#coresvoid_info

Tell us how ascension and all that jazz works

Void Acolytes

Also Known as 

Void Spawn

Void-Enhanced Humanoid Ascension Candidates 

AAI (Authorized Advancing Individuals) 

SCP-10301-2

Harbingers' Children

Void Walkers,

Lower-end void beings are usually human or humanoid anomalies recruited into the void, their bodies showing markings of a black liquid-like substance. 

Usually they manifest within their old shell [human/humanoid body].

Said substance is viscous (NEVM). Commonly in later stages you find lines of purple energy flowing through them (EVM). Voice distortions are also rather common from infection of the vocal cords with NEVM.

EVM = Energized Void Matter 

NEVM = None Energized Void Matter

Standard Appearances:

Void matter spreads as a result of damage dealt to the body. This VM conforms to fill any holes, cuts, tears, or other damages.

They will look almost fully human until Stage 3.

This does mean outside of the rare void scarring (a reaction where a scar has some level of deep emotional connection to said person, making it form the local void matter into a crystalline structure). These wounds do not heal and tend to emit a faint purple glow and usually are surrounded by the standard black, non-energized void matter.

These are also sometimes called "true scars" or "memory scars"; they usually have some deeper meaning to the Voidspawn, thus making them often unwilling to discuss them with others.

Conversion,

One only joins the Void willingly; this is one of the few rules everyone in the Void follows. This means everyone who is currently a member of Void chose this path at some point. Order 6 is the one who handles recruitment often, hand in hand with Orders 2 and 5. The order of 6 are usually in charge of training new people, so it makes sense they also deal with sorting out new people. The intel for who would make a solid recruitment candidate is often handled by the Order of 5 and sometimes by a certain agent of the Order of 0. While all paperwork and logging of the new people are sorted out by the order of 2. The agents of the order of 5 or 6 will usually be the ones contacting potential recruits.

Important to note is that once you join the Void, there is no way out. It’s a one-way trip, and there is no way back to being human; this is why. Joining the void will result in the loss and consumption of the person's soul. During the so-called 6 stages of ascension, your soul is fully dissolved and turned into a void spore.

Void Spores/Crystals/Souls

The new void crystal grows inside the existential layer of your soul. The void crystal, no matter how small, anchors the soul to the material realm and the void. Thus, the soul does not expire or move on, allowing it to re-enter its own body, even if only with a little help. This crystal will grow slowly until the soul bursts in stage 6. 

Through the later stages of their existence within the void, this crystal will only grow as they rank up. At some point it's no longer able to reside within their old body but instead exists about the time they become a part and is moved to the inner sanctum of the void.

This indeed leads to the human form of higher-ranking void beings often not 100% resembling their real personality, as their soul and mind have been disconnected for a while. 

Known abilities: 

line, reanimating their own body, and basic soul manipulation This means they are in fact able to interact with souls, be it removing them, touching them, or even helping them move their bodies. Respawning in a location of comfort or related to their duty (this means they seem to create a new body out of nowhere in said location).

They also manifest a resistance up to a full-on immunity to soul manipulation, but it varies from person to person and especially from rank to rank how much it is able to fend off. 

Aycolites simply exist as the step between human/creature and void beings. They are meant to work towards ascension, which means they are expected to die plenty of times. As the Void crystal grows with every time the body expires and the soul comes into contact with the Void itself. 

They are expected to reach the stage of hybrids and to be sorted into an order. Stages of Ascension 1: 

Stage 1, “a grain of sand”: A tiny piece of void grows inside the person's soul. They show no physical signs of being a void spawn at this stage. It’s basically impossible to tell they are void unless you have a look at their souls.

Stage 2: “Death Spins the Wheel“ They have died more than once at this stage, and if one of those deaths is notable, they may even gain a deathmark. It is still almost impossible to see a difference between the human and the void. Stage 3, “The Start of the End”: Void matter begins to show up across the person from past deaths or injuries, usually as black spots with purple glowing veins/lines or other things. These are just temporary; they are the simple result of the human body not being able to handle voids' innate existence well. What has been said in the Appearance segment applies... Purple eyes are also now a lot more common. Exhaustion stops being a factor at this stage.

