Fiction:Grox Grand Dominion

"Do not resist. Inferiors resist so much. Law, order, logic. These things should be the bedrock of any society, yet most of you disregard them. We will make you regard them. Opposition to these tenants is irrelevant. You shall be made Superior. You shall be made Alpha."

- An Alpha Drone

The Alpha Cyber Collective is a massive horde of cybernetic monstrosities, genetically engineered mutations, and various other races and species brought together under the command of a Council of Overseers known as the Advocacy, and united in one goal; to drain the universe entirely of it's resources and matter in order to stabilize their rampant technology and keep themselves from a massive extinction event, as well as assimilating those deemed worthy of "perfection".

The Collective, however, is not entirely focused on destruction and the harvesting and reaping of individuals. Their empire is divided among a number of dynasties, kingdoms and small empires, answering to various Lords, including Necrox Overlords, Grox Underseers, and the highest authorities, the Overseers, who command the entire Collective in the name of their leader, the Eternal-Mind, and his mad plans.

Populations that find themselves under occupation are not actually assimilated, unless they prove openly hostile, and, in fact, are allowed to live within their planets, as resources are slowly extracted. In times of war, these free populations force bands of militia and troops to support their masters in battle.

Formation
The Cyber collective is a descendent of a rogue Grox cell, having split from the main empire after the Cyber rabies plague, and during the chaos that followed. Moving out onto the galaxy, several members began to mutate themselves into various new forms to suit their needs and to adapt to different environments and planets. Arriving in Mirus, the Alpha Collective, at this point was dying out due to a lack of resources and losing several members to radiation poisoning, which other Grox were more resistant or outright immune to. Found by the, the Collective was saved, their bodies adapted to the radiation by their saviors. Lead by the scientist Kashiin'Rishass, the Multus began to prepare the Collective to fill a role in the galaxy, much like their other creations. Used as a template, the Multus then created the from the Collective's own genetic material, tweaking it slightly to fill a different role.

In order to survive alongside the Multus, several members of the Collective where chosen to receive heightened telepathic abilities and powers focused on improving and strengthening their minds. However, all was not right. While Kashiin supported the idea of giving the Collective the Multus technology and allowing them to fill a role within the galaxy as protectors, the Council that ruled the Multus did not support it, saying the Collective could not understand the gifts of the Multus yet, and the Prophets who advised them received visions of the Grox rebelling against them. Resolving not to let this happen, the Multus tried to put the Collective down, however, they instead rebelled, joined by the Leviathan Hive-mind. Arriving in Mirus at this time was a fleet of Meta Grox, led by a superintendent who, upon arriving in the galaxy, would take on the name of Mortox I. Originally send by the Grox Meta-Emperor to destroy the rogue Grox cell that became the Collective, Mortox I instead led his Meta Fleet to reinforce the Collective in their rebellion against the Alpha, hoping to bring them back into the fold of the Grox Meta-Empire.

After a massive war that nearly tore the galaxy apart, and a schism between the Ne'kron, the Multus took to massive Habitat Ships, and, taking advantage of the staggering loses the Collective and Hive-mind had taken, the Multus fled, diving beneath the oceans of various worlds, and deactivating everything apart from their life-support systems.

Knowing they where weakened from the fight, the Alpha and Leviathan raided the artifacts of the Multus, intent on harvesting their technology, before coming across the Tezi'kar super Computers built by the Multus long before the Collective had ever arrived. Seeing them as important artifacts, and not knowing their insanity, the ancient Alpha assimilated the beings into their hive-mind. However, the Evermind, leader of the of the Alpha Collective, found out about their plans, and attempted to destroy the Tezi'kar. The immortals, however, where amused by the Evermind's attempts, who, while powerful, could not match the psychic power of all of them, and afflicted him with the same disease they suffered. However, this did not stop him from weakening them severely, leading to the Tezi'kar forced to retreat from activity. Due to this, the Alpha began modifying their weapons, developing them more to cause pain, so as to strengthen their Lord, and their new masters. With every conquest, the Alpha left mutilated bodies and tortured foes in their wake, assimilating and absorbing organic and synthetic alike. Then, feeling safe within their borders, the Alpha retreated into vast tombs, their cubes and other monolithic vessels. This dormancy allowed other empires, most notably the United Lanat Empire, to take possession of the Core.

Mortox I, for his part, felt nothing but disgust for the infection that had spread trough the Cyber Collective. Vowing not to allow this glitch to infect his own Grox as well, he marched his Grox out of Mirus, and moved them to a satellite galaxy of the somewhat nearby Ramvelkys Galaxy. His Grox eventually secured this small ring galaxy, known as Meeno, and named themselves after it, though Mortox I would perish in the battles to secure it completely for the Meta-Grox Empire. It was here that the Meeno Grox would develop their more characteristic traits, such as their preference for lava-based worlds, which there were in great abundance in their new home, and their worship of the Flame, taken in from an assimilated missionary that wandered in from Ramvelkys, ironically looking for more converts. Once the little amount of primitive life in the satellite galaxy had been assimilated, the Meeno found themselves completely at peace and with no direct treats to harm them. Both the Meeno as a whole and Mortox I's successor/clone, Mortox II, found this much to their liking, and probably would've stayed there indefinitely had the Annihilation not occurred millenia later.

