Transcended

The transcended, also called scenders, astrals, or gods. Groups who transcended the limits of human consciousness and intelligence and achieved abilities and knowledge that is godlike or incomprehensible to humans. Often the line between history and legend or myth is not clear but many think of them as gods. Each of these have one or more regional religions devoted to these entities though most are not widely followed.

## The Luminaries

Luminaries were a reclusive group of transhumanists during the New Aeon Conflict that retained a strong following for centuries afterward. The created the proxies and the immortals

### Proxies

Emmisaries of the Luminaries so they didn't have to interact with plebians. Once the Luminaries lost interest in humanity the Proxies were left to their own to make decisions regarding humanity that they cared about but were limited due to the still standing directives given to them by their creators.

## The Yogora

Also known as the All-seers, Omniseers, or Olzir.

Just as the mind of an insect could never understand calculus, transhumanists knew the human mind is only marginally more intelligent than an animal’s and must be similarly limited to understanding the universe.  1200 years after the formation of New Aeon a small group of scientists in the Yiguin cloud of Yakosei made a series of breakthroughs in physics and cognitive science. It is not fully understood but it allowed sensors to tap into the particle field that permeates the universe and take readings on the state of particles anywhere in space within a few lightyears. This led scientists from a political group to integrate this technology into psychotronic implants with the goal of expanding the limits of human comprehension. They claimed their efforts far exceeded expectations and they claimed their new abilities allowed them to continuously “see” everything in the solar system at once, from the position and speed of every space station to the chemical makeup of the dirt on someone’s shoe on earth. The leaders of the Yogora did not share this technology with anyone but promised to share it with their citizens in time. They renamed themselves the “Olzir” or the All-Seers.

The more the All-seers spoke, it became clear that they thought of themselves as far superior to any other humans and almost thought of themselves as gods. They soon confirmed the fears of the Mosseni government when they declared themselves to be the leaders of Yakosei. They were not taken seriously at first. But the All-seers quickly demonstrated the fruits of their new understanding of the universe. With maneuvering and speed that seemed like teleportation, and foresight that seemed impossible, they were able to take over the Yakosei government with ease. After a few years of of the All-seers declared themselves to be the rightful rulers of the whole aggregate.  They started with Chiliad. Despite plenty of resistance, the Allseers methodically spread and soon took over the whole cluster. From there they began to spread into the surrounding clusters. It seemed that the only thing that slowed them down was having enough physical resources to establish a presence in every station. But the more robotic forces they built the faster they were able to spread. The last few clusters did not even resist. Within only a decade the All-seers were in control of the whole aggregate and their claims of omniscence or godhood were hard to disbelieve.

At first, it seemed the All-seers had a clear vision for the aggregate. The rearranged many station arrays and created several laws that the aggregate had to adhere to, and began building massive new space stations as well as plenty of new building projects inside existing stations. But after establishing their control over the aggregate, they mostly allowed their conquests to rule themselves. They kept at least a few Yogoran representatives stationed in each region to oversee but over time, they involved themselves less and less in ordinary affairs. Occasionally this lead some to to attempt to overthrow them. This was never successful and was always met with violent repercussions.

After 50 years, the leader of the All-seers Gonalrast was overthrown by Moragalist. They became far more violent and vindictive to their subjects as well as more erratic. This was the first hint that the All-seers were not as unified or focused as everyone had thought. Their motives and goals became more and more unpredictable and eventually stopped doing things that actually influenced civilization in meaningful ways. After a few more decades people were finding they could get away with disobeying a lot of the Yogoran laws. Only blatant acts of sedition were noticed by the Yogoran rulers and not always punished. The All-seers communication with civilization became more rare. They continued their mysterious building projects but the structures became more strange and seemingly purposeless. Eventually it became clear that many of these structures weren’t even engineered properly. Occasionally they would collapse while they were being built and the builders would just start back up and create something new. When the All-seers did make public announcements or give orders, they made little sense. Finally the citizens saw that the All-seers were going mad.

Since they were so detached people were able to behave like the Yogoran leaders weren’t there.  The All-seers seemed less and less aware of what was going on in their empire.  But they were still very powerful and they did lash out once more, quelling a large uprising and devastating the Chiliad cluster. So it took another decade before people tried again. After just over 100 years of Yogoran rule a group of insurectionists in the Solari cluster tried to overthrow their Yogoran representative and invaded his sanctuary. They found him dead. Many other cylinders followed suit, invading Yogoran sanctuaries and found most were dead. The ones that were alive were vacant husks of the godlike beings they once were. No one fully understands what happens but the most common theory is that their cosmic intelligence was not sustainable with their still human brains.