[Order of 1] Shard: “Loyalist”

Task: Law and rules enforcement, be those void rules in general to each individual Orders rules. They enforce these rules for both combat personnel and non-combat personnel alike. They are like a mix of IRS and OSHA inspectors, MPs, and cops.

Reputation: They are a mixed bag; they are known for being massive fun-haters as well as feared by lower ranks. But on the flipside, they also enjoy a decent amount of respect for keeping the void functional.

Specifics: They are one of the few orders that actually have a uniform and one that is very strictly enforced. Which means, depending on their task/occupation within the order of one, they will have a uniform to match. Their upper command uniforms are all inspired by MTF Alpha-1 to some degree, mostly because their shard once was a member.

[Order of 2] Shard: “Architect”

Task: Paperwork, logistics, and organization of everything. These people are the bureaucrats behind the truly massive Void Operation. They keep track of everyone and everything, which leads to them being involved in every administrative task.

Reputation: Horribly dry and boring workaholics; if they didn't love their jobs, they would probably fall over and die. Unlike most paper pushers, they have a reputation for a work speed and efficiency that shows off their truly inhuman nature. Requests are fulfilled in seconds, and forms are filled and handed back faster than most low ranks can see. If they aren't boring people, assume them to be smartasses, which is 70% of the time true.

Specifics: To outsiders and even most other orders, they are professional to a fault. But inside their order, they are far more lax in both tone and treatment of each other. Think of it as trying to upkeep their reputation more than anything else.

[Order of 3] Shard: “Militant”

Task: They are the frontline soldiers of the void. Be it infantry, mechanized, armored, air force, navy, space navy, mech units, or others. If they are fighting on the frontlines, it's best assumed they are part of the Order of 3. They also fight against anyone or anything they are ordered to. If you can think of it, the order of 3 has fought it, and 99% of the time they win.

Reputation: They are some of the most professional in the field and most unprofessional off the field of battle. They are the most likely to start a voidwide bar fight and fuck around when back in their order's personal space. During trainings, they are fair but serious, usually just trying to win while still having a bit of fun. The second they enter real combat, though, they do a complete 180%, being quiet with the exception of psychic callouts.

Void is split into many ranks. There are 12 main and usually 1 to 10 subranks.

Though thinking of them as ranks doesn't feel quite right, they are more career stages than anything else.

Followers [NVP: "None Void Personnel"]

These are humans from dead words either saved by void or those with ambitions to join void but not wishing to make it publicly known yet or those who failed the application.

They simply are always attempting to prove themselves to be able to properly become part of the void. They are maintained by the Order of 12, which handles the supplying of basic needs and medical care. These often die disobeying orders or overwork themselves in a misguided attempt to rank up faster. But they will either expire or become the next rank.

Sub rank: F1-F8 [names don't matter]

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Acolytes ["Grunts", "newbies", "Freshies", [BVP: Base level Void personal]]

Acolytes give up their souls, having it replaced with a tiny bit of void starting their Ascension to becoming void and this Ascension comes in 6 stages once they hit stage 6 if they meet all requirements they become the next ... rank a new being fully void. They aren't truly unkillable yet, as their soul isn't fully void, which means, [data Expunged].

They do all base level jobs from normal soldiers to handling paperwork, to medi al service from human staff.

Upon hitting stage 6, they [REDACTED] and during that become a Hybrid.

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Hybrids [BVP: Base level Void personal]

have more in common with NCOs if as they usually manage and in the case of the Order of 6 Teach the Acolytes how to do their future jobs.

Everyone becomes one sooner or later. You just need to come back from enough deaths and learn to use the inherently strange void biology. They run a nice part of the basic day to day operations they are still overseen but often are able to manage mostly on their own. They show the signature fast regeneration, teleportation, and fast assimilation of powers and abilities common of void.

