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Max Tennyson

**Max Tennyson** or **Grandpa Max** as his grandchildren call him, is the paternal grandfather of Ben and Gwen.

## Appearance

Max has grey and white hair, and has brown eyes. He wears a white shirt with a red Hawaiian shirt with orange clovers on top, and has a brown cargo vest on top of it all. He wears blue jeans and brown shoes. He has a brown and gold watch on his right arm.

## Personality

Max cares about his grand kids, and is usually not too strict with them. He teaches them things a normal parent would teach. He is usually on Gwen's side when Ben and Gwen fight.

## History

Max used to play Badminton with his friends in college. They were called the "Fabulous Four".

## Powers and Abilities

Max doesn't have any superpowers, however, he has wisdom and basic knowledge on how to survive in the wilderness.

## Appearances

### Ben 10

* All episodes (except for *All Wet* and *Story, Bored*)
Nugget

Minitaur

Chinzilla

Goatadactyl

**Nugget** is an accidental mutant created by Dr. Animo. He first appeared in *Animo Farm*.

## Appearance

Nugget looks like a mutant Chicken with glasses. He has yellow feet with three toes on each foot. He has a puffy black tail and a white torso. Half of his arms are white and the other half is black. His hands are also black. He has a black head, as well as black eye brows and eye lashes. He has a yellow beak with a blue stache. He has blue Chicken comb on his head. He also has black eyes.

## Personality

Nugget is friendly and isn't shy at all. He is doubtful and doesn't have a lot of confidence in himself. He is also dependent on others to help him because of this.

## History

Along with the other Accidentals, he was a slave on the farm. When Stinkfly convinced the Accidentals to use teamwork to break out of the prison, they did that and also used teamwork to defeat the Alphas. Napoleon attempted to use a drill to attack Nugget, but Stinkfly defeated Napoleon and rescued Nugget from the drill. Later, Stinkfly and the Accidentals put the Alphas behind bars and they left the farm. After that, the Accidentals played football with Ben Tennyson.

## Trivia

* Nugget is the only accidental that doesn't have any special abilities.
Omnitrix

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The **Omnitrix** is a watch-like device that attached to Ben Tennyson's wrist, and is the device that the series revolves around.

## Appearance

The Omnitrix looks like a very big wristwatch, primarily black and grey in color, with a grey dial in the middle (like a watch face) which has a green hourglass shape. When Ben selects his aliens it shows the alien's silhouette.

The Omnitrix was upgraded by Ben using Upgrade in *Omni-Tricked: Part 4*. Now, the white chords and dial are silver and green. The four buttons on the faceplate are replaced with grey squares. There is an additional band of dark grey running around the center of the Omnitrix, the activation button is on this strip.

## Features

### General

* It contains the DNA of at least 12 aliens and can transform its user into one of them for a limited period of time.
* The upgraded Omnitrix allows the user to transform into enhanced version of the aliens.

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### Omnitrix Symbol Position

* The Omnitrix symbol is generally located on the chest of the transformations (with the exceptions being Grey Matter and Heatblast)

### Clothing

* The Omnitrix may or may not give clothing to a transformation. Even when it does, the clothing seems to be random, as Four Arms and Gax have a black-and-white clothing, Diamondhead has black-and-yellow, Grey Matter has black-and-green while XLR8 has a black-and-blue clothing. This is unlike the Omnitrixes in the original shows, which had either a consistent black-and-white clothing or green-and-white, which was based on the user's clothes.

### Malfunctions

* If fiddled with, the Omnitrix can start turning users into hybrids of two or more-than-two aliens.

## Trivia

* Unlike the Omnitrix from the original continuity, this version of the Omnitrix contains DNA from the Andromeda Galaxy as well as the Milky Way Galaxy.
Nagaragawa Kinzoku Industries

**Nagaragawa Kinzoku Industries** is a Yamataian engineering, electrical, robotics and military equipment company headquartered in Atsugi, Kanagawa.

## Military Equipment

Nagarawa Kinzoku specialises in producing mechs for the Yamatai Imperial Military as well as the various GSDFs. It is prohibited from selling equipment directly to foreign parties, though may do so through a government-controlled middleman. Nagawara Kinzoku mechs form one of the backbones of much of the Imperial Military's ground forces, and have operated within the Imperial Military since Kanagawa's merger with Yamatai.
Boxer

**Boxer** is an Alpha mutant created by Dr. Animo. He first appeared in *Animo Farm*.

## Appearance

Boxer is a hybrid gorilla and horse. He has brown hair all over his body. He has two red eyes, but he has a scar on his left eye. The part of his face above his nose is also red. When his mouth is closed, two bottom teeth stick out. He has four black fingers on his arms and two heels as legs. His chest, belly, and part of his face are the only parts of his body that don't have hair. He has the head of a horse and has a muscular body like a gorilla.

## Personality

Boxer is loyal to his leader, Napoleon. He takes his job very seriously and doesn't let anything or anyone get in his way. He also seems to worship Dr. Animo.

## History

Along with the other Alphas, he was forcing the Accidentals and Stinkfly to do work on the farm. When the Accidentals and Stinkfly left the prison, the Alphas fought the Accidentals and Stinkfly. Boxer tried to punch Chinzilla, but Chinzilla felt no pain and then blew fire at Boxer. Later, the Alphas were put in the prison on the Farm by the Accidentals and Stinkfly.

