arelya is slightly smaller than average, standing 1.3m (4’ 3”) at the shoulder, head generally resting at 1.95m (6’ 5”), with a body length of 4.7m (15’ 5”). Her wingspan is 10.8m (35’ 5”). Around the top of her right foreleg is a black band of sturdy cloth that denotes her rank; two silver bars, a lieutenant.
Role: Weapons Targeting
Paraphernalia: Arelya carries a pair of plasma spike projectors, worn in use on the forward talon of her wings. They resemble a traditional kyrian weapon, kalbiir, in shape when deployed; a sort of elongated right triangle, a meter in length, with the flat side facing the ground if held straight forward. She wears no armor, but owns a conformal personal shield projector for use in drastic times. Her radiounit matches the color her underbelly, a somewhat unusual choice. Being a newer model, it fits nearly flush against her chest, protruding only a few centimeters from the scales, and requires no straps, instead having been fastened in place during the implant procedure.
History: Born on Arkship Section 12, orbiting Beiraya, Arelya was fascinated with life in space from the start. At age 8 she left the station to enter the Star Corps, and proceeded to display an incredible talent for creating targeting solutions. In simulations she astounded her superior officers, landing seventy percent of her unguided weapons fire at ranges beyond standard effectiveness. That is, with the simulator’s perfect sensor data. At age 13, as training progressed, and she was paired with up-and-coming sensor operators, her frustration with their inefficiency was evident. Only one proved able to keep up; Artenan, a young human. The two were trained as one unit for the remaining five years, becoming close friends. CCL-31 is her first assigned ship. She has served aboard it since its construction.

Age: 26
Species: Human
Appearance: Artenan stands at 1.78m (5’ 10”) tall, with short dark brown hair. His skin is very lightly tanned, with several small scars on his legs and arms. He wears the standard Cinder Star Corps uniform, colored a medium green with grey shoulder pads and lines of this color around all openings. Two silver bars on his right shoulder pad mark him as a lieutenant.
Role: Sensor Operation
Paraphernalia: He carries a small tactical knife, made of high-strength composites. It has a power unit receptacle inside the hilt; when engaged, it delivers a powerful electric shock on contact.
History: Artenan entered the CSC early in his teenage years, influenced greatly by his family’s reputation in the organization. The Deep Space Surveyor program had just begun returning its initial data from extrasolar systems, and his interest was thus drawn to ship sensors. Halfway through training he was grouped with Arelya. If anything, she strengthened his skill in operation, letting him know exactly what was needed from the sensors at any given moment, letting him cut out the unnecessary data that would only slow things down. This efficiency carried over to his duties on CCL-31.

Designation - CCL
Type Azkar, due to their relatively small size, are perfect for use as scouting vessels or as the backbone of low-profile surprise assaults.
Average Dimensions: Length 250m, Width 45m, Height 30m
Average Loadout: 75 CPTs (Compressed Plasma Torpedoes), 20 kiloton TNT yield, 100 tungsten heavy impactors, and an additional 25 PFTs (Phase Fusion Torpedoes). Fired through three autoloading tubes with ten torpedo capacity each. One tube is forward mounted, the other two are found on opposite lateral sides of the ship. All tubes have a range of freedom in aiming.
Fifteen MFL-4 (Modulated Frequency Laser) turrets on each lateral side, each slightly further out than the one before it to let all turrets fire directly ahead. Each turret has, mechanically, a full hemisphere of motion. Two additional turrets on dorsal and ventral sides.
MFL-7 spinal cannon, forward-facing, with an MCA (Magnetic Coil Adjuster) to give it a small range of freedom.

Faction Name: Gashathi Altum Ordo (Gashathi High Order)

Faction Leader: Kindal'Q

Brief Description of Technology:

Since the dawn of time, the Gashathi have ruled the galaxy with their technological wonders. Now broken and scattered, they hold only a fragment of their past knowledge. However, their equipment is still the undisputed king of galaxy with unparalelled effiency. They employ mostly railguns and missiles for anti-capital warfare. They have advanced subspace sensors and FTL drives that are undetectable. Stealth technology is not far away from them, and a number of their ship designs feature advanced stealth designs.

