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===The [[Ishvana]] and the [[Bushraki War]]=== | ===The [[Ishvana]] and the [[Bushraki War]]=== | ||
And then, one day, the [[Ishvana]] made contact with the Bushraki. It offered them two things: Technology called the '[[mindsim]]' - effectively a tiny processor array with huge local storage capabilities wired directly into the brain - that would dramatically increase the efficiency of both their wetwiring and their other cybernetic enhancements - and a pledge to help them exact revenge on the [[Sa'hak-ren]] Hierarchy. | And then, one day, the [[Ishvana]] made contact with the Bushraki. It offered them two things: Technology called the '[[mindsims|mindsim]]' - effectively a tiny processor array with huge local storage capabilities wired directly into the brain - that would dramatically increase the efficiency of both their wetwiring and their other cybernetic enhancements - and a pledge to help them exact revenge on the [[Sa'hak-ren]] Hierarchy. | ||
In return, the Ishvana required the Bushraki to help it war against the races of Starmourn sector, which the Bushraki were only too happy to do, while it searched for technology to transcend and seek out the [[Empyreal]] it believes lies on the other side. Along with the [[Vendal]], the Bushraki stormed into central Starmourn in the [[First Bushraki War]], beginning in 18 A.E., named as such because the other races of Starmourn did not yet know that the Ishvana was the driving force behind the war. | In return, the Ishvana required the Bushraki to help it war against the races of Starmourn sector, which the Bushraki were only too happy to do, while it searched for technology to transcend and seek out the [[Empyreal]] it believes lies on the other side. Along with the [[Vendal]], the Bushraki stormed into central Starmourn in the [[First Bushraki War]], beginning in 18 A.E., named as such because the other races of Starmourn did not yet know that the Ishvana was the driving force behind the war. | ||
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===[[The Second War of the Ishvana]]=== | ===[[The Second War of the Ishvana]]=== | ||
By now, over 200 years after the [[Ishvana]] had given the Bushraki the [[mindsim]] tech, and pledged to help them exact revenge on the [[Sa'hak-ren]], the Bushraki were angry. Though they had benefited from mindsims, they felt it was long past time for the Ishvana to help them attack the Sa'hak-ren. They demanded a fleet of their own in recompense for their assistance, and the Ishvana agreed. | By now, over 200 years after the [[Ishvana]] had given the Bushraki the [[mindsims|mindsim]] tech, and pledged to help them exact revenge on the [[Sa'hak-ren]], the Bushraki were angry. Though they had benefited from mindsims, they felt it was long past time for the Ishvana to help them attack the Sa'hak-ren. They demanded a fleet of their own in recompense for their assistance, and the Ishvana agreed. | ||
Unlike the First War of the Ishvana and the Bushraki War before it, this time the Ishvana was seeking to capture as many kith-using individuals as it could, which, as we discovered later, was how it created the [[Vihana]]. | Unlike the First War of the Ishvana and the Bushraki War before it, this time the Ishvana was seeking to capture as many kith-using individuals as it could, which, as we discovered later, was how it created the [[Vihana]]. | ||
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And so they settled in [[Scatterhome]], and became part of it, sometimes for the worse, such as those who haunt the slums of [[Oldtown]], preying on the weaker, or the better, such as those who joined Scatterhome’s defense forces and have kept it safe from potential predations by both the Song and the Celestines. | And so they settled in [[Scatterhome]], and became part of it, sometimes for the worse, such as those who haunt the slums of [[Oldtown]], preying on the weaker, or the better, such as those who joined Scatterhome’s defense forces and have kept it safe from potential predations by both the Song and the Celestines. | ||
With time, many of the Bushraki became valued, if somewhat untrustworthy, allies with the others in Scatterhome, and inevitably, the Bushraki gave up the secrets of [[wetwiring]] and [[mindsims|mindsim]]-brain integration to their allies. With Scatterhome’s somewhat anarchic nature and weak ‘border’ security, the knowledge of how to produce and integrate that tech spread to the commsphere, and from there it became common knowledge. Today, only the poorest beings don’t possess a mindsim, and most who expect to face real physical danger have wetwiring installed. | With time, many of the Bushraki became valued, if somewhat untrustworthy, allies with the others in Scatterhome, and inevitably, the Bushraki gave up the secrets of [[wetwiring]] and [[mindsims|mindsim]]-brain integration to their allies. With Scatterhome’s somewhat anarchic nature and weak ‘border’ security, the knowledge of how to produce and integrate that tech spread to the commsphere, and from there it became common knowledge. Today, only the poorest beings don’t possess a [[mindsims|mindsim], and most who expect to face real physical danger have wetwiring installed. | ||
==Excerpt from “An Inquiry into the Origins of the Bushraki” by Repsara Holiwee (Elgan)]]== | ==Excerpt from “An Inquiry into the Origins of the Bushraki” by Repsara Holiwee (Elgan)]]== | ||