Fiction:Oikoumene



The Thirteenth Tribe are a race of Ultraterrestrial who possess technology and abilities of unimaginable proportions. Often misinterpreted in the First Gigaquadrant as the gods of the Capricornian species, this is untrue, the Thirteenth Tribe are in fact an incredibly advanced civilization that often aids in the advancement of other species. They are known for their interactions with early civilization, but their culture and existence is often considered unknown.

History
The history of the Thirteen Tribes is at best, sketchy. Most of its history is derived from the ancient texts of the civilizations that the Tribe has aided, usually the Tribe is seen as gods to the lesser species that they aid.

Early History
The creation of the Thirteen Tribes is generally unknown, however small pockets of information have survived the test of time, it is known that they themselves believe they are fulfilling a role in the eternal cycle of time.

It is understood that this creation happened an inconceivably long time ago. Some believe that the gods created the tribe as their instruments and others think of them as their successors, nobody knows the full details.The Thirteen Tribes made their home on the mythical and blessed world of Caelestes, a world within the Realms of the Gods, here the Thirteen Tribes prospered and grew to be a highly advanced civilization. It was believed that the Thirteenth Tribe ruled over their twelve more primitive relatives, and could traverse dimensions with ease, aiding all life as they went.

It was during this time that the Thirteenth Tribe constructed the great alliance known as the Atlantica with the Rambo Gods, an alliance that continues to this day.

The Formation of the Apocalypta
It is said in the Ancient Scrolls that the Apocalypta were originally good virtue members of the Thirteenth Tribe, sworn to the advancement and protection of sentient beings and light. Antediluvian was originally the second in command of the Thirteenth Tribe, after the wise and powerful leader, Apol'eus. Over time, Antediluvian began to desire that he be elevated above all the other members of the Tribe, espiecally Apol'eus. He built up a group of loyal followers against Apol'eus, but was captured and sealed in a dimensional prison before he could kill Apol'eus. However, working behind the scenes, his followers released him and began a dreadful civil war within the Tribe.

At first the rebellion was going well, with battles raging beyond the temporal sphere of the universe and within, damaging the very constructs of the universe, however the Thirteenth Tribe decided to use a last resort, not to destroy the Apocalypta (As they became known), but to seal them away, hopefully for eternity. Antediluvian tried to fight until the end, but was sealed away on an unknown planet in the Cyrannus Galaxy. With the absense of the Apocalypta, the universe began to recover, and the Thirteenth Tribe began to rebuild.

Exodus of the Twelve Tribes
The war was long and bloody, and it left Caelestes as a planet of burning ruins, the once great civilization was in crumbles. However, all was not lost, the tribes of Calestes departed for regions unknown, the Twelve tribes of Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn traveled across the stars and eventually discovered the planet of Caprica, where by some extremely small chance, a race of Capricornians evolved, almost identical to the Twelve Tribes.

In order to ensure the continuity of this speices, the Twelve Tribes placed these early Capricornians on the Twelve planets of the system. The Twelve Tribes then crossbred with the native Capricornians (the Libertus) and became lost to history.

However, the Thirteenth Tribe remained united and powerful, and soon ascended to become enlightened beings and overseers of the universe.

Recent History
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the Thirteenth Tribe ruled the galaxy peacefully, with millions of colonized worlds and countless great artifacts across Cyrannus, many of which can be seen today, like the Portal on Caprica and the gigantic Cyrannus ringworld. However, eventually an empire came to challenge this great civilizations rule, the Great Temoin Empire. The war that ensued devastated much of the galaxy, but eventually the Temoin Empire was soundly defeated by the Thirteenth Tribe. They began their search for their twelve lost siblings, for the ancient scrolls spoke of more species of Capricornians, thirteen to be precise, including the Libertus and the Thirteenth Tribe. During their travels across the universe, they encountered all twelve others, but decided to watch them from afar.

During this time, the Thirteenth Tribe aided the development of countless civilizations across the universe, from Cyrannus to the Milky Way.

