Heralds

The "Heralds" are a race who act as the forebears of the Eternal Ones, a race of gods who feast on sentient races throughout the universe, moving galaxy to galaxy to devour all races therein.

Biology
While it is plainly obvious through observation that the "Herald" race is roughly humanoid, if one can get past the 3 pairs of eyes, additional set of mouth and nares, and the prominant, flesh covered, horn lobes on their cranium, appearances tell nothing about this race. The opportunity for study was there, but was not undertaken, as the fate of the galaxy tended to preoccupy the salvage tech team's minds. Like so many other humanoid races, the tendancy for the Herald's physiology to match humanity's is more than a coincidence; but whether the Eternal Ones spared them because of this or not is simply unknown.

Culture
Heralds act as a form of advance guard for the Eternal Ones, in exchange for the continued allowance of their species. Heralds once defeated by the Eternal One's prior heralds, but given their apparent combat prowess, were allowed to take the role they had just been defeated by. Since then, they have gone from galaxy to galaxy, defeating whatever forces were present to fight the advance of the Eternal Ones and then to collect the energies of all sentient races into the Silo before the arrival of the Eternal Ones to collect their meal. If the Heralds failed, the Eternal Ones would merely appear in force to collect their food, destroying the galaxy in the process.

Upon entering servitude, the Herald's development as a species ground to a halt, being forced to live aboard their fleet in an endless voyage across the stars. Still they endured, even in the face of complete stagnation and the inability to fulfill their Precursor Potential.

This has led to a fairly fatalistic view of the universe on behalf of the Heralds and they are aware of their singular nature, of the only task they must accomplish and what they do in the name of survival. Upon their defeat however, the Herald leader surrenders and offers to assist the League of Sentient Races with whatever they need to defeat the Eternal Ones, partly because they have a chance and partly to save his own species from extinction.

Technology
The Herald's possess extremely advanced technology, a lot of it courtesy of the Eternal Ones. In addition to having records of all Eternal One technology, the Heralds have extremely powerful ships that have been undefeated in millennia, as well as the ability to travel between galaxies. Their most potent form of technology is the Sentience Silo, a form of technology used to collect all sentient energy in the galaxy, whereupon an Eternal One will drop an infinitesimal speck of their existence onto the Silo to collect the energy for the larger whole.

History
The current Heralds are the remains of a long forgotten race, native to the Milky Way originally, doomed to wonder the stars, helping the Eternal Ones consume the various galaxies for sustenance. In the previous galactic cycle, the Heralds were the leaders of the last doomed charge against the Eternal One's consumption of sentient races. However, they were defeated by the previous Heralds and were brought before the Eternal Ones.

Apparently impressed by the Herald's combat prowess, the Eternal Ones offered them the ability to take the role of their previous Heralds in exchange for the continuation of their species. The Heralds accepted and since that day, they went from galaxy to galaxy, ordering sentient races to surrender and offer themselves up as food for the gods. The Heralds learnt a lot in their time with the Eternal Ones, understanding the complex nature of their new masters, as well as their hesitation to move on in their evolution, necessitating the consumption of sentient thought to continue their hybrid existence.

During their time of servitude, the Heralds constantly sought a solution to their death march across the stars, a way to defeat or kill the Eternal Ones so that they might return home and secure a way of life for their future. However, this was not to be, until the Herald's return home.

Upon the Herald's return to their home galaxy, they were confronted with the combined arms of the League of Sentient Races, fresh off their defeat of the Hegemonic Crux. Armed with a powerful fleet and without a difficult battle in millennia, the Heralds were nonetheless defeated by the League and surrendered to the Captain. Upon informing him of their history and that of the Eternal Ones, the Herald leader offered help with defeating his former masters, well aware of the consequences of his defeat at the hands of a technologically inferior enemy.