Hegemony

Formed from the Authority who stayed behind in Surtr's solar system and developed Mirror technology. They are characterized by a rigid command structure and more notably a caste system, with Wanes as the main white-collar workers, Humans as the blue-collar workers, Acers as the soldiers and heavy-lifting workers, and Eineras as miscellaneous workers for roles such as cleaning and working in narrow spaces.

The Hegemony use the same symbol as the Authority, but have largely replaced the bone white colour theme with a black/dark-grey triangular giraffe camouflage; however, this muted theme is juxtaposed with their use of high-refresh-rate adaptive colouration and luminescence (both real and A.R.) to create very colourful patterns and animations to adorn themselves and their technology. In that regard, their culture favours bright, contrasting colours in abstract geometric patterns, which they often display on their apparel or dyed into their fur.

Their technology on the whole is as visually minimalistic as possible without compromising in function; they place a lot of emphasis on miniaturization and efficiency. They favor large amounts of exactly applied force to solve problems, which reflects their mentality to crack problems head on rather than seek roundabout solutions. This mentality is reflected in their art of war, which dictates the use of extremely powerful but straightforward weaponry.

Their attachment to life on Vigrith and Oskopnir is reflected in their love of artificial gravity on their spacefaring ships, which they do through spin; however instead of spinning the whole ship, Hegemony ships are designed with many segements, like petals, parallel to the main drive core, which can spin in different directions relative to one another while the drive, sensors and weapons systems remain at rest. The resulting ships often sport segments of great size imbalance, and an often recognizable feature of Hegemony ships is to have one massive segment in the shape of a long oval (or similar) that is counterbalanced by many smaller petals in tighter orbits of varying speeds. This largest segment is excessively armoured on the outward facing side and can be slowed to non-spin to shield the ship against radiation or weapons fire; they also often decorate the outward facing side with ornate and colourful depictions of their culture or history.

The inward facing surface of the single large orbiting petal can serve many purposes depending on the size and function of the Hegemony ship: these include having a small city built on the surface, use as a dry dock for smaller ships or a biome built on it.