Builders

> *For many millennia they grew, developing brilliant pieces of technology. Then, compelled by their past experiences, they began creating weapons not only to defend themselves, but also to retaliate; these 'Ka'het', as they named them, turned on their creators shortly after they were complete.*
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> Quarg, First Contact: Ka'het: Quarg 2 mission
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## Builders

### Hyperspace Capabilities

Hyperdrive

The Builders are a now extinct alien race that lived in the area now known as the Graveyard. It is located to the south of the Ember Waste. They created a new species, known as the Ka'het, to protect and guard them. Unfortunately, the Ka'het turned on them soon after they were completed. The Builders ended up being destroyed by their own creations.

## History

The Builders discovered spaceflight in about 130,000 B.C.E. They soon made contact with the Quarg, who built a ringworld in Builder space. Eventually, some Hai ships came exploring past the wormhole and reached the Graveyard. First contact was not peaceful, and the few Hai ships who arrived were destroyed. The Builders formed a flourishing empire, but they became fearful and xenophobic because of their encounter with the Hai.

In about 99,000 B.C.E. the Builders began work on the Ka'het as a way to defend themselves from any future alien invasions. They created massive space stations in the south dedicated to producing Ka'het. These space stations became centers of Builder society. The Ka'het soon became unstable, and started attacking everything on sight, sometimes even other Ka'het. They had large enough numbers that they quickly overran the southern defenses. Their destruction was blocked by the Quarg ringworld, but the Builders were left much weaker after that invasion.

The remaining Builders decided to try again where their predecessors failed and began producing new Ka'het on one of their planets. The results were the same as before and in about 98,000 B.C.E the Builder civilization fell, having lasted for about 32,000 years. Their stations still continue producing Ka'het and their ships.

## Attributes

Nothing is known about the Builders physical appearance.

The Builders were the creators all of the ships that the Ka'het and the Ka'mar use. However, all of the ships still seen and being produced were designed as autonomous vessels, so they may not be representative of what the Builders own ships looked like.

## Factions

While the Builders are present in game as one government, used by the Ka'mar ships, from what we can find in game we know they had at least 3 different "groups" in them, focused on a different aspect of technological development. Although there may be more we can't see anymore, the ones we know of have the prefix " Ka' " when they are mentioned as a group:

* The Ka'mar were focused on the development of autonomous vessels and of generators tiny and efficient enough to power them. Out of these three, it may be the only one actually completed.
* The Ka'het came after the Ka'mar, and used some the technology created for them, like the MHD Generators and the Reserve Accumulator. They focused on creating organisms that could serve as living weapons, both to defend their territory and to counter attack.
* The Ka'sei were instead focused on station-based warfare, and although we don't know much about them, they are mentioned in game in two locations, Ceilia'sei and Letis'sei, respectively the ruins of an anti-missile station and of a station with three massive cannons of unknown purpose.

## Technology

The Builders created all of the ships and outfits that the Ka'het and the Ka'mar now use.

## Interspecies Relations

The Builders are an extinct species, and therefore don't have any current interspecies relations. However, they did have interactions with other species before they went extinct.

* Ka'het - The Builders created the Ka'het as a way to protect themselves from any invading aliens, but the Ka'het turned on them and caused the extinction of the Builders.
* Ka'mar - The Ka'mar precede the Ka'het by some years, and were created as an attempt to develop automated spaceships. They are now used as mining vessels.
* Hai - According to the Quarg, the first contact with the Hai was not peaceful, as the Hai were young and foolish back in that time. The Hai ships were far deadlier and more advanced than the Builders', and it took a great effort to destroy them and drive them out of the Graveyard. That encounter is what led to the Builders becoming fearful and xenophobic. That led to them creating the Ka'het as a way to protect themselves in the future. Whether this supports the Unfettered version of their history that the Hai were once a powerful and expansionist empire before the Drak forced them into peacefulness is uncertain.
* Quarg - The Quarg was the first alien species encountered by the Builders. The Quarg even managed to finish construction of a ringworld in Queri, in Builder space. However, the Builders later became xenophobic and began to move away from the areas surrounding the Quarg ring. They never showed hostility toward the Quarg, but refused their help.

## Trivia

The Builders, the Ka'mar and Ka'het were created by beccabunny, and are the first community created alien species that have made it into the game.