They were Born in the "wake" of the collapse, Meaning Right After (think of a speed boat down a river and the wake right after it speeds by) everyone was Human during the collapse (not alien) not until after did they change. Maybe they thought there was no hope (dead orbit faction thinks this also they are Awoken too, common belief between them handed down from generations) and left to find answers to this solve this or whatever reason they had, they found "something" not darkness or they would have been consumed by it.(besides no race or class has darkness powers)I am leaning towards Time travel/worm hole they found, (not unlike the VEX) and they went thru they saw what was to become (or what was not) and that is why they think they have reached transcendence and light and dark means nothing to them, What I want to know is how many of "US" survived after the collapse how they built the city and knew there is this force field around the traveler, the awoken came back during the final stand?? somehow?? and people repopulated over the course of hundreds of years. Was there guardians before the collapse?? how about if you choose to be an awoken you awake again when dinklebot revives you lol.