SporeWiki:Fiction Universe/Fanfiction empires

Fanfic empires, are civilizations used from other science fiction, such as Star Trek. Due to their popularity, it is not uncommon to find them on the Sporepedia or even mentioned on the wiki itself.

= Usage in the universe = However, while there is nothing wrong with fanfiction, these empires should not be used widely in the fiction universe. References and minor fiction is okay, but inclusions in major wars other than the Imperial Civil War (and possibly others where users have agreed to make them) is not allowed. This page is about empires that already exist on the wiki, and there must be some discussion before adding a new one from now on. In general, fanfic empires should not be treated more importantly than SporeWiki ones.

= List of empires = This is a list of the sci-fi empires that have already appeared in the SporeWiki fiction universe, for future reference.

"Transapients"

 * Original fiction: Xeelee Sequence, Star Trek
 * Location: Milky Way Galaxy, presumably multiversal
 * Status: Thriving
 * Tier level: 0
 * Notable for: Creation of universes, manipulation over entire galactic clusters, incomprehensible technology

In-universe:

Known by many names, such as the "Xeelee" and the "Q", and possibly even composed of many species, "transapient" societies are almost incomprehensible to other civilisations even in Tier 1. They are practically - if not literally - gods. They have very little interaction with other species. The Xeelee, are hyper-powerful species, who evolved before the matter, and are composed out of spacetime defects and condensed quark-gluon plasma. They are the High "Baryonic Lords", their technology so advanced and "different" even broken technology is sort after. The Xeelee barely interact with any species, as they are too concerned in fighting the Photino Birds, a "Truly Alien" race of dark matter creatures, which use gravitational mass shadows of stars as breeding grounds. However, they are speeding up the death of stars in the universe. Other "Transapients" may exist, as giant AI's who can utilize the power of entire galaxies (possibly universes?), or even intergrated into spacetime itself, with each star being a "node" or Matrioshka brain.

Out-of-universe:

The Transapients (not to be confused with other "Tier 0" empires) have understandably done little (or, at least, done little that is obviously their work) in the SporeWiki universe, and the few things the have done do not seem to have directly influenced any major events in the universe's history. What they have done is mostly the work of Wormulon (for the Xeelee) and The Randomness (for the Q); other users have generally left them alone.

First Ones

 * Original fiction: Babylon 5, Stargate, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Halo, Culture series
 * Location: Unknown, originally the Milky Way Galaxy
 * Status: Most have either ascended or left for elsewhere in the universe
 * Tier level: 1
 * Notable for: Stargates and ancient relics, massive megastructures, development of technologies, seeding the universe, dimensional enginnering

In-universe:

The "First Ones" (also known as the "Precursors", "Ancients", "Celestials" and "Forerunners") are composed of many ancient civilisations, maybe millions or billions of years old, who considered it their duty to look after the "younger races" of the Milky Way (although each with different goals). They are notable for their mysterious technologies and understanding.

They include the Vorlons, Walkers of Sigma-957, Shadows, Alterans, Asgard, "Sphere Builders", "Time Lords", and the "Culture". Remarkably, the majority of these seem to be near-Human species, despite the fact that Humanity only evolved within the past few million years. The reasons for this are unknown, and the theories are various, from mere covergent evolution to there being some sort of relation between the two groups.

During the Imperial Civil War, the First Ones fought their last known battles and left the care of the Milky Way to the Delpha Coalition of Planets.

Out-of-universe:

The First Ones were one of many civilisations that Wormulon decided to be on the Milky Way political division "sci-fi empires" map, and by his insistence were also included in the Imperial Civil War.

Precursors (Ottsels)

 * Original fiction: Jak & Daxter
 * Location: Another universe in the reality, although several are visiting the Ottzello Galaxy
 * Status: Currently building a galaxy here and collaborating with the Taldar, also still at war with the Dark Makers
 * Tier level: 0
 * Notable for: Artefacts, creation of Eco

In-universe:

The Precursors are an ancient race that created a universe and a powerful energy, Eco. They are, in fact, fuzzy orange rats which are combinations of an Otter and a Weasel, known as an Ottsel. They "fluffed up the myth, a bit" to prevent people from knowing this, feeling that if anyone knew of their true form, they couldn't run the universe. They speaked through artefacts like the Oracle or through holograms. They went to war with the Dark Makers, Precurosrs with a prolonged exposure to Dark Eco, and for a long time the Precursors were on the losing side. Then Jak and his sidekick, Daxter, saved their planet from destruction against the Dark Makers, turning the tides of war. Jak was offered to join them, but he refused, saying merely:

"I couldn't leave ya, Dax. With all the adventures we'll have, you wouldn't last a second without me."