Using chaos that the Annihilation brought with it, the now fanatically religious Mortox II led an invasion into the Ramvelkys Galaxy, falsely believing himself to be the prophetised great flame that would conquer it, only to find himself defenseless against the hellfire that had been unleashed upon reality. Forced to watch helplessly as the Meeno Galaxy was destroyed alongside with his Meta Grox faction, Mortox II turned his invasion into a desperate attempt to flee to safety. He did not make it.

It is estimated that only ten Meeno Grox ships reached Ramvelkys' central black hole before it collapsed and the larger galaxy was destroyed as well. Though this black hole normally connected with that of Cyrannus, it's collapse threw the surviving ships of the Meeno Grox Empire fleet way off, in the intergalactic void halfway between the two galaxies. Reasoning that whatever destroyed Ramvelkys would not come after something as powerless as their fleet was now, the surviving Meeno Grox gambled -correctly- that the best way to survive the cataclysm was to go dormant, while setting their course back to the Mirus Galaxy. They came in range of it just as the New Grox Wars had ended. Once they were sufficiently close by, the Meeno and their Conqrix forces automatically woke up and surveyed the galaxy while on their way to Mirus' galactic core. They picked up so many transmissions that it stood beyond any chance of error that the galaxy was now abundant with sentient life. However, these transmissions also revealed the galactic core of Mirus was under control of a strong empire that named itself the United Lanat Empire. To make matters worse, it reached the Meeno fleet that Meta-Grox Emperor had been captured by the Civilisation, and that the Meta-Grox Empire had been dissolved. The notion that ten Meeno Grox ships, without centralised leadership or Meta-Grox support, could take down the strongest behemoth in the Mirus galaxy was outright ridiculous. However, the ships still managed to sneak trough the ULE defense network unseen due to it's advanced technology and small size.

In dire need of aid, the Meeno sought out the dormant Evermind and plugged themselves in. In doing so, they were instantly assimilated themselves, and also provided the Evermind with the data regarding the Mirus Galaxy which they had collected while closing in. However, the millenia-lasting slumber of the Cyber Collective had taken it's toll upon the Alpha themselves, with many tombs worlds and Cubes becoming rogue worlds after their host star went supernova, eventually drifting outside the Evermind's sphere of influence. The Alpha that could be reawakaned conversed with their lord. Even with the Alpha and Meeno now standing together, their collective numbers were still too low to influence anything, and reactivating more far-flung Cubes and the like would take time. The Alpha concluded that the best way forward was to actively search for these lost words that had drifted out of range of the Evermind's signal, while luring in as many remnants of the Meta-Grox Empire as possible. The Meeno, now subservient to their Alpha brethren, agreed. To this end, the Evermind created the Overseers, which would lead the search. The Alpha that inhabited the drifting tombs had mutated over time into new Grox sub-strains, but, were taken back into the fold, sometimes peacefully, sometimes with trickery and sometimes trough force. As for the Meeno, the Evermind cloned their numbers up again, and even named one of his new Overseers after their vanquished ruler. After the Grox in the Mirus Galaxy had been secured for the Collective, the Overseers set out for the remnants of those galaxies which were destroyed by the Annihilation and which had had a Grox Meta-presence. In most cases, their efforts were fruitless, though some searches, such as the expedition to the remnants of Mirus' destroyed neighbour Elalma, brought Meta-remnants into the Collective. Subsequentely, Underseers were created to govern these remnants and facilitate their complete assimilation into the Cyber Collective. Once the Cyber Collective had been sufficiently strengthened, the Evermind send out probes to reawaken it's old brothers-in-arms, the Leviathan Hive-mind.

It was during this reawakening, that the swarms of the Alpha Cyber Collective would fall upon the Kramalin Core Systems, an empire native to the core of the galaxy, and devoured their civilization, making sure the Kramalin could never rise to a position of power within the galaxy. Since that day, Kramalin forces have regularly sold their services to other races fighting the Collective, in a small attempt at revenge, though even their skill can do little against the Collective's hordes.

However, the concentration of Grox in the core of Mirus would no doubt attract the most likely hostile attention of the ULE. To prevent a hostile reaction of their much larger neighbour, the body of Overseers officially pledged the newfound Alpha Cyber Collective and Leviathan Hive-mind as vassals to the Tralor. Both shared the same devotion to the principles of law and above all, order, so to the outside world such an agreement not only seemed natural, it was even celebrated as an exemple which proved that the Grox were not irrevocably hostile to non-cyborgs. Even today, the less informed masses both within and outside the Mirus Galaxy treat the holdings of both simply as two small autonomous regions of the ULE, one centered around the galactic core and one close to it, unware that the cyborgs have quite their own goals in mind...

Milky Way colozation and War
The Cyber collective has plenty of Colonies in the Milky way, used to monitor the Various empires. When patroling one day, Commandant Ghorie came across a Phradox Grox Ship, and attemtped to attack it. The Phradox Grox ended up assimilating data pointing to the exsistence of the Cyber Collective, and decalred war on them. After a pinched battle between Ghorie's forces and a strike team of Marinox Commadandos and Conqrix, they escaped, but left one Dronox behind.