In *Animorphosis*, he was mind-controlled by Vilgax. He was defeated by Omni-Enhanced Stinkfly.

## Powers and Abilities

Boxer has a good physical condition. He has enhanced strength and does dangerous punches. When he runs, he gallops and runs like a gorilla at the same time.

## Weaknesses

Boxer has a disadvantage against ranged enemies or enemies bigger than him.

## Appearances

### Ben 10

* *Animo Farm* (first appearance)
* *Animorphosis*

## Trivia

* Boxer is named after Boxer, a loyalist in the novella, Animal Farm.
Mr. Billions

**Mr. Billions** is a neutral character and the father of Billy Billions in **Ben 10**.

## Appearance

Mr. Billions wears a dark grey coat with gold buttons matching pants. Under his coat, he has a purple shirt and a black neck tie. He wears a red-violet scarf around his neck. He also has grey hair, and black eyes and eye brows. He has a small black colored mustache.

## Personality

Mr. Billions is a rich man that always spoils Billy, giving him anything he wants. He gets disappointed whenever Billy fails at something. Mr. Billions is so rich that he doesn't ever owe anything. When he does owe money, he pays money like it's pocket change. Mr. Billions is also desperate to get things that he owns, like Billy's Robots. He doesn't seem to talk much, as seen when he used his phone instead of talking to Max.

## History

In *Rustbucket RIP*, when Billy failed to retrieve the Platinum Sumo Slammer card Mr. Billions was disappointed in Billy. After that, he brought Billy into their private helicopter.

In *Don't Laze Me, Bro*, Mr. Billions rented Laser Town for an entire day on Billy's Birthday. When Billy's robots started rising against humans, Mr. Billions tried to stop them while Max Tennyson told him they had to leave. Mr. Billions agreed to pay for the damage of Laser Town when Diamondhead and the robots destroyed it.

## Appearances

### Ben 10

* *Rustbucket RIP* (first appearance)
* *Don't Laze Me, Bro*
Slurpstack

**Slurpstack** is a character that appeared in *Something I Ate*

## Appearance

Slurpstack is a mutant animal colored dark purple with light purple spots on the back. On its back, there are red spines and a long tail. It has a total of ten legs. The two biggest ones are for walking and maintaining balance while the rest function as arms. It has a pair of big red eyes and gills. It also has a long tongue for taking things and eating things. It has red eyes and white teeth.

## Behavior

When Slurpstack gets sick, it gets very aggressive and dangerous.

## Powers and Abilities

Slurpstack has great strength and a very long tongue. Its toungue can be used as a hand. Slurpstack can also digest many things because of its great appetite.

## Weaknesses

There are some things that Slurpstack can't digest. If it eats things that it can't digest, it gets sick. Slurpstack also has a weak spot in its head, as seen when it got hurt when grey matter hit its head.
Yamatai Imperial Military

Branches
 Marshall Admiral
 Active personnel
 Reserve personnel

The **Yamatai Imperial Military** is the unified armed forces of Yamatai. It comprises of the Yamatai Imperial Army as its main terrestrial force and the Yamatai Imperial Navy as its main spaceborne force, also including all the subsidiary branches of these two main units. The Imperial Military compprises around 2 billion active troops and 4 billion reserve troops.

Descended from the original Yamatai Colonial Defence Militia and the remnants of the Imperial Akitsukunese Armed Forces, the present Imperial Military was formed in 2173. Following the retreat of the Akitsukunese leadership to Yamatai, the remaining military units were consolidated with the local YCDM. In the confused situation regarding succession of government over the various Akitsukunese colonies, the two colonies of Yamashiro and Kawachi joined with Yamatai's new government to form the Empire of Yamatai, eventually forming the core systems. All of the colonial defence militias were consolidated into one Imperial Military.

The Imperial Military is led by the Shogun, the overall leader of the armed forces and second to the Empress, who is not involved in military matters.

## Organisation

### Branches

* Yamatai Imperial Army
	+ Yamatai Imperial Army Ground Force
		- Yamatai Imperial Army Special Forces
		- Yamatai Imperial Army Special Applications
	+ Yamatai Imperial Army Sea Force
	+ Yamatai Imperial Army Air Force
	+ Yamatai Imperial Army Space Force
		- Yamatai Imperial Army Space Transportation Force
		- Yamatai Orbital Diver Corps (Also under Special Forces)
	+ Yamatai Ground Self-Defence Forces
* Yamatai Imperial Navy
	+ Yamatai Imperial Navy Mobile Force
		- Yamatai Imperial Navy Quick-Reaction Force
		- Yamatai Imperial Navy Power-Projection Force
		- Yamatai Imperial Navy Patrol Force
	+ Yamatai Imperial Space Defence Force
		- Yamatai Border Defence Fleet
		- Yamatai Static Defence Force
		- Yamatai System Defence Fleets
		- Yamatai Planetary Self-Defence Fleets
	+ Yamatai Imperial Navy Logistics Unit
	+ Yamatai Special Naval Landing Force
		- Yamatai SNLF Special Forces
		- Yamatai SNLF Fleet
Type-11 Burai combat mech

The **Type-11 bipedal combat mech**, commonly known as the **Burai**, is a bipedal fourth-generation light combat mech produced by Kurikara Robotics. It has largely supplanted the roles originally performed by other bipedal utility mechs such as the Mitsushishi Type-6 Amplified Mobility Suit within the Yamatai Imperial Military. It is capable of acting as a combat or support unit with its humanoid shape, allowing for increased flexibility both on and off the battlefield. Besides Imperial Military use, the Burai is also used in civilian adaptations.