In modern gigaquadrantic times, the Thirteenth Tribe has been rocked by the return of Antediluvian, and prepares to face him and his dark armies in the Clash of the Gods. When the Xhodocto destroyed the universe, the Thirteenth Tribe saved countless civilizations and galaxies across the universe and beyond, such as the Cyrannus Galaxy, the Kraw Galaxy and others. After the end of the, the Dark Lord once again returned to the front, becoming the leader of the , however, while the Tribe could do little to stop this turn of events, they discovered that neither the Tribe nor the Apocalypta can be fully destroyed without destroying the other. While this gave hope that the Tribe will survive the near omnipotent powers of Antediluvian, it still meant that the Apocalypta are equally vulnerable as the Tribe. How this will effect the Tribe's further actions has yet to be seen.

Known Artifacts
The Thirteenth Tribe has left many monuments, structures and devices scatered across the Cyrannus Galaxy, which is literally teaming with artifacts from the Tribe. However, these artifacts are tough to locate, but can be found if you know where to look...

The Ring
Its true name has not been identified yet, but that doesn't mean it won't one day. It had been overlooled for years, regarded has an uninteresting failed star, however, during the URC's most recent explorations, they discovered that it was in fact an ancient ringworld, a bit less wide that the Styx's orbit around Heron Alpha, the Libertus home system. It was very unusual, it had life brought from Caprica's homeworld, even prehistoric life that had evolved again, and had a small artificial sun in its center, squashed flat. It was made of unusual materials, and is believed to have an interior that has yet to be penetrated. Soon the CAS, Rambo and DCP came to colonize and explore, before the Great war of Cyrannus began, yet, they may not be the only inhabitants...

Caprican Portal
The ancient Caprican Portal was constructed by the Thirteenth Tribe over 124,000 years ago. The reasons for its construction is currently unknown by even the brightest scientists of the gigaquadrantic community, but it is known that the portal holds a deep religious signifigence to the Cognatus Alliance and that a very similar structure was built on the Rambo Capital at around the same time. The portal was discovered during the final days of the Intergalactic War, when the Cognatus began excavating the region, searching for the portal. When the portal activated, the entire Cognatus Armada disappeared and the allied forces celebrated. Today, the portal is of keen interest to the scientific community.

Theories about the portal run wild, from ideas that the Portal holds some sort of protection over the Capricornian group of speices, which explains the Cognatus vanishing, to a type of gateway to the Realms of the Gods, in other words the path of transendence, like the Thirteenth Tribe before them.

Koerbandian Artefact
The Koerbandian Artefact is believed to have been constructed by the Atlantica tens of thousands of years ago on the Rambo Colony of Koerband, a world littered with Atlantica relics. It is currently unknown what this artefact is, but it is believed that it serves as somewhat of a landing pad to a large Thirteenth Tribe ship, buried underneath the planet thousands of years ago. It came to the light of the Gigaquadrantic community in the year 2 ATC, when the CAS discovered it during the Great Cyrannus War.

However, with the help of Admiral Cretacea they prevented the CAS from gaining control over the artefact's vital technologies which would have surely ended the war in the CAS's favour. However, one of the Republic troopers accidentally activated it, alerting someone to its activation...

Leader Apol'eus


The leader of the Thirteenth Tribe is known as Leader Apol'eus, which means the Warrior of the One, displaying his faith in the One God. Apol'eus has existed since time immemorial, being leader even during the time when the Apocalypta split from the Thirteenth Tribe, starting a dreadful civil war. The war's origins came to be, when Antediluvian, the second in command, plotted to kill Apol'eus in order to gain command over the Tribe, however, he was stopped and sealed in a dimensional prison, only to be rescued by his Apocalypta followers.

Angered, Apol'eus attempted to hunt them down and seal them away for eternity. However, the war dragged on, damaging the very foundations of reality until eventually, the Thirteenth Tribe used their combined strenghth to seal away the Apocalypta. Glad that this worked, he led the Tribe to prosperity. However, recently, after Artemis' defeat at the hands of his friend, the Ultimate God of the Rambo he began to feel a dark presence in the universe...

Antediluvian (Former)


Antediluvian was once a great figure of peace and harmony, while being second in command of the tribe itself. However, he grew jealous of the power that was possessed by Apol'eus and attempted to kill him to gain power over the tribe. However, before he could, he was sealed in a dimensional prison by Apol'eus, only to be resued by the nearly formed Apocalypta. A bloody war raged, and Antediluvian was once again sealed away.

