User blog:Sifenchar/Novel

I just had a burst of inspiration. I don't know how it happened, but what I am thinking needs to be made. Here's the idea.

The year is 4075. Humanity has drained the world of it's natural resources, and there is no space left for life. The Faster Than Light Program (FTL) was the only thing that could save them. It worked. Humanity has migrated from it's solar system, and by the power of bending electromagnetic fields via powerful beacons, Nearly the entire universe has become connected. But what lay out of humanity's reach was a vast network of life. There were about 8 distinct species. First was the Locust. The species of bug-like creatures the size of humans that started out as micro-organisms, adapting to a harsh Gas Giant, 4 times the size of Earth. As they evolved over billions of years, their race became one of the most hardened and resistant races in the universe. Making use of sharp pincers and unparalleled agility, they are the fiercest fighters known to exist. Once the Faster Than Light program had reached them in after odd geological structures were found on the surface, seemingly 'man'-made. The Locust had taken over the ships sent to investigate, and used the technology to make their own fleet of starships, and became the universe's first space pirates. They attacked by boarding other ships by tricking the more feeble into allowing them on, and then ransacking the ship. But thankfully, there are races in the universe that are not as unpleasant.

The Arks. Built by beings of unknown origin, the Arks are half organic, half machine. What they lack in strength, they make up for in smarts. Said to have served their masters as loyal servants until they died. Due to the vast area of hostile and foriegn space, their masters often died aboard ships, that the Arks had taken for themselves. They were able to make use of their comrades by breaking down the metal parts and turning them into droids. These droids, without any need of oxygen, are often sent in for maintinence when there are holes in the ship, or problems with their oxygen replicators. In the later years, droids were manufactured regularly, and served many purposes. Traditional repair droids, anti-personell droids, Out-Of-Ship Combat droids, and ship defense droids. But in a failed attempt replicate the Arks' sense of awareness into a drone without having to use organic matter, a deadly, hostile race was born.

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