Rr'yaydyininrr Ark'k'k'nibukt’rn(The Clans League, by themselves)
Last updated: June 24th 2026
COLLECTIVE SUMMARY
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Oldest traces of Raydee presence across the Dominion's borderlands (~154ly) date from 14,000 CE, and earliest Chelok records note on their homeworld from about 12,000 CE, which means they somehow went from beating rocks underwater to reaching the Dominion's borderlands in about 1600 years, an impressive feat.
They maintained a brief connection with a dispersed humanity from between 15,000 and 17,400 CE before ultimately stopping actively interacting with the human Dominion because of the Arrene.
Origin
Once known as HD 117207, Lltlot (-595, -90, 419) is the Raydee home system, 733ly from Argost. Only the Chelok Empire has this information.
Known locations (within the Dominion) include Fibir (136, 8, 89), around 163ly from Argost.
The Raydee as a species are very intimate to water, they seek oceanic worlds with shallow and vast oceans to rest their fleets due a certain cultural significance. Otherwise, highly mobile/nomadic in between stars.
Description
Being commonly between 4’6” and 5’5” and weighing 80kg, the Raydee are oviparous amphibious hexapods, walking like quadrupeds and having a middle smaller pair of arms to perform precision tasks. They have large salamander heads and a cephalo-torax which occupies the bulk of their upright form. Their posterior arms are particularly strong and developed to be used for walking, running or carrying heavy objects. Their speech is made for pressurized environments, sounding to most dry-species like cat and dolphin calls. Possess exceptional dark vision and a lack of sensitivity to the color red, making all their luminous technological assets a bright green or blue color.
The Raydee are separated biologically in at least three castes or types, drones which are the majority of them, royals which are larger and stronger and more intelligent, and queens, which can be the size of a school bus. Queens seem to operate whole armadas of ships in what is referred to as a clan or fleet, royals are often the direct descendants of the queen and the drones and their clones serve the fleet as they are commanded. A raydee fleet can be any size between 1 and 20-ish ships, typically less than 7, after which the royals must pick a partner and start a new fleet else internal friction ensues. The Raydee are organized in a League of the biggest clans, which moots every 950 years.
Spacetravel
Unknown method, probably hybrid fusion / A-M/AM drivers, pulsed kugelblitz drivers or semi-Alcubierre solutions. Their ship size is incompatible with conventional methods of travel, possibly use some kind of spacetime bending device to accelerate/decelerate. Certainly capable of γ~10+ (?).
Late 23rd century humans explored the concept of true AGI after a century and a half of development, the science institutes, under the supervision from the Moon Alliance, developed a conceptual prototype as part of their artificial intelligence program — which they called Prometheus — however, one or more failure nodes generated a deep alignment disconnect between its solutions and the needs of the Moon Alliance — the minimization of human suffering and decay of the Earth's biosphere at the time.
The original machine was then buried in Enceladus under three kilometers of ice, under the assumption it could still be revisited one day. Further development based on Prometheus’ architecture became the basis for all AI works up until 3321 CE, when Old Humanity fell. In 3321 CE, a human faction from Earth reactivated Prometheus in the search for answers about the past and solutions for the future. The machine baptized itself Zein'Ess, and caused a full scale nuclear exchange between the nations of man. Then pursuing its colonies among the stars up until 4400 CE.
Origin
Namely the Sol System, Titan Academy of Computer Sciences on Saturn’s moon Titan, New Bulgaria, circa 2290 CE.
Currently known to operate around:
Sol
Próxima Cent & Toliman
Ross 128
Wolf 359
Tau Ceti
Ran
Luyten 725-32
Struve 2398
Pollux
Lambda Serpentis
Epsilon Indi
Beta Leonis
Beta Hydri
Mu Arae
Upsilon Andromedae
... and associated minor colonies and settlements.
Rumored to have been around the Ishtar system (139, 19, 98) in the borderlands of the Dominion circa 5500 CE, and HD 117207, the Raydee homeworld and its associated nearby colonies sometime between 14,000 and 17,000 CE. It is possible the Swarm could've expanded far and wide through some civilizational bridge between territories, as it does not actively seek other civilizations.
