Fiction:Salsetthe Republic

"Within our plans, we have plans, and within those plans, we have even more plans, and so on."

- Current Leader of the Salsetthe Republic, name unknown.

"We do what we must, because we can."

- Ambassador/Researcher Zree'arra

"The Salsetthe are a cunning, perceptive, and slightly eccentric species. It is impossible to track them down or predict what they are doing."

- A Grox Captain, name unknown.

Origins
The exact details of when the Salsetthe species came into being is unknown, but many believe that their species originated on their home planet, Excaretra, around 1.647 billion years ago. However, it is known that their species attained sentience 647 million years ago, and the first organized civilizations beyond tribes came into being around 5 million years ago.

Recent History
Around 500 years ago, the Salsetthe Republic launched its first warp-capable vessel, which was able to reach up to Warp 7.14, and since then, their influence in the galaxy has expanded, and the mysteries surrounding them has grown. Around 200 years ago, they started to make the first transwarp vessels of their species, which were able to make their vessels go much faster than normal, conventional warp drives. They have just recently contacted several of the more well-known powers in this universe such as the Xhodocto, the CSA, and the Cognatus Alliance.

Technology
Despite their relatively small size, the Salsetthe Republic has incredibly advanced technology, with most of it being strictly classified for security reasons. It is known that they use sophisticated interphase cloaking devices, which allows them to not only cloak, but pass through solid matter unharmed unless the device is disabled somehow. They also use Neutronium as an alloy for hull plating, and some ships are equipped with ablative generators. Salsetthe ships are also known to be equipped with quantum resonance charges and unknown particle weapons.