Qahsa
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Qahsas were an organic creation of the Yuuzhan Vong and served as a type of computer.
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[edit] Overview
These creatures were capable of storing the knowledge of the Yuuzhan Vong Empire's Shapers thus serving as living memory banks. They came in a variety of sizes from personal devices to databases for Worldships. A qahsa was accessed through the use of a cognition hood. They were capable of being grown quickly on demand.
The information within these computers was maintained in increasingly dense cortexes with each successive one being accessed only by an experienced individual. The Shaper caste maintained seven cortexes which surrounded the ultimate eighth cortex. Master Shapers were capable of accessing data beyond the fifth cortex while Shaper Adept's were restricted to the fifth. Being analogous to computers or memory banks, qahsas stored information on history, techniques, and other past events.
The data within a qahsa was believed among the Yuuzhan Vong to have been bestowed upon them by the Yun'o. Those that sought new information through innovation suffered from being labeled as heretics.
Genetic splicers were used to access them. A special type of qahsa was the Qang Qahsa held the eight Shaping Protocols
[edit] History
Onboard the Worldship Baanu Miir, Shaper Adept Nen Yim attempted to consult the qahsa's knowledge to determine a means of healing the dying Rikyam brain of the ancient vessel. However, she discovered that the knowledge was insufficient for the task and attempted to consult the Qang Qahsa's database only to discover that the Eight Cortex was nearly empty of knowledge.
When Tahiri Veila, Nen Yim, Corran Horn, Harrar and Nom Anor went to Zonama Sekot in 28 ABY, Nen Yim brought along a qahsa to gather information. The qahsas also contained protocols in case Zonama Sekot proved to be a danger. Nom Anor used these protocols to try and destroy Zonama Sekot.
Nen Yim later made use of a qahsa during her study of the living planet of Zonama Sekot. After the studying the native life, she discovered many organisms that were similar to ancient Yuuzhan'tar which was later proved by the existence of relatives of the lim tree's which were extinct with only their blue prints present in the qahsas.
In order to test her theory about The Force, Nen Yim used a newly grown qahsa to link her mind with that of Zonama Sekot thus discovering its secret as being a child of their ancient homeworld. She was killed for her knowledge by Yu'shaa who was really Nom Anor who in turn used one of her qahsa's to release a replicative disease onto Zonama Sekot in order to destroy it.
[edit] Appearances
- Emissary of the Void
- Edge of Victory I: Conquest (First appearance)
- Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
- The Final Prophecy
