

Initially, the Indix themselves were a myth, passed between the Novakid and some other races due to their naturally ghost-like appearance. Some were confused by their rather recent creation, constantly wondering what they acually were, they never returned in hopes of finding their true self among the stars. Others would venture out only to return occasionally when they were needed because they enjoyed the simple frontier life. Most would leave and soon return with frightening tales of what the universe was like on the outside of the Vault. After designing their own spacecraft the Collectors were capable of leaving the Vault and venturing into deep space.

These few brave souls, code-named the "Collectors" had been completely materialized, no longer limited to interacting through a network-though they are still rather translucent and composed of pure data. The Vault began to export its newly formed Indix into the material world. A new problem had arisen, the physical structure of the Vault itself had begun to deteriorate, demanding more extreme solutions, projects and some serious construction. The Indix were born.ĭespite the CAS' new achievements during this period-namely the first Indix body, composed of weaved data, small electromagnetic fields and pure light energy bound together to form a humanoid shape, similar to their quote-on-quote relatives-and of great technological advancement-normally referred to as the "metamorphosis" by the Index as this is the time they associate with the birth of their race-the CAS still had not accomplished its objective.

Over time, millions of generations continued to be formed, the inhabitants of the Vault, the remnants of a forgotten race became an entirely new entity, separated from their predecessors. Due to the personality corruption the first few generations weren't incredibly friendly, nor were they capable of interacting with physical matter. The Vault' CAS responded to the situation by copying it's original data files and creating it's own race, the result being a humanoid form consisting of entirely light and nearly invisible to the naked eye. However, after literal eons awaiting a master that would never return, the Vault's "Central Arrangement System", CAS for short, ran diagnostics that discovered-though the artificial planet was extremely well built-simply managing all of the stored data would not be enough to continue it's original objective, to preserve its currently unconscious residents.Īt first, this started as simple data corruption, causing the loss of personality files. The Indix, originally data backups of a forgotten race's consciousness patterns, were at first merely data, quantum threads stored away for retrieval later within a massive data storage unit collectively referred to by the Indix as the "Vault". Naturally nervous and paranoid, the Indix are a vestige of an ancient time.
