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# The Nodus
It looks like an empty city but not like ruins. As if the ones who built it did so a long time ago, but it still looks brand new.
The Nodus can welcome **a wide variety of species**.
A stellar energy source allows the [Ecleray](/vyder-lore-book/species/eclerays.md) to survive.
What strikes you when you arrive on the Nodus is the calm.
**The cold calm of Space**.
And the dance of the billions of stars adorning the immense edifices with colors still unknown.
The Nodus, ready to welcome Vanguards.
It is also the feeling that we are part of something **bigger than ourselves.**
Something that seems to have been there all along.
As if our arrival could not have the slightest impact.
**It is to be mistaken**.
The Nodus is nothing **without the people who walk through it**.
It is an impressive place with a simple function: to be the contact point **where the species will meet** each other for the first time.
Therefore, it'll be the anchor of their **upcoming exchanges**.
**These exchanges are to take many forms**: diplomatic, commercial, technological, philosophical, military...
What form will each species choose?