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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Ecumene was a peaceful alliance of multiple technologically-advanced spacefaring species, including the [[Dakaua]]. Member species were known as clients of the Ecumene. Prior to the advent of the [[Hive]], the Ecumene was tenuously in contact with the [[Ammonite]] civilization of [[Fundament]]; the distances between the Ecumene territories and Fundament were vast enough that the Ecumene did not learn of the fall of the Ammonites until | The Ecumene was a peaceful alliance of multiple technologically-advanced spacefaring species, including the [[Dakaua]]. Member species were known as clients of the Ecumene. Prior to the advent of the [[Hive]], the Ecumene was tenuously in contact with the [[Ammonite]] civilization of [[Fundament]]; the distances between the Ecumene territories and Fundament were vast enough that the Ecumene did not learn of the fall of the Ammonites until twenty-four thousand years after the fact.<ref name="XXV">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxv-dictata-ir-dakaua '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua'']</ref> | ||
The Ecumene was led by the Ecumene Crisis Council during the war against the Hive, which had the authority to marshal the economic and technological resources of all civilizations for the war effort. Its military, the Ecumene Status Army, utilized soldiers or weapons called "war angels".<ref name="XXVI">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxvi-star-by-star-by-star '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXVI: Star by Star by Star'']</ref><ref name="XXVII">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxvii-eat-the-sky '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXVII: Eat the Sky'']</ref> | The Ecumene was led by the Ecumene Crisis Council during the war against the Hive, which had the authority to marshal the economic and technological resources of all civilizations for the war effort. Its military, the Ecumene Status Army, utilized soldiers or weapons called "war angels".<ref name="XXVI">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxvi-star-by-star-by-star '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXVI: Star by Star by Star'']</ref><ref name="XXVII">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxvii-eat-the-sky '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXVII: Eat the Sky'']</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Approximately | Approximately twenty-four thousand years after the first Hive destroyed the Ammonite civilization and departed Fundament, the Ecumene's frontier fell under attack by the Hive. Over the course of a century, the Ecumene Status Army failed to protect seventeen member worlds from Hive incursions. After the Dakaua discovered the proto-Hive [[Taox]], who explained the Hive's motivations and the identities of its leaders, the Ecumene decided to deploy its most powerful weapons with the goal of completely eradicating the Hive.<ref name="XXV"/> | ||
This strategy of overwhelming force proved effective for a time, and the Hive's advanced stalled. In response, [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] acquired the power to [[Taken|Take]] from the [[Worm]] [[Akka]], the power of the [[Darkness]] itself, and rapidly regained the advantage. The Ecumene Crisis Council met and determined that the Ecumene and its species faced extinction within | This strategy of overwhelming force proved effective for a time, and the Hive's advanced stalled. In response, [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] acquired the power to [[Taken|Take]] from the [[Worm]] [[Akka]], the power of the [[Darkness]] itself, and rapidly regained the advantage. The Ecumene Crisis Council met and determined that the Ecumene and its species faced extinction within two hundred twenty years, and should therefore devote every aspect of its civilization to fighting the Hive. While this bought the Ecumene some time, the Hive's victory was now inevitable. After a century of war, the Ecumene Crisis Council was killed by Oryx at a place called the Fractal Wreath. Forty years after that, Oryx deceived the Dakaua and eliminated them. One thousand years later, the Ecumene had been annihilated so utterly that only the Hive and Taox, who had managed to flee, remembered it.<ref name="XXVII"/><ref name="XXIX">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxix-carved-in-ruin '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXIX: Carved in Ruin'']</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||