The Celareons
Think of them this way: Our
mind, our intelligence, is essentially
energy – electromagnetic impulses
bouncing around inside a relatively
small and unwieldy, although impressively
designed, conductor – our brain.
The Celareons have been set free from
the need for the meat.
–Terran Ambassador Brunvand
mind, our intelligence, is essentially
energy – electromagnetic impulses
bouncing around inside a relatively
small and unwieldy, although impressively
designed, conductor – our brain.
The Celareons have been set free from
the need for the meat.
–Terran Ambassador Brunvand
History
From the beginning we had no idea what the Celareons looked like inside those metal exoskeletons of theirs,
which enveloped the individual beings like thick leaden barrels. Some of the humans suggested that the
Celareons might be extremely weak physically, requiring the exoskeletons as much to appear imposing as to keep
them ambulatory. They were obviously a very intelligent race, which evolutionarily tended to suggest a
biological creature physically ill-equipped to deal with the dangers of its environment. But if the exoskeletons
worn by the first Celareon ambassadors were required for the creatures’ survival, then it must be a materially
weak race indeed - after all, humans were not exactly well-equipped to deal with their environment either, but
they didn’t have to wear a big gray can whenever they went outside.
The Celareons are beings of pure energy. Obviously, they did not evolve that way-or else why would they need
ships? And why the exoskeletons? Initially, these were questions that the surviving ambassadors were unwilling
to answer, but we now know the Celareon secret: they require exoskeletons because they are born inside
magnetic birthing fields and then immediately transferred into the shell that will act as their body for the rest
of their lives - although of course they can change their shell at any time circumstances warrant.
So how could these evolutionary freaks have evolved at all? The best we can work out is that, at one time, the
Celareons were biological organisms just beginning to emerge from the oceans of Solari. According to Celareon
myth, an ancient, now half-forgotten race saw the intellectual potential of the Celareons and decided to send
the new race’s evolution on a quantum jump. They developed and gave to the Celareons the first containment
fields that would be needed to hold their young and left a pair of ancients in place to oversee the first several
generations of what would be their new creation. Once set on their new path in this artificial way, the Celareons
developed into the ultra-intelligent creatures that we know today.
which enveloped the individual beings like thick leaden barrels. Some of the humans suggested that the
Celareons might be extremely weak physically, requiring the exoskeletons as much to appear imposing as to keep
them ambulatory. They were obviously a very intelligent race, which evolutionarily tended to suggest a
biological creature physically ill-equipped to deal with the dangers of its environment. But if the exoskeletons
worn by the first Celareon ambassadors were required for the creatures’ survival, then it must be a materially
weak race indeed - after all, humans were not exactly well-equipped to deal with their environment either, but
they didn’t have to wear a big gray can whenever they went outside.
The Celareons are beings of pure energy. Obviously, they did not evolve that way-or else why would they need
ships? And why the exoskeletons? Initially, these were questions that the surviving ambassadors were unwilling
to answer, but we now know the Celareon secret: they require exoskeletons because they are born inside
magnetic birthing fields and then immediately transferred into the shell that will act as their body for the rest
of their lives - although of course they can change their shell at any time circumstances warrant.
So how could these evolutionary freaks have evolved at all? The best we can work out is that, at one time, the
Celareons were biological organisms just beginning to emerge from the oceans of Solari. According to Celareon
myth, an ancient, now half-forgotten race saw the intellectual potential of the Celareons and decided to send
the new race’s evolution on a quantum jump. They developed and gave to the Celareons the first containment
fields that would be needed to hold their young and left a pair of ancients in place to oversee the first several
generations of what would be their new creation. Once set on their new path in this artificial way, the Celareons
developed into the ultra-intelligent creatures that we know today.
Technology
Celareon platforms and ships are built chiefly for exploration, with defence as the leading design concern.
Their ships are fast and stealthy and not altogether powerful, since war for the Celareons is an absurd disease
of unsociability and rudeness.
Their ships are fast and stealthy and not altogether powerful, since war for the Celareons is an absurd disease
of unsociability and rudeness.