Archaenids
Comparable to the Athenians of Classical Greece, the Archaenids are the oldest and most populous ethnic group of the Hellecian Sector. Thanks to their progenitor Archaenus, they can live in the harshest environments from volcanic planets to frozen planets on the fringe of the sector.
On the CHNOPS Spectrum of Life, Archaenids are primarily made up of Hydrogen. Just like Hydrogen, Archaeids are an un-reactive people who only form bonds out of necessity; in contrast to their twin brother tribe, the Ionites.
Their primary feature as a species (with the help of the Cosmic Aurora) is the ability to integrate technology such as weaponry and scanners into their extremities.
Before the war with the Gods, Archaenus created the Archaenids as an experiment during his service to his brother Iodium, protecting him as they ran errands for the Pantheon. Discovering the resiliency of his genetic material, Archaenus observed them from afar as he spread them across the sector on planets of varying atmospheres.
One day, Archaenus and Iodium were ambushed by an advanced race of blue-skinned humanoids, led by a strong warrior known as Thesacles. Recognizing them as their flesh and blood, Thesacles allowed his father to run tests on him. Archaenus discovered what he called the Archaenids could produce tiny amounts of Ichor from their own blood cells, allowing them to integrate technology into their biology.
Giving them the tools to make a great civilization on this planet. However, when Archaenus was captured, Iodum rushed to tell Thesacles and used the original Archaeids and the progenitors' other children to save their father and grandmother Hellestine.
After the death of Hellestine and the maiming of Archaenus by Zeus, the Archaenids went to work building the massive armada of ships powered by COAG that would make up the backbone of the invasion force of Karoj-Menos.
Upon the defeat of the Olympians by the Patrokonoi-Hellecia and the death of Archaenus, King Thesacles used the hydrogen particles of their fallen people, his newly-acquired Ichorized abilities, and the shattered remnants of Karoj-Menos to create their new home planet of Ar-Thymithos.
Bringing about the Age of Anarchy with the Pantheon's slaughter (while accidentally arming the bands of brigands with their ships), the Archaenids ended this era's instability by instituting version 1.0 of the DTOS or their operating system of laws and regulations, enforced by their mechanical drones known as Delots.
While not a new process by any means, seeing as dying agregontes (or Archaenid nobility) were able to place their souls into Delot drones for several decades. The process of Archaenid citizens converting into Delots was systematized and deeply engrained into their culture and their DTOS.
So much so that the Archaenid race began to serve the drones they created to serve them. Thus the Delothian Collective was born.
While Archaneids didn't necessarily become extinct, as they were needed to make the create the preceding generations. Most Archaenids aspired to become Delots so they could have access to high paying jobs and a comfortable lifestyle. While non-citizens and dissidents were forced into a life of poverty with zero upward mobility.
Whether Delot or Archaeid, this rigid and automated culture bred servants (or Helots in Greek) designated to serve the objects they once created to serve them.
The Archaenids had a similar relationship with the Ionites as their twin progenitors shared in their lifetimes. The older brother tribe took in their younger brother as their proto-vassals, fulfilling the curse Hestia laid on the Ionites after stabbing her along with Demeter and Persephone in the back.
The Archaenids (now Delots) would allow the Ionites first pick of land on the planets they settled and gave them representation in the Collective. While the Ionites would colonize their planets, cultivate their lands, extract their minerals, pilot their ships and transport their goods through the DST Accelerator Lanes the Collective now owned a monopoly on.
While they were ambivalent to the Aeonites and their thrifty guilds that took advantage of their DTOS.
The Collective's true rivals the Lanaxdrian Warrior States from the Asteroid Range of the Taygestronese. These marbleized behemoths were the only ones capable of challenging The Collective's complete control over the sector.
Even from the days of Archaneus and Dodros, these two groups hated each other. One representing authority/order while the Lanaxdrians represented tradition. Tensions escalated over the centuries as the Delots expanded their reach over the whole of the sector.
Until the day when an idiot Delot gunner killed Lanaxdrite (the Lanaxdrian princess) during the Festival of Shatter Gold. The di-archy declared war on the Delots and thus the Hellecians' version of the Peloponnesian War began.
Physiology:
Their physiology is primarily blueish skin comprised of extremophile bacterium known as Archaea keeping the vapor that houses their metabolic, respiratory & reproductive processes from escaping like air from a balloon.On the CHNOPS Spectrum of Life, Archaenids are primarily made up of Hydrogen. Just like Hydrogen, Archaeids are an un-reactive people who only form bonds out of necessity; in contrast to their twin brother tribe, the Ionites.
