The Remnants

I am the Forgotten, left behind by my Kin. I have witnessed worlds burn, and only silence persists.

- The Forgotten, *Serendipity: Why are they here?*

## Summary

The Remnants, also known as the Taye’Yyum were a highly advanced species, dominating the Galaxy approximately 250,000 years ago. They were the allies of  The First Ones, and the peaceful gardeners and caretakers of life in the Milky Way. They took on the role of Architects, peacefully documenting life in the Universe. They reached around 2.8 on the Kardashev scale, ruling over approximately one million worlds. They were the successors of the Architects, seeing themselves as the Architects’ legacy, therefore carrying on many of their philosophies. A considerable amount of our knowledge of the Architects is actually derived from the Taye’Yyum. They constructed many important artefacts such as the Hive, later repurposed by the Chosen as their high city, the Orrery and numerous lesser artefacts.

The Taye’yuum took up the role of the Architects, peacefully documenting the life that the Architects had seeded. They possessed a strong knowledge of bioengineering, but never followed in the footsteps of the Architects in the respect of seeding planets with life. They also forged an alliance with The First Ones, helping them combat the parasitic infection known as the Faceless.

## Technology

The Taye’yuum’s knowledge of technology was second only to that of the Architects. They possessed Stellar Engineering Technology, vast ships known as Omen’s Approaches.

### Artificial Intelligence

The Taye’yuum extensively integrated artificial intelligence into their society, using them for everything from navigation to diplomacy. The intelligences took the form of large, angular runes. They are stored in rooms known as Auditoriums, where all the data processed by the Intelligence was stored. They were created by programming an exact replica of a functional mind, capable of experiencing emotions, making leaps of logic and growing as a character. Their names are typically a code consisting of combinations of indecipherable runes.

### Ships

The Taye’yuum’s Starships are long, spindly and typically a sterile colour of silver. They carry an advanced form of Quantum Cannon as their main armament, with smaller Energy Launchers and Caustic Missiles as their secondary armament. Their shields are typically boosted to 86,000 Mj, and are powered by Twin Antimatter Reactors. Their Subspace drives differ in several ways to Human Binary Drives. Instead of spinning two bubbles of Antimatter to rip a rift between Normal Space and Subspace, they slit a very fine opening, which requires considerably less energy than the crude methods of Humanity. It also allows much finer calculations of the vessel’s exit point.

### Weaponry

The Taye’yuum typically employ energy beam-based weapons, which they typically refer to as Light-Bolts. Another weapon is a form of Plasmatic matter bottled by a lattice of Hydrogen, allowing the weapon to be wielded like a traditional sword. The temperature of the bottled Plasma means that the weapon can slice through Shields, Flesh and Metal alike. This is usually referred to as a Plasma Sword, or intermittently as a Heat Blade. A more primitive form of this technology is also used by The Chosen. Occasionally, the Taye’yuum have employed Rail-Guns, known to them as Acceleration Cannons.

### Subspace Drives

The Taye’yuum had an extensive knowledge of Subspace, inheriting a massive travel network from the Architect Civilisation. Their Subspace Drive technology used Rotational Energy, unlike Human and Chosen drives, which use pure brute force to tear their way into Subspace. On occasion, they have established networks of instantly opening portals, which can transition matter instantaneously from one point to another. Their drives are typically compromised mainly of Tantalum, a precious material sometimes found in asteroids.

## History

### Early History

In their early history, the Precursors were humanoid, with two legs, two long forearms, and several humanoid facial features. Their elbow joints carried long, sharp protrusions, which they used as weapons in their first wars. They were created by the Architects, never having met their creators, but mythologising them. Their Homeworld was destroyed by a Black Hole, forcing them to hastily relocate to a vast artificial planetoid that is loosely referred to in their records as ‘The Hive’. This would later be reclaimed by the Chosen and designated their High City, being home to trillions of Chosen soldiers. From this point, they developed highly advanced shielding technology, Subspace travel, art and science.

### Colonisation of Space

Once they had escaped their home planet’s demise and established a solid economy aboard the Hive station, they began to utilise their highly advanced Subspace science to rapidly colonise hundreds of nearby Star Systems. At some point in their expansion, they discovered the Architect Haven World of Ecumene. They realised that the entire planet was sacred ground, and began to study and explore it. For 22,000 years, they grew and prospered, but discovered strange relics from a species, that met its demise shortly before their birth. Relics that told of an inexorable threat that ravaged the Galaxy. This threat, of course, was the Faceless. Around 200,000 BC, the Remnants made contact with the Faceless