Not much is known about them, not even by them. They used to be apart of a mining fleet from a much larger faction, but mining operations on the planets in the systems activated the natural crystal in the planets, bathing the entire fleet in powerful, intense lightning that killed everyone and wrecked ships. And from death, comes life.
The corpses were transformed into being of this crystal. Being highly reactive, a single blow could kill them in a cacophony of electricity, so they went to work, scavenging and scraping together some new ships from the rubble, powered with their new crystal and armored by a refined version of it. They set out after some development, 50 years after the crisis that lead to their creation.
Fleets and territory:
They currently have a total of ten systems under their grasp, most being developed as fast as possible. They have 100 military vessels in total, though there's a lot of reserve and civilian ships. They boast a very large economy considering their only sustenance is Uitree Crystal and its electricity.
They are located in R5.
Their ships are not pretty, being scavenged vessels with no beauty intended.
The Sidefire Fighter is lightly armed, meant for swarms as a supporting ship to be a distraction. Or, general defense.
A far more...aesthetically pleasing vessel, the Quadcannon Corvette is a small ship, either leading a group of fighters or acting as fighters for Frigates and Cruisers.
Ugly, but it works. It can dish out damage, keeping its main weapons protected with its bulk. Not a lot of maneuverability, but it can usually stay facing its target. Accompanied by fighters/corvettes to deal with enemy fighters.
A pretty good ship, all things considered. Deals hefty damage, hard to take down, but cannot fight alone.
The Uitreed are somewhat like a hive mind, but without all the organization. Think of a shoddily put-together chat room. As such, they rely on the biggest ship for coordination. They are ruled by a group of monarchs.
Their crystalline bodies are brittle and powerful, so they have modified them with tech to armor up, increase strength, and other things. As such, they are powerful specialists and excellent at person to person combat. Electric weapons do very little but a single bodies on the bodies under their armor is lethal.
Strengths:
-Can scavenge any faction's tech and use it. (To a reasonable degree)
-Grows more powerful after every space battle due to scavenging
-Doesn't need oxygen
-Uses corpses to reproduce
Weaknesses:
-Cannot reverse-engineer tech, so scavenged tech it lost when damaged beyond repair
-Requires special growth processes to obtain power, making expansion slow and supply lines German.
-Gullible, as they're looking for their precursors.
-Uses corpses to reproduce