## Characteristics

### Armament

1x Assault Rifle
1x Torso-mounted Antipersonnel Machine Gun
1x Wrist-Mounted Quad Missile Launchers (8-tube in total)
1x Large 120mm handheld cannon
Uulnam-class supercarrier

The ***Uulnam*-class supercarrier** is one of the largest capital ships in the Shan Black Banner, along with the *Jehal*-class battleship. It carries ninety-six attack drones, as well as five Jaiho-class orbital bombardment vessels or five Y-class landers. The *Uulnam-*class also carries fifteen heavy supply shuttles, and can be reconfigured to serve in troop transport capacities. It also carries five Quren-class laser buses.

For its own armament, the *Uulnam-*class carries seven long-range lasers and nine missile pods. It is one of the most powerful ship in the entire Shan fleet.
Threefold Crane

Capital
 Ethnic Groups
 Demonym
 Government
 Lady of the Magh
 Formation
 "Upheaval"
 Size
 Population
 Currency

The Threefold Crane is an interstellar empire primary ruling within the "Crane Cluster" and the homeworlds of Magh Gah and Maravaz. A confederation of three "Banners", the Magh, the Wanzi and Drai, the crane has a large foothold on various systems among their cluster (called the Crane Cluster). They are renowned for their culture and civilized society, which had diverged from their Tiandi roots and has developed their own (though elements of Crane Civilization still contain Tiandi ancestry) out of basis on the also-renowned and valuable resources of their homeworlds: Nikkhe oil and Fire Fruits.
Gyoraitei-class missile boat

* 2x3 Anti-ship missiles (Underwing)
* 2x2 Small Torpedo (Top Launchers)
* 2x2 45mm cannons (Waist Turrets)

**Secondary armament**
* 1x Twin Beam Gun (Rear Turret)

The **Gyoraitei-class** missile boat is a missile-armed fast attack, escort and patrol craft used by the Yamatai Imperial Navy. An upgraded version of the Hikuidori-class patrol ship, the Gyoraitei-class is small, fast, and inexpensive to build. Armed with a multitude of missile systems, the Gyoraitei-class sacrifices the deep-space scanning capabilities and speed of the Hikuidori-class for increased offensive armament and thicker armour.

Designed for system defence and trade route patrols, the Gyoraitei-class can also often be found as part of the escorts of trade convoys or acting as part of a larger fleet's short-range activities as anti-fighter and anti-ship missile boats. LThe Gyoraitei-class is able to carry out interstellar jumps. The Yamatai Imperial Navy also uses such craft in an anti-insurgent role, attacking smugglers and patrolling near known criminal hideouts.

## Overciew

### Armament

Heavily armed for anti-fighter and anti-starship capabilities, the Gyoraitei-class is equipped with a greater number of weapons systems compared to the base Hikuidori-class. The basic rear-facing, anti-fighter twin beam gun turret is retained, as well as the two waist twin 45mm cannon turrets capable of challenging fighters and ships of similar class.

While the Hikuidori-class is limited to underwing anti-ship missiles, the Gyoraitei-class adds hardpoints for anti-fighter AI-guided missiles on the wingtips, as well as two dual small torpedo launchers on the dorsal region.

With this armament, the Gyoraitei-class is able to engage craft smaller and of comparable size to itself, as well as disable larger, unarmed craft.

### Propulsion

The primary propulsion of the Gyoraitei-class are two Ishikawa-Harima fusion thrusters, identical to those on the base Hikuidori-class. These propel the ship to high speeds capable of chasing down blockade runners and smuggling ships, as well as carrying out hit-and-run attacks.

For faster-than-light travel, the class is equipped with the Fujikawa Economical Pace Drive, one of the cheaper options for ships this size and a downgrade from the Hikuidori-class' Running Pace Drive. Given its intended purpose as a system and planetary defender, such an FTL drive is suitable, though limits the class to in-system jumps or jumps to adjacent systems only.

### Crew

The Gyoraitei-class has a crew of 5, with enough life-support and supplies to last for one week, though emergency supplies and rationing allow for an additional week on board. This crew consists of a captain, two pilots and two gunners, who also act as engineers.
Surnarae

**Surnarae** (literally "banner moons") are essentially a militarized form of a Usar. These bodies, which, like usarae, can range in size from a few tens of kilometers across to several hundred, are typically moved into orbit around key core worlds, or worlds considered to be strategically important. Surnarae usually have large military installations on their surface and just below it, housing troops and spacecraft (primarily combat drones intended for orbital defense, as befits their role as defense stations). They also typically have significant power generation capability, often buried under kilometers of ice and rock to protect from potential enemy fire. These power stations power laser and railgun batteries scattered across their surface, which are intended to police the space of their orbital partner and defend it against attacks ranging from pirates to assault fleets. Missile batteries are also installed.

