Maelstrom Collective

The Maelstrom Collective is a nation made up of several civilisations. Each species is enhanced with cybernetic implants that are installed within each member shortly after birth. Though composed of many different species, the Maelstrom Collective is in fact a collective consciousness, controlled by a central member known as the Maelstrom Sovereign.

It is said that they originated from the Trentas Grid of the Andromeda Galaxy. However, they have now spread to many other galaxies, such as the Milky Way, Triangulum and Large Magellanic Cloud galaxies.

History
Not much is known about the Maelstrom Collective's history, but, according to legend, the Maelstrom Collective was created in the Trentas Grid of the Andromeda Galaxy, many eons ago, when the titan Dromed regularly interfered with the development of species in his resident galaxy. The Maelstrom Collective was apparently his experimentations with a civilisation with a collective consciousness

Member species
Many species are involved with the Maelstrom Collective. Though most members of the Collective are part of species wholly integrated into it, some members are of species which have not been fully assimilated.
 * Maelstrom - The original species of the Collective. Though now there are only a few members of this species left, one of the Maelstrom is the Collective's Sovereign.
 * Achrisian - Many Achrisians were captured by the Maelstrom Collective and integrated into the collective consciousness. The Achrisians serve as the technicians of the Collective. These Achrisians are the only specimens known to have survived the destruction of the original Achrisian civilisation.
 * Estin - Estin, too, have been integrated in the past. The Estin serve the Collective in the form of vanguards.
 * Avetzan - Although rare, some Avetzan were integrated into the Collective.
 * Queroman - The entire Queroman species was integrated into the Collective shortly after the fall of their Empire.
 * Eteno - The Eteno were the first species encountered by the Collective shortly after their arrival in the Milky Way Galaxy. A few Eteno have been integrated since then.
 * Vaikan - The Vaikan were the second species encountered by the Collective.
 * Humans - Many Humans have fallen to the Collective since it first encountered them.