The Etherite delegation arrives in numbers not really seen outside of their space with several hundred Etherites with a wide range of appearances being part of the delegation and entourage. Mixed in with the group are a handful of the humanoids from the Redonda system and a few of the silicon spiders, refugees from Melfyian space.

Spoiler: Cast
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  • Ouren Dris'Thelle - Current leader of the Etherites, director of Energies - Female bipedal fox like in appearance and a rather gregarious in overall personality.
  • Trask Shu'Petarn - Dr of medicine and sometime diplomat. Trask is something more akin to a golden lab in appearance and while generally reserved, when speaking on his fields is quite passionate and energetic.
  • Pieter Strasskovich - Known as the Teacher and often refered to simply as that is a dark coated hyena featured and rather severe individual. His focus is primarily in Noetic science and in the finding and focusing of educational techniques.
  • Lance Underwood - Redondan rep - a dark skinned humanoid who speaks with an odd phrasing and cadence even for the burgeoning galactic basic.



Spoiler: Pavillion
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The Etherite Pavillion is a reasonably large structure heavily featuring a multitude of crystalline structures of various colors, the ceiling of which being a clear opaque color that diffuses sunlight throughout the complex in a smooth clean manner. The overall complex is a large circle with a series of nine ramps on the outside leading up to the roof that has a central access point with three sets of three methods down. One a smooth set of winding stairs around the central hub, one a series of three more classic lift or elevator platforms to shuttle people and three seeming holes in the roof that when stepped into allow one to thing themselves up or down in a form of gravity assisted suspension.

Inside the central hub is a large welcoming area bringing people into the complex as a whole with bright displays and some simple displays of crystal and plasma based techs and effects. The ring around the area is split into nine equal parts, one for each of the branches of education and focuses of study. Showing off some of the more interesting fanciful items as well as more practical effects that are studied within each of the University's halls. Each of them has a pair of names above their entrance halls that when attention is put to it, has a localized vocal translation as well as a light mental push of the concept sent to the individual.

Energetic Physics, known more commonly as Forces is a hall showing off the both subtle and not ways that the Etherite technomagic interacts with "basic" building block forces, a forge that sheds no external heat but shows to be 1000C inside, bands that when attached can help counteract gravity helping to buoy heavy or unwieldly objects, Coils with arcing electricity used to play music.

Necxt is the Etheric Biology or Life, showing off a variety of medical and surgical pieces of equipment and technique as well as being a clearing house for visiting xenobiologists. Tools showing how blood and bone can be mended and augmented.

Next is Etheric Engineering and Chemistry or Matter, showing off a variety of at time prosaic chemistry or physical engineering projects but also how with the correct emphasis and study matter can be transmuted, altered or reorganized.

Noetic Science or Mind is next and while there are some displays and talks regarding psychology, the technomagical interactions with various aspects of psychics and telepaths is the main emphasis with some demonstrations from the neighboring crystaline spiders helping to demonstrate psychic to audible devices that allow two way communication with races that don't normally have such a thing.

Metaphysical Ether or Prime is where Ouren spends much of her time when not out on the floor or visiting other dignitaries. It is the home of displays and projects showing how the same basic energy patterns are present on all worlds and showing a burgeoning theory and study into networks of energy connecting the stars themselves.

Etheric and Mimetic Dimensional study or Spirit while not normally brought out in public much there are a variety of googles available to help facilitate interactions with a variety of spirit forms, those of elemental inclination, some, appear to be in or part of machines, and some glimpses are caught of some that are tough to describe beyond being purely a singular concept.

Causality or time has a variety of displays showing the ability to cause objects and even people to experience local temporary time dialations, short bursts where time speeds up or slows down with practical applications when combined with the others.

Space or Correspondence, also known as sympathy displays some, slightly more obvious applications with short range matter transportation that leads up to combinations of projects from other schools and disciplines showing how bonds between items, beings, concepts allow effects to take place beyond a visual range.

Ether Dynamics or Entropy has something of an odd dicotomy to it's display, some showing how entropy on physical object can be sped or slowed with practical applications and yet in one corner there is a group of younger students giving a practical demonstration on the effects of probabilistic manipulation of basic odds. Simply put a bunch of hyena looking Etherites and much of the Redonda delegation are playing a variety of games of chance with both sides showing great methods of "cheating."