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The '''Ones Above''' is the colloquial name for a spacefaring group that regularly visits the [[Eelakin]] people on [[First of the Sun]].{{book ref|sixth}} Their name references the fact that they arrived in the sky above First of the Sun in spaceships.
===Technology===
The native people of First of the Sun were traditionally sailors and wayfinders who used outrigger canoes to navigate the [[Eelakin Islands]] and the [[Pantheon]]. Vathi says that they had barely worked out marine propulsion on their own.{{book ref|sixth}} The Ones Above have technology that is far superior to anything found on the planet before their arrival. They visit First of the Sun through interplanetary space travel.{{wob ref|3295}}{{wob ref|1782}}{{book ref|tress|60}} These ships supposedly have a form of AI or Spren that can control operations across the ships in accordance with orders given by its users, similar to [[Seslo]].{{book ref|tress|60}} They give some of their technology to the Eelakin, typically without an explanation of how it works.{{book ref|sixth}}
* [[Dusk]] (and presumably other trappers) use sea charts created by the Ones Above that are more accurate than any that they can create themselves.{{book ref|sixth}}
* Vathi uses a handheld device that is both a language translator and a short-range Aviar-locating device.{{book ref|sixth}}
Some version of the Ones Above was seen in the [[cosmere]] prior to the publication of ''Sixth of the Dusk''.{{wob ref|2665}}{{wob ref|1390}}{{wob ref|12294}} Since no other works take place on First of the Sun, this means that they have been part of the storyline on another planet.{{wob ref|4795}} It is implied that the Ones Above travel to First of the Sun only through space, and not by [[worldhopping]],{{wob ref|3295}}{{wob ref|1782}} partly because the [[perpendicularity]] on the planet is in an exceptionally dangerous location.{{wob ref|5772}}
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Chronologically, ''Sixth of the Dusk'' occurs near the end of Brandon's overall plans for the cosmere.{{book ref|sixth|part=postscript}}{{wob ref|1782}} Brandon has mentioned that his long-term plan for the ''[[Mistborn (series)|Mistborn]]'' series includes books in a sci-fi setting that include FTL (faster-than-light) space travel.{{wob ref|1476}}{{wob ref|9005}}{{wob ref|10012}} Based on this, it may be that the Ones Above are travelers from a future version of [[Scadrial]], however Brandon has declined to confirm this.{{wob ref|9320}}{{wob ref|7590}}{{wob ref|8479}} Scadrians are not the only option, as there are other societies that would be capable of space travel by that time.{{wob ref|11002}}{{wob ref|3520}} Dusk is also known to have tried food that originated on [[Roshar]].{{wob ref|2261}}
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