The Dronox had all the knowlege of the Phradox Grox Empire, and Ghorie had him assimilated. Dronox 9 now serves Ghorie, giving the Alpha Cyber Collective information.

Infectant War
During the Infectant War, the Alpha Cyber Collective, with their Bio-Morphling allies, arrived to assist the Infectants against the Federation and Waptoria Alliance. During this war, the Meeno Grox created a kind of drone, called the Infectors.

Against their enemies, the Cyber Collective fought hard, but, after a long battle, lead by the Meeno Grox, the Collective, and their allies, where pushed back. Eternal-Mind was quite angry at this loss of resources, and telepathically assaulted Mortox for his failure. Lord Mortox III swore not to fail again, and was sent back to Meeno Atzerry.

Enlightenment War
The Alpha also fought in the Enlightenment War. Facing off against their enemies again, they also found betrayal from Underseer Trodaka, and the Dark's ones servants. All out war took place on Ugandalore, until a massive mothership broke the surface of the water.

The Mothership, was that of Multus, the precursors who had created the Alpha. Enraged their ancestors still lived, they sent Lorka Gredyc to kill them. However, Rogue Enlightened Ones interceded and turned Lorka and his allies for their cause.

Other allies, like the Bio-Morphlings, Cult of Atterry, Grox Followers, and the Bachyeon Hive-mind, joined the fight, all to exterminate the Enlightened Ones and their creations, along with the Volver, Antroth, and Lavatuffs.

Attero Dominatus
The Alpha Cyber Collective was never concidered to be an imminent target by the Drakodominatus Tyranny, due to the seeming subservience of the Alpha Cyber Collective to the United Lanat Empire, whom the Dominatus had an alliance with. However, calculations ran by the Evermind predicted that the Dominatus only sought to keep this alliance intact as long as the Tyranny did not equal the ULE and would break it as soon as the balance of power shifted decisively in the Tyranny's favor. Once the ULE had been conquered, the ACC would certainly be next, for the galactic core was a valuable resource.

As the war against the Drakodominatus Tyranny unfolded and the megalithic empire collapsed on various fronts, the Alpha bid their time. As the Tyranny was pushed back into Mirus, they hacked their calculations into Lanat network servers and began amassing their fleets. It is unknown on which level the Alpha Cyber Collective managed to influence the ULE, but whatever the case might have been, the ULE betrayed the Tyranny first. In the wake of this betrayal, the Alpha Cyber Collective struck. Though they initially fought alongside the ULE, it soon became apparent what exactly the ACC were fighting their way to: Ferrus, the homeworld of the Steel Reapers. These Overseers were one of many in service to the Dominatus, yet they were cloned from Alpha Grox flesh, and thus the Alpha had come to claim their own. When the forces of the Evermind finally arrived at the hollow citadel, Ferrus was already beleaguered by a Mendel-led contingent of anti-Dominatus forces. The ACC, of course, had no intent to aid the Mendel nor the rest of the anti-Dominatus elements and had even postphoned their arrival until the anti-Dominatus forces had lost their way within the labyrinthine structures of the hollow world, where they were being picked apart by the Steel Reapers at leisure. Though the template of the Steel Reapers, 01, excelled at seige warfare, he was a peerless tactical mind and could only be surprised by speed. With the Steel Reapers and 01 focussing on the Mendel, this was exactly what the ACC did, disabling the automated defenses of Ferrus with a quick viral strike. They only had seconds before the installed bug would be defeated and the world's defenses would come back online, but this split moment was enough for the Alpha to teleport in both Jacarva the Annihilator and Karack the Destroyer. Focussed on toying with the Mendel as he was, 01 was uttely taken by surprise as it's battlesuit was grievously battered in the initial strike. Measuring that iy would need immediate replacement, the Overseer Template led the two Endless into a trap before managing to escape to Demogorgon Prime that day, leaving the ACC to follow in pursuit. First, though, there were the remaining Steel Reapers to be taken care of. Dronox landed in the hundreds, taking on and disassembling the Steel Reapers while the Mendel were unaware what was happening outside their confines. Once no Steel Reaper remained on Ferrus, the ACC retreated, leaving the Mendel to break out and claim victory on a suddenly empty world.

Many in the Enlightenment Collaborative feared what would happen if the ACC would assimilate a Dominatus - yet this did not happen. The war the ACC waged angainst the Tyranny was one of complete extermination. In the minds of the Alpha Grox, the Dominatus exemplified imperfection. They had come so close to perfection and yet had slipped on the last step. In doing so, they had made an irretractable error punishable only with death. And if the Dominatus exemplified imperfection, then their servants did so as well. Only the Steel Reapers were spared, for they were Alpha and thus exempt from making any sort of flaw. They merely disassembled in the field of battle as the withered Overseers within were carried back to ACC space.

