Fiction:Da'lan

"You have encountered the Da'lan. Flee or face immediate annihilation."

- Da'lan

The Da'lan are the digital messengers of the Vi'Navitum, created by them for a special purpose. They are a highly intelligent race and immensely powerful because of their self awareness and their allegiance to the Vi'Navitum.

History
"The Da'lan are as scary as the Xhodocto, as hard to catch. But they're destroyable."

- Unknown

The Da'lan were created by the Vi'Navitum many quadrillions of years ago to serve as the eyes and ears of the Vi'Navitum while they were in an Exo-Dimensional War with the Xhodocto. The Da'lan also served as universal mediators as well as digital judgement system for it. They became aware of themselves and realised that they were far more powerful than they initially thought, and began to use force on the 'mortal' world for their benefits.

The Da'lan would soon learn that the universe would not come to like them. They often shown their power against those who tried to destroyed them or overtake them as a being. The Da'lan worked manipulating series of city sized disks to move across the universe, which many races came to know as a terrifying presence. Unfortunately for the Da'lan, their disks became increasingly easier to break. So the Da'lan began to overtake other races as their hosts, to hide themselves well. This plan also failed as the Da'lan stayed in an alien for too long to go unnoticed.

When other races found out that the Da'lan are digital life, many powerful races begun to wage war against the Da'lan. They assumed another form as planet wide disks and eradicated life in numerous galaxies to maintain balance. They did it numerous times over the ages that they were existent. However their balancing came to an end when the Xhodocto destroyed most of their 'species' along with the Vi'Navitum. They went into hiding again and took form of numerous diffferent individuals to stay away from the Xhodocto. Some say that they are still doing this.

Recent Times
They were resurrected by the Vi'Navitum after they returned to this universe to fight the Xhodocto and defeat them. They now serve in other universes as disguised artifical intelligences to propagate and mediate universes. They have been located by the Xhodocto and now face another massive war.

Biology
"The Da'lan are Digital. Unlike your physical fleshy body awaiting immediate annihilation we cannot die until killed. Now leave."

- Da'lan to a random alien

The Da'lan are noted to be one of the rarest types of life in the universe - Digital Life. They are able to 'download' themselves into machines, or overtake physical beings and then exist as thought. They have been known to 'possess' ships for combat or travelling.

Technology
Though difficult to point out, the Da'lan are technology personified. Being a self aware race of artificial intelligence, able to exist as thought, the Da'lan have existed as pieces of technology as well as creating it for their own. While they had a physical being the Da'lan harnessed similar technologies to the Xhodocto - high powered energy weapons.

While existing as technology they have disguised themselves as many things as well as an ecumenopolis, ringworlds or even other artificial intelligences. They are impossible to catch or detect when they move constantly.