Mard

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{{character
|name = Mard
|first = [[Page 0212]]
|title = General (former?)<br/>Maker Prime
|species = Maker
|gender = asexual/male appearance
|affiliation = Colegium in [[The Continuum of Makers]]
}}Little is known of General Mard at this point beyond his involvement in the Grasskan Wars.

==Biography==
*Mard was a leader in the war between the Grasskans and the Continuum of makers.
*Mard is made Maker Prime with the passing of the previous Maker Prime shortly after the defeat of the Grasskans by the Vinn.
==See also==
*[[The Continuum Of Makers]]
*[[Circle's End]]
==References==
[[Category:Character]][[Category:Makers]]
[[Category:Mard]]

Continuum of Makers

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An alien race at war with the [[Second Spanish Empire|second Spanish Empire]] because they reverse-engineered the interstellar, faster-than-light [[Ring Drive]].

==Enciclopedia Xenobiología==
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===Size===
Average 2.10 m tall, 135 kg
===Color & Markings===
Though comments regardning physical differences have been witnessed in the presence of Makers and pre-Makers, the human eye has immense trouble discerning them. There is, however, a noted tendency towards highly individualized dress, presumably as it is "Spirit-like".
===Reproduction & Development===
The Continuum reproduces asexually, budding over a two-day term within a semi-buried, silica-based cocoon. (See attached holograph.) Offspring emerge with a surprisingly large racial memory that includes basic language, mathematics, and physical abilities. After division, offspring in the Continuum go through two developmental and sociological stages: Adolescent "pre-Maker" stage, and the adult "Maker" stage. It is theorized that new offspring in the Continuum undergo a roughly 300-to-400 year developmental period before their coming-of-age to "Maker" status. Lack of genetic diversity within the Continuum is considered to be the root cause for their complex animistic religion, which expresses individuality, right-of-passage, and socio-religious heirarchy through one's technological inventiveness: Literally, what machinations ("spirits") you have brought into the world (See Mackey, Robert L. "Makers and heir Spirits", Imprimátur del Imperio, 2388.)
===Diet===
Unknown
===Lifespan===
Unknown. Presumably in the 500-to-600 year range, based on autopsies performed at the Centro Imperial de la Xenobiología.
===Language===
Highly complex. Translation A.I.'s have postulated that up to 40% of text translated from the Continuum may be incorrect or lack key subtleties.
===Social Structure===
Hierarchy within the Continuum is based solely on the Spirits one has "birthed". Manual labor, grunt warfare, and menial tasks are left to pre-Makers; while administration and command are left to Makers. References to a third, ruling class known as the "Colegium" (presumably, upper-level Makers) have been recorded on two occassions. However, no member of the Colegium has ever been witnessed by a human being.
===Intelligence Rating===
Untested. Presumed in the Kilo-Lima range for pre-Makers, and possibly as high as the Victor-Whiskey range for Makers.
===Interaction with Humans===
With two key exceptions, every interaction with the Continuum has been hostile to the point of violence.
===Historical Note===
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==Spirits==
Spirits are inventions and/or original ideas of a Maker. The concept of Spirits is the basis of the Continuum's society.

==Characters==
*[[Ahmis]]
*[[Mard]]
*[[Filia]]
===The Colegium===
Big fish in the Continuum's hierarchy. In fact, the biggest. They decide what a new Spirit is.<ref>[[Page 0068]]</ref>
===Derivatives===
*a [[Rogue Spirit|rogue Spirit]], able to create Spirits (a robot), created by Ahmis
*Makers can spawn clones/copies of themselves
**So can the rogue Spirit<ref>[http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/110320.html strip for March / 20 / 2011]</ref>, although the process seems to be different, being referred to as "reproducing mirror selves"

==Ships==
*[[Ahmis Ship]]
*[[The Spark of Thought]]
**a replacement is being built<ref>[http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/160127.html strip for January / 27 / 2016 - Contemplation, Rumination & The Brooding]</ref>
*285-3945-1, a long-range suicide scout ship discovered something after 22 years<ref>[http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/160125.html strip for January / 25 / 2016 - The Report of Suicide Scout Ship 285-3945-1]</ref>
===Fleets===
*Contemplation, Rumination and The Brooding, as requested by a Maker for the attack against [[Nuevo Chile]] <ref>[http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/160127.html strip for January / 27 / 2016 - Contemplation, Rumination & The Brooding]</ref>

==References==

[[Category:Species]]
[[Category:Makers]]

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