Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26065062-20170916212706

The Circle of Thought is a massive organization of philosophers, thinkers, inventors, scientists, mathematicians, hermits and more, that spans throughout The Way. It is mostly centered in the Sagittarius Elliptical Dwarf, due to the founders being the Alvuri and Tal'Akkur upon reaching their union, and their HQ is situated there. The name, most practices and ideals derive primarily from ancient Alvuri culture. The 'head' of it is the High Circle, made up of some of the most esteemed thinkers in the Galaxy.

The group is very diverse and small cells of it are scattered around the galaxy, most of these being in areas far removed from the Sagittarius Dwarf. The group revels in introspection and debate, and provides funding for many endeavours through its patron, working heavily with the Tal'Akkur Research Institute and providing many people around the galaxy access to education and technology, as well as resources to research institutions and some solo members.

It also provides the Ark Archives, an enormous collection of data, to the galaxy at large, though most of the deeper data is open only to certain members or patrons. You can find data on almost anything in it, from the evolutionary cycles of Belqeth Fire-flies, to precise energy emissions of an attempted zero-point power reactor, to detailed instructions on how to build your very own deathray. The bulk of data is processed in a massive quantum computer at their headquarters.

The Circle is open for anyone to get into or support, and there is no set system for rising through the ranks, one simply rises naturally with recognition and prestige, and every 3 days candidates for the High Circle are evaluated by it. Very few make it to this process and an order of magnitude fewer make it through it, mostly due to the sheer size of the organization.

The organization has entire star systems in their control, and these are usually called Enclaves of Thought or Sanctuaries. They are huge complexes of research stations, meeting halls, testing grounds, and so on.

More may be added later. 