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The Husnock Ascendency lore blog

So Thomasthecat lead artist on ship design and UI for STO, has made a separate twitter to serve as a "canon if you want it to be" in unvierse publication about ships and such in STO.

I wanted to share his posts about the Husnock, because they seemed rather interesting.

Note, this has a lot of pictures so I will be putting them in spoiler tags to keep post size down



#JNISpecialReport from Laurentian Bureau. We can confirm that C&C systems of derelict Husnock warships have finally been cracked!
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These large, powerful warships are relics from the Husnock Ascendancy, a star-empire unknown to the Federation until 2366.
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First contact between UFP and HA was violent: A Husnock warship attacked and destroyed the Federation colony on Delta Rana IV.
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The U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) surveyed remains of the colony. Public records show no survivors, but some data remains classified.
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A data recorder recovered from the colony shows the attacking ship that would later be identified as Husnock in origin.
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The U.S.S. Merrimac (NCC-61827), in a follow-up patrol of the region, found a Husnock colony world eerily devoid of sentient life.
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Using star charts recovered from the deserted colony’s computers, the Merrimac was able to map the extents of the Husnock Ascendency.
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A small task force surveyed the other worlds in the Ascendancy, only to find them abandoned, save for populations of alien slaves.
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Slaves reported that the Husnock simply disappeared, vanishing in the blink of an eye. Holographic data from multiple sites supports this.
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These slaves organized into several factions - some worshiped Husnock as ascended gods, others determined to rise above their oppressors.
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Timing of the disappearance of the Husnock is troubling to some conspiracy theorists, who speculate it was retaliation for attack on DRIV.
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While UFP faced similar accusations after Genesis Incident, no evidence exists that it would be able to spontaneously vanish 50 Bn people.
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Ultimately, Husnock seemed to have been aggressive and brutal, with heavily armed starships - all of which were now floating empty in space.
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While the UFP moved quickly to offer aid to survivors, pirates and speculators rushed to Husnock space to salvage what they could.
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Starfleet and KDF also sent technological survey teams and patrol squadrons in an attempt to crowd out “unstable political operators.”
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While some useful recoveries were made, by and large the computer systems of the mainline Husnock warships were impossible to crack.
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Eventually the gold rush subsided as private interests moved on, leaving hundreds of potential prizes abandoned and adrift.

Recent exposure to a variety of advanced Iconian systems has led to key advancements in computer science, unlocking the Husnocks' secrets.
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  • goodscotchgoodscotch Member Posts: 1,680 Arc User
    Neat! Thanks. Star chart shows the area to be close to Romulan and Klingon space.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    edited April 2017
    Good to see a proper backstory to these, especially considering what really happened to the Husnock and what would be the consequences.
    And OH MY GOD, a crew number appearing after all this time! Thanks, Thomas!
    #TASforSTO
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