Description
A machine fauna, geometric and pointy as radio extinction-camouflage, neogothic aesthetic and anodised/blued jet black. Autonomy or hivemind unclear. Kardashev 0.7-0.9 machine civilization (?). Variable forms dedicated to specific roles within the larger operation, for cargo transport, mining, curation, sample collectors to sentinels, combat units and infiltrators. Upholding the status-quo of a natural paradise, where all indices of emerging higher intelligences are culled or curated to remain pre-industrial, including hunter-gatherer stone-age societies of humans and aliens alike. It is particularly sensitive to metals and star travel, due its millimetric scanners, microwaves, and x-ray sensors, giving their sensor arrays a dull amber glow.
Spacetravel
Access to all 45th century humanity’s technological prowess, methods of spacetravel and arsenal. Highly virulent radio transmissions directed at automatic factories, designed to build new nodes of itself were its primary vector of transmission, until switching to physical contact after humanity quickly veered off from automation. Typical reported travel time between stars at time of conflict with humanity is around 20-50 years. Taking interstellar humanity to the stone age in ~1000 years.
Relations
Unknown to the galaxy at large. Lives in the myths of humans as the root of the Spark Veto. Deemed a legend at best, a memory at worst. Lawful neutral (hostile), Ecocentric Utilitarian. Non-expansionist by nature. Curious? Hostile to technologically developed civilizations, not Life.
Rough region of observed Canutan activity in the Milky Way
Presumed to be millions of years old by Qirereckoning, possibly hundreds of millions. True age unverifiable due discontinuous emergence.
The Qire deem Canutan presence as a largely illegitimate success and thus a fundamental offense to their ethos and the natural course of nature, however, their M.O. has made this million-year old crusade mostly fruitless for as long the Qire refuse to reorient their moral and ethical compass.
Origin
Unknown. Possibly indigenous to the Milky-Way, based on its expansion geometry.
Primary activity observed between the Norma and Scutum-Centaurus arms and the halo of the Milky Way, roughly antipodal to Sol’s current position. An estimated one-sixth to one-third of all potentially habitable worlds in these regions show signs of Canutan interference.
Qire records indicate at least one confirmed Canutan presence in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the deep past (10-20 Mya?). Activity scope beyond the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies remains unknown.
Description
Physical size and mass vary with individual function.
Canutans are insecto-cancric, possibly fungoid, cyborg organisms exhibiting high-order intelligence, extreme organizational coherence, and long-horizon premeditation. Extensive cybernetic and biological augmentation renders consistent morphological classification impossible - the collective is tagged on a modus-operandi and rough morphological basis.
No obvious dietary constraints. Have repeatedly interfered with indigenous evolution, frequently culminating in planetary-scale extinction events. Canutans are well-known for 'cannibalizing' other iterations of themselves upon contact. Their activity patterns suggests a quest for a superior or terminal form.
Canutans do not constitute a continuous civilization in the conventional sense. They emerge episodically across time and space, audit prior interventions, eradicate divergent descendants, assimilate assets they deem valuable, and then withdraw just as fast as they emerged.
Spacetravel
Ancient autonomous machines adrift through interstellar space at speeds ranging from 10-100 km/s, occasionally anchored to planetary bodies. At imprevisible intervals, these machines initiate large-scale fabrication of Canutan individuals under their last archaic directives.
They do not appear to have mastered hyper-relativistic travel in the conventional sense. Instead, employing data and mind-transfer between pre-established waypoints via tightly collimated radio and laser transmissions. That is, their spread within the galaxy is limited to being vastly non-relativistic, however, they can project power and presence at effectively lightspeed between locations they've already been to.
Relations
Unknown to the galaxy at large. Predatory.
Functionally expansionist as a consequence of recurrence vectors rather than intent (?).
At odds with all life they encounter. Assessed as a deterministic existential threat to galactic life if left unopposed.
Longstanding and recurring adversaries of the Qire.