During the battle for Demogoron Prime, the ACC focussed their deployments solely on the most sunward-facing parts of Muspel and the most antisunward-facing parts of Nifl, for there the last of the Steel Reapers were stationed. Once the Alpha Grox and their servants had destroyed them and gathered the Overseers up within, they simply left back for the core. There, every captured Steel Reaper would be connected to the Evermind, switching their allegiance from the defeated Tyranny to the burgeoning ACC. The ACC, unwilling to give up 01, poured massive amounts of resources into recreating the Overseer Template from Alpha Grox genetic stock, eventually creating the being known as 01-Alpha. Overall, though, the reaping had been meager, as most of the survivong Steel Reapers instead swore loyalty to the Groxic Empire of the Kraw Galaxy and refused to recognise 01-Alpha as their reborn liege-lord. In return, the ACC-assimilated Steel Reapers were discharged back into the Collective, while 01-Alpha was put in control of the Endless. With it's objective secured and the Tyranny destroyed, the Evermind shifted the Cyber Collective's focus back to launching assimilation raids against the weakened factions of the Enlightenment Collaborative.

Post-Conflicts
Though no one really knew it, the Alpha Cyber Collective had been harmed as much by the Imperium of War as the other empires of the Mirus Galaxy. The attempt of them and the Bachyeon to assimilate the Iron Skull and Steelroller Olympians into their ranks had ended in total failure. The bold War-Imperial attack into the core regions had destroyed most of the Alpha's many precarious black hole foundries, robbing them of their tool which had allowed them to pump out their vast fleets. Worse, though the suicidal assault of the Imperium onto the Evermind itself had been warded off with minimal casualties, the Rakar onboard had wreaked havoc upon the Evermind's systems, temporarily shutting him down.

The Alpha Cyber Collective responded to this in the way they had always done: by launching an assimilation campaign against western Mirus. Yet, where the Collaborative had largely neglected such matters, the newfound Covenant of Mirus had set up an effective system of border control, which intercepted the fleets before they could strike. In the months that followed, this scenario was repeated over and over again, and without adequate repacement fleets, the Alpha eventually began to feel their losses for once. Whatever assimilation fleet was not destroyed by the Covenant would mysteriously fall prey Darkling incursions. For reasons they could not discern, it became clear to the Alpha that their Brotherhood rivals did not want the Covenant destroyed. Embittered, the Overseers had to admit defeat, and focus first of all on re-activating the Evermind and rebuilding the black hole foundries, tasks given to Overseer Mortox. Then, one day, when the Evermind was back online but the foundries not yet repaired, Overseer Terrox picked up a signal, from the eastern rim of Mirus, of another Grox splinter, and the extra-universal AI that led them. A splinter in a region that was weak and undefended. A splinter which, once assimilated, would give the Alpha just the recources they needed to repair the foundries and get back on track. Ever better, there were barely any Darkling incursions in eastern Mirus, and no unified government to stop them. Thus Terrox set off at the head of the last large Collective fleet, and, though he found the splinter in question wiped out already by something a few assimilated native guides called "the Nightmare Engines", he had gained entry into the Eastern Sphere.

The Alpha had found new hunting grounds.

And these, they would not give up.

Society
What comes across as most striking about the collective, is their ability to think and feel for themselves. While such emotion as pity and sadness are limited, those such as anger, ambition and jealous are kept active, but controlled slightly by their Evermind, their actions unwittingly planed out by the Evermind. While extremely aggressive, the Collective is not above diplomacy, allowing other races to surrender and join them. Surprisingly, the Collective does not deem assimilation needed if the population willing surrenders. Instead, some cybernetic and biologic upgrades are used to help them survive in radioactive, and other hazardous environments, but assimilation is only needed if the population continues to be a problem.

The Collective is divided into a number of kingdoms, the smallest answering the minor Necrox lords, larger territories answering to Necrox Overlords, these answering to Grox Underseers and, finally, large chunks of the empire ruled by the enigmatic Overseers, who rule the empire in the name of their father/creator, the Eternal Mind.

The Collective is divided between various Castes, including the ruling Underseers and Overseers, the Flesh-Alchemists who tailor new weapons and bio-engineered horrors for the Collective, often from captured victims, the soldiers and military leaders, and then the workers, servants, and assimilated.

Religion
The Collective allows it's members to worship whoever they like, so long as they remain loyal to the Grox. The Grox themselves seem to believe the Multus Esse are or where gods, and, indeed some do worship them to some extent. However, must see the masters of the Collective, the various Grox sub-species, as gods, for casting down the ever-powerful Multus Esse, something few others would have the strength to do.

Military
"Your troops serve but one master; Expansion of the Collective! If they die for that cause, then they fulfill their purpose!"
 * Military Forces

- Unknown Alpha Overseer

Military is highly important to the Collective. To them, to expand is to live, and as such, constantly need to be on the move and capture more planets to mine, extract and power their forces and navies. These forces act as the vanguard for their mining forces, protecting their forces as they strip mine the planet, and suppress military forces so their forces can gather resources for their fleet. It is the job of these military forces to constantly assimilate new technologies and strategies into their Collective and evolve, so that they can be ready for whatever forces come their way.

Alpha Cyber Collective forces are naturally generated from Clone facilities that either land on planet, or in gigantic walkers that act as a mobile cloning facilities. In these pods, bodies are quickly produced, cybernetics weaved into their forms, and weapons grafted, before all knowledge needed is beamed right into their heads, and they are teleported right into battle. Walkers will often lumber into combat, besieging enemy defenses, with a light vanguard, before they begin churning out troopers and assimilated en masse.