Their primary feature as a species (with the help of the Cosmic Aurora) is the ability to integrate technology such as weaponry and scanners into their extremities.
Before/After Karoj-Menos:
Before the war with the Gods, Archaenus created the Archaenids as an experiment during his service to his brother Iodium, protecting him as they ran errands for the Pantheon. Discovering the resiliency of his genetic material, Archaenus observed them from afar as he spread them across the sector on planets of varying atmospheres.
One day, Archaenus and Iodium were ambushed by an advanced race of blue-skinned humanoids, led by a strong warrior known as Thesacles. Recognizing them as their flesh and blood, Thesacles allowed his father to run tests on him. Archaenus discovered what he called the Archaenids could produce tiny amounts of Ichor from their own blood cells, allowing them to integrate technology into their biology.
Giving them the tools to make a great civilization on this planet. However, when Archaenus was captured, Iodum rushed to tell Thesacles and used the original Archaeids and the progenitors' other children to save their father and grandmother Hellestine.
After the death of Hellestine and the maiming of Archaenus by Zeus, the Archaenids went to work building the massive armada of ships powered by COAG that would make up the backbone of the invasion force of Karoj-Menos.
Upon the defeat of the Olympians by the Patrokonoi-Hellecia and the death of Archaenus, King Thesacles used the hydrogen particles of their fallen people, his newly-acquired Ichorized abilities, and the shattered remnants of Karoj-Menos to create their new home planet of Ar-Thymithos.
Bringing about the Age of Anarchy with the Pantheon's slaughter (while accidentally arming the bands of brigands with their ships), the Archaenids ended this era's instability by instituting version 1.0 of the DTOS or their operating system of laws and regulations, enforced by their mechanical drones known as Delots.
From Archaenid to Delot:
Over time as Hellecian culture began to dominate the sector, the Archaenids saw it as their duty to spread order and compliance to prevent anarchy from spreading ever again. It was from this necessity that Soul Matrix Conversion (the process of converting one's soul into digital information) was born.While not a new process by any means, seeing as dying agregontes (or Archaenid nobility) were able to place their souls into Delot drones for several decades. The process of Archaenid citizens converting into Delots was systematized and deeply engrained into their culture and their DTOS.
So much so that the Archaenid race began to serve the drones they created to serve them. Thus the Delothian Collective was born.
While Archaneids didn't necessarily become extinct, as they were needed to make the create the preceding generations. Most Archaenids aspired to become Delots so they could have access to high paying jobs and a comfortable lifestyle. While non-citizens and dissidents were forced into a life of poverty with zero upward mobility.
Whether Delot or Archaeid, this rigid and automated culture bred servants (or Helots in Greek) designated to serve the objects they once created to serve them.
Relationship w/ siblings:
The Archaenids had a similar relationship with the Ionites as their twin progenitors shared in their lifetimes. The older brother tribe took in their younger brother as their proto-vassals, fulfilling the curse Hestia laid on the Ionites after stabbing her along with Demeter and Persephone in the back.
The Archaenids (now Delots) would allow the Ionites first pick of land on the planets they settled and gave them representation in the Collective. While the Ionites would colonize their planets, cultivate their lands, extract their minerals, pilot their ships and transport their goods through the DST Accelerator Lanes the Collective now owned a monopoly on.
While they were ambivalent to the Aeonites and their thrifty guilds that took advantage of their DTOS.
The Collective's true rivals the Lanaxdrian Warrior States from the Asteroid Range of the Taygestronese. These marbleized behemoths were the only ones capable of challenging The Collective's complete control over the sector.
Even from the days of Archaneus and Dodros, these two groups hated each other. One representing authority/order while the Lanaxdrians represented tradition. Tensions escalated over the centuries as the Delots expanded their reach over the whole of the sector.
Until the day when an idiot Delot gunner killed Lanaxdrite (the Lanaxdrian princess) during the Festival of Shatter Gold. The di-archy declared war on the Delots and thus the Hellecians' version of the Peloponnesian War began.
Home Cluster: The Archaean Belt
Progenitor: Archaenus
Member Patrokonoi: Delothian Collective
Greek Comparison: Athenians/Atticans
Injection Date: 1 AFH (After Final Hegemony)
Primary CHONPS Spectral Element: Hydrogen
Side Effects of Ichor: Bio-technology Integration
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