- Jak

Several Precursor Artifacts have been spotted in a galaxy close to Ottzello. These were mistaken for Taldar artifacts, although they were't indestructible, and ran on Eco rather than Gyronic. It is believed the Precursors arer building a universe, although this is unknown as of yet. Taldar databases mention Ottsels in them.

Out-of-universe:

An Ottsel creature was created by Technobliterator (who is a huge Jak & Daxter fan), and another was made by Sporesauce 95.

Various interstellar races

 * Original fiction: Star Trek, Babylon 5, Stargate
 * Location: Mostly the Milky Way Galaxy
 * Status: Thriving as the Human Republic
 * Tier level: Tier 5 to 3
 * Notable for: Various wars, galactic history and various technologies

In-universe:

Humans are one of the most influential species in the Milky Way, along with the Grimbolsaurians who lead the DCP. Although once seperated into dozens of subspecies with their own rivaling empires, recently - mostly due to the interference of the Tokzhalan Empire - most of the Human and "near-Human" nations in the galaxy have merged into the Human Republic. Before this unification, there were many empires* mostly in Tier 5 and 4 across the galaxy (some tier 3), which ranged wildly in culture and technology. Some looked less human, however, their DNA structures were very similar, the flora and fauna from their homeworlds also were similar in appearence to Earth's biosphere. Eventually, it was discovered that an ancient race of "First Ones" known as the Preservers seeded their DNA on some planets, so for the more "alien" humanoids, such as Andorians actually had their origins with the Preservers (but are ultimatly related). But the mammalian humanoids, all descended from humankind. Certain alien races, such as the Goa'uld enslaved early humans and brought them through the Stargates to settle on other planets. Not all aliens were so cruel, the Asgard preserved some humans and the Ancients (possibly the Celestials) also interbred with humans and spread them throughout the stars. On some of the harsher worlds, humans (who are very adaptable) evolved into subspecies, such as Klingons, or were genetically modified by enslaving empires (like the Jaffa). * Homo sapiens, Posthumans, Neanderthals, Klingons, Jaffa, Cybermen, Vulcans/Romulans, UFP races, Gorn, Talarians, Ferengi, Cardassians, Breen, Andorians, Minbari, Kazon, Viidian, Swarm, Krenim, Malon, Hierachy, B'omar and Hirogen.

Out-of-universe:

Humans are, obviously, based on the real-life species, with their society hundreds of years in the future (specifically, around 700 years) compared to that of 21st century Earth. Although the addition of most of the near-Human species was, again, Wormulon's idea, the Borg Collective were already part of SporeWiki canon by the time the Milky Way political division maps were created, which implied that near-Human species already existed in the Borg's area of the galaxy. From there, is was no stretch to imagine more of them elsewhere, and from then on the Imperial Civil War caused most of them to merge into the Human Republic.

Because of their being part of the Human Republic, most near-Humans should no longer count as being sci-fi empires since they will no longer be considered as seperate species.

Galactic Empire

 * Original fiction: Star Wars
 * Location: Unknown, a galaxy far, far away from the rest of our fiction
 * Status: Unknown
 * Tier level: 1
 * Notable for: Galactic Empire, large space stations and ships, megastructures (artificial planets and Dyson rings) and superweapons

In-universe:

The "Galactic Empire", according to DCP intelligence, controls a large empire in another galaxy (it's unknown exactly which galaxy this is), incorporating millions of systems and members. They had great constructive abilities such as building megastructures and had large superweapons. They apparently had colonies in a remote part of the Milky Way, but abandoned them after several wars caused the galaxy to fall into chaos. It's possible that they ran into trouble elsewhere in the universe, which also gave their military forces a good reason to leave. Prior to this, the DCP was wary of the empire, because they were militertistic and shared little contact, it is unknown whether they were planning on an invasion.

Like the First Ones, it is unknown how the Galactic Empire's main species resembles Humanity so much. However, unlike the First Ones, the Galactic Empire's species has only existed for a few hundred thousand years, which means that they could possibly be related to Humans who were (for example) taken away from their homeworld and transplanted in another galaxy.

