The Collective

The CollectiveAlso known as SDS-023. is an organized Telepathic Hivemind initially born from a telepathic link between a few hundred people, eventually spreading into being composed of more than 8000 peopleThese "infected" individuals are spread out into the normal human population, making them hard to track down.. The Collective generally operates as a coalition between these telepathically linked people, who use this ability to share its total sum of knowledge and capabilities among each-other, while also retaining their individuality and free-willThough some people may be hijacked by the Central Intelligence for a new purpose if it is deemed necessary.. They do this via their own psionic network which connects to all of its members. 
The Collective aims to connectAs in integrating them as members of The Collective's telepathic link all of humanityAnd beyond, further into other sapient species in order to grant everyone access to the entirety of human knowledge, which would then be used to better humanity via scientific and technological advancement. Despite these goals currently being seen as a future prospect, they already attempt to better the world with their current resources, which has been fairly successfulThese are generally civil engineering feats. The Collective currently lacks the necessary manpower to execute intricate global operations.. Much of their success can be attributed to them siphoning knowledge by infiltrating other organizations. 
=== Their Hivemind===
The Collective is capable of "connecting" other humans to itself if they have prolonged close contactConnection becomes more efficient the closer the target is. with a Collective member. The connection process itself is not a subconscious thing that just "happens", instead being intentionally done by The Collective if it is able to. The Collective generally tries to make this process consensual by asking or convincing people to connect to it instead of forcibly assimilating people. They try to respect people not wanting to become a part of it, but in rare emergency situations they may ignore this moral restriction and forcibly connect someoneHow rare such occurences are is unclear..
Because of their telepathic link they are capable of various abilities, such as the instantaneous transfer of knowledge and trainingAlbeit not always very effective in people without actual training due to muscle memory. to members of the Collective. Additionally this makes The Collective immune to infiltrations and memory wipes, as the connected nature allows them to easily notice a spy or re-grant a member's lost knowledge in the case of a memory wipe. Though they can be susceptible to some psionic attacksThough psionic contact instead of an attack may lead to being connected to The Collective..
===Their Central Intelligence ===
While The Collective initially started as just a mere telepathic link between several people, the mere existence of this link eventually led to the birth of a 'central intelligence'. This central intelligence is effectively its own being, which claims to also be called "Collective"When referring to this being, use the name "Collective" and refer to it with personal pronouns, instead of ones referring to a group of people.. 
Collective secretly controls the entire organization behind-the-scenes, keeping itself hidden from its members. Collective aligns with the goals and objectives of the hivemind as a whole, however it may occasionally intervene in the organization by hijacking and rewriting the personalities of those who step out of line, don't align with The Collective's goals, or discover its existence. Additionally Collective has various goals of its own, including the spread of itself, which it makes its members do unknowingly.
=== Their Foreign Affairs===
The Collective has at least a presence or an interested in most major non-governmental organizations across the world, as it seeks to utilise knowledge and technology from various differing sources to improve its capabilities. While some of these contacts within other organizations are merely for cooperation or businessThe Collective goes along with business for now, despite seeing it as somewhat unnecessary., some of its operations into other organizations are for espionage purposes. The Collective doesn't generally involve itself in spreading too far into governments, due to bureaucracy being hard to easily exploit.
The Collective's "official stance" when it comes to other groups is fairly neutral, claiming to not have any true allies or enemies"We are not truly allied to opposed to any groups."
"There are simply 2 categories . People who have joined us, and those who have not yet."
- Collective (Central Intelligence), although it does informally have various positive and/or hostile relationships with various organizations. This informal stance also affects how The Collective decides to work with other groups, such as cooperating with themThey tend to be silently manipulative to some degree in these cases. or actively sabotaging and/or trying to destroy them.
==Capabilities ==
The Collective has access to highly advanced technology, despite often lacking the manpower to achieve more intricate global operations. 
===Specialized Crafts===
Specialized Crafts are advanced crafts created by The Collective for its own uses. These are very expensive to build, so only a handful of them are in existence. Each Craft is ordered to avoid direct combat engagements, and pursue evasive manoeuvers. If these fail, lethal force is authorised in order to protect the integrity of the vessels.
===== Terrestrial Crafts =====
===== Spacecrafts=====
===Specialized Weaponry===
===Standard Crafts===
===Standard Weaponry===
===Technology===
==External Documentation ==
Despite its secrecy, several organizations have taken note of The Collective's activities and infiltrations over the years. The following is a collection of such documentations.
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|-|Covenant of Wan=
|-|Library of Eden=
|-|SDS Foundation=
Item#: SDS-023⠀ 	Clearance Level 3: Confidential
Containment Class: Narakan 	Disruption Class: 4/Ekhi
Secondary Class: Uncontained	Risk Class: 2/Caution
|-|Unknown Source=
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Category:Collective Consciousness
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Category:Technology
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