Here are a few of their unique designs to put the cherry on top of the cake:
IERC - Intelligent Energy Redistributing Circuitry is one of the oldest technologies in the Gashathi fleet. It is what the name suggests: a semi sentient system of circuitry that acts as the bloodveins of the ship. The principle is simple: the cables are replaced with two plates that have amino acids contained between them, with a few solid semi-conductors acting as barriers for the fluid. Localised distributors detect shortages in the circuits and reroute energy from other areas with excess energy. If there is damage taken, the semi-conductors seal, and prevent energy loss. It's simple nature means that it can run at 95% effiency in most cases, and still maintains around 70-75% in excessive combat situations (like being bombarded). This system is produced in a modular fashion that allows for easy repair of damaged parts.

MLRS - The Multi-Layer Rubber Shield is a shield system used by the old Gashathi fleet. Unlike other shield systems, it is designed to conserve energy for other systems by only being semi-active, whilst still providing high level of protection. The shield system scans an early warning zone widely around the ship, picking up any fast moving projectiles, and laying down localised protection against it. This way, the shield only protects areas that are being attacked, and can use more shield layers if only one side is being bombarded. With excess energy to be used, the shield system can make the early warning bigger, and provide even more shield layers. It excells against kinetic attacks, and can even deflect quick moving projectiles without a stable path (such as gyro bullets fired from railguns).Missiles and other conventional weapons that would be ignored by standard shields are also negated by the MLRS.

TELEP Armor - It stands for Thaontine Enriched and Lokhar Energy Protection Armor. It is an armor type that negates around 95% of all energy attacks, and reroutes the excess energy into the shield system to beef them up considerably. It is also effective against kinetic weapons, but not anywhere near as effective as other specialized armor types. It converst around 5% of the kinetic impact energy into electricity as well, given that the plating survives. (Furthermore it is the Hungarian word for capacitator. Bet you didn't expect it huh? Thought it kinda is the seeling point for such a stupid name.)

PODS CIWS - Protected Omnidirectional Defense System is a point defense system that uses a network of different anchor points and sub-armor tunnels to deploy CIWS weapons to meet incoming threats. Out of combat these turrets are stored deep within a central armory of the ship, but they can quickly relocate to any point of the ship when in combat. These small orb shaped guns can also be ejetced into space when damaged and new ones can be palced into their positions.

CITU - Capital Installement Tranquilising Unit are a set of long range hooks that are used to anchor two ships together and deliver massive quantities of energy through them. This "shockwave" will disable and overload system near the points of impact, rendering local defences useless. After the initial impact, these hooks burrow themselves into the hull of the enemy ship and pull them closer to their owner. This can disable and capture smaller ships, or disable capital ships for just enough time to get a boarding party inside.

RAD System - The Rapid Asset Deplyoment system is a form of magnetic launch method that is used in both missile launchers and hangar bays of Gashathi ships. Fighters are launched out of the hangar at full interception speeds, giving their pilots a momentarily advantage over their enemy. Missiles are launched out of the tubes at cruise speeds, requiring less fuel and meaning that they can carry a bigger payload.

Gyro Railgun Slugs - Even thought modern guns have paramount accuracy, some shells still miss their target. However, projectiles equipped with Gyro system can alter their course to adjust their trajectory and hit their target. Missed shots can come back to strike the enemy in their rear, and give the ability to intact shells to impact their target for a second time.

Savage Anti-Capital Missiles - Missilies are an inefficent design by nature. Most of the explosion goes to waste when they impact and they can rarely pierce the enemy's plating. But in space a lot of the old design methods can be altered. Savage missilies do not use standard impact or proximity fuses to explode their payload, but rather deliver the explosion deep into the heart of their marks. Unlike regular payloads, the Savage missiles employ plasma warheads encased withing Duranium casings. The payloads explode in a controlled fashion, meaning that the explosions of the plasma is directed at the enemy instead of going to waste by spreading the power everywhere. This can ensure more crippling blows by pinpoint strikes at important enemy systems.