In addition to these weapons systems, which are usually robotic, concealed, and defended against ground attack, a surnar invariably has detachments of construction robots (guarded by soldiers) which can be sent to rebuild destroyed weapons using the surnar's materials.

Surnarae, which have no capacity for maneuvering and are quite large, present easy targets for an attacker to hit- assuming of course, that they make it past the surnar's defenses. Surnarae have proved their worth against Khayan and Regency fleets several times in the past.

Surnar weaponry typically includes a number of extremely large laser batteries as their main armament. These batteries can be the size of entire cities, and are capable of entirely vaporizing ships at extreme range. However, they also produce huge quantities of waste heat, and as such must be based in or near large ice fields to avoid literally melting themselves. Another powerful weapon all surnarae have are railguns. A surnar's railgun can typically accelerate slugs weighing several tons to up to 0.9 *c*, often several at a time. To avoid punching straight through enemy ships and hitting friendlies, settlements, or even planets (which has happened before), they typically fire patterns of much smaller slugs in spreads, with fuses that will blast each slug to gas after a certain pre-measured time.
Axefish

The **axefish** is a type of fish native to Amyu that has been introduced widely across the galaxy. It preys on smaller fish such as flasher fish, and is among Amyr creatures like the saarnel in sporting a biological bladed propeller. It is often hostile towards swimmers and other members of its species and can dive extremely deep.
Beam Weapon (Yamatai)

**Beam weaponry** are a classification of directed-energy weapon utilised in Yamatai. The term is used to refer to both high-powered particle-beam weapons, using high-energy beams of atomic or subatomic particles to damage the target by disrupting its atomic and molecular structure. Beam weapons are amongst the most numerous types of weapons used in the Yamatai Imperial Military, primarily in the Imperial Navy where numerous types exist for different aspects of space combat. The weapons range in size and yield from short-range anti-fighter beam guns to ground-to-space anti-ship beam rifles, with numerous types in between.

## Beam guns

Beam guns are often smaller-sized weapons mounted as anti-fighter armaments. These are commonly found on fighters, bombers and on turrets on larger warships.

## Beam rifle

Beam rifles tend to be larger artillery weapons mounted on planets and on orbital defence platforms. They utilise electromagnetic coils to spin the particles into a more coherent beam, allowing for greater accuracy over vast distances.
Phil Billings

## Phil

**Phil** is an old friend of Max Tennyson. He first appeared in *Omni-Tricked: Part 2*.

## Appearance

Phil has a brown hair and a grey beard and wears glasses blue button-up shirt and trousers. His mustache and eye brows are brown. He has brown eyes and wears black glasses.

## Personality

Template:PartStubPhil is an assertive man who knows how to fix many artificial items. He seems to be very interested in the Omnitrix, as he was asking Ben many questions about it when he and Ben were in a dangerous situation.

## History

Template:PartStubIn *Omni-Tricked: Part 2*, Stinkfly saved Phil from falling rocks. Phil then made the train drive and Wildvine took Phil off the train when the train was about to hit a dead end.

In *Omni-Tricked: Part 3* and *Omni-Tricked: Part 4*, Phil attempted to fix the glitches that the Omnitrix was having.

## Appearances

* *Omni-Tricked: Part 2* (first appearance)
* *Omni-Tricked: Part 3*
* *Omni-Tricked: Part 4*
Great Silence

The **Great Silence** was a catastrophic event in 2150, where all contact with Tiandi suddenly ceased. The entire FTL beacon network was also taken offline for around two weeks, eventually automatically coming back online. However, Tiandi's FTL beacon and all known backups, as well as those of systems close to Tiandi, were disabled. This was a contingency not planned for by the various colonies. As a result, all colonies lost the location of Tiandi, and while efforts to rediscover the homeworld may have been made, none were fruitful due to a lack of technology and the sheer vastness of space. Some colonies discovered highly corrupted information lifeboats regarding the loss of Tiandi, though no information regarding the actual events was gained beyond evidence suggesting Tiandi is completely uninhabitable for humans.

Numerous theories as to the fate of Tiandi exist, but none have been proven. Over the years, interest in Tiandi itself has also waned, leaving the human homeworld to rest in peace at last.
Flasher fish

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The **flasher fish**, also commonly called the **silverfish** or just a "flashie", is a very common species of aquatic creature native to Amyu. It is almost ubiquitous in Amyu's seas, and is numerous and nutritious and thus has been introduced widely throughout Shan space and the galaxy. It evolved to live in cooler waters off of Kir and feed on Kiran krill, but various subspecies have since spread throughout the tropical and northern polar regions.

Being incredibly numerous, the silverfish is a very common source of food and is prepared in almost every way imaginable by the Shan. It is also often used for scientific experiments and to help create aquatic ecosystems in tent gardens on uninhabitable worlds. Its versatility and widespread consumption means that this small fish has been genetically modified and is now raised by millions of fish farms around the Kurun and the galaxy.
Inertial dampeners

**Inertial dampeners** are a nearly-ubiquitous piece of technology associated with artificial gravity found on ships throughout the galaxy to help protect their crew, cargo, and passengers from the adverse effects of extremely high accelerations or decelerations. Without these critical devices, accelerations considered normal would kill living beings within such spacecraft.

