Vida

The Vida were a race of humanoids native to the Silent Sector in the Outer Core that reached the fifth tier of the civilisation scale but were almost completely wiped out by a conflict with the Cosa, a fellow species active at the time. They are known for their genetic tampering of less developed races such as the Encased.

History
The Vida culture developed into a technocracy that became the dominate force on their home-world following their incapacitating of the other major states. The Vida made first contact with a trading hub world and quickly entered the galactic community earning a reputation for their expertise in genetic manipulation.

After establishing several colonies they came into conflict with the Cosa that had claims to various colonial rights in the sector beginning mainly with heated arguments and diplomatic incidence that culminated into a sector-wide conflict.

The two races began on an equal footing with the Vida preferring to use races they had altered to do their fighting for them through proxy in order to limit the amount of Vida forces to the conflict. These lesser races however were unable to tie up Cosa forces for as long as the Vida had hoped and soon the superior Cosa numbers overwhelmed the Vida.

The remaining Vida retreated to bunker worlds to be placed in stasis hoping to rebuild their civilisation in the future.

Further Readings

 * The Encased
 * The Cosa
 * The Vida-Cosa War