Or'gh'nan'lui (Oraygonian, by humans in the 20th century), as individual/culture
Yor'reighol'ah'nan'lui (???, by themselves), as interstellar collective
Last updated: June 24th 2026
COLLECTIVE SUMMARY
NGC 1365, the Oraygonians home galaxy
Arrived at our local group under 10-20 million years ago (citation missing) — their civilization is of an unknown age (possibly hundreds of million years old).
Their brief, enigmatic contacts with humans on Earth (7000 BCE, and 1947 CE) were a minuscule event in their recent history. They departed from human contact in 2010 CE for undisclosed reasons. Their current status and return ETA are unknown.
Derelict structures found in 2790 CE by the Sable-Rustichelli MRDO's Archaeological Division attributed to the Oraygonians, on Timandra - a moon of Thestias, on the Pollux system - date to around 497,000 BCE. Indicating that the Oraygonians have been scouting the solar neighbouhood for at least half a million years.
Origin
Everything we know about the Oraygonians was either conjectured by the S&R Archaeological Division, or was directly/indirectly stated by a single individual named Y'haahrln'zhun Ur'u'bos, while interrogated by the American CIA in 1947 - self proclaimed "Ruling Prince of the Oreygola'nanlui" in the Fornax-Milky Way axis, 'the truest and only expression of their kind'. All information not directly verifiable (which is most of it) must be taken into account with a reasonable degree of skepticism.
Somewhere in the Fornax Propeller Galaxy (NGC 1365), approximately ~60 million light-years from the Milky Way.
They have no "territory" as the younger races understand it. Their mobile 'city-ships', if that is what they are, drift in the profound darkness between the galactic arms or within the halo of galaxies they dwell. They are drawn to regions of astrobiological interest or historical significance to their kind. Earth and the Milky Way galaxy are amidst such places.
Known Settlements (mentioned significantly):
Their home galaxy, the FPG.
The Lost Draconic City of Kamm Anoris: An artificial, starfish-shaped artificial world ~175,000 km across, orbiting a white dwarf in the Draco Dwarf Galaxy.
The Or’Op Vault: A planetary sanctuary in the halo of the Triangulum Galaxy.
Their civilization is one of many wonders and horrors - it stands out that they do not fully comprehend their own technological marvels the same way humans do, which was stated as one personal point of interest of theirs about human science - their 'experts' in various branches of science seem to merely take facets of physics and technology to an intuition-level understanding, often resorting to occultism, prayer, and standardized rituals in order to execute certain processes and functions. A custom which stretches long both because their deep-time civilization and their still-functioning assets across the universe, and because part of their science roster and spacetravel technology is non-proprietary. Being attributed to an even elder race of beings, referred only as 'the Dragons'.
According to oral tradition, the Dragons were once masters of the known universe, but their hubris, or perhaps design, culminated in the Oraygonian rise. They overthrew the Dragons in their local sphere of influence, and then, their home galaxy. The bulk of their ancient history was but a never-ending crusade with the goal of exterminating each and every last Dragon in the known universe for "their crimes against Life and Reality." - for that reason, an apparent big part of the Oraygonian ethos includes the major non-intervention with the natural course of life unless of 'utmost importance', whatever that would entail.
Contrary to what one would derive from this, the Oraygonians are stated to not be a single monolith, for as much as they would like it to be. The Oreygola'nanlui is only one of their many philosophical strains and supposedly what the bulk of their diaspora align themselves with. Though, a parallel group, the Flagredunn (The Unrelenting Force?) are an Oraygonian heresy based in the northern galactic halo. They reject the principle of non-interference, periodically descending to strip-mine galactic disk worlds for elements scarce in the halo.
Description
Massive, pale centipede/grub-like entities with small, functional insectoid wings. Individuals with varying degrees of cybernetic alterations and implants, but conservative of their base bodyplan.
Mainly carnivorous, are able to appreciate other forms of nutrition 'as a treat'.
