Share
Cloudharvesters
Cloudharvesters
Image from Steve Bowers
To gather interstellar dust, atomic and molecular gases and ionised material, Cloudharvesters use an array of low-energy collection systems; here, vast superconductor rings are being deployed to catch and concentrate material ionised by hot bright stars.
Low-energy civilizations in interstellar gas clouds; the member of such a phyle or civilization. Cloudharvesters are present in many nebulae and regions of dense interstellar material, although they are often secretive and difficult to detect.

Significant populations of Cloudharvesters can be found in The Orion Nebula, the Horsehead Nebula, the Cygnus Loop, The Gum Nebula, Hubble's Variable Nebula, and in many OB associations in the Orion Spur.

Metaempires such as the Diamond Network and Panvirtuality are known to harvest nebulae using similar methods.

Gum Nebula
Image from Steve Bowers
The Gum Nebula, an interstellar gas cloud
Cloudharvesters are particularly active in Bok Globules, clouds of dust and gas that are slowly collapsing under their own gravity. In many cases, such globules will collapse into protostars, eventually becoming one or several stars accompanied by numerous planets of all sizes.

In the Current Era, Cloudharvesters are essential components of a Bok Swarm, cultures which inhabit Bok Globules and extract resources from these rich and compact nebulae.
 
Related Articles
 
Appears in Topics
Cultures and Sub-CulturesHiders
 
Development Notes
Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Extra material by Steve Bowers
Initially published on 24 September 2001.

 
 
>