Progenitor Keeper

From Encyclopedia Hiigara

Progenitor Keeper

Classification and cost

Category

Capital Ship

Class

Destroyer

Technical specification

Max. speed

161 m/s

Armament

Other systems

Drone hangar
Shield generator
Phaseout device
Hyperspace inhibitor

Usage

Role	Anti-Capital Ship

Era(s)

Affiliation

Progenitors

"They are ancient machines dedicated to the protection of the Progenitor Empire. It will stop at nothing to destroy us."

— Karan S'jet

Progenitor Keepers were self-aware AI-controlled Progenitor combat ships built to guard Progenitor assets. Each Keeper was roughly the size of a destroyer and was armed with two sustained fire Ion Cannons and eight Pulsar Beams. Each Keeper could also construct and deploy Drones and project a defensive shield that protected itself against all conventional attacks.

When they were damaged, the Keepers would retreat by 'phasing out', and return later at close to full strength.

[edit] The Keeper of the Foundry

"The Keeper is aware. The Keeper understands. The Keeper has seen the enemy."

— The Keeper of the Foundry

The Keeper of the Foundry was the Keeper guarding the Progenitor Dreadnaught. It attacked the Mothership fleet when it reached the Dreadnought Berth, formerly a section of the massive Progenitor Mothership. The Hiigarans could not destroy the Keeper with conventional weapons, so they captured it in a massive Progenitor Mothership power core, after which it self-destructed. The Mothership managed to jump to hyperspace just before the explosion.

[edit] The Keepers of Abassid

The Keepers of Abassid were a group of Keepers the Hiigaran fleet encountered in an unidentified region of the galaxy in the Great Wastelands. They pulled the Pride of Hiigara out of Hyperspace and attacked it and the Bentusi Harbor Ship. The Bentusi managed to repair the Dreadnought's Phased Cannon Array, but even it was not able to destroy the Keepers. With no way to win the battle and their role in the prophecy fulfilled, the Bentusi sacrificed themselves by destroying Bentus in a gigantic explosion, taking the Keepers with it.