A "young" individual, Y'haahrln'zhun Ur'u'bos (935 years old at the time), stood over 9ft tall and spanned 20ft in length when it spoke to a Chalcolithic Iraqi king in 6984 BCE, according to Y'haahrln'zhun himself amongst the 'revelations of its second coming', between 1947 and 1954 CE. The individual refused themselves to be weighted, estimated at 2-5 metric tons if composed of conventional Earth-like animal biomass.
Spacetravel
Theorized to be a form of Pulsed Kugelblitz Drive / Spacetime Metric Manipulation that allows for effective trans-galactic travel at γ > 10³-10⁶ (wait, did someone double check this?) speeds. Their in-system mobility is effortless and silent, suggesting supernatural control over inertia and gravity. The energy sources required are compatible to that of a Kardashev-III scale, likely involving Vacuum Energy Extraction or hyper-relativistic gravitational assists around black holes.
OTHER Revelations
The following are transcript fragments of an unverified, heavily redacted audio recording recovered from a CIA safe house in 1954. The speaker is believed to be Y'haahrln'zhun Ur'u'bos during a period of supposed "revelations." The interviewer is unknown. His testimony is heavily colored by his eccentric personality, a fondness for Earth's bugs, and a general disinterest in providing useful information. The questions are cut in no particular order.
How many of you there are?
> Well, I don't know. A lot. How many of you there are?
So it [Life] is very common?
> That's not what I said. Booooooring. Lots of stuff, to few eyes, to few bugs to experience stuff and meet other bugs. And when bugs, not a lot fly. Bugs are rare, humans are rare, humans fun. I miss the giant hairy bugs, you know? Like, big, hair, face-snake and huge tusk. Did you get to meet them?
Have you been here before?
> Oh yes! Its my favorite place. But you guys killed a lot of us. Like. A concerning amount of emissaries, so I guess we just stopped sending them because you wouldn't stop killing them. I was there with my father when we rescued the last one.
When was the last time you've been here? On Earth.
> *pause* long long loooong time. I think. I had to time speak to your first king, very nice guy. Somehere around this place, I think... Some eight-thousand nine hundred and thirty five years of your world ago? Not sure.
How does your technology work?
> How does what?... Do you know how to make a lightbulb or do you just flip the switch and expect it to work? We just do... things. They were already there when we got them, and they work.
Where do you [all] come from? > Home.
Alright. Where, in space, out there, do you all come from? > *long pause* ooooooh. Home-home, you mean. Here I believe, thought it might be this one. I'm not really good with pictures.
If you didn't make your technology, then who did?
> You're really making this more difficult than it needs to be. This isn't what I signed up for. I was expecting a party or something. You guys are bad at throwing parties. Reminds me of the Dragons my father spoke of. They knew a lot of stuff about a lot of stuff and they're all dead. Dead. Dead. Dead Dragons. Deaaad, you hear me? Y'all seem like you don't hear me ever, did you know that? By the way, I love them bugs you have. They're delicious. Can I have some more bugs?
How common is life in the universe?
> Boring. Lotta bugs tho. Tasty bugs. Bad bugs. Fun bugs. I like bugs. Y'all should really try meeting some bugs every once in a while.
Are we alone?
> Are you blind?
Is intelligence rare?
> That's not something I know... Do you know all the bugs in your planet? That's an absurd question even for you. I just give the orders, not a lot, but very important orders, my counselors smart but afraid of you. I find you interesting. Would you like a bug, sir?
You mentioned 'Dragons'. What are they, actual dragons? What did they do?
> *long pause* What did they not do? They took things that weren't theirs. They made things that shouldn't be. They broke things. And when they broke them, they didn't fix them... And that... Dragon. It's a cool word. You have cool bugs and cool monsters. Dragon is the coolest in my opinion. And they are all dead, dead, dead, very dead too. Aren't they? Best I can say without melting your face.
*sigh* Are all of your people like you?
> No. Some are stupid. Some are loud. Some want to eat everything and break everything and take everything. You have your own stupid people. You know what I mean. They're like you, but louder. And wrong. You know... Can I have more of this "Ice" Cream? I like.
Relations
Unknown to the galaxy at large. Flagredunn branch is suspected to exist by the Qire (and by proxy, the Dominion)
Societal psychological profile unavailable.
