Aftermath

The Aftermath is the name given by Alterra to a species of highly advanced, war-fighting, and ancient space-faring race of beings that are responsible for the nuclear detonations that occurred on multiple worlds, including Planet 4690C approximately one and a half thousand years ago. Most information surrounding them is currently unknown, though an unknown amount of "living" members can be found as mindless drones and knights. They are an alien race similar to the Precursors/Architects. They however are more war-like than the Precursors.

Biology
Not much is known about the appearance of the Aftermath before their conversion into the mindless drones seen on Planet 4690C during Dead Forest. However, it is theorized that they may once have been part of the Precursor Race, as a result they may look similar.

AR-ES
AR-ES (Ares) is a holographic AI created by the Aftermath to protect Planet 4690C and its moons. It controls all Aftermath and Alterra drones on 4690C.

Weapons
The Aftermath a multitude of weaponry at their disposal. Like the precursors, they utilized ion-powered beam weaponry.


 * Beam Rifle
 * Beam Gatling
 * Ion Grenade
 * Ion Shield

Ion Refiner
This machine was created by the Aftermath to refine Ion Cubes into Ion Crystals to create Ion based weaponry. It can be scanned and built by the player.

Tablets

 * Blue Tablet - A key for common areas and Civilian areas.
 * Green Tablet - A key for agriculture and science areas.
 * Orange Tablet - A key for military areas
 * Red Tablet - A key for information and technology sensitive areas.
 * Purple Tablet - A key for military areas
 * Cyan Tablet - this tablet is only found inside the Aftermath Vault and is the only way to open the door to AR-ES's chambers.

Story
The Aftermath play an important role in the story of Dead Forest, where they are responsible for shooting down all of the ships, killing the survivors, and hacking the Alterra Drones.

Precursors/Architects
The Aftermath seem to have been at war with the Precursors for a very long time. While their technologies are almost identical to one another, their ideals and lust for war are mostly opposite. In fact, the Aftermath nuked Planet 4690C just to get rid of the Precursors on it, then they sent drones and created AR-ES to keep them off forever.

Many Aftermath technologies can be found on former Precursor-controlled Planet 4546B, including the MAR-S shipwreck and multiple Aftermath tablets and armor.