## Shan

The Shan do have inertial dampeners, but they are limited by the energy shields the Shan use, which are also based off of artificial gravity technology. As all Shan vessels are equipped with energy shields to at least protect from micrometeorite collisions, this means that Shan inertial dampeners are not as effective as those of other star-states and the Shan must make precautions to deal with this. This is part of the reason that Shan vessels use thrust gravity rather than artificial gravity as well, and why their ships (military vessels in particular) are equipped to help the crew and passengers deal with extremely high g-forces.
Michael Morningstar

**Michael Morningstar** is an actor who first appeared in *Bright Lights, Black Hearts*. He feeds on the life force of people.

## Appearance

He looks like a young teen with blonde hair. He wears a grey sweater and white pants. He has dark brown eyes and brown eyebrows. However, in his powered-up form, his hair resembles lightning bolts, his skin glows gold, and his eyes are blank yellow.

In his Drained form, his hair is now in scraggly patches, his skin is now charcoal-gray, and his eyes are a dull yellow with black irises.

## Personality

Michael is extremely vain, power hungry and egomaniacal.

## Powers and Abilities

He has the ability to drain life force from living beings when they start admiring him. The more life force energy he drains from others the more powerful he becomes. He can fire energy beams, has enhanced strength capable of keeping up with Heatblast, create energy shields, and fly when he absorbs enough of energy.

## Weaknesses

When people stop admiring him he loses his powers as he is no longer able to feed on them.

## Appearances

### Ben 10

* *Bright Lights, Black Hearts* (first appearance)
* *The Charm Offensive*

## Trivia

* Michael Morningstar is an actor. He uses this profession to have people admire him so he can feed on them.
* He has survived for hundreds of years due to draining life force out of his admirers.
* By appearance, he is notably younger compared to his original counterpart, just like Frightwig. But at the same time, he is also much older than his original counterpart, being a literal energy vampire who has lived for hundreds of years.
* His action figure appears in Bentuition: Heatblast 02.
Ri-32 battle rifle

The **Ri-32 Battle Rifle** is a Yamataian selective fire bullpup military designated marksman rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm cartridge. The Ri-32 was made with the intention of carrying out both designated marksman and CQB roles in combat. Typically, one member of every infantry section carries this weapon. The rifle is in service with the Imperial Army and the SNLF.

## Rifle design

The Ri-32 Battle Rifle is an air-cooled, magazine-fed, gas-operated select-fire bullpup rifle that fires 7.62×51mm ammunition from a 20-round detachable box magazine. The weapon has a fire mode selector switch above its grip and a mounted optic with 3x magnification. The Ri-32 has an ambidextrous magazine release button located directly above its magazine well just behind the trigger, as well as ambidex-friendly safety & firing mode controls - however it does not feature an ambidextrous ejection port, making use by left-handed shooters extremely difficult if not outright impossible (as hot shell casings would be ejected directly into a left-hand shooter's face).
Shogun of Yamatai

The **Shogun of Yamatai** (将軍) is the highest-ranking officer and the overall commander of the Yamatai Imperial Military. He is the principal military adviser to the Empress of Yamatai, a member of the Imperial Triumvirate, and is the ultimate authority within the Imperial Military. Outranking all of the other members of the Imperial Military High Council, the Shogun also has operational command authority over the armed forces. In the Imperial hierarchy, the Shogun is on par with the Prime Minister of Yamatai. Currently, the Shogun is Tatewaki Katase.

The Shogun's duties include advising the Empress on the military affairs of the state, reviewing, approving and overseeing theatre-level combat operations, reviewing high-level research and development requests and monitoring and regulating the activities of the three main branches of the Imperial Military. The Shogun may also observe and take personal command of small-scale actions if the action is a matter of national security or of personal interest to the Empress. The Shogun is also permitted to take command of any military unit of any size, personally leading on the battlefield, though this is rarely carried out.

The Imperial Military High Council, consisting of military leadership personnel from all the services, assists the Shogun in fulfilling his duties and functions as a conduit and collector of information between the Shogun and the combatant commanders.
Usarae

**Usarae** (literally "water moons") is the plural term the Shan (Species) use to refer to large asteroids, moons, and dwarf planets that are occasionally moved into orbit around various Shan coreworlds. They are related to Surnarae. As their name suggests, this is frequently so that they can be mined for water, or for volatiles, metals, and other elements. Typically, these bodies are colonized and turned into large habitats or living areas to move the some of the population of the most overcrowded worlds off the surface, even while their resources are being extracted. A usar can range in size from a diameter of just a few kilometers to massive moonlets some hundreds of kilometers across.

Usarae have been moved into place over many of the most crowded Shan worlds, such as Amyu. They provide a convenient stream of resources, an extremely cheap and nearby resettlement zone, an area to store the vast amounts of garbage that large populations often create, and often are also used as military bases. They can also be converted into huge power stations, soaking up solar radiation and beaming the power down to the surface. Depending on the size of the body, it is sometimes entirely consumed (in the case of smaller bodies), or it can be colonized or turned into a power station, a communications satellite or a dump or sometimes simply abandoned. Rarely, usarae are ejected from orbit after their mining is completed.

