Singer

The Singers are the true power behind the Harmony of Horizon. They are a group of incredibly powerful uploaded beings, referring to themselves as "Actual Intelligences", who see the sentient population of the rest of the galaxy as massively inferior, and in need of control for their own good. The Singers are in complete control of the Harmony, able, through implanted chips, to control the actions of any individual member of the Harmony, or any other sentient who they have chipped, or capable of leaving long-term suggestions, allowing individuals some autonomy to carry out Singer orders. The first Singers were a group of traumatized children on Horizon, who discovered that their original Harmony implants were still functioning in both "broadcast" and "receive" modes. The Singers spent extensive amounts of time attempting to interact with the equivalent group they believed must be in charge of the United Federation of Planets, only to give up, and begin massive subversion operations, leading to the Harmony Crisis.