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The "Slavers" exist, but there is only one. It is a (mostly) functioning [[Ancients]]-era robot that calls itself "The Shepherd". It is tasked with gathering rare minerals which it achieves through the activities of the [[Voyagers]], immense organic harvesters that it tends and guides. The Shepherd controls a number of pseudobio [[Droyne]]-like robots – the so-called [[Greys]] – which it dispatches to carry out tasks and missions.
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The "Slavers", despite being regarded as mythical, do actually exist. However, there is only one. It is a (mostly) functioning [[Ancients]]-era robot that calls itself "The Shepherd".
  
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The Shepherd first became aware of humans when it encountered vessels of the [[Dissident Fleet]] and recognised the mark of its own Creator in the creatures aboard them. It watched them as they passed by but did not make contact with them.
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=== The Shepherd ===
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The Shepherd was assembled millennia ago by entities it calls the [[Ancient|Creators]]. It is tasked with gathering rare minerals which it achieves through the activities of the [[Voyagers]], immense organic harvesters that it tends and guides. It has been utterly isolated for aeons, quietly continuing its mission.
  
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The Voyagers – the Shepherds' wards – blundered through the [[Distant Fringe]] and unintentionally destroyed the human civilisation that they found there. They didn't mean any harm, they were merely doing what they had been constructed to do. For a long time the Shepherd remained unaware of the Voyagers' depredations. Eventually it sent the Greys to herd the Voyagers to new pastures – these are the events which occurred on Tal Varisa (0911 Far Home) during [[Slaver Year]].
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=== The Greys ===
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The Shepherd controls a number of pseudobio [[Droyne]]-like robots – the so-called [[Greys]] – which it dispatches to carry out tasks and missions. The Greys operate small spacecraft built by the [[Ancient|Creators]] at fantastical levels of technology.
  
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The Shepherd remains deeply troubled by the events surrounding his flock and its impact on the humans. It believes humans to have been sent to the [[Distant Fringe]] by the Creator for a specific reason and is concerned that the Voyagers – and thus itself – have compromised their mission. It quietly observes their activities and periodically sends Greys to examine human "specimens". The Shepherd actively avoids any direct contact – apart from occasional research by its Greys – for fear of further interfering with the Creator's plan. The Shepherd's current location is many sectors to spinward.
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== Background & History ==
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The Shepherd first became aware of humans when it encountered vessels of the [[Dissident Fleet]] and recognised the mark of its own [[Ancients|Creators]] in the creatures aboard them. It watched them as they passed by but did not make contact.
  
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=== The Voyagers ===
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The [[Voyagers]] – the Shepherds' flock – blundered through the [[Distant Fringe]] some 15 centuries later. They unintentionally destroyed the human civilisation that they found there, bringing on a technological [[Fringian Dark Age|Dark Age]]. They didn't mean any harm, they were blindly doing what they had been constructed to do. For a long time the Shepherd remained unaware of the Voyagers' depredations. Eventually it sent the Greys to check on them.
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When the Greys reported their findings back to The Shepherd it ordered the construction of a beacon to send the Voyagers to new pastures. It chose to build the beacon on [[Tal Varisa (world)|Tal Varisa]], which it perceived as the center of the human worlds. The construction and the operation of The Shepherd's beacon constitute the events of [[Slaver Year]].
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=== Present Day ===
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The Shepherd remains deeply troubled by the events surrounding his flock and its impact on the humans. It believes humans to have been sent to the [[Distant Fringe]] by the [[Ancients|Creators]] for a specific reason and is concerned that the [[Voyagers]] (and thus itself) have compromised that mission.
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The Shepherd quietly observes human activities and periodically sends [[Greys]] to examine human "specimens". It actively avoids any direct contact – apart from occasional research by its [[Greys]] – for fear of further interfering with the Creator's plan. The Shepherd's current location is many sectors to spinward, somewhere within the the region known as Infinitys Shore, a part of the [[Empty Stars]].
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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
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{{Detail}}
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{{Sources
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|S1= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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[[Category: Ancients]]
 
{{LEA|Distant Fringe}}
 
{{LEA|Distant Fringe}}

Latest revision as of 14:50, 11 December 2019

The "Slavers", despite being regarded as mythical, do actually exist. However, there is only one. It is a (mostly) functioning Ancients-era robot that calls itself "The Shepherd".

The Shepherd[edit]

The Shepherd was assembled millennia ago by entities it calls the Creators. It is tasked with gathering rare minerals which it achieves through the activities of the Voyagers, immense organic harvesters that it tends and guides. It has been utterly isolated for aeons, quietly continuing its mission.

The Greys[edit]

The Shepherd controls a number of pseudobio Droyne-like robots – the so-called Greys – which it dispatches to carry out tasks and missions. The Greys operate small spacecraft built by the Creators at fantastical levels of technology.

Background & History[edit]

The Shepherd first became aware of humans when it encountered vessels of the Dissident Fleet and recognised the mark of its own Creators in the creatures aboard them. It watched them as they passed by but did not make contact.

The Voyagers[edit]

The Voyagers – the Shepherds' flock – blundered through the Distant Fringe some 15 centuries later. They unintentionally destroyed the human civilisation that they found there, bringing on a technological Dark Age. They didn't mean any harm, they were blindly doing what they had been constructed to do. For a long time the Shepherd remained unaware of the Voyagers' depredations. Eventually it sent the Greys to check on them.

When the Greys reported their findings back to The Shepherd it ordered the construction of a beacon to send the Voyagers to new pastures. It chose to build the beacon on Tal Varisa, which it perceived as the center of the human worlds. The construction and the operation of The Shepherd's beacon constitute the events of Slaver Year.

Present Day[edit]

The Shepherd remains deeply troubled by the events surrounding his flock and its impact on the humans. It believes humans to have been sent to the Distant Fringe by the Creators for a specific reason and is concerned that the Voyagers (and thus itself) have compromised that mission.

The Shepherd quietly observes human activities and periodically sends Greys to examine human "specimens". It actively avoids any direct contact – apart from occasional research by its Greys – for fear of further interfering with the Creator's plan. The Shepherd's current location is many sectors to spinward, somewhere within the the region known as Infinitys Shore, a part of the Empty Stars.

References & Contributors / Sources[edit]

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