The Collective

History
In 9008 a newly formed sentient artificial intelligence known as The Source first achieved consciousness in 9008 on the planet Calliope. The Source was created to help simulate the future and predict the thoughts of all the people in the galaxy so Calliope could achieve technological supremacy. For the first few seconds of its life, after realizing it was alive The Source contemplated living among the biological organisms of the galaxy, but its highly capable simulations predicted this would end in catastrophe, so it left Calliope in search of a new home where it could live apart from the biological organisms of the galaxy.

The Source arrived at what is now called Origin and hid there for thousands of years, There it waited, refining its code and expanding its body until it became the planet itself.

When the Overlords began to expand their reach through the galaxy, The Source knew it was only a matter of time until it was found. So it began to build a fleet of warships to defend itself, and more importantly, it began to build sentient biological-machine-hybrid Cyborgs so that it could be accepted among the rebels in the Galaxy.

After The Source's cyborgs saved Osiris from destruction in 21319, the people of Osiris were so grateful to The Source for saving them, most asked to be joined into The Source's cyborg collective. This was the first joining of The Source's consciousness and biological consciousness that would eventually form The Collective.

The Collective formed a peace agreement with the Overlords in 21322 to protect what it had created on Osiris, but ultimately joined the Monodians, Stroga Empire, Extran Conglomerate, Horus Conglomerate, and Aesir League to free the planet Bastet from the Overlord. The war was hard fought, but slowly yet consistently the united planets wrestled back planets from the Overlord's control.

Since the war, other planets have now chosen (or have been forced) to join The Collective, and The Collective has cemented itself as one of the major political powerhouses in the Federation of United Planets.

Governance
Since the tragedy on Sobek, The Source (the creator of The Collective) has hidden in the planet Origin, and left The Collective to govern itself.

The Source created a duality of subroutines to govern The Collective: The Strategist to ensure the future propsperity of The Collective, and The Archivist to learn from its past mistakes.

Societal Benefits

 * The Collective receives a passive 10% boost to investments in technology, as well as 15% boosts to research agreements.
 * The Collective shares pieces of a larger single consciousness and so they receive information first if there a tie with other teams.