Shedai

• Appearance: Crystalline
  • Variable form
• Species largely went into hibernation following collapse of their civilization c.600,000 ya
  • Revived c.2265 by the Wanderer following start of Starfleet research (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
• Technological notes
  • Conduit
    • Interstellar subspace network allowing transit, information exchange across the domain of the Shedai (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
    • Largely collapsed, most destinations inaccessible by 2265 (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
• Cultural notes
  • Incredibly xenophobic, considering near-all species as lesser beings (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)