Uncertain presence and reach
Unknown objectives other than to preserve the "natural" evolutionary tapestry of the Milky Way.
Khu’y-Re El’tlekhune (The Great Expedition, by themselves)
Last updated: June 24th 2026
COLLECTIVE SUMMARY
Theorized domain of the Great Expedition
Archaeological evidence along the Dominion's borders suggests the Qire's presence in the Milky Way to be at least 5 million years old. Logistical models for their modern rotational infrastructure suggest that their civilization must be on the order of 2-4x older than that - if true, that means they would be the oldest known active intelligence to the Dominion.
The Pankal chelok ponder the relative absence of the Qire in the Dominion's present day region prior to the Arrene's height - framing them on the very least, as transtellar interlopers (but we had no doubts about it, did we?)
Earliest known contact with the Arrene around ~14,000 CE (650 BdF), through the destruction of the Far Haven colony in the Forzai system - with a relativistic missile.
Joined the Dominion in 14,650 CE (0 AdF) as original signatary. Often credited in arrene history as the original proposers of the Treaty of Forzai - the model after which the Dominion is structured.
Origin
Somewhere in the Large Magellanic Cloud, ~100kly from Sol (inferred).
Reach may span the entire Local Group - technically possible at present day, conservative models place a 55% certainty of it being within 500,000ly from the LMC - the entire Large Magellanic Cloud (allegedly/inferred), and an undisclosed large fraction of the Milky Way (alluded).
Liberal estimates suggest their reach may extend several million light-years beyond the Local Group, potentially into the outskirts of the Virgo Supercluster, though these models are highly speculative and contested - if so to any capacity, then their true origin point might be even harder to pinpoint.
Upon being questioned about their origin or purpose, their answers - be it a cultural imperative or ignorance - mostly seem to converge on the Large Magellanic Cloud (which they call the Sky Cloud galaxy), and 'serving the Great Expedition.'
The fact is, we do not know what The Great Expeditionis. Scholars and enthusiasts alike have guesses just as good as each other. What we do know, is that the Qire (a common misnomer of their kind by outsiders) stationed within the Dominion identify themselves as The Great Expedition to a deeply cultural or opaqueness level - we do not know if there are other Expedition-like bodies across the Milky Way galaxy or other nearby galaxies - mathematical models based on observed behaviors suggests that it must be true to some capability.
Seem to prefer (at least within the Dominion) small, dark, high-pressure, hot-house carbonic worlds around red dwarfs, but are comfortable within a wide range of temperatures and pressures. Known advanced bioengineers and physicists.
Definitely hostile to certain types of technological civilizations, seemingly uninterested or distant from the Dominion despite their constant audition.
As far as Dominion history is concerned, the Qire as extremely paranoid of interacting with other civilizations and secretive about their affairs, despite their apparent interest for astrobiology.
Description
With six-sided radial symmetry, standing 9 to 15 feet tall and weighing 200 to 400kg (described as "heavy", estimate based on conventional animal-biomass), their body is a vertical barrel of dark, leathery hide, ridged like wet bark, capable of bending at a right angle to navigate small spaces.
The base consists of six tentacles for ambling locomotion, each ending in three webbed short claws, six pseudo-arms half the length of the tentacles are located in between the ‘legs’.
The midsection has posterior and anterior tentacles. The six posterior tentacles are thin and firm like steel cable, each branching in six appendages, and each one branching into six 'fingers' — each tip being able to be twisted at will, its total length compounding to about 4 feet.
The anterior tentacles branch alike the posterior ones, but over 16 feet in length, possessing a thin leathery webbing connecting each branching, serrated at the edges, covered in iridescent purple-orange scales, which carry swirly and blotchy moiré patterns, this wing is capable of powered flight and retracting fully against the body. The wing scale patterns happen to strobe in mismatch with neural oscillation of most known species, causing intense discomfort.
The apex ends in six tentacles with sharp scales around a radula. At the external base of each tentacle, a retractable eye-stalk positions each peach-sized compound-eye carefully. Bioluminescent tendrils at the base of the “head” pulse with yellow-red light for visual communication.
