Fiction:Ultraterrestrials

"This is a universe of infinite possibles, and the fantastic is always a plausibility."

- Unknown

Barely anything is known about the race known as the Ultraterrestrials, but the majority of them are believed to have been something similar to an alliance of races who ascended by technological means and became a Tier 0 race some time in the distant past. They are more advanced than the rest of the universe by at least as much as the most advanced non-godraces are than the average pre-spacefaring civilisation, having mastery of spacetime and dimensional engineering and (if rumours are true) are even able to change the laws of physics. With few exceptions, they consider less advanced races beneath their notice; their own intelligence, technology and goals are far beyond what most others can comprehend. The Ultraterrestrials are not united, though, and there are many breakaway factions that work against the others' goals.

Types of Ultraterrestrials
The Ultraterrestrials are known by many names; they may or may not be the same species, or they might be related in some way to each other. Artefacts and myths from across the universe link many ancient races together.

Each of these races has similar traits. Their technology is greater then most if not all empires can even begin to fathom, and it is sought after by lesser races, even though the scope and advanced designs of it are far beyond the comprehension of nearly all other civilisations.

Omnipotents
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The "Omnipotents" are defined being the creations of godforms (conscious entities formed from distinct regions of the Essence "spectrum"), and being created as "omnipotent" beings with godlike powers.

The Omnipotents are often divided into distinct groups, based on which godform they are associated with:


 * Kamik'Shi (Chaos Energy) - The twenty-one major demonic races, as well as several minor ones, and autonomous artificial intelligences such as Ikhetnus Xharn. The most powerful and famous demons, the, were removed from the universe by after it deemed them as having become too powerful and a risk to the survival of reality.


 * The "Ultimate One" -  Lusum, Jonajunn, and Corenin are his only known "omnipotent" creations.


 * Kkia'Sihm (Celestial Energy) - The.


 * Vi'Naherza/Vyro'Nazdea (Elemental Energy) - Vi'Naherza is associated with the, , and the rouge ; Vyro'Nazdea is associated with the , , their creations the and  respectively, and Da Godz of the  (founded by the Vyro'Narza Roz'Tah'Flok).

Some of the Omnipotents often interact with lesser civilisations, primarily the Vyro'Narza and Kamik'Shi's demons. The "avatars" most commonly used in these interactions are the of the Ayrai'Shikua, the Core Races in place of the Obvia'Atra, and the Threespace Avatars of the Vyro'Narza. However, the majority of Omnipotents, like other Ultraterrestrials, consider themselves to be above the "mortal" races.

Other Omnipotents are Essence-based organisms and their creations. These include:


 * (with being the most famous example) and.


 * Vaalaa (of which the most well-known individual is ) and their creations, the P-DNA beings, many of which are now the.


 * The species that made up the gods in the religion of the (Umbrux, Herezath, Utalasiel, Neroxael, Tehedaz, and Tahiziel).

Created Races
Some other Ultraterrestrial races appear to have been created, but not as "Omnipotents". They have had some interaction with less advanced races, but not as much as some of the Omnipotents.

Atlantica
By Dinoman82

The Atlantica are a race believed to be deities by many inhabitants of the (although their creator, "Ultimate One" is truly supernatural as previously mentioned, and many Rambo deities Ascended long after the Atlantica). Their original home is unknown; they created the Quadrants and seeded them with life billions of years ago and have had a connection with it ever since, although they now reside in the Realms of the Gods. One Atlantica, Artmyris, created and led a force of demons against the rest of the Atlantica before he was defeated in the Clash of the Gods.

Thirteenth Tribe and Apocalypta
By Um2k9

The  of the, one of the , were themselves created for a high purpose. They are still seen as gods by many races of Cyrannus. They have a saying, "All of this has happened before... and all of it will happen again." Some scientists have theorised that this may mean that the Tribe exist in a timelike curve. Much of the information known about them is mythological, and they have left many artifacts spread across Cyrannus. The Thirteenth Tribe are allies of the Atlantica, much like the are allies of, and also reside within one of the Realms of the Gods.

A rogue faction, the , seceded from the rest of the Tribe. The Apocalypta are often known by the citizens of the Cyrannus Galaxy as the Dark Ones, whose anger and malice is comparable to the darkness of the universe itself, although their goals are unknown. Legend states that the Apocalypta were sealed away by Thirteenth Tribe after a huge civil war, with their leader being sealed on an unknown world, never to be awakened. They are common mythological adversaries in many cultures, though mostly in Cyrannus and the Milky Way.

Natural Races
Many Ultraterrestrials evolved and advanced entirely naturally. These usually have little or no interaction with other civilisations, besides those that have connected themselves with the Omnipotents, namely the s and.

Vida'Rra
By OluapPlayer

The  were descendants of quark-based lifeforms originated from the first seconds of this universe's existence, making them the oldest known organisms to have existed in this universe. Masters of the Dream Energy, the Vida'Rra created a thriving civilization which expanded through the cosmos, and their essence-based technology made them appear as godlike to most, if not all other lifeforms at the time. The Vida'Rra were eventually consumed by the dark fog of, which they sacrificed themselves to defeat.