Vehicles are commonly small, auto-mated drone units, capable of acting of their own accord, and commonly are a disgusting blend of robotic and organic traits. Most of these vehicles usually have duel roles within their forces, some using their radiation spilling abilities to form an area to keep foes away, and assist in healing, or using special orbs to repair vehicles.

Servants
As Grox are usually too weak to fight themselves, they usually regulate their fighting to forces they have assimilated or copied from other Grox in order to maximize their fighting ability. However, they are never satisfied with simply copying what the "other, lower Grox" do, and modify and evolve their Conqrix and the like to be stronger, smarter and more cunning in their tasks. As many Meta Grox operations have been undone by the idiocy of their servants, the Alpha are loath to repeat these same mistakes again, and try to take every precaution to avoid this, while sticking to their logic and "perfection".


 * Dronox - The Dronox are the common face of the Grox armies, a snyth race so long ago enslaved none can remember what they where like before the enslavement. Those in the Alpha have only a vague recollection, but care only that they serve, not from whence they came. While modified to think independently and act of their own volition, it is tempered by absolute loyalty onto the Grox and genetically modified to obey every order given. While most Dronox are generally weak, canon fodder, sent into the meat grinder, Alpha Dronox are noted for their extreme, brutal strength, using electro Bayonets to stab or even using back hands to fling targets away. Many are modified to carry Plasma Shotguns into battle, as well as anti-vehicle grenades. Commanders are large, powerful warriors, capable swordsmen and leaders, given more independence then most. Their weapons are modified further, and they are uploaded with bloodthirsty, eager personalities, eager to kill for their masters. Commanders are further modified into another series known as the Centurion, who are charged with special forces operations that most other servants could not carry out.


 * Insectrox - Insectrox are another assimilated race, again, having served for so long, they can barely remember their old existence or past, again, genetically modified with an independent mind-set, tempered by loyalty. Despite this, Insectrox intelligence is bestial at best, barely above most predatory animals. However, the Collective carries little, sending them into the battlefield to hack up their foes, as Dronox fire away at the enemy. The Smaller Mites are sent scuttling in massive numbers ahead of the main force, carrying bombs and explosive devices towards the foe in the hopes of taking as many with them as possible. These creatures also come armed with a system of nano swarms they can use to send at the foes to tear their flesh apart, or assimilate them in total.


 * Assimilated Races - Assimilated races are all sorts of beings brought into the fold of the collective. They are usually made up of those that gave into the Collective invasion into their territory, and where rewarded with being given cybernetic implants and genetic modification to ensure their loyalty. Unlike with most other assimilated in similar groups, these beings maintain their personality, but edited to be more loyal to the Collective in battle. The Cybernetic armor they receive is not as well made as the other forces, but can still shrug off most punishment and injury to their form. Other assimilated are commonly truer to the word, being slaves who have had their personality scrubbed away to perform as canon fodder. These criminals and scum are sent right into the meat grinder, while the other assimilated keep their distance and gun down their enemies with their rifles and other tools of destruction.


 * Battle Drones - Battle Drones are enhanced Assimilated, and the prototype to the Necrox forces. Formed with most of the skin and muscle being replaced with robotics and cybernetics, these units are made up of "volunteers" whose minds took particularly well to assimilation and their new loyalty to the Grox, gladly giving up much of their organic matter to become enhanced shock troopers. These units are sent into heavy fire to absorb the gun fire usually directed at other units, well using their wrist mounted weapons to deliver punishing rounds of plasma and missile fire in return. Yet, without these weapons, they are still fearsome, able to deliver bone crushing injuries when enemies close upon them. These drones have had much of their personality repressed, only having a drive to succeed and do well, so, when they move up, they will have a chance to move up, and reclaim their lost memories once more.


 * Necrox - The Necrox are largely seen as the pinnacle of advancement under the Alpha Cyber Collective. Originally made up Battle Drones that originated from the Multus Esse Race, known as the Ne'kron, the Necrox came into being when the Meeno Grox began experimenting with the suits given. Even after the Alpha entered into their tomb worlds to hibernate, the Meeno continued with their experiments, hopeing to finally perfect the bodies into a form that could kill with the cruelest, swiftest force. Necrox are this, silent as the grave, their souls unable to escape their infernal prison, their minds locked with strict programming locks, and their rage towards those who betrayed them, and those they betrayed channeled at their foes, blaming both their old comrades in the Multus, and their traitorous creations for the blight they find themselves in. This anger is channeled in the arcane radioactive weaponry they yield, flensing flesh and irradiating bone as they fire, even vehicles unsafe from their flensing fire.


 * Kashriinox - The Kashriinox were an experiment created by the Alpha, the Meeno and the Bachyeon to recreate Kashii'Rishas, the creator of the Alpha and the Bachyeon. After the Kashriinox Collective was destroyed at the end of the Enlightenment War, the Kashriinox became part of the Cyber Collective, the Bachyeon Hivemind and the Meta Empire. Their abilities are powerful, and they use a variety of weapons and powerful psychic abilities to blast through foes. Kashriinox are rather rare now adays, but still effective servants.


