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on Phase World), and it is they who are the ones tasked with the universal mission of identifying and countering the greatest threats to the
Megaverse. Second-stagers are also the ones who are possessed of "an alien way of thinking" and do not live by morals as most other sentient beings understand
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Promethians exist in two forms: namely, first- and second-stage Promethians. First-stage Promethians are 7 feet (2.1 m) to 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, are entirely "human" in the range of possible outlooks and alignments, and the natural phase abilities of their bodies renders any force or
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to keep the fighting from reaching the spaceports or from breaking out of Center and spilling out onto the planet's surface. Furthermore, the
Promethians are well known for selling their technology to any buyer that can afford it, friend or foe, and in similar fashion neither help nor hinder
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