Ancient Devorae history is clouded by uncertainty. A historical record has been passed down but at times seem incomplete due to the passage of time. The Devorae people have been a space-faring race with no homeworld to call thier own for the past 15,000 standard Terran years. Through that time a Devorae homeworld was thought to be a myth. This homeworld was precieved as an unatainable truth or a place where our spirits go when honorable death is recieved in combat. The Devorae have survived within thier communities of starships, moving through the universe jumping from planet to planet. A culture of living in the void developed and actually living on a planet permanently was like a "fish living out of the water". The cosmos is the home and the Maelstrom fleet is the community of Devorae. The Maelstrom is like a cloud of starships constantly expanding and contracting. All ships are connected by the most advanced communications relays ever developed. This Fleet moved nomadically with no destination. Moving through numerous planetary systems at the same time gathering what was needed for the Fleet to survive and grow. Those alien civilizations that did not assist us were "forced" to assist us. Those civilizations that did help us were left alone with only some cultural contaminant.