Ark Megaforms
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Ark Megaforms (негуманоиды Ковчега) are a fictional alien race from the Noon Universe created by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. Their homeworld is Ark (Ковчег), a planet officially discovered 2160 AD in the course of "Ark Project".
Ark Megaforms are mentioned only in one book - "Space Mowgli".
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[edit] Appearance
No information on the appearance of Ark Megaforms has ever been submitted, although members of ER-2 group, who were the first humans to contact them, recall strange 600 meters tall structures that appeared somewhere behind the mountains every time they tried to contact the Megaforms. They looked like colossal segmented (insect-like) antennas vibrating in an amplitude of 100 meters. No connection to Megaforms was ever confirmed.
[edit] Technological Advancement
No exact data available. It is assumed that Megaforms possess mental abilities that surpass humans' ones since they were able to contact directly with a human (Piere "Little One" Semyonov) and make him view the world in their way. They were also capable of adapting Semyonov's body to harsh environmental conditions of the region he lived in.
[edit] Background
No data available. Apparently, the Megaforms are a so called "closed civilization", one that prefers no contact with others at all.
[edit] Ark Megaforms and Humans
Except for limited negotiations with ER-2 group led by Gennady Komov (Megaforms demanded their withdrawal from the planet) there was only one full scaled contact between the non-humanoid civilization of Ark and a human being. Piere Semyonov, better known under the nickname "Little One", was the only son of Alexander Semyonov and Maria-Luisa Semyonova whose spaceship was shot down by Wanderers' satellite circling around Ark in 2147. No one knows why Megaforms saved the boy but they did and later on Piere acted as their agent in negotiations with progressors working on the planet. No further attempt to establish diplomatic contact with Earth was registered.
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| Novels: | Noon: 22nd Century | Escape Attempt | Far Rainbow | Hard to Be a God | Disquiet | Prisoners of Power | Space Mowgli | The Kid from Hell | Beetle in the Anthill | The Time Wanderers |
| Related works: | The Land of Crimson Clouds | The Way to Amalthea | Space Apprentice |
| Planets: | Ark | Arkanar | Earth | Rainbow | Saraksh | Saula | List of minor planets |
| Races: | Ark Megaforms | Headies | Humans | Leoniders | Ludens | Tagorians | Wanderers |
| Personalities: | Lev Abalkin | Leonid Gorbovsky | Maxim Kammerer | Gennady Komov | Rudolf Sikorski | Kornei Yashmaa | List of minor personalities |
| Miscellaneous: | XXII century timeline | Progressors | Stepchildren Case |
