Shedai

• Appearance: Crystalline
  • Variable form
• Species largely went into hibernation following collapse of their civilization c.600,000 ya
  • Revived c.2265 by the Wanderer following start of Starfleet research (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
• Biological notes
  • Capable of separating consciousness from form, transmitting it across their Conduit network (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
    • Can embody themselves from any material built off the Shedai meta-genome pattern (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
      • Control extends to near-telekinetic control of any such material as well (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
    • Lesser, potentially automated and non-sentient, bodies known as the Nameless (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
    • Potentially technological evolution from earlier form, given similarity to Caeliar
• Technological notes
  • Conduit
    • Interstellar subspace network allowing transit, information exchange across the domain of the Shedai (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
    • Largely collapsed, most destinations inaccessible by 2265 (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
• Cultural notes
  • Incredibly xenophobic, considering near-all species as lesser beings (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)