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 ====== The Silence ======
+<WRAP center round tip 60%>This Article contains spoilers for The Null War</WRAP>
-The Silence is the name given to the extra-dimensional being that we know as [[nullspace|nullspace]]. It is an [[order_of_intelligence|O8 intellect]] and exists in every universe in all time as the same being. It is intelligent and hostile, actively trying to breach into our reality for unknown reasons. The Silence was temporarily pushed back into nullspace after The Silent War ([[null war|The Null War]]).
+[{{ ::thesilence.png?400|Long range telescope photography of The Silence}}]
+The Silence is the name given to the extra-dimensional being that we know as [[nullspace|nullspace]]. It is an [[order_of_intelligence|O8 intellect]] and exists in every universe in all time as the same being. It is intelligent and hostile, actively trying to breach into our reality for unknown reasons. The Silence was temporarily pushed back into nullspace after The Silent War ([[null war|The Null War]]). The Silence spreads in reality at the speed of light, requiring FTL capable ships to contain it.
 ==== Speculation ====
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 Another popular theory is the Anti-Existence Theory, which speculates that nullspace is the antithesis to our known reality, similar to how antimatter is the antithesis to matter. This theory is based on original nullspace research where scientists expected to find antimatter on the other side of tears in spacetime. Instead of finding antimatter, they found nothing at all.
-Under this theory, what we observe to be The Silence is actually that reality's intelligent beings. We cannot perceive them and they likely cannot perceive us. To them, linelayers tearing through nullspace and building [[krasnikov_gate|Krasnikov Tubes]] may be the same as them tearing through our gates and attempting to spread outwards. Essentially, we may be their version of The Silence.
+Under this theory, what we observe to be The Silence is actually that reality's intelligent beings. We cannot perceive them and they likely cannot perceive us. To them, linelayers tearing through nullspace and building [[krasnikov_gate|Krasnikov Tubes]] may be the same as The Silence tearing through our reality and attempting to spread outwards. Essentially, we may be their version of The Silence.
+==== Interactions ====
+The Silence, while unobservable, interacts with certain forms of energy and technologies.
+During The Silent War, almost every dyson sphere/swarm capable of firing in a beam configuration focused all of their firepower on the initial breach point of The Silence. The huge amounts of focused solar energy halted the advance of nullspace into our reality temporarily as the galaxy's OIs attempted to figure out a solution.
+The Silence was vulnerable to high energy weapons such as particle beams, antimatter bombs, and high energy lasers. When tendrils of The Silence escaped through cracks in the dyson beam bombardment, fleets were sent to engage and dismember them at their weakest points. When detached from the main rip in reality, the tendrils quickly dissipated.
+The Silence was eventually forced back into nullspace via a massive spherical array of [[null anchor|null anchors]]. The event horizon generated by null anchors is capable of containing and transporting The Silence back into nullspace. The Silence actively avoids null anchors, gates, and black holes.
+==== Reality Breach ====
+The time in between breaches to our reality seems proportional to how many nullspace technologies are in active use. The more gates, skip drives, and siphons active, the quicker The Silence can breach into our reality again. The breach point can be determined by a sudden spike in [[null syndrome|Null Syndrome]], gate instability, and null collapses.
+The next breach is expected to occur within the next 600-2000 years.
+It is unknown if The Silence has breached in any other parts of our universe.