FC

Species

The Architects

First in The Long Watch (The Deep Edge)

An extinct, formless civilization that communicates by reshaping the geometry of space.

In full

Junction-resident, with no physical form ever encountered; they 'speak' by modifying the topology of local spacetime, and they left behind functional technology long after their disappearance. Their residual tech rebuilds the Resolute II. Mathematical bootstrap contact was established 2172–2180.

Key facts

  • Junction-resident; no physical form ever encountered.
  • Communicate by reshaping local spacetime topology.
  • Left functional tech behind; it rebuilds the Resolute II (energy lance, topology shield).
  • Mathematical bootstrap contact 2172–2180.

See also

GlossaryThe Tarvan GlossaryBoundary cascade

Where it appears

BookThe Deep Edge BookThe Ruins

More in Species

GlossaryThe Tarvan GlossaryThe Nhál GlossaryThe Vekhol GlossaryThe Hostile GlossaryThe Orun GlossaryThe Ascendant GlossaryThe Drowned GlossaryThe Ferren GlossaryThe Veray

Elsewhere in the archive

Drawn from what this entry actually names — not a curated list, so it grows as the record does.

Vessels

ISV Resolute II

In the glossary

Energy lanceTopology shield