Out-of-universe:

Another one of Wormulon's suggestions, the Galactic Empire have not yet done anything except leave the Milky Way during the New Grox Wars.

Borg Collective

 * Original fiction: Star Trek
 * Location: Milky Way Galaxy
 * Status: Weak, less than a hundred systems and a few thousand ships
 * Tier level: 2
 * Notable for: Assimilation, adapation, transwarp hub, time travel, spatial flexures

In-universe:

The Borg Collective are a hive mind, made up of trillions of cyborg near-Humans (and a multitude of other species), obsessed with reaching perfection by assimilating all other species and technologies that they encounter. They were also a target of the Tokzhalan Empire, and were reduced to a few dozen systems during the Imperial Civil War. However, they are extremely adapatable, and since their space has been ignored, it likely that they will be recovering quickly. The Borg almost never create, however, they have assimilated various advanced technologies, even transwarp hub megastructures, time travel and the ability to open spatial flexures to transdimensional realms. Before their near-extinction, it was believed that they controlled over 100,000 systems, each densely populated.

The Borg have had conflicts with the DCP in its history, the Borg invaded several times, taking systems and fleets, in the end the DCP alerted the Borg's attention of the Grox, whom they diverted their attack. Since the, the DCP has become far more advanced, exceeding even the Borg. It is unknown what would happen if these two superpowers fought again, but the Borg's adapatability and resources still makes them a major threat.

Out-of-universe:

This was one of the first sci-fi empires to be part of SporeWiki fiction, having been created in Spore by Wormulon and becoming part of the history of the Delpha Coalition of Planets. However, The Randomness has also referenced them in his fiction.

Goa'uld

 * Original fiction: Stargate
 * Location: Milky Way Galaxy
 * Status: Under attack by the Grox Empire, almost extinct
 * Tier level: 3
 * Notable for: Posing as gods

In-universe:

The Goa'uld are the leaders of a large empire mostly composed as "Jaffa" near-Human slaves. The Goa'uld themselves are apparently intelligent, parasetic worms that take over a Human host's mind and make it a subservient member of the Goa'uld Empire. Most civilisations, however, simply believe them to be a rogue Human empire. Most of the Goa'uld System Lords were not united, and were defeated several hundred years before, but a few hide in the shadows. Not all are evil, the Tokra, are "good", and live as symbionts as part of the Human Republic.

They attracted the wrath of the Grox Empire towards the beginning of the New Grox Wars.

Out-of-universe:

Yet another of Wormulon's additions. The Goa'uld have done little in the Imperial Civil War except fight the Grox and have some of their technology stolen by the Tokzhalan Empire.

"Alien Empires"
These are empires who do not share origins and are unrelated to humanity. They are less common, as they were not spread to stars so much in their early history. Their goals, biology, technology, society and culture is very different. They have evolved differently and advanced differently. Some critisize humanity for "humanising" the universe.

Dalek Empire

 * Original fiction: Doctor Who
 * Location: Universal, but only known bases are in the Milky Way Galaxy
 * Status: Thriving
 * Tier level: 1
 * Notable for: Time travel, dimensional tech and void ships, DARDIS's, reality bomb, apocalypse element (galactic-wide devastation), "Death Rays"

In-universe:

The Dalek Empire is a vast civilisation, extending across the entire universe, which has the ultimate aim of exterminating all non-Dalek life, as they believe themselves to be the supereme form of life.

Daleks themselves are, essentially, highly-intelligent blobs, which have several long tentacles descending from their main body. For locomotion, the Dalek "mutant" is encased in a "travel machine". The travel machine contains life support, protection from hazardous environmental conditions, high-strength armour, powerful shielding, "death ray" weaponry, and magnetic drive systems, along with dozens of other functions. These allow each Dalek to function as a starfighter in a space battle, as well as being a nigh-indestructable ground soldier (only succumbing to barrages of gunfire, or sufficiently powerful weapons such as antimatter explosives or other "death rays").

Daleks have fought in countless wars, but it seems that these has taken their toll they now occupy only a few galaxies. Due to the War of Ages, it may even be the case that the Dalek Empire now only resides in the Milky Way. Even so, it is still one of the strongest empires in the known universe.

