Outer Void

"'Soon, I'll add you to my collection, and you'll have your own special place in a holding cell - forever,'""-The Collector, Collective Antagonist"

Overview
The Outer Void is the world of the Collective.

It exists as a group of asteroids on the edge of the CD6 Universe. As the origin place of the Collective, the asteroids together form a network of data that is transmitted via large metal chains from one asteroid to another.

The Collective are a machine race, a mass of beings all dedicated to the pursuit of storing all knowledge. Any member of this race you see outside of their home planet is known as an External. In contrast, the ones that exist inside the Outer Void simulations are known as Internals. They are extremely strong and often misunderstood by the other races.

Key Locations
Asteroid Field: the fields surrounding the central core of the Outer Void, filled with derelict spaceships and strange lifeforms. On rare occasions fights in space will occur between starships. When this happens, you'd better find somewhere to hide away.

Echo Chamber: a scary place where incomprehensible data is stored within the storage banks of the Outer Void. It's rumored that this data stream houses a truly abhorrent creature.

Simulation Vaults: you can connect to a simulation vault from terminals scattered in landing bays around the Outer Void. While using a terminal, you can play a part in any simulation of your choosing - with some discretion, of course. Most take place in the Alpha Sphere.

NPCs
ESRU O4V: another Evolved Simulated Reality Unit, this Collective AI is highly advanced and in charge of storing, transmitting, and replicating data. Other races fear the O4V and have blamed it for everything from rigging elections to altering the weather.

Relics
Quick Drives: In order to fix irregularities within the Outer Void simulations, adventurers are sometimes employed to deliver Quick Drives (or data caches) to locations within target storage regions. Quick Drives are highly prized by the Collective as one of their top scientific creations.

Quests
A System-Wide Glitch: the ESRU O4V has detected flaws within the Simulation Vaults of the Outer Void. If left uncorrected for too long, they could prove fatal to many members of the Collective heritage. It's up to a group of Adventurers to infiltrate and remedy these glitches.