Types of beings that exist in your faction:

Gashathi - The Gashathi are an all powerful race, as ancient as time itself. Long before the Humans have conquered the Milky Way they had an empire spanning galaxies. However, even thought they have ruled for so long, they couldn't escape the great barrier for sentient beings. Space itself. From beyond the known sectors came the great plague, quickly massacring Trillions and wiping entire species off the face of the universe in days. To avoid them the Gashathi purged their empire, and hid until the time would come to rule again. They possess great psionical powers which they used to determine when to wake up their former empire. Their bodies are genetically modified to be strong, quick, and tenacious to the point of not aging, but the thousands of genetical modifications left them unable to reproduce, leaving them reliant on cloning technology. They are potentially the most intelligent race, and and have senses rivaling that of primitive sensory equipments. Thought once they had made themselves perfect via genetic engineering, that time has passed already, and now their sacred bodies are left alone, and those among them who still wish to modify themselves are sent to "rehabilitation" to consider their wish again. They have 6 eyes, and their face is slightly elongated to house their large brain. They have 6 arms, 2 of which are permanently covered by their long robes. Their body is thin in structure and stands on average around 3 meters tall. Their physique may appear fragile but it is extremely strong due to physics bending muscle density. But their powerful body is also very flexible and agile, able to fit through small gaps much like octopuses.



"Fanheim" Vixar - A humanoid race of fierce fox-like creatures. Their history of constant warfare with each other over the barren wastes of their homeplanet has evolved them into fierce warriors and potent scientists. They were discovered by the Gashathi only after the Awakening, and were subdued after weeks of bloody conflict over their homeplanet. They are now fiercely loyal to their new overlords, since they united their species andbrought their civilization out of what seemed to be the apocalypse. Their technology is almost an exact copy of the same designs that the Gashathi use, albeit less powerful. They form the basis of the new Gashathi forces, having developed tactics that are much more viable for the Gashathi now that they lack their old numbers. Unlike other subservent species of the same tier, the Vixar are deemed to important to be kept brainwashed. They still adopt their own equipment and leadership in battle, but are kept under constant watch by the Gashathi.

The Fanheim were the most militant subspecies of the Vixar before their race was conquered by the Gashathi. Kindal'Q has taken a liking to their agressive nature and fierce loyalty for those stronger than them. Despite most of the Council agreeing on them being too dangerous to use, the Grand Overseer is using the Fanheim in great numbers.


(yes, the resources are taken from Stellaris. Either this or furries that don't resemble my ideas at all)

Kronsemar - A race of what appears to be sentient robots at first glance reveals tiny creatures controlling much larger combat suits. The Kronsemar are a race of tiny humanoids similar to goblins that have excellent engineering skills. They are phisically quite weak but agile which makes them dangerous even out of combat. Their suits are approximately 3 times larger than them, and are used in combat situations. They make quite formidable foes inside their suits and excellent engineers out of them. They can fix almost anything that is broken, and they can make anything break in just a few seconds.



Lokhar - An insectioid race of spider like creatures. They have hardy skins that are effective at dissipating energy damage, but are very fragile otherwise. Thought it may seem that they don't have a language, they use some sort of unknown psionic technique to communicate with each other in the gigantic underground hive colonies they live in. Unlike other insects that live in hives, there is no ruler, but rather a strong sense of survival in every individual of the race that makes them co-operate perfectly. They are are the workhorses of the empire, as they excell in mining, operating machinery, and building structures. There are a number of them that are called officers and they are given special implants so they can understand the language that the orders are given in. They are primarily miners and ship builders for the Gashathi.



