[Mobius]

Or simply because they have captured Bosh,they started experiments with him and discovered something about Capella,maybe he decided to save more populated systems saying that C was the capital system..then the Shivans attacked...
<worst theory ever conceived>

[Sandwich]

Now the question is why are they the "great preservers" of subspace?

It never (AFAIK) states that they're the Great Preservers of subspace... just that they're the Great Preservers. Personally, I think it's quite clear in the context that it's referring to them preserving civilizations in their infancy around the galaxy from other, more advanced civilizations that would have conquered them long before - were it not for the Shivans.

[Mobius]

Thanks to their icredible numbers and the poosibility of being sacrified...

[Bobboau]

my theory was always that they were the achitects of the subspace node system, they manipulate stars throughout the galixy altering the gravity feilds, makeing a stable subspace environment.
theory as to why they are doing this would be to use the galixy's subspace feild as a lense to connect to an intergalactic subspace network were they will rejoin with there bretheren who sent them on this jorney many melinia ago.

[NGTM-1R]

Something that Herra, and many others should keep in mind is that the Shivan force seen in FS2 was still just the tip of the iceberg.

Statement unsupported by evidence; particularly as one can easily produce a workable hypothesis that the Shivans were actually forced to sacrifice time and resources to the Sathanas fleet and their other ships ended up being slighted.

[BlackDove]

Something that Herra, and many others should keep in mind is that the Shivan force seen in FS2 was still just the tip of the iceberg.

Statement unsupported by evidence; particularly as one can easily produce a workable hypothesis that the Shivans were actually forced to sacrifice time and resources to the Sathanas fleet and their other ships ended up being slighted.

Yes, and with the merits of those "workable hypothesis" it is no wonder most of us quite simply dismiss them outright.

[Charismatic]

Wait. Did you just say 'more powerfull then the Shivans' ? Blasphamy!

Maby a surviveing part of the ancients were hidden away, and returned with a vengence. They conqured many Galixies ffs!, maby the big problem is them!

Would that be scary or what? Billions of years ahead of us, and on the offensive agiesnt the shivans..

[BS403]

ahhhh!!!!!

[NGTM-1R]

Yes, and with the merits of those "workable hypothesis" it is no wonder most of us quite simply dismiss them outright.

Care to try disproving it, or are you simply being your usual unhelpful trolling self again?