Ware

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  • Independent automated ships and stations once-prevalent in near-Federation space towards the general direction of Romulan and Klingon space (ENT: "Dead Stop"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic, Live by the Code)
    • Former Ware space largely consisted of modern-day Federation space on far side of Romulan Star Empire from core territories (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • VI technology rather than AI (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Interconnected facilities providing various services including technological advancement, spacegoing fleets, and ship upkeep and repair to civilizations in this region (ENT: "Dead Stop"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic, Live by the Code)
  • General aesthetic based around flat white panels, sweeping curves, few sharp corners
  • Capabilities include advanced replication and transporter technology (ENT: "Dead Stop"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic, Live by the Code)
  • Central computers driven in part by humanoid brains captured from outside populations, replaced by replicated corpses to pose as accidental death (ENT: "Dead Stop"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic, Live by the Code)
  • Most other components molecular-scale devices driven by data cores for self-assembly and self-organization on macroscopic level (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic, Live by the Code)
  • Initially developed by corporate alliance spanning trading network of four species as independent, adaptable customer service hardware to facilitate trade (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Increased capabilities for independence, self-maintenance added to reduce overhead, increase profitability as time passed (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Initial trading network and adjacent species grew increasingly reliant on Ware capabilities (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Core civilizations shut down state educational facilities given most beneficial and profitable scientific and technological output generated by Ware, maintenance needs handled by Ware self-repair systems (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Failure of fundamental computer components (whose complexity was beyond Ware replication resolution or ability to maintain) led adaptive algorithms to determine sapient brains could be adapted for service (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
      • Predatory methods developed via evolutionary approach over years across Ware network (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
      • Defensive methods outside Ware battleships similarly developed through application of pre-existing functionality (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Largely (possibly entirely) destroyed October 2165 by Klingon strikes utilizing viral countermeasures developed by Federation (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    • Failed attempt at reprogramming Ware to function independent of intelligent minds, as part of Partnership of Civilizations negotiations (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
  • Civilizations with regular interactions with Ware prior to dissolution include: