Pocket Universe aliens (Andromeda)
The Interdimensional aliens are an unknown species that featured in Andromeda.
History
These aliens were believed to be native to another dimension which was speculated to be a pocket universe or another universe entirely that was separate from the main universe. Their origins and history were largely unknown except that it was believed that they had somehow managed to harness the power of every star within a galaxy and accumulated that energy over the a period of 10,000 years through the use of an advanced generator capable of punching a hole through reality. After the collapse of the Systems Commonwealth and during the years of the Long Night in CY 100088, the aliens made their move by opening a hole in reality where their generator began to allow their soldiers as well as starships to dimension shift. Several of their warriors managed to board the Andromeda Ascendant without its crew being aware of the infiltration where the aliens managed to eliminate several individuals on the vessel before they were repelled. Just as the boarders were eliminated, an alien starship emerged and began targeting the Glorious Heritage class heavy cruiser and faced little reprisal due to the warships dimension shifting capabilities which prevented the Andromeda Ascendant from harming it. Slowly, more and more alien warships began to arrive on the scene from the dimensional portal but several of their vessels were destroyed by the Andromeda Ascendant due to the unique abilities of Trance Gemini who directed weapon fire. The arrival of the Sabra-Jaguar Pride fleet also helped turn the tide against the aliens despite the invaders holding a ten to one advantage. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light)
- According to Trance Gemini in "The Tunnel at the End of the Light", she came from a future where the "Andromeda Ascendant" was attacked by the pocket universe aliens and were overwhelmed as a result. Their dimensional portal was destroyed by Beka Valentine and Trance but they were the only survivors as a result.
At the height of the battle, around 10,000 enemy warships began to emerge from the dimensional tunnel. In order to prevent an outright conquest of their universe, Captain Dylan Hunt authorized the deployment of a specially modified Nova bomb launched by the Eureka Maru into the portal. Despite dimension shifting one of their warriors onto the transports bridge, the aliens failed in preventing the Eureka Maru from launching the bomb which detonated and destroyed the interdimensional doorway. This act severed the link between the aliens and their power source which was believed to had been destroyed as a result and forcibly dimension shifted their forces outside the universe they were invading thus seemingly ending the threat posed by them. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light) The invaders left behind from this point were not stranded but rather an advance group ready to make way for the next invasion force from their staging grounds in their home dimension. (Episode: Delenda Est)
The aliens later established themselves on a remote volcanic planet where they created a base deep in the many tunnels on that planet. They then began assembling equipment in order to create an interdimensional doorway for their purposes which started with them raiding starships in order to remove the most powerful devices on them. These machines were taken to the planet where they were fashioned into a generator that used the plasma from the planet's core as an energy source but not in a fast or efficient manner. This did, however, allow them to open tears in dimensions as well as shift their vessels out of reality. The invaders used the generator to create tears in the fabric of reality in several locations throughout the Known Worlds causing a series of incidents before it ending. Afterwards, they moved against the Andromeda Ascendant once more where they created holes in reality to eliminate the crew which failed before moving against their main objective; the android Rommie. The invaders managed to capture her and dimensionally transport her to their base of operations where they hooked her into a machine to direct the energy receiver of their main generator. This allowed them to open an interdimensional tunnel once more though Rommie stated that there was something bigger that was approaching which was in a lot of hurry. Accepting their loss, the aliens presented Dylan Hunt with a sword signalling that he was to face a much greater threat in the coming future. (Episode: Delenda Est)
Background
These invaders appeared to be humanoid beings with distinctive smooth features such as scaly skin with some dreadlocks as their hair. Their species never demonstrated the ability to communicate in Common with the only distinctive features being hisses emanating from their forms. They had helmets that seemed to merge into their bodies with black eyes with some form of advanced HUD system being integrated that allowed them to scan targets. Their arms had the capacity of unsheating blades which they used to kill their enemies by slicing them in half or badly maimimg them. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light) In addition, these blades were capable of producing an electrical shock capable of shooting a short ranged stun blast that had the ability to knock out an android. (Episode: Delenda Est) Furthermore, the aliens were extremely mobile and had the capacity to walk on walls and other surfaces with ease. They also had a level of martial skill that allowed them to challenge even androids in hand to hand combat. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light) Typically, they wore body armor that was able to survive glancing shots from projectile weaponry to the shoulder through blasts to the main body was capable of killing them. (Episode: Delenda Est) In terms of mentality, it was stated that the invaders cared little for the Commonwealth and preferred the use of terror tactics in order to demoralize as well as break their foes. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light)
Technologically, they were known to be highly advanced with it being stated that such level of scientific knowledge was needed for them to open portals between dimensions. Their most openly used example of their technology was a dimensional phasing capability similar to Tesseracts though were somewhat different as sensors did not any trace of zero point admissions from their usage. These devices allowed the aliens to remain invisible except for a distinctive glimmer of their forms but allowed them to pass through solid matter with ease. They were able to dephase parts of their bodies in order to attack targets which made them partially immune to attacks. The use of this dimensional shifting technology allowed them to make sudden surprise attacks and materialize out of nowhere at any location without even having the need to gain access to a site. This allowed the invaders to suddenly materialize upon enemy starships at any site in order to attack their enemies. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light) When killed in battle, the bodies of these aliens seemingly shimmered out of existence as a result of dimensional shifting which let no remains behind. (Episode: Delenda Est)
They also possessed starships which were smaller then Glorious Heritage class heavy cruisers but much more maneuverable. Pocket universe alien mindset seemed to rely on large numbers of warships to swarm enemy targets in order to overwhelm them. These ships were quite fast and able to tail enemy vessels from behind in order to strike critical locations. Their dimensional technology was able to be scaled up to starship sized allowing even their warships to fire and suddenly dematerialize whereupon they reformed at another point on the battlefield which gave them a great tactical advantage. Invader dimensional technology went in line with their tactics as they suddenly made surprise attacks whilst disappearing in order to avoid retaliatory strikes. Only beings capable of influencing probabilities were able to discern when the attack was to emerge. However, one tactic used against the enemy was to "carpet bomb" a region of space in order to force the aliens to materialize in sites where their foes desired who concentrated fire in order to destroy their warships. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light)
Amongst the greatest feat used by these aliens was the capacity to harness the power of a galaxy and use specific generators to shatter the boundaries between dimensions. This allowed them to create interdimensional tunnels into other universes with which they could invade and also used specific generators to remotely power their dimensional shifting technology. (Episode: The Tunnel at the End of the Light) It was this field of science that allowed them to also create holes within space which was capable of sucking anything within the target location into the vortex. Furthermore, it allowed the aliens to create doorways from one location to another allowing them to travel interstellar distances without the need of a starship. Their advanced science also allowed them to scavenge technology in order to recreate such machinery. (Episode: Delenda Est)
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