While their civilization is gone, numerous ruins and artifacts of their origin are still scattered around multiple galaxies. Their legacy also lives in their databases created by their holographic counterparts, the . These databases date the events of the galaxies they are located, giving those who find them all the information they need about the galaxy's distant past, unless the database is somehow damaged. The Vida'Rra also Ascended to an even higher state of being, becoming the legendary creatures known as the s, although some of the Rainbow Snakes are Ascended individuals of later species.

Eola'Nar
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The  are a large group of both Ascended and Descended beings - they were originally all purely Ascended, but one group were corrupted during the, and the Eola'Nar split into the loyalist and the -aligned. The Eola'Nar have traditionally manipulated various less advanced civilisations, creating various religions such as the worship of.

The original Eola'Nar were composed of multiple races; one of the founders were some of the, and the Eola'Nar is one of their few legacies.

Interdimensional Beings
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The "Interdimensional Beings" are an unknown race of Ultraterrestrials native to another plane of existence. They are often seen as the most common appearance of the Ultraterrestrial.

Most modern Ultraterrestrial artefacts are attributed to these entities. Alleged works of the Interdimensional Beings include devices that could change the state of space and time locally, grip over the gravitational constant of entire galaxy clusters, the exploration of different spacetime geometries, configuration space that can warp reality, technology that can work down to the planck level, and the ability to transverse the Manifold into other quantum realities and universes with different physical constants.

The most well-known trace of the Interdimensional Beings is , a powerful machine that inhabits the supermassive black holes in the centers of many galaxies, presumably due to an intergalactic wormhole network between these cores. Steve only appears to those he deems to be special, and gives them 42 charges of the Staff of Life as a gift. Steve is never seen outside the galactic cores of galaxies, and can only ever be seen once, ignoring cries for help even during the. It is possible that Steve in a black hole intelligence, a powerful computer that uses the Galactic Core itself, and that the robot that visitors will contact is Steve's avatar.

Statues alleged to be of Steve can be found around the, often millions of years old, and Steve may have been somehow connected to the original, biological Interdimensional Beings. It is unknown what other powers Steve has, but he mentions that he exists on another plane of existence, to which he owes superior processing power.

Screebles
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The Screebles were said to be the greatest civilization in the universe, but whether this refers to technological, economic or even military power, or even if this is pure speculation, is not known. The last peice of evidence for their existence is the "Screeble's Column", which stated that many had "escaped mathematical oppression" to an unknown world. Whether the other Screebles ascended technologically or became their own end is told in various tales. A popular theory is that they in fact found a hyper-advanced life too complex and opted for a quainter, simpler lifestyle, reverting back to an Iron Age stage of development.

Xyanxes and Sperwdorbuwkani
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The Transapients of the Milky Way Galaxy are known by many names, such as "Nagilum", "Q" or "Xeelee". In the satellite, they are known as the "Xyanxes", which is the only name given to them that may actually be authentic. They were one of the greatest civilizations in the universe, and left their mark on the universe's cosmological structure, notably creating sentient "World Sancturies" that spanned galaxies (which survived in the form of Fahler), galaxy-encompassing pocket universes, constructing wormholes which stretched across the universe, and "Sporehenge", which leads to eleven other dimensions. The Xyanxes' ancient creations can be seen right across the universe; it is theorised by some xenoarchaeologists that they could manipulate spacetime across large scales with the actual construction of structures spanning galaxies (bound by gravitation), and also change the very nature of matter (such as the Pauli Exclusion Principle) to suit their own purposes. The Xyanxes tended to abandon certain technologies, perhaps in a great war, and the remains of these are often squabbled over by lesser races. Not much else is known about them, and it was believed by many across the universe that they were destroyed by the, until their breif reapparence in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the discovery that the Girdo Galaxy was once a sentient gravitational computer. Like with the Thirteenth Tribe, nearly all of what is actually known about them is mostly mythological, such as their liking for pink geodes, with comparatively few artefacts providing any real information.

The Xyanxes are possibly derived from the Naucean race, who were said to have existed millions of years ago, but became so advanced that they ascended. They were highly skillfull with both nano- and biotechnology. However, as little trace of them exists today, they are regarded as mythological by many.

The "Sperwdorbuwkani" (an Apalose term meaning "Eaters of Galaxies") are possibly the enemies of the Xyanxes. Sperwdorbuwkani are sapient spacefaring creatures that are believed to be mostly or entirely composed of a weakly-interacting material such as dark matter, more "truly alien" than godrace, and live in the cores of gravitational wells. Unfortunately for most species, they tried to xenoform the universe on the grandest of scales, and many fear that they will attempt to do so again in future.

Credit goes to the Xeelee Sequence by Stephen Baxter, which some some elements of this fiction were based on, mostly for fanfic, and are not an important facet of the SporeWikiverse other than for fun.