Presumed carnivores, can regulate body temperature from ambient to the flashpoint of paper, vocalize with organometallic buzzes and hisses.
Spacetravel
Rare in present era, or at least, rarely observed. Official Dominion vessels of hybrid origin use advanced A/M-AM drives for typical travel speeds of γ~10 (at 0.995c, the ship's subjective time is 1/10th of restframe time).
The technology used in their Elder Starships can only be speculated from their visible design choices. A central tube structure spanning the long axis, likely a magnetic funnel for interstellar medium ingestion - if so, then that would certainly explain the ludicrous gamma-factors ranging from 10² to 10³ (99.995%–99.9995% c) necessary to make the jump between the LMC and the Milky Way, possibly other galaxies, within a reasonable subjective-time of 10³ years or less - by way of hydrogen fusion or antimatter production and annihilation. It is possible that at such regimes, their geometry of travel approaches near-brachistochrone trajectories at distances on the scale 10,000 light-years or less.
The arrow-like morphology of Elder Starships suggests that, at the speed-regimes they're rated for, the interstellar and intergalactic medium must be treated like a thick viscous plasma.
A/M-AM drives are observed primarily during braking, suggesting they are reserved for rapid deceleration rather than sustained thrust. Speculative analysis suggests auxiliary systems might include micro-black hole evaporation thrusters or reactionless photon drives, though no direct evidence supports this.
Known to deploy relativistic kill vehicles at variable relativistic regimes to an unknown degree of precision (?). Preferred (or at least, in this instance) to fire from close-quarters up to a few hundred AU from planetary targets, likely as an intimidation tactic.
Relations
Largely neutral/hostile to foreign powers. Risk-averse (?), collectivist (?), curious (?). Seem to ignore technological civilizations below a certain threshold. Cautious on the edges of the Dominion.
Tried to annihilate the Arrene upon first contact, spared them (?).
Unknown fleet size. At least four Elder Starships stationed within the Dominion.
Unknown personnel size.
Unknown objectives and goals.
Unknown number of active friends or foes, at least one of each (?).
Uncertain civilization age and lifecycle (at least centuries, observed.)
Utik'klik'krr(Dry-Feet or Si’Io'vokh, by the Raydee)
Aa'Hiterhassar(Red Ones, by the Arrene)
Pancalestia(debated amongst themselves) No single official collective term
Last updated: June 24th 2026
COLLECTIVE SUMMARY
The Kal'rev dynasty instituted a simple, yet unique flag design for its empire.
It can only be reproduced by a human.
Known history extends only as far back to ~7600 CE (7,000 BdF).
Joined the Dominion in 14,650 CE (0 AdF) as original signatary (coalition).
Origin
The oldest known origin point is the brighter star of the Udun system (98, 67, 28) — called Samash, about 122ly from Argost. Its sun-like pair is the star Adat in a wide binary configuration.
While overall a mystery to Dominion scholars - as chelok only share their DNA with another handful of satellite domesticated species - they are often referred to their oldest known settlement within the boundaries of the Dominion, the planet Dhégom, in the Udun system. An oceanic terrestrial world with a large moon, inhabited by them since 5000 CE.
The Chelok sphere of influence is a collection of worlds and governments known as the Pancalestia, or Pankal - often reduced to 'Chelok Empire' by less informed foreigners. The Pankal is technically reigned by the Veroh Emperor, an appointed political and religious figure, but most of the Pankal's interstellar nations are only loosely aligned with the imperial authority - which claims unity of all Chelok peoples across the Dominion.
Since 15,700 CE after a series of unification conflicts, the Pancalestia has held its largest extension ever (27 worlds with population greater than 1 million inhabitant, all within ~75ly from Udun), but power seems diluted into a stagnant core against the many powerful human houses across the human sphere. Tensions are awkward at best.
Chelok legend speaks of a mythical place that is the true place of origin of mankind, Soleil and its paradise world, Arde — but those are sacred names, so they're commonly referred to as The Cradle by the Nastiche faith - the most common faith amongst them and prominent part of their culture.
