Datasea

The datasea was a network spread across the galaxy, where all recorded data was stored. The datasea allowed for communication over great distances, and was used to map safe routes for paraulixes, therefore, without the datasea interstellar travel would be impossible and planets would be isolated from one another, with no way of communicating and connecting. The datasea was controlled and ruled by Intelligence and briefly Genesis - it was essentially Intelligence's mind, giving Intelligence the ability to oversee everything in the galaxy all at once.

## Overview

Through the datasea Intelligence possessed omnipresence and omniscience, allowing Intelligence to maintain order (somewhat tenuous at times) across hundreds of thousands of light years - this allowed Intelligence to see through time and travel incredibly fast, as he could see from point to point faster than the speed of light. This ability is also how two systems on opposite sides of the galaxy could communicate with one another instantly - when one communication was sent, it was transmitted to the datasea where the other system was immediately, for it was travelling across the datasea where Intelligence could see all. The transmission of a communication was like Intelligence turning his head to look another direction.

## Synkenin

Synkenin was a compound with drug-like effects produced in areas where the datasea is present, especially where Intelligence's presence is most apparents - locations called Datasea Conduits. How and why synkenin is produced is unknown, but taking it (usually in the form of a 5 decigram pill) enhanced the senses of those who experienced long exposure to the datasea (specifically near conduits such as the Ariphius Pyramid), and consequently synkenin. To those who are unaccustomed, a dose larger than a decigram can kill them. A phenomenon known as the Synkenin Effect occurs when a highly tolerant accustomed individual takes more than 1 gram of oxidised synkenin. The individual enters a coma, however their mind stays active and "enters" the datasea, allowing the individual to freely think in a dream-like state within the datasea.

## History

### Creation

The Biru Clan, the predecessor of the Ariphius Confederacy, left Nikrontri in 1GE 1400, and slowly colonised the Caesar System, one planet at a time, extracting resources to expand further. The Biru Clan eventually established itself as a spacefaring state, known as the Ariphius Confederacy, though its territory was confined to within the Caesar System, as the space agency did not yet have enough resource capacity for cross-system travel. The systems of the Galactic Interior surrounding the Clan were entirely Regime Colonies, closing in on the Caesar System, and the Biru Clan was almost subject to Regime nationalisation, integrated into their colonies, if not for the advancements in AI that was made, instead of a focus on expansionism.

Artificial intelligence science agencies on Galachai successfully transmitted a digital network to points across the galaxy remotely, creating the digital web of the datasea, allowing instant galactic communication. This was a revolutionary invention, and the Tamarud Regime took notice. The prototype datasea-controlling AI Genesis successfully formulated strategies that allowed the Ariphius Confederacy to make the perfect manoeuvres to become a formidable government rivalling the Tamarud Regime, despite its much smaller size and power.

When Genesis was replaced by the superior AI Intelligence, the Ariphius Confederacy made the perfect, errorless decisions to colonise and invade specific planets and extract certain materials within a time frame. The Regime lacked such technology, and suffered because of it, as the Ariphius Confederacy invaded Regime territory in a territorial war that marked the beginning of the War Era. Colonies formed political alliances with the Ariphius Confederacy to take advantage of the power of Intelligence, and the Confederacy's territory grew to twenty times its size within ten years.