Nanites
Nanites (also called nanomachines) are a type of self-replicating robot that exist at the atomic scale. Today, nanites are used in a wide variety of fields, including manufacturing, medicine, agriculture, and mining. In agriculture, crop strands are infused with small levels of nanomachines; harmless to organics when consumed, but capable of tailoring individual strands of crop to specific nutritional standards in harsh conditions. Astrominers utilise nanite swarms to rapidly prospect for mineral deposits in asteroid fields, while foundries use nano-separators to rapidly remove impurities during the forging process. In medicine, nanomachines can be injected into a patient to quickly scan their body from the inside and locate any medical issues or abnormalities.
Despite their advanced nature, modern nanites are crude in comparison to those found in archaeological sites across the galaxy. While most of these nanites have been too damaged to recover data, it appears that nanites have been used as weapons in the distant past. During an expedition to a hidden weapons research facility called the "Xvan Labs", United Nations scientists found evidence that a nanite swarm was used to quickly and efficiently kill an entire guerilla cell that had infiltrated the facility.
The most prominent users of nanites were the historical "Gate-Builders"; an unknown civilisation that existed approximately three million years ago. This civilisation used nanites to construct a series of subspace gateways called the L-Gates, as they appear to be linked to an extragalactic star cluster designated as the L-Cluster. Based on studies of the L-Gates, all of the gateways appear to be fully functional, but locked into a maintenance mode triggered by something in the L-Cluster. Based on studies of extant nanites found across the galaxy, the Gate-Builders appear to have been the most advanced civilisation in the history of the galaxy when it comes to nanotechnology, exceeding even the fallen empires. However, like modern nanites, Gate-Builder nanites were apparently reliant on some kind of external instructions, as all discovered nanite examples were either locked into simplistic swarm commands or deactivated entirely.
Despite their advanced nature, modern nanites are crude in comparison to those found in archaeological sites across the galaxy. While most of these nanites have been too damaged to recover data, it appears that nanites have been used as weapons in the distant past. During an expedition to a hidden weapons research facility called the "Xvan Labs", United Nations scientists found evidence that a nanite swarm was used to quickly and efficiently kill an entire guerilla cell that had infiltrated the facility.
The most prominent users of nanites were the historical "Gate-Builders"; an unknown civilisation that existed approximately three million years ago. This civilisation used nanites to construct a series of subspace gateways called the L-Gates, as they appear to be linked to an extragalactic star cluster designated as the L-Cluster. Based on studies of the L-Gates, all of the gateways appear to be fully functional, but locked into a maintenance mode triggered by something in the L-Cluster. Based on studies of extant nanites found across the galaxy, the Gate-Builders appear to have been the most advanced civilisation in the history of the galaxy when it comes to nanotechnology, exceeding even the fallen empires. However, like modern nanites, Gate-Builder nanites were apparently reliant on some kind of external instructions, as all discovered nanite examples were either locked into simplistic swarm commands or deactivated entirely.
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