Small usarae can be consumed in as little as a few years or a decade, while the largest can take centuries.
Khevtuul-class light cruiser

The ***Khevtuul*-class light cruiser** is one of the most numerous ships in the Shan Black Banner, and is considered one of the workhorses of the fleet. It is generally equipped with eight heavy attack drones, two long-range lasers, and five missile pods, but this armament can be reconfigured or added to, as can its armor (modular ceramic add-ons are available). The weapons carried by its attack drones can also be varied depending on the type of mission each ship has been tasked with.

A *Khevtuul*-class ship is powered by two fusion reactors and two closed-loop gas-core fission reactors, with radioisotopic thermoelectric generators available for emergency power. Like almost all Shan military craft, it does not carry escape pods. Unless it has been reconfigured for troop transport, it only carries a single small shuttle.
Arul

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The **arul** is a popular fruit in the Shanhe Kurun, grown widely and eaten both raw and cooked, which can be prepared in a wide variety of dishes both sweet and savory. It is noted for its tartness and refreshing taste when eaten raw or cooked after being fresh, somewhat like a terragen peach or grapefruit, and when preserved can be either intensely sour or umami. Preserved arul are a common seasoning, and liquefied or crushed preserved arul are used to flavor many common modern foods. When served raw it is usually sliced and chilled, with the skin removed or left on according to the eater's taste (their skin is very sweet). It can also be cooked into or served as part of a variety of Shan desserts.
Standard Tiandi Time

**Standard Tiandi Time** refers to the units of measurement and calendar of most Human civilisations. STT uses the recorded base rotation and orbit times of Tiandi to allow for standardised units of time and dates for all human nations. Under STT, one day is 24 Tiandi hours and a year is 365 Tiandi days.

STT uses the year 2150 as its zero year, as this was the year Tiandi's location was lost in the Great Silence. Under STT, the present year is 600, though some civilisations may still refer to it as 2750.
Tacliin

A **tacliin** is the main type of Shan educational institute. Most tacliin are funded by the government nowadays, but this was not always the case (and private tacliin still exist). In the old days, the basics of it were, a group of craftsmen, artists, and merchants would come together to buy space and equipment, and then offer to take students for a fee. These students could choose different classes and eventually apprentice themselves to a certain department before becoming a member of the department and getting a job either at the tacliin or with someone higher up in their department.

The modern system has changed slightly. All Shan youth must attend school and take a certain number of courses in certain areas, but eventually they are allowed to branch out into a different trade of their choosing at the tacliin or continue on to take the examinations. Most nowadays choose to take the exams and then either accept a government or STK position, but some do not, and those who fail the examinations twice are generally sent back to a tacliin to find a trade to pick.

Despite public funding the equipment and teaching at some tacliin, often in different specific departments, can be somewhat eclectic. Tacliin can be formed by a group of people in an area who offer an initial startup fund and a time commitment, and are then reviewed by the Education Ministry to ensure that they are qualified to teach. If so, the Education Ministry allows them to set up, and students are assigned there. Students can and often do take different courses at different schools, often based on the availability or the quality.

Similar to how old tacliin functioned, teachers or department heads often practice in their field, and in addition to teaching, they often use the tacliin's facilities for their own work. It is considered quite normal for successful scientists and artists to work at a tacliin or a larger post-examination school, known as a hadon.
Aomori Willow

The **Aomori Willow** is a type of tree that grows on Aomori in Yamatai. Instead of leaves, the Aomori Willow grows long, translucent vines that trap light, transferring the light energy to chloroplasts within the branches themselves, similar to optical fibres. Bioluminescent micro-organisms exist within the plant's branches, and through a reverse process of the collection of sunlight the Aomori Willow is able to give off light at night. The vines themselves also excrete a sweet sap and are edible, eaten by several of Aomori's organisms as well as the human inhabitants.
Ben Tennyson

**Ben Tennyson** was a normal ten-year-old kid until he found the Omnitrix, a powerful watch-like device that allows him to turn into ten different aliens. Though immature and clumsy, he uses the Omnitrix to stop evil, but that doesn't stop him from using it for his own personal needs.

## Appearance

Ben wears a black and green shirt with the number 10 on the top left corner, dark green cargo shorts, blue boxer shorts, black low profile sneakers, and white socks. His eyes are green, and his hair is brown. He wears the Omnitrix around his left wrist.

## Personality

Ben is childish and cocky, and likes to have fun. He doesn't like to do lots of cleaning. His reckless behavior sometimes leads to consequences, such as Ben awakening the Hydromanders when splashing on Niagara Falls as Cannonbolt. Besides his childish behavior, Ben is heroic and caring, willing to help and save anyone in need.

Ben is not into as many fandoms as Gwen, and usually teases her and geek culture. Despite his brattish and indifferent demeanor, Ben by far is anything but ignorant; having guessed straight away just what exactly child star Michael Morningstar truly is by just a few glances.

Ben is afraid of squids, more specifically, tentacles. He has grown the courage to use them as Gax, but the fear is still there when he's a human.

Ben can be bored very easily, and is not good with math.

