Specialized knots of Viscain Tree fiber, or "organs", that are analogous to complex nerve clusters and which can be made to produce a variety of effects, ranging from simple power generation to automatically plotting the interstellar course to the Root Palace's next destination.
Vine ganglia are essentially unrefined Artifacts and have been incorporated--at least most successfully--by Military Hardware Division Director Gilf Scanlan in a variety of conventional technologies, most notably the jump decks, and, most impressively, the latest incarnations of the Generals' war machines, the Grans.
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