Vulkhar - Gigantic beasts with the intellect of tiny insects. However they not completely devoid of intelligence, even if it is much smaller that that of primitive beings. They have their own language and have incredible memory, not to mention their very complex social structure. Their bodies are huge, ranging around 20-40 meters of heigh depending on 3 genders, incredibly strong, and very well armed with scales that can deflect all but the strongest of projectiles. They are used when other tamed beasts can't do the heavy lifting. Once they get angry, there is no stopping them, so the Gashathi usually stop asking them to do stuff to avoid colleteral damage, and more likely manipulate them to make them beleive what they do is for themselves. That said, they have the same implants as other subservent races have, even if they are for stunning and angering them rather than controlling them. There are special transport ships for their carrying, reinforced heavely, just in case these generally calm monsters get the blood eye before battle. However as calm as they are, before they had the fighting capabilities of a Moon Destroyer compacted into 20 meters of flesh, they were a lot more suspectible to attacks from wildlife on their planet. This evolved a natural gland in their body that stores adrenaline safely, and when they are attacked, it releases the stored substance and enrages them into a bloody rage, only controlled by their implants to some extent.



Philosophy/Goals Etc:

The High Order is seeking to find their long dormat sanctuaries and recruit some races still loyal to the old Gashathi ways. They are highly fanatical making diplomacy hard with them. Thought they are not yet ready for a full out war, they are already spreading their ideals on other races they meet. Ultimately their goal is to reshape the current Gashathi way of living, and bring back the dark past of the galaxy's mightiest race. Kindal'Q wants to establish his zealous ideals and found his own Singularity to acquire more power and change the way the Gashathi function as a species.

Brief History:

Ever since the first Singularity solidified and met with the seond and third Singularity, there has been some level of integral tension. Conflicting ideals and racial chaos has been weel contained but not entirely destroyed withing the Gashathi Empire. One of the most painful example is the segregation of High Gashathi from the Elder Gashathi. Thought not very prominent nowadays, the High Gashathi used to be looked down upon by the Elders for their ideals remaining from before the big reforms took palce in their Empire. Before they strived for security and instead improved themselves to their full extent, worshipping themselves even more as gods. Kindal'Q used to be one of these High Gashathi, but he took the oppurtinity of being a Grand Overseer and detached from the first Singularity to "gather information".

Name: Kindal'Q

Title/Rank: Grand Overseer

Gender: Unigender

Species: Gashathi

Description:

Kindal'Q is a religious Overseer of the first Singularity. He holds a lot of power in his hands and is responsible for overlooking projects issued by the ruler himself. Even thought the Gashathi already beleive themselves to be gods, he disagress with the strife to create a perfect being, and instead insists that the Gashathi ARE the perfect beings. He beleives that true perfection can only be achieved if every other race looks up to the Gashathi as gods, and then they shall become true gods.

Unique traits/Personality:

-Fanatic Zealot: Cannot be manipulated. His words are extremely persuasive and can easely change the belief of other individuals.
-Cunning: As an Overseer, Kindal'Q often had to deal with secrets and disobedient races. He has learnt his way with people and he will always try to be one step ahead of the others, no matter if they are friend or foe.
-Respects strenght: Much like the old Gashathi, Kindal'Q marvels over the strenght of other races. He values honorable traits in other races, and accepts them into his order.

Equipment:

Armadae of the Eternal Gem - Kindal'Q is in command of the "Eternal Gem", the second largest Gashathi ship in all three of the Singularities. He was the one to oversee the production of this vessel, and it was given to him by the High One after he achieve many great victories with it. Thought the High One now commands a vessel mightier than Gem, the ship is still a marvel of engineering. It spans as long as 11 kilometers long and several hundereds of meter across. This ship stands a testament to the artistic talent of the Gashathi and the engineering provess of Lokhar. Out of combat this ship conceals it's true combat capabilities by hiding it's guns behind thick plating. However it's arsenal consists of hundreds of capital sized batteries and thousands of smaller batteries, flak entrenchements and a massive PODS system. It can house and launch 50 full wings of fighters and bombers, as well as 8 additional Ful'noK class Heavy Escort Corvettes inside it's main hangar bay. These ships all add up to be named the Armadae of the Eternam Gem.

