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==The War of Exiles==
In the closing days of the Formation Wars, as the last Illithyd enclaves and Hrud swarms were routed from their strongholds or sent fleeing into the long dark, Isador made a symbolic gesture of goodwill that many would come to see as the ultimate example of his iron resolve. Knowing that many feared what Phenex Prime stood for as the center of the Outer Systems Alliance, and seeking to dispel all notions that embracing the potent technologies recovered on its surface would lead to a new cult of rulership and a new emperor, Vanth ordered the total destruction of the planet. The Hedron Mind, as well as all inhabitants, were evacuated, and the planet was used as the test subject for a powerful spatial collapse weapon, causing it to implode into a hyperdense mass that would eventually blossom into a bright, resource-rich neutron star.

As symbolic gesture, the destruction of Phenex Prime was moderately successful in swaying hearts and minds, but for a great many the goodwill it generated was seen as a death knell for the way of life they had clung to for so long. The first seeds of schism were small - words were traded of greater autonomy and political distance between the disparate forces of the Alliance, studies were encouraged to confirm that Vanth's gift to mankind was indeed the boon he claimed it, and the first tentative systems of enhancement regulation were proposed. Few points of compromise were found. Vanth and his supporters preached that the technology of Phenex Prime was humanity’s forgotten gateway into glory – that it was their responsibility not simply to brighten mankind’s understanding, but to find their perfect forms, and that there should be no limitations to this pursuit. The early days of this debate were tense, but civil, both parties united in mutual desire to see humanity restored to its past greatness. As time went on, however, rifts in doctrine deepened, and, not six decades after the Formation Wars were brought to an end, Archeotect society saw its first civil war.