Nebularians

The Nebularians are a highly intelligent species which inhabits the north-western edge between the Outer Rim and Mid Rim, they are capable of extreme evolution via symbiogenesis with any species, even ones much larger than themselves.
=== Capabilities ===
Nebularians are most notable for their ability to rapidly evolve and merge with incorporate the genomes of other species to improve their own power and intelligence. While in the early years of this existence this process was more of a chaotic struggle to supremacy, once they had advanced to the point of having an advanced civilisation the process became much more precise as their central government began directing their evolution with care.
During their process of rapid evolution the Nebularians achieved various other capabilities such as telepathy, telekinesis and highly powerful psionic abilities.
==History==
===Dawn of life===
Within one of the great nebulas of the galaxy, a young planet known as Nebiula orbits its not much older star. On this planet, life begins. The ancestors of what would become the Nebularians starts to evolve, but not in the way most worlds would experience it. On this world, 4 unusual cells continued symbiosis exponentially, growing complex to the point that other life could only ever dream of becoming. Perhaps it was a radical adaptation or a blessing from the gods? who knows for certain. Sentience quickly evolved on the planet, even faster than on other worlds, even to the point of becoming one of the only species to become masters of symbiogenesis.
On most worlds biology steered the life towards becoming an arms-race between predator or prey, the life on Nebiula seeked out the most different organisms from each other and merged together, forming a new lifeform greater than its parts. On occasion, this process would still regardless go wrong leading to a lesser, more primordial being to be created but in most cases a superior and more powerful being was formed, encompassing only the best traits of its forebearers. This process of genetic merger and evolution continued for thousands of generations, granting the Nebularians impossible power such as Telepathy and Telekinesis.
===Birth of a Scientific Noocracy===
They advanced to the point of no longer vocalising, simply using telepathic rays to share their true thoughts and feelings to prevent misunderstandings. This decision allowed them to more clearly decide on which beings they should assimilate into the genetic code, leading them down a path granting them complete mastery over genetics.
Their evolution stopped being a process of natural selection, now becoming a process dictated by the Nebularians themselves, forming a scientocratic council of genetic purity with only the most evolved beings at the top, in charge of their whole society. These beings, progressively more advanced and intelligent slowly became more cold and calculating with each instance of symbiogenesis. This council worked for eons to make themselves more perfect, to the point that most Nebularians were deemed imperfect and thus became left behind.
The society basically fractured, with the Near-Demigod Council and the "Impure" populace. Despite these issues, the Council continued its rapid evolution. They no longer even needed a proper body, and simply became a levitating brain wielding prehensile tentacled, capable of doing incredible feats with just a mere thought. With all of this progress, lifeforms to merge with began running out on Nebiula, and artificial evolution via genetic manipulation of future generations had lead nowhere. They were forced to begin attempting to evolve the impure populace, with the hope that they could create a more superior being once more.
===Start of the Hegemony===
The Council of Genetic Purity, seeing that its existence was at an end constructed massive facilities in order to artificially evolve the "impure" nebularians to feats above their own, even if the ones to be experimented on opposed this. These efforts still kept leading to failures as hundreds of impure or corrupt beings were created from the endless testing and experimenting. They had no other choice, the inferior species from outside their solar system are to be conquered and assimilated so their evolution may continue.
The Nebularian Hegemony was formed, an empire under the command of the Nebularians who conquered dozens of other worlds so that their evolution may continue, assimilating hundereds of species. Millions of individuals were stolen from their homeworlds and taken back to Nebiula to be experimented on. Over time resistance increased, until they hit a roadblock of finally ending up on the borders of much larger states, ones which they could not beat just yet, Such as the Ugandans, Empyrians and Wabbolans. As they began encountering more and more powerful civilisations, they were forced to stop expanding as they could simply not beat everyone. After a hundred of years of being trapped in place, an answer to their troubles would come as a great conqueror.
===Invasion by the Elder Overseers===
As the High Priest arrived on the edges of the Nebularian Hegemony, he knew this time he could not act alone in his invasion, as he already knew of the Nebularians' abilities and power. The High Priest opened protected portals onto the surface of Nebiula Itself, and the united armies of Solaryans, Vorxans and Wei'virs poured out and decimated the Impure Nebularian armies. The highly evolved beings of the Council of Genetic Purity were forced to intervene, with their great power they managed to halt the advance and collect genetic samples, they used their vast telepathic powers to seize control of the Celestial Armies and captured the High Priest himself. They could not control him too, but they managed to subdue him and bring him to Nebiula. Once he arrived, he saw not just the Nebularian Army but his own brainwashed Celestial Army aswell.
The Council decided to dissect the High Priest, seeing his genome as the answer for evolution beyond what even they could imagine. The High priest tried to resist this by offering his and his armies aid against the surrounding nations and to grant them his own genetic code so they may evolve, all they would have to do is join his army. Despite his expectations, the Nebularians rejected, as they already controlled his army, and they could just take his DNA themselves. The High Priest was fully subdued and the nebularians began producing the next step in their evolution..
The Wei'virs, part of the Celestial Army had not been brainwashed though, and were merely playing along to see what would happen. But now was the time to act, as the end of the High Priest would also inevitably lead to the end of them. The Wei'virs activated their cosmic powers to break the army free from control and directed all of the forces to go and free the High Priest. The combined forces decimated the Nebularians, wiping them out until the High Priest managed to break free himself. Under his reinstated command he seized all of the Nebularians' prototype evolved forms using his genome, deciding that they would be perfect for his army. His first instinct was to eradicate the Nebularians due to him being captured by them, but right before he did this act the puppet in his brain controlled by the Wei'virs spoke to him, convincing him that the Nebularians could still be useful. He agreed, and held another speech offering the same chance to the Nebularians he had offered them before. But this time they fully listened, as unbeknownst to the High Priest, the Wei'virs had seized full control of the Nebularians aswell.
And thus, he had done it. As the nebularians joined the celestial army, the High Priest had completed his first goal towards universal domination.
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