#### Equipment

The Omnitrix: A powerful device that allows Ben to transform into 10 different aliens with a variety of different skills and powers.

## Weaknesses

Whenever the Omnitrix times out, Ben is left powerless unless he switches into a new alien form. In addition to gaining the selected alien's powers, he gains its weaknesses. The Omnitrix also mistransforms at times, sometimes choosing an alien not fit for the situation.

## Etymology

Benjamin is a name from the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand" going back into the Tanakh (called the Hebrew Bible by Christian scholars), a name of one of the sons of Jacob. His name, "Ben," is to create a rhyming effect between his first name and the number Ten. Also, his surname is a reference to 'Ten' of Ben 10.

## Trivia

* Ben is 7 seconds younger than Gwen
* Old Ben being voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in *The 11th Alien: Part 1* is a reference to how teen Ben was voiced by Yuri in the original continuity.

## References

1. ↑ *The Filth*
2. ↑ *Bright Lights, Black Hearts*
3. ↑ *Drive You Crazy*
Surface-to-orbit weapon

A **surface to orbit weapon (SOW)** is a class of weaponry intended for use by ground forces to strike at enemy spaceborne units or support friendly forces beyond the atmosphere of a planet. These weapons range from small shoulder-mounted missiles intended to strike at fighters and small craft at suborbital or LEO altitudes to huge laser installations that can reach for light-seconds and have the power output of a mid-sized city.

## Shan SOWs

Shan SOWs are mainly railguns or lasers, often vehicle mounted, and usually designed to kill fast-moving and often large vessels. As such they tend to be high-energy, fast-moving weapons, and slower moving missiles are rarely used. Shan SOWs range from truck-based particle beams to ship-based railguns to huge lasers on Surnarae the size of city blocks. The Shan also employ, on a limited basis, gravity-based weapons.

## Yamataian SOWs

Missiles, lasers and railguns. What do you fucking expect.
Kabekage-class stealth destroyer

It's finally here. The motherfucking border guard stealth destroyers who double as the snipers of the Imperial Fleet with their numerous long-range beam lasers. Stay tuned for more.

They roam in fucking *packs* of 3 to 5 in their border activities, coordinated by a fucking Itachizame cruiser which guards entire border sectors with *10 to 20 packs*. If a major enemy assault occurs all the packs can coalesce into a swarm of *one fucking hundred laser-spewing stealth destroyers of doom* even before the cavalry arrives!

As part of standard ship formations they tend to act as the snipers, with 2 to 3 per formation to hang back and provide shoot-and-scoot fire support *in space*.

And they're fucking badass, with names like *Wall Shadow-75*, *Storm Shadow-32* and *Blade Shadow-85*. Unfortunately even the sheer badassery of what are essentially *Battlefield Scout Class **warships***  can save them from Navy naming conventions, and names sadly have to reused due to the sheer number of ships their lack of creativity.
Dulimbai-class cruiser

The ***Dulimbai*-class cruiser** is one of the primary surface vessels employed by the aquatic forces of the Shan Green Banner. At 244 meters long, with a 25 meter beam and a draft of 10 meters, it is only slightly smaller than a Tashan-class submarine. It acts as a heavy capital ship, carrying a typical complement of 212 cruise missiles of varying types and 25 AShBMs, also of varying types. Equipped with significant data infrastructure, the *Dulimbai*-class is well suited to handle the task of leading fleets and battlegroups, and it also can carry a large number of SAM systems in addition to its overwhelming point-defense armament.

In addition to all of these weapons systems, the *Dulimbai*-class carries a battery of four heavy railguns, which can be used against land, air, sea, and space targets.
Ya-99

The **Ya-99** was an outdated Yamataian directed-energy weapon. First produced in 2299, the weapon required a heavy backpack mounted generator for energy. It appeared highly similar to a chemical flamethrower, consisting of the backpack unit and a rifle-shaped emitter that fired a stream of energised particles. Due to its bulky size, infantry equipped with this weapon were unable to deploy from IFVs or APCs. The generator was also known to be prone to exploding when overheated, killing or severely maiming the operator and nearby personnel.

Despite its drawbacks, there were no real alternatives to the Ya-99 in the Yamatai Imperial Military's arsenal as there was little interest in infantry-portable antipersonnel energy weapons, the prevalent view being that energy weapons were reserved for anti-vehicle purposes. Subsequent research and observation of foreign powers resulted in the development of the lighter weight antipersonnel energy weapon, the Ya-32 Infantry directed energy weapon.

All Ya-99 weapons have been decommissioned as of 2738. Few civilian-owned examples are still in service, but some units remain in the hands of rebel groups on certain planets.
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The **Shan** are a species of sentient, reptilian humanoids indigenous to the planet Amyu. They are the primary inhabitants of the Shanhe Kurun. The Shan originated around the Ursai Nala, on their homeworld of Amyu, around 120,000 years ago.

The Shan have been an industrial species for around 5,000 years, and a spacefaring one for around 3,000.
Chi-60 Todasho integrated rifle

The **Chi-60 Todasho integrated rifle** is an assault rifle developed in Yamatai. It has a 3D fabricator and can print its own ammunition.