However, he was later reawakened by Republic soliders, accidently of course, and began on a plot to return the Apocalypta to power. His first act was to kill Asdras, the messenger of the Tribe, which he succeeded in doing, with his advanced abilities, much more powerful then before. He now embarked on a journey to destroy the Tribe.

The Librarian


The Librarian is a compassionate and wise scientist within the Thirteenth Tribe devoted to cataloging all sentient life in the universe, the Librarian sought to document and index all sentient beings of the universe, and protect them from being corrupted by evil, primarily from the Apocalypta. She was known as the most intelligent being in all the Thirteenth Tribe, and she has a love for all life, it was she that wanted to increase the chances of the Caprican Libertus surviving by placing tribal Libertus on ships that brought them to 11 other nearby worlds for them to settle, these worlds became known as the Twelve Tribes.

During the March of the Apocalypse, Warlord Kilnok was ascended to a higher plane, as a sacrifice. However, she informed him that she would let him leave the plane due to his bravery and courage.

Chaneonix


Chaneonix is an ultraterrestrial member of the Thirteenth Tribe. Often resembling a fiery pheonix, Chaneonix symbolizes new life and hope across the Thirteenth Tribe. He is known as a protector of all lifeforms, but does not hesitate to aid individuals against the Tribe's arch enemies, much unlike other Ultraterrestrials. Chaneonix possesses great power over reality, much of which appears like magic, but is actually the labour of countless years of technological advancements.

Unlike many other members of the Thirteenth Tribe, who prefer to manifest themselves similar to Capricornians, Chaneonix often appears as a unique phoenix. Chaneonix came to prominence when he saved from the dark forces of  and.

Esdras †


Esdras was the messenger and foremost warrior of the Tribe, whose main function was to protect the beings and installations of the Tribe from dark threats like the Apocalypta and the Xhodocto. During the Great Civil War, he was the one that caught Antediluvian before he managed to kill Apol'eus. Using his powers over reality, Esdras banished Antediluvian to a pocket dimensional prison, until his real judgement could be given. However, Antediluvian's followers managed to free him, and a massive civil war began, with Esdras fighting on the front lines, cutting down many Apocalypta.

When the Apocalypta were defeated and Antediluvian sealed away, Esdras continued his duties as warrior and messenger of the tribe. However, during the Intergalactic War, Esdras sensed a dark presence once more, and immediately teleported to Antediluvian's prison world, where he once again encountered his old friend. However, Esdras underestimated the Apocalypta's new found strength, and unfortunately was killed.

Relations
The Thirteenth Tribe, as a general rule, never communicates directly to lesser sentient beings, and prepares to aid in their advancement and protection without the mortal's knowledge, to avoid being known as gods by these races. However, they often open communication with other godraces and even gods themselves, the strongest of which between the Thirteenth Tribe and the Rambo Gods, which eventually formed the Atlantica.

Protections
"We will devote our existence to the protection and continuity to these species."


 * Beings of the Cyrannus Galaxy
 * Other twelve Capricornians
 * Vyro'Narza

Alliances
"We shall stand together against the darkness. And we will defeat it."
 * Gods of Rambo Nation

Enemies
"We shall send you back to the shadows from whence you came!"


 * Apocalypta
 * Ayrai'Shikua
 * Artemis, dark god of the Rambo

Quotes from Others
"Fools! Devoting their power to lesser lifeforms is an idiotic way to spend it. Oh, but they will be punished in due course."

- Antediluvian

"Shadows? Hahahaha....the shadows from whence we came exists in your own...mortal shadows. Without our post-divine intervention...we would have not seen you form from the timelessness of Chaos. Think of it, Atlantica. We are forces beyond comprehension."

- Xhodocto

"DEM GODS IS A BUNCH OF LOSAS"

- Zr'Ahgloth

"Ah, the Thirteenth Tribe, beings we can really relate to. They are like us in the way that they are sympathetic to beings lower than them, too."

- Vyro'Narza

"It has been postulated that some of the Milky Way's Ancients might really have been the works of the 13th Tribe. We will never know if they were the same for sure, they are thought to appear in different forms to different races."

- Human Xeno-archaeologist

"We...shall...prevail..."

"Ahaha... ehehe... ahahaha... ehehehe..."

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