Great Darkness
| The following information has not been confirmed by Volition and is therefore not canon for the FreeSpace universe. |
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| The Great Darkness |
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Description:
Blue Planet: War in Heaven Tech Description
We have discovered no hint, no residue, no archaelogical or astronomical clue that could confirm the existence of a Brahman civilization. The very notion of a mythical progenitor species is a hoary cliche.
Yet our own coexistence with the Vasudans, and our knowledge of the extent of Ancient xenocide, summons a powerful mystery. Technologically sophisticated life is apparently common in the galaxy - it arises frequently, and it has done so for some time now, at least in the cosmological span. Why, then, is the galaxy empty? Why do we find no von Neumann probes propagating through the subspace network? Where is the life that must have come before us?
We should inhabit a teeming universe, a bazaar of wonders, a cosmic ecumenopolis overflowing with civilization. The stars and galaxies around us should by all rights have been restructured to the needs of unimaginably sophisticated engineers. Technology self-catalyzes, and that catalysis has had time to flourish. The civilizations of the universe should, by now, have conquered reality itself.
Yet we find no such wonder. Our cosmos is silent.
Certainly the Shivans provide one answer to this question - a great filter that annihilates spacefaring civilizations. But what if there was a time before the Shivans? What happened to the first life in the universe, the children of the dawn?
Did they pass on to some unglimpsable destiny, leaving no wreckage or monument? Or do we inhabit their tomb - a quarantine zone, a carcass, malignant with some ancient mistake?
Performance:
Statistics
| Name | Great Darkness | |
| Yaw, Pitch, Roll | 2000.0, 2000.0, 2000.0 s | |
| Max Velocity | 5 ms-1 | |
| Hitpoints | 1,000,000,000 pts | |
| Length | 15,502 m | |
| Width | 7,119 m | |
| Height | 6,169 m |