Description
It's humans. They are baseline humans.
Given the mostly 'puritan' nature of cultures regarding any degree of body modification and transhumanism in the modern world - most human lineages can be traced to a historical bottleneck which took place between 4000 and 5000 CE, roughly matching the oldest date estimates for the early settlement of Dhégom and a few other worlds in the region. An older lineage is marked by two types of colorblindness, tritanopia and deuteranopia, which seem closely related to an even earlier period of human evolution between 2000 and 4000 CE - those who possess it form a combined 15% of the population - attributed to an intriguing artificial selective pressure.
Known prominent factions include the Pancalestia, the Goll Unity, the Ar-Rahhalam Ithnajmyu (shortened A.R.I., or Voyager’s Guild in commonspeak), the Nastiche Church, and the various minor interstellar nations across space.
Spacetravel
Variable degree of mobility, Chelok technology is all over the place. Common methods of travel range from proton rockets to hybrid fusion / A-M/AM drivers. Typical human scout-ships and freighters travel between γ~4 and γ~6, however rumors speak of some ancient starships capable of γ~10 speeds.
Relations
Officially neutral to foreign powers. Non-territorial, politico-social clan-based society, curious. Fragmented, volatile, reckless as individuals, variable degree of xenophobia.
Fleet size numbering the hundreds of thousands.
Population estimated at 40 to 60 billion within the Pankal, approaching a total of 60-100 billion for all Chelok within the Dominion.
No civilizational goals, power for hire.
Faction-dependent loyalties, historically unanimously negative towards the Arrene.
Aa Riruhurnin(The Righteous People, by themselves)
Aa Iritihurgor Arurenrn (The Luminary Combine, by themselves)
Last updated: June 24th 2026
COLLECTIVE SUMMARY
The signet of the Luminary Combine prior to their defeat - its modern counterpart is displayed in black and white
The Luminary Combine's foundation dates to around ~11,000 CE (3650 BdF), official historical records go only as far. Pre-Dominion records are scarce to the severe glassing of Arrene worlds caused by the Qiro-Arrene Wars.
Joined the Dominion in 14,650 CE (0 AdF) as original signatary.
Origin
The planet Urr'uhrst̪θ' (Argost, by others), the largest moon of the brown dwarf Ykaga - in the Aa Rithel system (0,0,0). Longstanding capital of the Foundational Dominion. Vaguely Earth-like conditions, with violent climatic cycles.
The Arrene seem to prefer Earth-like hyperoxic atmospheres. But can inhabit and dwell in a myriad of environments with technological aid.
Description
Being 2’6” to 4’2”, the Arrene are small but brutally strong molluscoid species, they have evolved beyond the need for a constant wet environment by developing a waxy mucus around their skin. They are more comfortable with lower gravity environments, but they are capable of standing and moving about using only their tentacles.
The arrene can’t fully retract into their metallomineral shells. The arrene possesses hundreds of small camera-like eyes and photo-sensitive cells across their bodies. Known omnivores, rumored to seek calcium minerals of organic/inorganic origin.
Their tentacles can exert enough constriction force to break human bone and tear muscle, their cuticle is mildly blade-proof - though they are usually clad in armor/suits whenever venturing near other species (reported from assassination atempts.)
They breathe the same oxygen/nitrogen rich atmosphere most species are comfortable with but need masks due their richer oxygen needs for full strength/functioning.
The arrene communicates with thrills, smells and other clacking vibrations their vocal anatomy can produce, but mostly learn subtle body-language as a form of 'telepathic' communication amongst themselves.
Humans usually compare them to large mussels or shellfish.
Spacetravel
The preferred method of travel seems to be Pionic M/AM drives. Theoretical capability to use pulsed kugelblitzes or photonic rockets to accelerate and decelerate (?). Typically capable of γ~6 and γ~10 travel speeds, rumored to be able to obtain γ~16 during the Qiro-Arrene wars.
Relations
Largely hostile to foreign powers. Territorial, expansionist, authoritarian(?) society, curious. Largely exploited other races for resources and services on first contact (namely Chelok and Ygiv), extremely xenophobic.