Out-of-universe:

The Daleks fought Richardson72's Vartekians at some point in their history, making them one of the first sci-fi empires to become part of SporeWiki fiction. Since then, Ghelæ and Wormulon have made the only recorded interactions between them and other empires have been during the Imperial Civil War (mostly against other sci-fi empires) and Second Ottzello Galactic War. Although it has not been officially stated that they fought the Xhodocto, it is likely given the circumstances. It has, however, been discussed what would happen if the two fought a war against each other.

Undine/Species 8472

 * Original fiction: Star Trek
 * Location: "Fluidic space"
 * Status: Unknown
 * Tier level: 2/1
 * Notable for: Advanced biotechnology, powerful energy weapons, extradimensional travel

In-universe:

The Undine exist in a location known as "fluidic space", so called because all of the realm that has so far been explored appears to be composed of a vast ocean of liquid biological material, with a few planets that are analogous to coral reefs. Undine technology might make use of creatures native to fluidic space - their spaceships appear to be biological, for example. It is unknown whether fluidic space is a region in another galaxy, in an intergalactic rift somewhere, or whether it is even an entire seperate universe. Since all currently attempted methods of faster-than-light travel do not work in fluidic space, is it impossible to tell based on current evidence alone. Fluidic space has so far only been accessed by artificial wormholes in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Little is known about the Undine, but they seem to share a similar mentality to the Daleks. Their few attempted invasions of the Milky Way have been repelled, but these were only small fleets and some fear that they may have a vast fleet waiting in fluidic space, preparing for a full-scale war. Alternatively, they may be weaker than they appear, relying on high-powered weaponry in hit-and-run attacks rather than using large military forces in fleet warfare.

Physiologically, the Undine are three-metre tall tripedal creatures. They are extemely strong, rivalling epic creatures in strength, and also have greater flexibility, speed and stamina than most other species. Undine skin is incredibly tough and airtight, and they do not need to breathe, which means that they can survive even in the vacuum of space. They are also gifted with a multitude of psychic powers. Undine also have biological systems that render advanced technology worthless. The most notable example is their immune system, which is capable of destroying almost any foreign body, including micron-scale nanotechnology (most complex nanobots). It is possible that their extraordinary physical abilities are actually the result of genetic modification and other biotechnology, being the equivalent of the cybernetics used by most other species.

Out-of-universe:

The Undine were mentioned by The Randomness as having fought some battles against the Salsetthe Republic.

Dominion

 * Original fiction: Star Trek
 * Location: Milky Way Galaxy
 * Status: Collapsing under civil war, almost extinct
 * Tier level: 3
 * Notable for: Large warships, polaron weapons, shapeshifters

In-universe:

The Dominion is an empire of various races conquered by a species of shapeshifting organisms. The Daleks eventually triggered a civil war between them, and the Shadows (one of the First Ones) joined the war on the opposing side in order to keep the conflict "fair".

Out-of-universe:

The Dominion's presence in SporeWiki fiction is ultimately, like the Transapients, the result of discussions between Wormulon and The Randomness.

Covenant

 * Original fiction: Halo
 * Status: EXTINCT 
 * Tier level: 3
 * Notable for: Powerful planet glassers

In-universe:

The Covenant was a militaristic alliance of races united by religious dogma. They had caused trouble to a few empires in their region of the Milky Way Galaxy, but were eventually exterminated by the Daleks.

Out-of-universe:

The Covenant were first mentioned by BNSCLeader as once having been an enemy of the Bearian Nations Space Command. The Covenant have been mentioned in Liquid Ink's Izalga's Journey. One of Um2k9's fiction, the Cognatus Alliance, was based on the Covenant, so there was no need for any imported sci-fi empire that fulfilled the same role but was ultimately less of a threat. Because of this, they were removed from the SporeWiki universe by a single sentence on the Imperial Civil War page, to be forgotten by most of the universe.

Tholian Assembly

 * Original fiction: Star Trek
 * Status: Unknown
 * Tier level: Unknown
 * Notable for: Webs of energy, crystalline ships, Tholian silk

In-universe:

The Tholians are a small, but very advanced species who have a secretive empire outside the Human Republic in the Alpha Quadrant. Silicon based, they live in temperatures as high as 600°C. Known for their xenophobia, they rarely leave their space to interact with other empires. Most of their technology is very different, being able to operate on high internal temperatures and the cold external temperatures of outerspace. What is known is that they are crystalline based, and are able to create webs of energy to ensnare ships that enter their space.

Out-of-universe:

So far, they are only mentioned on the map, and in Truly Alien/9.