Rulei

The Rulei were a highly advanced species that lived in the Acheron region before the Gegno. They are extinct in the present day, but one of their ships, the Vyu-Ir-class Solemnity remains active in the Kanguwa system.
== History ==
All that is known of Rulei history comes from the words of the Solemnity. The ship refers to the Rulei as a race of "precursors".
Other than that, it's known they were native to Acheron, developed their own civilization long before the Gegno evolved, and that the Quarg built Giaru Gegno during their time to observe them. They were also highly advanced and spread throughout both Acheron and the Umbral Reach, but their civilization collapsed due to unknown circumstances.
Whatever happened to the Rulei, it's implied the purple organic lakes that cover the landable planets in Kanguwa is related to them in some manner.
== Attributes ==
The Rulei were telepaths. The strange details of Giaru Gegno imply the Rulei were physiologically bigger than the Quarg, as some of the ringworld's sections have pathways and docks that are far taller and wider than a Quarg.
== Technology ==
One known sample of Rulei technology is the Solemnity. It is a strange vessel that has no visible propulsion, has powerful and deadly weapons, and the ship is controlled by a form of hive mind capable of telepathically communicating with the player with thousands of voices. The minds are heavily implied to be of its Rulei crew, or what is left of them after what ended their nation.
There also appears to be some type of megastructure at the center of the system G-3191 that resembles Rulei technology. Its purpose is unknown, but it is clear that it is active in some way.
The Rulei used Jump Drives to travel between systems and in a pretty rare case compared to most species in the galaxy, they developed them before discovering hyperlanes.
There are remnants of Rulei technology and installations spread across the Acheron region and in the Umbral Reach.
File:Asura.png|An unknown station in the Is Il T-94 system
File:Vajra-00.png|An unknown structure in the G-3191 system
File:Yniu eiu.png|Yniu Eiu in the Kanguwa system
File:Gas7-r.png|A planetary structure in the E-4183 system
=== Ships ===
Heavy Warship
* vyu-Ir
=== Outfits ===
Weapons
* Abyssal Composer
* Fate Divider
* Fate Sealer
== Interspecies Relations ==
It's unknown if the Rulei encountered other species before they went extinct.
* Drak - The Solemnity and what was likely the heart of Rulei space is isolated from the rest of Acheron due to the lack of hyperlanes. As the Drak are the only known species that can control hyperlane connections, it's probable they disconnected Rulei space after they went extinct.
* Quarg - Apparently, the Quarg began the construction of Giaru Gegno long before the Gegno reached the stars, as some of the ringworld's sections were designed with another species in mind. Whether the Rulei and the Quarg had contact with each other is unknown, but likely if the unidentified alien ships docked in the ringworld are of Rulei origin.
* Humans - The player can meet and communicate with the Solemnity. The ship isn't hostile, but will attack to defend itself if threatened.
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Category:Rulei