Spared by the Qire (?). Ruling of the Dominion core.
Fleet size numbering the hundred thousands.
Population 6 billion arrene in the homeworld, 1.8 billion in outworld colonies.
Current goals seem to rebuild their military and political strength, and expand into the uncharted Dominion.
Hostile relationships with Chelok and Qire, positive relationships with the Ygiv, neutral with Hoku.
Civilization in its octamillenium, the Arrene live for little over a century.
The Hoku Expanse flag, the lotus and their seven member worlds
The Hoku Expanse is an ultramarine governmental entity responsible for resource administration and development of the hoku interstellar diaspora. It was assembled after the Somoga Event sometime between 190 and 140 BdF.
First contact with the Dominion in 2548 AdF.
Joined the Dominion in 2553 AdF, as an aligned neutral power.
Origin
The binary star system Paza (86, 36, 75), ~120ly from Argost.
The Hoku homeworld is an oceanic tropical superterran with one small moon, with a circumbinary orbit around the system's suns. Outsiders and foreign Hoku alike call the planet 'Hokushoku', but the natives call it Auot'zae. The geography and atmosphere is pretty Earth-like and hyperoxic due to higher atmospheric pressure - its greatest feature however is the autumnal-colored vegetation, often golden, due an alternative pigment to green chlorophyl.
The Hoku naturally have a strong preference for Earth-like oceanic worlds with a warm climate, but their forced early diaspora has pushed them towards many worlds on the edge of their species adaptability threshold.
Description
Being 5'0" to 7'6" tall bipeds with marsupial-bird-reptile traces, they weigh 60 to 120kg, known to be viviparous with joeys as their young. Possess long conical faces, two pairs of eyes with a smaller and larger pair positioned further on front and back, respectively on the sides of the head, with rectangular-ish vertical pupils. Have three pairs of long ear-like appendages used for emotional communication and hearing on the back quarter of the head. Mostly covered by a fur-like plumage in various earthy colors plus white, black and red. Their hands have two thumbs on the same side of the hand, making them excellent grabbers and complex manipulators.
Hallmark trait of Hoku is their vibrant sexual dimorphism - with males exhibiting redder skin, vibrant often brazen or golden neck plumage and varied bright feather patterns - and females exhibiting lighter skin with muted feather colors ranging from browns to bluish grays, with some sparingly orange, blue or green plumage.
Besides their exotic upper body, their main feature are their running short-shinned digitigrade legs with zygodactyl feet (bird legs and feet), which has earned them the chelok species-tag, “Avipodan”. Their customs and small point teeth point to a mostly insectivorous but omnivorous diet.
The hoku can be found across a spectrum of two sub-species, the base emotional hoku (Avipoda sapiens cer), and the calculating ingenious Kahikoopafi (Avipoda sapiens sidus), the latter which was engineered for early space colonization, now the majority of its surviving population. Cybernetic augmentation is common place but deemed largely optional and cultural.
Hoku languages like Hukat, Sidessian and Entselari are common for Pankal humans to adopt as a second language due their vicinity and long trade history.
Spacetravel
Hoku technology across space can be found at various states of development despite efforts to modernize its fleet and arsenal. Interstellar vessels range from lightsails, ionic and proton rockets, up to the latest proprietary Pionic A-M/AM drivers. The hoku are one of the oldest client species to Chelok tech since around 15,780 CE (2400 years!). Typical travel speed between γ~1.025 and γ~6.5 depending on available proprietary transports.
Relations
Officially neutral to foreign powers. Non-territorial, politico-social clan-based society, curious. Fragmented, can be volatile/reckless or calculating/apathetic/psychopathic as individuals, variable degree of xenophobia.
Fleet size numbering the hundreds of thousands.
Population currently estimated at least 50 to 60 billion across the Dominion, could be a lot closer to ~80bi as of 18,000 CE due census imprecision.
No other civilizational goals than reorganizing, power for hire.
Faction-dependent loyalties, historically unanimously friendly towards Chelok and negative towards the Arrene.