Furthermore, there are plans of upgrading the Eternal Gem to a newer design that was drafted up by talented Mekar engineers back at home, but the lack of resources and equipment has so far stopped the project from becoming a reality.

Brief Bio: (Has lived for more than 2000 years, he has no time nor space for bios)

Kriptoids:
(Behold my drawing, ignore the text since it's mostly stuff I'm saying here anyway and some of it is outdated.)


Kriptoids are the dominant species of Kiram, standing about 1.5 meters tall on land but with a full length of about 3 meters and living to be 50-60 Earth-years old on average (which is about 35 Kiram years). They have a sense of electroception allowing them to "feel" nearby electrical fields such as those generated by a living thing or consequently those generated by electricity. They are amphibious and can both breathe underwater and walk on land, but they prefer water since it's where they can move the fastest and it boosts their electroception which they are dependent on for communication. They can produce small electrical shocks in a way not too different from eels on Earth and since other Kriptoids can sense the electrical field their language is based on electrical pulses. Their sense of electroception has it's downsides though, because they find the electrical fields generated by electronic devices highly irritating which has prevented the widespread adoption of electricity in their technology. Even though they are physically quite weak and fragile compared to other sapient species their reaction time is unusually high and they are very flexible, so when fighting they must rely heavily on evasion which is an instinct that has even influenced their space battle tactics.

Despite having two genders Kriptoids have nearly no sexual dimorphism and their language has no gendered pronouns or gendered names, so even with the proper translation equipment most other species have trouble telling a male Kriptoid from a female. They reproduce by laying eggs so even though they don't often wear clothing the most obvious physical difference between genders is the color of their tail with females' tales having a slightly lighter color then then the tails of males.

During the long winters on Kiram they retreat to their underwater cities, leaving their sparse surface infrastructure abandoned. There isn't much demand for the limited dry land space anyway since Kriptoids are slower and more clumsy on land.

Zaxoids:
(Shamelessly stealing Stellaris art.)


The Zaxoids are an ancient and long dead race that once ruled the galaxy in tyranny over 10,000 years ago before they were brutally wiped out by forces unknown. Around the galaxy many graveyards of Zaxoid ships where finding an ancient 10 kilometer long Zaxoid ship cut clean in half filled with the void frozen remains of the crew is not uncommon, especially near Kriptoid space where there was once a large Zaxoid colony before their fall. The Zaxoids were highly advanced, having mastered the bending of space to the point of being able to open wormholes allowing for near instant travel between any wormhole generator and wormhole beacon. Their ships were a force to be reckoned with although time hasn't treated them all well and very few are in a state where they can be repaired.

Zaxoid ships are highly specialized, some may generate a plasma shield (more on those below) while others may be dedicated gunships or stealth ambush ships. Their mastery of space warfare was second only to the entity that took them down, which in recovered Zaxoid logs is referred to only as the "Arakim World Eater". Although there are many theories (some crazier then others), the question of what the Arakim World Eater really is has baffled Kriptoid scientists for decades.

Kriptoid Technology:
Because of how sensitive Kriptoids are to electromagnetic fields they have not widely adopted electronics or looked into electricity's uses very heavily despite knowing about it. When they first became space fairing they used steam power and in place of a power grid had a pressure grid to power things. Eventually they developed genetic engineering technology and focused almost all of their research funding to developing it, modern Kriptoid ships are cyborg bioships which have a nervous system in place of a main computer, the ability to slowly self-heal all biological components, and with saltwater filled habitats for the crew. Since the crew is suspended neutrally buoyant artificial gravity would be pointless and they can easily withstand very high acceleration which is usually necessary for their combat tactics. Sub-light travel is usually done with thermonuclear thrusters and FTL travel is done using the ancient Zaxoid wormhole gates, there are no FTL drives within the ships. Atmospheric flight is usually done with chemical rockets, and things like planetary invasions and ship infiltration are done with a combination of steam-powered mech suits and genetically enhanced reptilian beasts. The ships themselves have low level intelligence, although they follow orders without question and they can't do any strategic planning without the help of a captain.

