01Confirmed
Combat
Direct actionWeapons, armor, pressure management, and the judgment to survive a collapsing engagement.
Contact intelligence03 civilizations20 designations
XENOLOG // Contact intelligence archive
Humanity has found life beyond Earth.
The Xenolog gathers what ZOA398 learns about the civilizations beyond Earth. Each entry distinguishes a society's own titles from the field names human soldiers use under fire.
01 // Reading the archive
Every civilization beyond Earth has its own loyalties.
Human soldiers use “race” as a convenient label, but it hides more than it explains. The Xenolog begins with each civilization's worldview. Roles are recorded according to their source, whether the name comes from that society or from a soldier identifying a threat under fire.
ConfirmedObservedField designation
SOL-03Baseline reference civilization
Humanity
- Origin
- Earth // Sol
- Disposition
- Fractured allied
- Civilizational archetype
- Adaptive coalition
Humanity enters the war technologically outmatched and politically fractured. Its survivors share hard-won expertise across military and civilian lines because no isolated discipline can keep the species alive.
Behavioral doctrine
Humans organize capability through learned disciplines rather than fixed castes. ZOA398 can develop across every track instead of being locked to one battlefield role.
Specialist disciplines
The evidence label beside each entry shows whether its name comes from the game's records or from human interpretation.
02Confirmed
Engineering
Fabrication + systemsCraft, repair, and improve field equipment, armor, and spacecraft systems.
03Confirmed
Exploration
Mobility + accessReach hostile terrain, exploit traversal tools, and turn unknown spaces into usable routes.
04Confirmed
Intelligence
Threat analysisRead patterns, extract useful information, and expose opportunities hidden inside incomplete data.
05Confirmed
Science
Alien analysisUnderstand unfamiliar materials, biological threats, and technology before they become fatal surprises.
06Confirmed
Diplomacy
Alliance shapingNegotiate with human factions and non-human powers whose cooperation cannot be taken by force.
07Confirmed
Psionics
Anomalous capabilityDevelop rare abilities opened by the Protocol and discoveries made beyond Earth.
XENO-01Occupying civilization
Vulkil
- Origin
- Unknown // Home system unconfirmed
- Disposition
- Hostile
- Civilizational archetype
- Expansionist war hierarchy
The Vulkil struck every major human position at once. Resistance was crushed, and surviving populations were enslaved. Their forces follow a rigid hierarchy visible in the armor and authority carried by each unit.
Behavioral doctrine
A Vulkil assault closes escape routes before breach units enter defended interiors. Specialized occupation forces then secure whatever the first attack leaves standing.
Observed force designations
The evidence label beside each entry shows whether its name comes from the game's records or from human interpretation.
01Confirmed
Breach Trooper
Boarding infantryThe standard occupation soldier: plasma-armed, armored, and deployed in multiple visual variants during facility breaches.
02Field designation
Ravager
Heavy armor patternHuman shorthand for the heaviest observed Vulkil armor configuration. Its intended battlefield role remains unconfirmed.
03Field designation
Ascendant
Formation commandA field label for rare high-status armor variants observed among coordinated groups. Rank and exact authority remain unconfirmed.
04Confirmed
Inquisitor
Authority unknownA verified Vulkil title in recovered dialogue records. Authority and operational remit remain unconfirmed.
05Confirmed
Interdictor
Route denial craftA verified blockade squadron designation associated with route denial. Hull class and exact mission profile remain under analysis.
06Confirmed
Vindicator
Blockade craftA second verified squadron designation operating alongside Interdictors. Hull class and tactical role remain unconfirmed.
XENO-02Protected contact civilization
Aedivir
- Origin
- Withheld by contact protocol
- Disposition
- Peaceful // Guarded
- Civilizational archetype
- Pacifist custodial civilization
The Aedivir possess science far beyond human or Vulkil engineering. They chose peace while they were already powerful, then sealed knowledge they believe no civilization can use without becoming a danger to others.
Behavioral doctrine
Humanity arrives in the middle of a desperate war. The Aedivir will judge its conduct before they decide whether its need deserves an answer.
Observed designations
The evidence label beside each entry shows whether its name comes from the game's records or from human interpretation.
01Confirmed
Adept
Contact titleThe first confirmed Aedivir title in the human record. Its diplomatic, scholarly, and civic meanings may overlap.
02Observed
Adjudicator
Civic authorityA recurring designation observed within Aedivir society. Human translation implies judgment, though the office is not fully understood.
03Observed
Adjudicator Adjunct
Attendant officeAn observed subordinate designation associated with the Adjudicator order. Function beyond that relationship is unknown.
04Observed
High Adjudicator
Senior authorityThe highest observed form of the Adjudicator title, suggesting a hierarchy of civic responsibility rather than a war caste.
05Observed
Sentinel
Protective stationA translated protective designation. No evidence indicates that the Aedivir maintain an expansionist military doctrine.
06Observed
Guard
Protective stationA verified protective designation observed throughout Aedivir territory. Rank, remit, and relationship to the Sentinel title remain unresolved.
07Observed
Impeller
Function unknownA rare observed title with no reliable human equivalent. All proposed duties remain speculative.
02 // Fauna + unclassified life
These organisms are threats without a known allegiance.
These records describe hostile life encountered beyond Earth. Current evidence does not identify any of it as an interstellar civilization or as a Vulkil client species.
BIO-01Confirmed hostile fauna
Arack
Fast swarm organisms encountered on the Mars surface. Nothing in the current record proves whether they are native, transported, or controlled by the Vulkil.
- Red
- Green
- Orange
- Dark
BIO-02Confirmed hostile encounter
Tormented
A hostile life-form found on procedural worlds and a planet abandoned after Vulkil contact. The name is provisional; species, condition, and origin remain unresolved.
- Classification incomplete
BIO-03Confirmed hostile fauna
Formiops
A cataloged non-human threat encountered on procedurally explored alien worlds. No lore, civilizational status, or Vulkil affiliation is established.
- Procedural-world contact
Campaign transmission // Aedivir contact
The Aedivir will judge Humanity before they answer it.
Humanity reaches their world asking for knowledge that might change the war. The Aedivir chose peace while already possessing immense power, and they will keep that knowledge sealed until Humanity proves it can be trusted.