 * Alpha Goorkiens - Goorkiens where powerfull beasts who where very honuorable. Hunted by many races for slaves, Alpha Grox wanted an effective unit to be heavy soldiers, having mutated them into powerful shock troops. Alpha Goorkiens do not resemble their simian appearance back on their homeworld, largely none hairless and reptilian in appearance, and armed with bone crushing muscle, and massive claws to smash through enemy infantry. Alpha Goorkiens mostly deploy with Conqrix, used to absorb fire, and blast through infantry squads.


 * Alpha Marinox - Most Marinox are descendants of the Marinar, a vile group of amphibians native to Draka. However, these brutes share only 2% biologic similarity. The reason? These creatures are a totally new creation, only share some resemblance of the original Marinox, and being totally un-related to them. They have much more personality, though this means they are more determined to prove themselves to their masters, and not show weakness. Cybernetically enhanced, their already impressive strength makes them almost un-matched in ruthlessness and power. They are ingenious, designing new weapons and drone-types for the Alpha.


 * Alpha Grox Followers - Lead by the Alpha Prophet and the High prophet of Perfection, these Followers worship the Alpha Grox and want to make the universe perfect. They feel that only service to the Alpha Grox can make the universe perfect.

Navy
Fleet of Perfection

Unlike most races, the Collective's military doctrine centers less on star-fleet domination, and more on simply getting their fleet above a planet, and landing as many forces as they can, while special walkers beam up materials and resources to the ships for processing. Despite focusing on swarming the enemy, they can be quite dangerous, as they are not only near-numberless, but can be quite powerful on their own.

Collective fleets seemingly gain more power as they process and absorb new technologies and materials in their quest to consume everything.

Species
"Species" is a rather loose term for the Cyber Collective. All are technically Grox, and all serve their purpose in the grand scheme of things and act in certain ways with the regulating of Collective space and material harvesting operations. All can trace their origins to the original Alpha-class that began the Collective, and all came about somehow through the manipulations and twisting of flesh from their Eternal-Mind master. All are largely considered equal, though those of the Overseer and Underseer class hold more value, no matter their species of origin. Alpha-Class Grox= Alpha-class Grox are the Grox individuals who bear the favor of being born of the original progenitor Grox. Having the most power and influence within the Grox, and the highest chance of rising to Underseer position, Alpha Grox have absolute control over the Collective, mostly due to the influence of the Overseers. Indeed, without the Overseers, there would not be much difference between these Grox, and the normal kind. Alpha are notable for possibly being even more aggressive and savage towards outsiders, having the innate need to torture and destroy their foes in a number of cruel and sadistic ways.
 * Name - 
 * Government - Monarchy (Ruled by Evermind)
 * Class - Type 2D (Class 6)
 * Alignment - Chaotic Evil

Alpha-class members fill all roles in society, acting in the Glyph Caste, as labor attendants and workers, as well as overseeing the processing of materials for use in the fleets, and the assimilation of victims into the Collective. Many serve in the Conductor Caste, acting as communications officers and using telepathic abilities to guide their soldiers in war. The Underseers are the next caste, a group active in the governing and extending of the Collective's influence, acting as planetary governors, representatives, and military leaders. The highest group are the Overseers, completely made up of Alpha-Class, and leaders of the entire Collective, under the Eternal Mind.

The Alpha-Class are notable for their advanced level of cybernetic enhancement, their entire bodies coated in cybernetic armor over their atrophied gray forms, and further integrated into their bodies then any other Grox, with the possible exception of those in Borealis. Alpha are naturally psychic in power, and can use these in a variety of ways. While the standard Grox could never hope to match up to others, only his abilities to mentally contact others and guide work forces, the Overseers have developed and worked their abilities to the point of near-clairvoyance.

The Alpha-class are capable of reproducing outside of cloning, which came about from the race's general paranoia that relying on Cloning too much would destroy and weaken their species bloodlines over time. Reproduction outside of Caste is considered appalling, and Overseers are born sterile.

Beta-class Grox= The Beta-class were the first creations of the Eternal-Mind, and his first experiments regarded the innate telepathic nature of many of his kinsmen. The Beta-class would come about from the Eternal Mind's experiments reaching their apotheosis, and were the first to be brought into the fold. Their mental powers far outstrip those of the other Grox, though their psychical forms are even weaker then those of their kinsmen. They are found mostly in the Conductor and Underseer Castes.
 * Name - Beta Grox
 * Government - Collective Mine
 * Class - Unknown
 * Alignment - True Neutral

Beta-class Grox are most commonly Conductors, using their abilities to communicate over long distances with their peers in the Caste and with other forces loyal to the Collective, using their abilities to plan out the deployment and logistics of their forces in battle. While not as common, many still serve as Underseers, developing their abilities to further their military careers in mining operations. Beta-Class Underseers are regulating heavily, as even a low ranking Underseert of their Class can come to threaten the powers of the Overseers. Many are regulated to Remote mining operations and lesser careers then their peers in other classes.

The Beta Class are aloof and separate from many others, resulting in many not understanding them and find them the most eerie of the Grox Classes. The Beta do not communicate often with others, especially those of other Castes, only answering questions of their superiors, and giving reports, but shunning all contact. They are rarer still as "Diplomats", usually only used so they can use their abilities to guide weaker races into "joining" them.

