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The Scavenger Universe is an alternate quantum reality that periodically comes into close contact or converges with the current quantum reality of the ACI.

According to the spectrum model of quantum reality mapping developed by the researcher Sodock, the Scavenger Universe lies in an area of low probability. That is, the physical laws that govern the Scavenger Universe are highly volatile and unstable, trending toward dissolution and exponential entropy. As a result, the universe is resource poor and faces constant instability at the most basic levels of the physical universe. To combat this condition, the sentient races of the Scavenger Universe frequently cross quantum realities to raid other universes for resources or colonization.

In 2410, just such an incursion occurred when Sodock's research brought the main ACI universe and the Scavenger Universe into close proximity, thereby making crossover easier and more likely. Infiltrators from the Scavenger Universe were responsible for the destruction of numerous vessels and the deaths of hundreds during this period. Bent on a full invasion of the stable and resource-rich universe of the ACI, the Scavengers attempted to gain control of Sodock's quantum spectrum scanner but were ultimately stopped by the ACI, who destroyed the machine and prevented the Scavenger incursion from advancing. Episode: "The Scavengers"

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