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This article is about the hypothesized inhabitants of Descoladora before much was known about the planet. You may be looking for the Runa, the Yachachiyruna, the Keas, or the Ravens.

The Descoladores, also called the Descolares, were the hypothesized creators of the Descolada virus and the inhabitants of Descoladora. Descoladores was a tentative name given to the species by Miro Ribeira, as they were believed to be the beings who created the Descolada virus.[1]

Biology[]

The Descoladores were originally thought to communicate through gene modification. Miro and Ela Ribeira theorized that they sent instructions for genes to each other, and the recipient made the gene. The receiving Descoladore was then thought to interpret communication through the created gene.[1]

The Descoladores were thought to have a need for the Descolada virus, as they sent the virus to various planets that they appeared to be planning to colonize later, including Lusitania.[1]

History[]

Past[]

At some point in the past, the Descoladores were believed to have created the Descolada virus and spread it throughout a wide swath of the galaxy, including the homeworld of the Pequeninos, Lusitania. Thousands of years before humans established a colony on the planet, it was thought that a ship landed on Lusitania containing the Descolada.[1]

Children of the Mind[]

While Miro Ribeira and Valentine Wiggin II used FTL travel to find habitable worlds for the Pequeninos and humans of Lusitania, they came across a planet with technological activity. They thought that this was the homeworld of the creators of the virus. They observed for some time until the inhabitants of the planet discovered their presence, and sent a ship to their location. To avoid a confrontation, Jane took the ship back to Lusitania.[1]

Later, an exploratory team consisting of Miro, Valentine II, Ela, Quara Ribeira, Firequencher, and a Formic worker was sent back into orbit around the planet. Several communications were sent between the planet and the exploratory team, but the explorers did not know how to interpret the messages, as it seemed that they were sending the team instructions for how to build the Descolada virus.[1]

The Last Shadow[]

Eventually, the inhabited planet came to be called Descoladora, and the team continued their research of the planet, teleporting to different places in orbit to avoid the probes of the species as well as demonstrate their power. Once Peter Wiggin II and Si Wang-mu landed on the planet's surface, however, it began a chain of discoveries that led to the disproval of the Descoladore hypothesis once the actual inhabitants of the planet were found.[2]

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