The First Ones
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The First Ones are, despite the name, the most recent of the Ultraterrestrial groups, although their history still seems to reach at least millions of years into the past, and some of them may even be billions of years old. Instead, the First Ones remained in the Milky Way to guide the younger races, only ascending much later. Before their ascendance, they were already many points along the sentience quotient higher than many younger races, and left behind many advanced technological artifacts sought after by others, including engineering feats that still have yet to be replicated. Many of these, such as Corona Space Station, still exist, and still little is known about them. Not all of the First Ones were benevolent; some were simply mysterious timeless civilisations which the average empire stayed away from.

The First Ones finally left the Milky Way and ascended during the climax of the, leaving the instructions to set up the Milky Way Cooperative, which led to the emergence of the , both new and dormant cosmic-sized artificial intelligences and swarm communalities finally burst onto the galactic scene. The galaxies of the known universe were at last becoming a super-community, and perhaps in a few centuries, the great Gigaquadrant powers will rival the Elder races.

There were a few main types of First Ones. The "truly alien" species were primarily spacefaring organisms, including the plasmazoan "Vorlon" group and the Iconian/Tholian/Shadow silicamorpha. The examples of the latter most commonly seen were of an insect-like form adapted for moving around planetary environments. The unclear nature of these aliens' pasts is part of what is responsible for the mystery of how old the First Ones are. Some s that were introduced to the Milky Way and formed their own civilisations eventually found and became part of the First Ones.

Several other species were the descendants of creatures from Earth, such as the saurian s - not to be confused with humans who have genetically modified themselves to resemble humanoid reptiles - and a few Archaeohuman races, primarily the Ashtar and Greys.

Comparisons with other advanced civilisations
Basicaly, the Ultraterrestrials are technological civilisations that in many cases exist outside consensus reality of nearly everything else, yet are technological and can control the laws of physics. "Forces of nature" like the and Unseen Entity would be above even the Essence godforms in power, except maybe Kamik'Shi and the, were they still able to affect the universe.

Below the Ultraterrestrials and Ayrai'Shikua are the Technoosphere and Elder Races. The Technoosphere and similar AIs have some control over matter and energy, but not enough to break physical laws, even if they can do extraordinary things with them, and have very alien or very powerful intelligences. The Elder races are in transition from Tier 1 to Tier 0, and very advanced and mysterious, but still not anywhere near the power of the Ultraterrestrials.

Finally, there is the, which can only exist due to the probability of one future timeline, but can affect the past from the present. They are free to roam all configurations of the universe, and all versions of time of the universe in the 6th dimension, and may not even be known to the Omnipotents (though is due to their fuzzy future).

The Superordinates of the Technoosphere are cosmic-sized intelligences that were usually created or even evolved on their own in the ancient past (although, thanks to the new AIs in the Milky Way, were more recently activated from dormancy). They can use the resources of entire galactic sectors (rigged by wormholes) to create vast processing networks. Their intelligence, although very alien, tends to be on a scale bilions of times larger than that of the average sapient (comparing the mass of a star-sized Matrioshka brain to that of a brain that could probably fit in a Human's cupped hands). Some AIs are hostile, working on their incomprehensible goals and ignoring any life that may tread in their way, and some AIs are beneficial to civilisations, occasionally becoming ruling entities or guides. The Technoosphere was created by the Milky Way Cooperative as a cybernetic network of technology to create a postsapient and transcendant society. In millenia, it could rival the godraces, but it is still far from that. Meanwhile, the AI Superordinates have godly goals, technology and perception, but again are considered to still be quite different to the godraces and are perhaps a little weaker and their presence far more obvious.
 * Versus the Technoosphere

There are several civilisations much older and more advanced than the major political powers of the First Gigaquadrant. These include the, the "First Ones" (a collection of ancient races in the Milky Way), the and  of Time's Gate (from in and around the sister galaxies of ), the Dacean Ecumene,  and. These societies are typically more mature and knowledgeable, with awe-inspiriring artefacts and technologies, but generally stay away from galactic politics (other than manipulating the histories of various younger races) and live in their own utopias, but are still far weaker than either godraces or the Technoosphere. The First Gigaquadrant is now at a time where the "young races" are beginning to rival their "elders", including the, , pre-ascension Krassio and even the , especially with the intervention of the Technoosphere. Indeed, many of the elder races are beginning to disappear, possibly finaly ascending to become a Tier 0 collective society.
 * Versus "Elder" races

Quotes from Others
"There are things in the universe, so vast and timeless, walk reality beyond our experience like giants, to them we are the scum which collect around stars for warmth, still much dependant on our evolutionary needs and are limited by the tools of our minds it granted us."

- Philosopher, Delpha Coalition of Planets

"Goal... shall be... achieved..."

"We'll be moving along. Dust as small as yourselves aren't worth our time."

- Ayrai'Shikua

"Such great beings. So ancient. Such majesty. Such power. We greatly admire them."

- Emperor Mercuris

"Powerfull, yes, but invinsable? Soon I will make my mark on this universe, and abosrb every last one of you Ultraterrrials, and give myself greater power!"

- The Dark One