As the game goes on and technology improves, however, Dust will become increasingly useful as technologies are unlocked that allow Empires to better exploit it. In the world of Endless Space, however, the Empires lack the ability of the Endless to understand and manipulate Dust. Their cities and ships contained enormous quantities of Dust space stations and habitats were formed almost entirely from it. The Endless came to rely upon Dust to the point where their civilization was almost symbiotic between life-forms and Dust. Sufficiently large quantities of Dust could form networks and supercomputers small quantities could assemble into cybernetic enhancements. During the time of the Endless it improved computing systems and networks, added intelligence to things that were usually "dumb" (roads, buildings, tables, lights, clothing, etc.), and even locked itself together to form structures. The Vodyani Heretic Isyander St.Shaiad claimed that the Endless stole the secret of the creation of Dust from an even more ancient race known as the Lost, who were murdered for it.ĭust is valuable and versatile.
The "Concretes" developed Dust that excelled in manipulating the physical world: Improving building and transportation systems, attacking crop diseases, cleaning and sterilizing living spaces, etc. It was refined to provide virtual bodies, pass electronic signals, collect and store energy, etc. The "Virtuals" developed their versions of Dust to aid in communication and transport. These two societies drifted apart, began to mistrust each other, championed different goals and uses of resources, and eventually fell into open conflict. However, while many of the Endless chose to become electronic consciousnesses, there were equally large numbers who kept to their bodies, gaining immortality instead through DNA manipulation, the use of dust to repair failing organs, cloning, etc. As a result, "clouds" of Dust could form extremely sophisticated systems. While individual motes of Dust had very limited computing power, the ability to "talk" and network was built in. The technology was sufficiently advanced to self-replicate itself and self-assemble. Some used these infinitesimally small machines to help maintain their biological bodies, while others used constructs of these nano-elements - known collectively as "Dust" - as virtual bodies once they uploaded themselves. Through their mastery of nano-engineering, the Endless created an infrastructure of nanobots and nano-computers to maintain their society. The Endless developed technology that was so advanced that they were able to upload their minds and consciousnesses into computers, thus gaining virtual immortality. "Dust" is the creation of a highly advanced race, the Endless, that traversed the galaxies tens of thousands of years before the gameplay begins.
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