## Development

While 3D fabrication technology had long been developed and in use in Yamatai, the idea of a self-sufficient miniature fabricator was unheard of due to the common problem of a lack of raw materials to produce new items. This changed in 2649 with the creation of small, portable molecular disintegration devices, which were shortly mated with the widespread 3D fabrication technology to produce mobile fabricators capable of producing most chemical elements and whole items out of any local resources, such as soil, biomass or even large amounts of air.

In 2656 the Imperial Army special forces requested for a more specialised weapon capable of supporting their long-term missions behind enemy lines with little resupply. The long-neglected concept of a weapon with an integrated 3D fabricator was resurrected, with the new molecular disintegration technology to be incorporated, allowing for near-limitless ammunition from environmental resources. By 2659, the first prototypes were ready. Its sheer versatility and lack of need for short-term resupply outweighed other concerns such as fragility and cost. In 2660, some units of the Imperial Army Special Forces officially adopted the weapon.

## Overview

### Ammunition

The integrated fabricator is able to produce numerous specialised types of ammunition within the weapon itself, allowing it the gun to be extremely versatile. Selection of ammunition types is done through the holographic interface. The default ammunition produced is a caseless variant of the 5.56mm round, with a tracer round replacing every fifth round produced, though it may be set not to produce tracers. Ammunition is stored within two internal magazines. Freshly-produced rounds are stored in the storage magazine, and are released into the feed magazine that leads directly into the firing chamber when required via an internal conveyor belt system.

Various types of rounds may be produced, including incendiary rounds, shotgun rounds, armour-piercing sabot rounds and others.
Kudhlai

The term **kudhlai** is a Shan term that refers broadly to military clones and infantry robots. It roughly means "automaton". "Red" kudhlai are clones, while "blue" kudhlai are infantry robots. The Shan use both in large numbers, with red kudhlai supplementing the Green Banner's forces and blue kudhlai serving in their own banner, the Blue Banner, thanks to their numbers.

## Red kudhlai

Shan clone troopers are grown in clone crèches, their genes manipulated by genetic engineers to make them taller, faster, stronger, and quicker than average Shan. Well-made red kudhlai are quite expensive, while lower-grade ones are cheaper (though not by much). It generally takes about six years to raise a clone soldier from crèche to the battlefield, and they are schooled in groups by military AI systems at special isolated facilities. The military contracts only the manufacture and development of red kudhlai- it handles all matters of their training itself.

   Well-made clone troopers are often more intelligent than their baseline compatriots, but not only are they sterile and incapable of reproduction, they are also fitted with chip arrays inside their skulls. These chip arrays give whichever banner they are serving under complete control of their actions and near-complete control over their thoughts. AI systems carefully monitor them to ensure they remain properly servile (these precautions were put in place after an unfortunate and largely-forgotten incident in the Twelfth Dynasty on Amyu, long ago).

Cheaper clone troopers tend to be far less intelligent, though still capable of speech, and are more animated by than controlled by the AIs that reside in their brains.

## Blue kudhlai

Blue kudhlai are much more numerous and much more varied in form and function than red kudhlai. They range from highly intelligent assassin robots made out of nanobot clouds to various types of infantry robot to heavy support combat bots.

Basic infantry models: http://40.media.tumblr.com/34b23ac9c9c8a440c7cd3d079989c54a/tumblr\_msfgnlC6d11s8ln08o4\_500.jpg

http://www.igorstshirts.com/blog/conceptrobots/2012/alex\_d/alex\_d\_01.jpg

Support models:

http://img09.deviantart.net/73f5/i/2010/328/0/d/anti\_infantry\_robot\_by\_progv-d33hqeh.jpg

http://s310.photobucket.com/user/tendrilsofkraken/media/Art%202010/Infantry\_Robot.jpg.html

Possible robot tank, wouldn't be a kudhlai:

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Lysend

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The **Lysendan Commonwealth**, commonly **Lysend** or the **Commonwealth** (Commonwealth Basic: *Lysends Kommenwalth*) is a union of four separate human civilizations in the inner galactic west-southwest, bordering Yamataian space to the south. The Commonwealth, an absolute monarchy ruled by the Highest Intelligence along with a nobility of other artificial intelligences, known among the Commonwealth as Kayai, consists of 15 permanently inhabited star systems with some 82 uninhabited or sparsely inhabited systems that are actively patrolled by the Commonwealth military; there are more that may fall within what is considered its sovereign space, however.
Humans

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**Humans**, taxonomically referred to as **Zhìrén** (智人), are a simian mammalian species that originated from Tiandi. They are characterized by an erect posture and bipedal locomotion, manual dexterity and increased tool use, and a general trend toward larger, more complex brains and societies.
Type-25Zu rifle

The **Type-25Zu** rifle was the last in the Yamataian Type-25 rifle series, which was itself an upgraded version of the Akitsukunese Type-45 rifle series. With its base form dating back to 2025 on Tiandi, the Type-25Zu was reliable, cheap and durable but was heavily outdated by the 24th century. This resulted in a request from the Imperial military to develop a new assault rifle for the Imperial Military, giving rise to the Chi-89 and subsequently the Chi-93. The Type-25Zu, its variants and all other Type-25 derivatives are no longer in use with the main Imperial Military but may be found in the hands of Ground Self-Defence Forces, local militias, rebel groups and civilians.