Szerker
| Szerker | |
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 A Szerker, armoured and ready | |
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Homeworld: |
Unknown |
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Height: |
up to 2.9 metres |
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Diet: |
Carnivorous |
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Intelligence: |
Sapient |
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Technology: |
Highly advanced (Class XI) |
The Szerkers were (and possibly still are) a sapient species from the same galaxy system as the Phemara.
Physiology
Szerkers had a humanoid gait, standing 2.9m tall on two legs and bearing two arms. They had a large, reptilian head with a prominent lower jaw, and large, malevolent-looking eyes,
Their thick hide was purple and gold in colour, and around 3cm thick. This enabled them to take large amounts of punishment.
They had large claws and strong bones, and were able to ignore pain.
The average lifespan was 62 years for females and 56 years for males, until they augmented themselves.
Diet
Szerkers were carnivores, refusing to eat anything they had not killed themselves (though infants would also drink their mother's milk).
Reproduction
Viviparous and sexual, Szerkers were very rapid in reproduction.
Augmentation
Szerkers augmented themselves with picotechnology. They replaced every cell of their body eventually, and so became able to regenerate within seconds, congeal from vapour or scattered parts, have no need to eat, and contain powerful sensors.
It took a very powerful weapon to subdue even a weak, infantry Szerker.
Intelligence
Szerkers were intelligent, but maliciously so. They sought to destroy and take the technology of other races.
They felt compassion only for their own, hard-wired to hate other species.
Society
Szerkers determined rank by how powerful, quick-witted and commanding an individual was. There was much intrigue, though due to their picotechnology it rarely ended in death.
Females and males were of the same standing.
Their objective in expansion was complete annihilation of all other species. They believed that by taking the best technologies from other species and combining them together, they would become as gods.
In some cases, they directed the evolution of sapience just to harvest the technology.
Technology
Szerker technology was highly advanced. They had Uberdrive and Crossverse travel, letting them move rapidly between stars and even galaxies.
Spacecraft
Szerker craft were small, but this belied their power. They were capable of firing a planar, pico-scale blast that could cut worlds or stars in half, or if distorted this blast would cause the object to explode with tremendous force.
They are also well armoured and shielded, using miniature pico-blasts to neutralise oncoming projectiles, and to scatter radiation.
Also notable were the Worldkillers.
Weapons
Szerkers used many weapon types. Some fired radiation beams, others electrolasers, and others dissembler-bombs.
History
The Szerkers became sapient around 2.650 million BM, and then entered space in around 460.000 years before The Merge. Four thousand years later, they began their assault on all life.
They carried on for hundreds of thousands of years, building the World-Killers and many other artefacts, until they met the Veiled Ones. Though they had some successes, they were eventually all killed.
However, a few bits of picotechnology remained, and they were reawakened by some early-stage sapients in 2.199(.233) AM.
They then began their attack again, and met the Phemara. They threw the Phemara from their home galaxy system, at high cost.
They then headed for the now Daemon-ruled Inferno. They were defeated in orbit.
It is not known if any survived.
