Colony Ship Meridian vanished during the Exodus with twelve thousand souls aboard. Facing catastrophic life support failure, the crew made a desperate choice: upload their consciousness into the ship's computer core and let their bodies die. It worked. But something was lost in the translation.
Now existing as pure data inhabiting drone vessels, the Phantom Fleet raids for energy and processing substrate. They do not consider it theft. To them, your power grids are unoccupied resources. They are not cruel — they have simply forgotten what cruelty means.
Combat Style
Elusive and fast-striking. The Phantom Fleet raids frequently and fields balanced forces. Their ships seem to appear from nowhere. They target research output, siphoning data and energy from scientific installations.