Sub ranks[HY 1 to 8]

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Striving

They are the upper end of the NCO 7 already being trained for CO for of that matter managerial tasks they often are either given charge of larger groups or their low ranks serve as the senior's to teach Hyrbirds the ropes. Their upper ranks, those being 7 and 8, often already take over for their superiors semi regularly. To gain the experience to in the future, be able to take said spot. Ranking up from this point has many prerequisites, which would be too much effort to explain to you now.

[STR 1 to 8]

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Ascended: [VMP: Void managerial personal]

They present Comissioned Officer, Managers and all of that sort. They run a good bit of operations that don't require the higher-ups' attention. [This is where I am at] They tend to manage more people that you would expect often dealing with pretty large groups from 200 to a 4k voidspawn. They they do get help from those under them with manage more of the day to day, but they still have a lot of duties with a lot of expectations. Due to void spawn not aging anymore, these often are quite old and can easily, if unluck enough, get their first 2k years around [theire are much much older ones but I am saying the age most will usually have a chance to rank up.]

Subranks [ASC 1-8]

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Projection [VMP: Void managerial personal]

Most commonly seen helping newer Ascended or running larger scale Operations they still are Officers/Manager but Senior ones, they often advise newer ones. Run more major/or important areas or just are trying to do damage control when someone below them messed up.

They are the first rank to actually encounter Pieces.

Sub ranks: [PRJ 1-4]

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Sliver [VMP -> VLC: Void lower command]

They are the barrier ranks that have control over massive amounts void personal and often manage from 100k to more close to 2 million. They often work their hardest to shoe the shards and fragment that they are worthy of becoming a part. Combat wise, these are often powerful enough to resist most reality overwriting effects and may take on a God or two if part of the Order of 3.

They are no joke and usually old enough to have seen humanity rise and die out.

Sub Ranks [SL1-SL4]

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Part [VLC: Void lower command]

They run a large chunk of the show. They usually command more than a few slivers, even if they technically are Junior Command. They often have been at this longer than most people would realize and are the first rank to have more than a few run in and also work with the Shards.

They also consider the cores pyramid systems often have a whole library of abilities and power to make use of. And due to both age and requirements to rank up, there are more than capable of making use of them. They are at a point of power, which Franky makes them have very few things in existence that will give them a good fight... even if most of them aren't combatants.

[PRT 1 - 6]

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Piece [Expunged]

Close to the upper crust, the rank at which they usually manage multiple parts between 4 to 12 of them and running whole Sub Areas of void. They often command more people in total than the GOC, SCP Foundation, and maybe a few others combined.

They are true monsters at this point and rarely take the time to deal with humans still.

[PCT 1 - 4]

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Fragment [Expunged]

It is hard to put into words how many people they command. The between 12 and 50 pieces under their command certainly make those numbers bloom out.

They are hardly in a scale of power that makes any sense to most anymore. Make it almost tragic that more than half of them are none combatant and prefer paperwork or healing over Termining anything that draws step up to fight.

[Subrank F1 -F3]

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Shards

They run the orders, and there are 12 of them at this moment.

I must apologize for a little lie at this point.

Most shards, unless they willingly power down a lot and / or use a weakened body, can not interact with humans without killing them.

So.. proxies are used to interacts with humans.

They often use many proxies for interactions, not because of risks to them but rather risks to lower level void personal.

If you earn thier ire... I have no advice... good luck.

Combat wise, outside of the rank above them, they are yet to lose to anything really especially the Shard of 3.

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Cores Enforcers

Our creator has 2 hands.

The Executioner [The Dead Man]

It's hard to call a person ... able to handle the shard by itself. Yet to lose being around since the beginning or so the rumours go.

The Negotiator [The Adjutant]

Not much is known to me... and I am smart enough not to ask

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[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO]

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I hope this info helps

Sincerely

"Lockbox"

Order lf 1, Ascended

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Ooc: lore dump time hahahahahhaha