Gamma-Class Grox= The Gamma Grox where Meeno Grox, mutated by radiation. Even more warlike than the others, they are always up to reduse a new empire into ashes. The Gamma Grox believe that the only way to pefection is the extermination of all non-Groxic races.
 * Name - Gamma grox
 * Government - Monarcy (Previousely anarchy)
 * Class - Type 4D (Class 4)
 * Alignment - Chaotic Evil

Episolon-class Grox= The Episolon Grox are a mutated Insectiod race, with the ability to use a dead Creature skin to disguise themselfs. They also seek perfection, Which the called "The Peace". Enemies of the pease will be exterminated.
 * Name - 
 * Government - Monarcy (Ruled by Episolon Queen)
 * Class - Type 4D (Class 4)
 * Alignment - Lawful Evil

Zeta-class Grox= The Zeta Grox are the first grox to join and extremely sneaky and deceptive. Dedicated toward defeating and taking the Nice, hsotpitable Ugandalore for themselfs, they are an angry people indeed.
 * Name - 
 * Government - Xenocracy
 * Class - Type 4D (Class 4)
 * Alignment - Lawful Evil

Iota-class Grox= The Iota Grox Mutated into Ape like Creatures on their planet. They retain many Grox Weapons. Their most important feature is they have constructed a massive machine Called simply, "The Mecha". Armed with several Missles,Eye lasers, a Chest Electrco Curret, and Thermo-Nuclear Shields. With this Machine they have created a small but effective Empire, and are ruled by their king, Emperor BotacCarsis.
 * Name - 
 * Goverment - Monarchy
 * Class - Type 5D (Class 4)
 * Alignment - Neutral Evil

Theta-class Grox= The Theta Grox are cousins of the Omega Grox, and are their failed experiments. Put on a planet called the asylum, they created a small empire, that while it did do good thing at times, also destroyed many empires for small reasons. They joined the collective, because their leader, "was bored with other races." Lambda-class Grox= The Lambda are a unique Grox, being all female. they are power hungry and where the second largest of the grox Variations, not counting The Alpha Groxand the Meeno Grox, and where second to the Zeta Grox. Instead of Asimilating creatures, they turn them into Slug-like Creatures and putting their brains into robotic suits of armour. Omicron Grox= Rho Grox= Sigma Grox= Viscous, savage, and animalistic the Sigma Grox are one of the most foul species of Grox in the Collective. These flexible, reptilian beings crawl low along the ground with a smooth, slithering pace. They have a mechanical skeleton and patch work mechanical exoskeleton form which their blackened, flayed, partially rotted skin and flesh shows through. They are divided into a hierarchy of three types. Type one can have four extra, three meter arms from their back that can connect to their foes nervous system to turn them into meat puppets that the Grox controls and can kill if they wish. Type two also have the extra arms, but can send out a long range scan to seize control, however this can be more easily disrupted. Type three have all the abilities of the other two but can transfer their conscious into another upon death. They have a hierarchy from which Type Three are at the top with Type Two at the bottom. They can replicated themselves via a grey goo that is actually a mass of nano bots that they regurgitate into their enemies mouth, the nano bots then begin to consume their host as they replicate eventually devouring it completely and forming a new Sigma Grox. The Sigma Grox are mentally enslaved to the Collective, but instead of being resentful, they love it actually almost worshiping their masters. Tau Grox= Meeno Grox= The Meeno Grox were once the Meta Grox of the Mirus galaxy. They are longtime allies of the Alpha. After some of them were send from Mirus to Ramvelkys, with the order to colonize it, they learned to control Lava and Heat.
 * Name - 
 * Goverment - Unknown
 * class - Class 3
 * Alignment - Chaotic Neutral
 * Name - 
 * Goverment - Monarchy
 * Class - Type 5D (Class 4)
 * Alignment - Lawfull Evil
 * Name - Sigma Grox
 * Government - Hierarchy
 * Class - Unknown
 * Alignment - Chaotic Evil
 * Name - Meeno Grox
 * Government - Monarcy
 * Class - Type 2D (Class 6)
 * Alignment - Chaotic Evil

Meta and Other Grox= Meta and various other Grox have joined the Cyber Collective in hopes of regaining their lost glory. While mostly Meta and Rebel Grox, various others have joined, as well as their Conqrix and Marinox and Followers. These beings have a small role, but still help support the Alpha Military. They are slowly growing in number.
 * Name - Varies
 * Goverment - Varies
 * class - varies
 * Alignment - Neutral Evil

Individuals
"My extensions...Will Conqouer all in my path!"

- The Alpha Grox Eternal-mind

The Advocacy
The Advocacy The Advocacy is a council of Overseers, Underseers, Reapers, Harbingers, and various others who control the Collective in the Eternal Mind's name. They guide the fields of military, science, religion (at times), and expansion of the Collective.

Captains
Captains The Collective has thousands of Captains, hundreds of Underseers, and an elite council of Overseers to command Alpha Forces in combat, and rule the Collective outside of war.

