Manifold

The Manifold-class extracts resources from parallel dimensional layers that other empires cannot perceive, let alone reach. Two thousand shield points protect against dimensional stress during sustained multi-layer extraction operations. Nine utility slots accommodate the most advanced sensor and extraction systems the Collective has ever produced. The Manifold can extract ore, gas, and ice simultaneously from overlapping dimensional layers — a capability unique to this vessel. The Collective claims the Manifold "accelerates resource regeneration" in depleted fields by pulling matter through dimensional rifts. Other empires' physicists consider this claim impossible. The resources appear anyway.