Occasionally restored Zaxoid ships will be a part of Kriptoid fleets, crew members on those ships must learn a vocal variant of their language and wear special metal masks over the electroception organ in their snout to withstand the electronics on those ships. They contrast sharply with Kriptoid ships since the largest Kriptoid ships are 500 meters long and the smallest long range Zaxoid ships are 2 kilometers long. In battle Kriptoid ships often stay at a distance, using their long range weapons to damage the enemy ship while relying on their maneuverability and the long travel time of any projectiles to evade fire. Despite being bioships most military vessels have a metal outer hull mostly covering the biological parts. Even though their ships are not effected by EMPs, the crew is.

Zaxoid Technology:
The Zaxoids have many technologies mostly revolving around bending spacetime and manipulating electromagnetism. Zaxoid capital ships are equipped with warp drives although using wormholes is much faster if wormhole gates are in the right places. Back in their prime the Zaxoids had at least one wormhole gate in every star system in their space but now many of them are destroyed and the rest are barely operational. They have been taken over by the Kriptoids as their means of FTL travel.

Zaxoid shield systems work by trapping antimatter plasma in an electromagnetic field, when it's sufficiently hot they can block lasers as long as their wavelength isn't too short and when a projectile hits the violent interaction of matter and antimatter causes an explosion which deflects or destroys the projectile. Blocking lasers causes some of the antimatter to heat up enough to escape the containment field and projectiles hitting it annihilates some antimatter, so just about any kind of weapon hitting the shield will cause it to get weaker. Dedicated shielding ships project a directional shield between the allies and enemies so that allied ships could shoot missiles and homing projectiles that can go around the shield to hit their target. When shields are down one common weapon used on the broadsides of Zaxoid ships are large Gauss drivers with explosive warheads, and as a short range attack some Zaxoid ships are equipped with a plasma beam which shoots plasma at an enemy directed by electromagnetic fields.

Singularity explosives are a powerful Zaxoid weapon, although they are hard to come by now and new ones can't be created with current Kriptoid technology so they are only used in the most dire emergencies. They work by bending spacetime around them such that the warhead is compressed into a black hole, and then due to it's relatively small mass of a few tones Hawking radiation makes it decay almost instantly. Most of the energy is released as high energy gamma rays that passes right through most everything but due to the sheer amount of them it causes anything near it to heat up and melt, and although armor does help a bit it's effect is almost negligible on how many ultra high energy gamma rays get through. They must detonate close to the hull though for that effect, so if any shields are up it's damage will be dramatically decreased since it will be forced to detonate further away from the hull.

A similar technology to the singularity warheads known as the singularity reactor powers Zaxoid ships, exploiting the energy contained in matter by compressing it into a black hole which explodes transferring it's energy in the form of heat to the Neutronium reactor walls. Excess heat is sent to the engines where it is used to boost their efficiency and thrust, and it can directly power lasers too. As much of the heat as possible is converted into electricity.

Kana (age 43) is the current Guardian of Kiram. During her time as Guardian she has done anything in her power to advance science and prepare the Kriptoid Stellar Union to deal with any alien threats that they may encounter. She was elected because of a heroic act she did on Naku, single handedly fighting and killing a creature that was attacking a colony. She has been trained to use a sword and is highly skilled at both land and underwater combat. Like every Guardian of Kiram ever since the great rebellion she wears a purple robe and carries a sword both of which have been passed down from Guardian to Guardian for hundreds of years.

Amix (age 28) is a fleet admiral who has been trained as a part of Kana's xeno defense initiative. His only combat experience is against Kriptoid criminals but he feels confident that he is prepared to defend against anything aliens can throw at him. He has a special bond with his ship, he has been with the ship ever since it was an egg nearly a decade ago and they have developed a bond, much like the one between a pet and it's owner. His ship has the almost uncanny ability to tell how confident Amix is and Amix is always the first to know of the ship is in pain. He used to be a member of the Unity Council before becoming a fleet admiral.