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Turning to one of the Jovians of the outer system, the outermost by an order of many thousands of AU, the Hierarchy laid the foundations for the construction of a Jupiter brain, a mainframe designed to hold the greatest intelligence ever birthed by a psionic species. After centuries of construction the Jupiter brain was finished, and Lyt Ahn awoke. | Turning to one of the Jovians of the outer system, the outermost by an order of many thousands of AU, the Hierarchy laid the foundations for the construction of a Jupiter brain, a mainframe designed to hold the greatest intelligence ever birthed by a psionic species. After centuries of construction the Jupiter brain was finished, and Lyt Ahn awoke. | ||
Lyt Ahn was an archailect, an intelligence so great it collectively surpassed the entire species by orders of magnitude. It was designed for one thing—to substitute the Traveler. The J-brain hummed with an invisible symphony, its moon-nodes alight with synaptic fire and electric thought, and the Hierarchy rejoiced. At last their god(dess) was with them. But its birth was a cataclysmic affair. The conservatives viewed Lyt Ahn as blasphemous, and continually warned it would bring damnation to the Crystaliens. The societal rifts were riven deep but only just. For a collective consciousness defined by willing separation the seeds of doubt were more pernicious than any non-psionic species. Every objection, every uncertainty, left a scar—and these all went unaddressed. Within a few centuries of Lyt Ahn's creation the Taishibethi system was embroiled in civil war, the Jovian civilizations warring amongst themselves over matters of theology and blasphemy. Lyt Ahn had fortuitously declared itself neutral in these internecine conflicts, only acting when it was under threat, and those disaffected or loyal to the archailect fled toward its shelter. | Lyt Ahn was an archailect, an intelligence so great it collectively surpassed the entire species by orders of magnitude. It was designed for one thing—to substitute the Traveler. The J-brain hummed with an invisible symphony, its moon-nodes alight with synaptic fire and electric thought, and the Hierarchy rejoiced. At last their god(dess) was with them. But its birth was a cataclysmic affair. The conservatives viewed Lyt Ahn as blasphemous, and continually warned it would bring damnation to the Crystaliens. The societal rifts were riven deep but only just. For a collective consciousness defined by willing separation the seeds of doubt were more pernicious than in any non-psionic species. Every objection, every uncertainty, left a scar—and these all went unaddressed. Within a few centuries of Lyt Ahn's creation the Taishibethi system was embroiled in civil war, the Jovian civilizations warring amongst themselves over matters of theology and blasphemy. Lyt Ahn had fortuitously declared itself neutral in these internecine conflicts, only acting when it was under threat, and those disaffected or loyal to the archailect fled toward its shelter. | ||
In the depths of interstellar space the birth of the archailect summoned the Black Fleet. They turned their sleepless eyes towards Taishibeth. They could sense the seething turmoil of the Hierarchical divisions, and could subtly influence it from afar as they made their approach. In their wake came the [[Hive]], already an ancient race, and the [[Vex]], following the lingering influences of Darkness. | In the depths of interstellar space the birth of the archailect summoned the Black Fleet. They turned their sleepless eyes towards Taishibeth. They could sense the seething turmoil of the Hierarchical divisions, and could subtly influence it from afar as they made their approach. In their wake came the [[Hive]], already an ancient race, and the [[Vex]], following the lingering influences of Darkness. | ||