The Endless
The Endless are specially designed champions and warriors, bred from superior Dronox specimens and created to be more intelligent, strong, and independent in battle. The result are Dronox Commanders considered "Endless" in their life and devotion. In fact, even when killed, the Collective still hotwires their brains onto a mobile siege platform to continue their service.
 * The Endless

Tezi'kar
The Tezi'kar

Tech
Collective is an extremely advanaced Race, always assimilating races and imporving their technology. Combining their tech they created an Artifical Galaxy, aritifcal worlds, and have captured as much Technology as they could.

assimilation is painfull and infamous among even empires that the Alpha have yet to make.

Collective Space

 * Astrology

The Collective's main base is a mid-sized, artifial galaxy near Mirus, but they also hold large regions of space in the outer-rim of the Milky Way and Mirus, and, through the Meeno, the Core of Mirus. They also are setting up start-up bases in the Phradox, to prepare it for another glorious Apocalypse.

They seek to expand into other galaxies, and even are extending their reach into other dimensions.

No universe can escape the purification.

Relations
See here for a look at their relations. The Collective, while it may seem violent and aggressive towards non-cyborgs, enjoys a vast sphere of influence, whether for the good or ill, with other races.

Allies
Join us = Eternal perfection awaits.
 * Meta Grox of the Mirus Galaxy (Meeno Grox Empire) - Assimilation = Complete.
 * Necrox - Impressive ≈ Our prized warriors.
 * Lavatuft Assimilants - = Pawns.
 * New Dead Watch - = Pawns. Broken.
 * Hermicee Assimilants - Usefulness = Between pawns and cannon fodder.
 * Grox Hiver Collective - Survivors = Welcome.
 * Bachyeon Empire - Brothers ≈ Strong and worthy.
 * Bio-Morphlings - Brothers ≈ Twisted and amusing.
 * Iron Skulls - Your creed obeys us = We will make you one with the machine.
 * Other Traitor Chapters - All Olympians = Fall before the abyss.

Neutral
Surrender/Run!
 * Grox Meta Empire - If only...
 * Andromedan Grox Empire - We ≉ Superior at dying like you.
 * Borealis Grox Empire - You ≠ Ascended. You = Succumbed.
 * Nexus Grox Empire - Perfection in nothing = Foolish.
 * Kraw Grox - Democracy ≌ Weak. Collective ≠ Weak.
 * Rebel Grox - You = Defective. Bow before us.
 * Tarmealox Hierarchy - We ≈ aware of your plans. Cease.
 * Criii - Make deep, wide gnaws into the flesh of our foes = Where our cybernetics can be added.
 * Attzerry Cultists - = Cannon fodder.
 * - Oh, we ≈ See.
 * The 'Ascending' - = Attacked us. Mekkan = now want alliance. Deceit = Possibility.
 * - We = observe. Exterminate = If needed.

Enemies
Opposition = irrelevant.
 * Omega Grox - Any remnants = Will be welcomed back.
 * Phradox Grox Empire - You = To the processors!
 * Phradox Grox Followers - More rebels = More resources.
 * Unified Alliance of Enlightenment - We = The only true enlightened.
 * Multus Esse - We = Cast down the gods.
 * Waptoria Alliance of Species - Organic evolution ≌ Weak.
 * Unified Federation of Glory - You = To fall. All ≌ Falls in the end.
 * Mendel Pact - You ≠ Destined to defeat us.
 * Volver Empire - You ≠ Perfect. Collective = Perfect.
 * Mirusian Theocratic Congregation - You = unite. ≠ Unlike us, you ≌ Weak.
 * Zarbania Powers - You = Fall like any other.
 * Brotherhood of Darklings - You = Powerful. We shall retreat = For now.

Afraid of
Enemy too strong to destroy = Tactical withdrawal!
 * United Lanat Empire - Allow claims on the core. Do not engage. Subserve if need be. Our survival = Our priority.
 * Neraida gigmatrix - The Emperor = Ours. OURS!

Quotes from others

 * Add your own!

"As if they wheren't hard enough to deal with. Now they have friends. We should defiantly form A unified nations type thing to deal with this."

- Barda Clett

"Beware the Alpha Cyber Collective, for they are not like other Grox. That the Alpha even know the value of diplomacy makes them all the more frightening, for they will not use it for the sake of peace - only to feign subservience and then strike when one's guard is down."

- Official Waptoria Alliance of Species assessment

"Analysis: Grox copies. Threat Level: Considerable. Conclusion: Assimilation is insufficient. Exterminate."

- Phradox Grox

"I will tell you why we are enemies. We are physically fit beings who use cybernetics to stay fit, stay superior. You are weak, decrepit creatures who foolishly believe that you can make yourselves superior with cybernetics. You are wrong, and you will find that out in time."

- Dread of the

"While we may both be allies of the Saucerian Singularity, my kind still does not trust you. Stay out of our way if you don't want another Pseudopath-given asskicking again."

- Krill of Níl An Tsíocháin Inghlactha

"It was not revealed until now that you are a possible ally, the Ascending asks for forgiveness and possible alliance."

- Collector of the Ascending

"I see a future alliance with You, but first, would you like some of our weaponry or other technologies?"

- Messenger from the Dominion

"Run away, little cyborgs. Your core belongs to me now."

Trivia

 * The Alpha Cyber Collective was mainly based off The Hierarchy from Universe at War.
 * Theme - Universe at War - Opening theme