Downstreamers

## Summary

**The Downstreamers**, also known as **The Old Ones** after the collapse of their multiverse, are a hyper-posthuman civilization. Born in the "primal universe," they are the first and oldest race in **Manifold**, and are in fact the creators of said Manifolds and the descendants of humanity in a sense. They survived the heat death of their universe, seeking to expand their possibilities in regard to the creation of life, and so reached back in time to send messages to the 21st century, telling their ancestors, the "maligned Blues," of their plans to restructure the Manifoldverse.

## Statistics

**Tier: Ultimate**

**Civilization Tier:** **Transcendent Civilization**

**Name:** The Downstreamers, The Old Ones, The Ancestors from The Afterglow

**Origin:** Manifold

**Gender:** Varies, possibly Unknown (Individual Downstreamers are formerly human and retain their mental humanity upon ascension, but as beings of pure information, it is unknown if they still retain "gender" or not)

**Age:** More than 10^117 years old | Inapplicable

**Classification:** Hyperadvanced posthuman civilization, neutrino/quantum consciousness/informational beings | Abstract existence

**Kardashev Level:** **Type VII**

**Population:** Unknown

**Territory:** The entirety of existence

**Technology/Abilities:**

Celestial Bodies Manipulation, Durability Negation through extreme density of Quark-nugget matter, Black Hole Manipulation, Acausality , Regeneration, Reactive Power Level, Time Manipulation, Immortality, Causality Manipulation , Omniscience, Invulnerability, Abstract Existence, Matter Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Spaceflight, Teleportation, Incorporeality, Probability Manipulation, Quantum Manipulation, Portal Creation, Time Travel, Technology Manipulation, Mathematics Manipulation, Subjective Reality, Void Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Reality Warping, Information Analysis, Creation and Information Manipulation, Possibly Power Mimicry, Power Bestowal, Transduality Immortality, Large Size, Beyond-Dimensional Existence, Conceptual Manipulation , Law Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Data Manipulation, Possibly Reactive Power Level

**Attack Potency:** **Ultimate** (They had effectivley made theroy of everything, and should logically fully transcend it)

**Power Source:** The entirety of existence

**Industrial Capacity:** Irrelevant

**Military Prowess:** Irrelevant

**Notable Individuals:** Reid Malenfant

**Speed:** **Irrelevant**

**Lifting: Irrelevant**

**Durability: Ultimate**

**Stamina:** Irrelevant

**Range:** **Ultimate**

**Intelligence:** Nigh-Omniscient (The Old Ones are able to comprehend and manipulate the "infinite manifold" that encompasses all mathematical possibilities)

**Weaknesses:** Dependent on energy (Mainly from Black Holes). If they are present in a universe approaching heat death, their abilities take significantly longer to use, as they cannot collapse any black holes to sustain their abilities and technology. | None notable

**Technology:**

* **Red Moon:** A moon-sized construct that wanders through the Manifoldverse, transporting humans from different universes to empty ones. It can travel to an infinite number of universes in a finite amount of time through the use of phase space (higher-dimensional engineering). It can also affect probability through quantum tunneling.
* **Refugium:** A universe-sized construct built around cosmic strings, which is created as a shelter of sorts to all different kinds of organisms. All sections have bubbles which are tailored to suit all kind of organisms’ needs.
* **Planetarium:** A simulation system whose purpose is to project a generated reality surrounding the solar system, which is undetectable by any means. It is a perfect simulation down to the quantum level, requiring more energy than a galaxy. It’s implied that this was just another experiment of the Downstreamers, resolving the Fermi Paradox in a certain universe by creating this false reality to protect humanity.

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* **Time Portals:** Pre-FVC Downstreamers can materialize material of molded space-time out of their thoughts at will. The material can be used to time travel and for defensive purposes (It can withstand the force of a thousand big bangs instantaneously, and is still intact even past the heat death of the universe. It can also deploy a field around selected area which allow the Downstreamers to freely change the laws of physics inside it)
* **Unreality Wave:** Mixes all different possible states of a universe from phase space until the universe is completely destroyed.
* **Time-line Alteration:** Allows the Pre-FVC Downstreamers to change time-lines of at least 1000 different non-causally connected universes at the same time.
* **Transcendence:** A transformation which allows the Downstreamers to transcend an infinitely-layered infinite multiverse after their Non-Corporeal form (Which was a neutrino/quantum consciousness/informational body was destroyed in the complete multiversal collapse. This form transcends all known existence)
* **Cosmic Inflation:** Produces seeds which grow into countless universes. These universes are compared to bubbles in foam floating on an ocean.
* **Existence Manipulation:** The Old Ones can effortlessly change the rules of the entire Manifoldverse, allowing them to create infinite possibilities for both life and mind.

**Key:** **Downstreamers** | **Old Ones**