Ware

• Artificially intelligent, independent automated ships and stations once-prevalent in near-Federation space towards the general direction of Romulan and Klingon space (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • VI technology rather than AI (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Interconnected facilities providing various services including technological advancement, spacegoing fleets, and ship upkeep and repair to civilizations in this region (ENT: "Dead Stop"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
• General aesthetic based around flat white panels, sweeping curves, few sharp corners
• Capabilities include advanced replication and transporter technology (ENT: "Dead Stop"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
• Central computers driven in part by humanoid brains captured from outside populations, replaced by replicated corpses to pose as accidental death (ENT: "Dead Stop"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
• Most other components molecular-scale devices driven by data cores for self-assembly and self-organization on macroscopic level (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
• Largely (possibly entirely) destroyed by Klingon strikes utilizing viral countermeasures developed by Federation in late-2165 Ware task force (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
• Civilizations with regular interactions with Ware prior to dissolution include:
  • Full societal integration and/or uplifting
    • Kyraw
    • Pebru
    • Vanotli
  • Pre-existing spacegoing civilization utilizing Ware stations
    • Balduk
    • Menaik