Editing Entity (section)

=== The Second Cycle ===
In the next cycle, an entity landed on a world with a technologically-advanced civilization. The entity's relationship with the host species was more symbiotic this time, with the entity studying the host species' technology and being studied in turn by the host species. However, war broke out between members of the host species that had bonded with shards and those that had not, and soon the natives began rooting out and destroying the entity's shards, forcing the entity to make an early departure.

As the various shards consolidated, this time they formed three larger entities, which came together and combined shards in a manner similar to that in the first cycle. After detonating the planet and fragmenting outward, the offspring were now able to control their paths through space by utilizing the technology of the previous species, warping gravity and space to guide themselves.