Fiction:Valian Empire/Technology

Like their society and culture, Volanti technology has undergone tens of thousands of years of refinement, culminating in remarkably advanced and sometimes unique technological advancements.

Energy Sources
Most, if not all, of Valian technology is powered through the use of Pulsar-based energy, the dominant power-source for most of the galaxy. Pulsars, sub-elementary nano-particles endemic to Rohse and its close surroundings, are easily adaptable, cheap to process and manufacture, and count with a lengthy lifespan lasting anything from centuries (the weaker pulsar cores) to tens of millenia. Their immense benefits,

In its earliest years, Volanti civilizations harnessed spatial plasma, harvested from nebulae, and

Genetic Enhancement
A significant aspect of not only the Volanti's technology but their culture and doctrine as well is the alteration and "enhancement" of creatures and species from all across the galaxy- earning them a somewhat-dark reputation as "gene meddlers". For the Valian people, changing the nature of other beings more to resemble their own is a quest central to their values. With the arrival of better genetic harvesting and advancements in the cloning sector, they were able to extract a sequence of genes called the Strand from the only other living species of their lost home-world of Nol Aris: the Valian Rose. The effects of this were felt on a galactic scale: gene twining, the process of infusing a host organism with the Strand genes of the Valian rose, made it possible for the Volanti to engineer whole new sets of taxons, related, and thus inherently better according to their beliefs, to themselves and to the Mothermoon, Nol Aris. Volanti-inhabitted planets are since populated solely by Strand-infused fauna, their trees and forests also augmented with the ancient genetic data.

But the advent of this technology also brought more serious consequences: by forcing gene-twining upon other, sentient alien species, the Valian Empire has been able to transform not just planets but other races on a cellular level. The resulting creatures are often made to be mindless beasts or submissive workers known as Tributes, replacing the original populations of independent planets with their own creations. The Volanti's methods have gathered fear and criticism from more than one outspoken planet, but they remain unchanged and a key feature of imperial civilization.