The /|l\
An intelligent lifeform known as the /|I\ have existed for untold years on their home planet. They operate as a cloud of hive minds. All beings have immediate access to a shared knowledge, however within each group, they make their own discoveries. Knowledge is always shared & there is no benefit to keeping a secret.
One of the many hive minds that make up the /|l\ discover a new perspective while parsing through data from an intergalactic probe. They withhold this new information & devised a plan. They conduct experiments in secret on themselves & set their sights on their moon. But why? The /|I\ cannot survive in zero gravity & the moon had no livable atmosphere? What drives them to risk it all?
|l
The “grand-public data” that the /|l\ share. Once anything is submitted to |l, all /|l\ have access to it instantly. Once this is done, there is no learning; the information is understood immediately by all.
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The super-planet home world of the /|l\. It is so vast, the slow moving /|l\ have never traveled the entire surface. Dozens of moons are trapped in its orbit, none of which are habitable to the /|l\.
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The largest moon in orbit around >=<. When scanning their planet for new places to move to, the /|l\ discovered a several odd readings coming from this moon. Unable to survive inter-planetary travel, the /|l\ have no interest in investigating.
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One of the many hive minds that make up the /|l\. One of their tasks is to send out probes that scan the universe. They review all information than comes in & pass it along to other hive minds to be refined before submitting it to |l.
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A cache of data received from an intergalactic probe. While reviewing this cache, the /]’[\ came across a troubling anomaly. Something they describe as ‘Foreign Thought’. Instead of passing this cache on, they poured over it, learning all they could. Once they realize this information can never be submitted to the |l, they secretly refer to themselves as the 0.1.0 & begin conducting experiments.
v^v
“Conscious Data”. Discovered by the 0.1.0 after a catastrophic experiment. It is only obtainable by the most dedicated.
/{|}\
One of the other hive minds, convinced by the 0.1.0 to develop a terraforming tool. The 0.1.0 never reveal their intentions to the /{|}\.
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The terra-forming tool developed by /{|}\. Eventually it gets twisted by misuse into becoming Olo.