In this blog we
will introduce you to the enemy of the Commorium in the StarCrush universe, the
Xothic. The Xothic are an alien species that are new to the Commorium quadrant.
The Commorium quadrant has been at the end of the Federated Republic Empire of
Planets for generations. It was thought that you could not leave this arm of
the Empire so it has been a strong supporter of the rest of the Federated Republic. Commorium sends troops to hostilities and is a
reasonably quiet political supporter of the other planets and galaxies that
make up the Empire. With the opening up of the Commorium arm to exploration,
because of advances in technology, the Xothic have been located and our story is
about the first meetings between these two beings.
The Story thus Far
The Xothic are
expanding their holdings in the galaxy. They originate from a planet light
years away from where the current story is taking place. As much as a decade
ago they put a colony on a planet in the UGC12613.70 system. This colony thrived and was
growing. It was made up of largely mining and scientific personal as it was in
the early stages of development. Still the total population was in excess of a
million individuals.
On the planet
a new and seemingly significant find was a type of mineral that could be used
to produce large amounts of energy when processed and refined properly.
However, unbeknownst to the miners who were working on the planet it was also
very volatile when combined with elements in pure oxygen. Normally this would
not be an issue in the mining process, except it was. A mining accident occurred,
no one knows exactly how oxygen got spilled into a solids refinery, and the
whole planet was destroyed, silencing the colony.
On to War
As can be
imagined the immediate response to this accident was to send the closest vessels
to the area to determine why the colony had suddenly gone quiet. Among the
first ships to arrive was a wing of Xothic Fighters from a close by Star
Destroyer. These fighters were surveying the ruins and looking for survivors
when a probe showed up from an unknown race, one that had never been seen or
met before by the Xothic. It was assumed that surely this must be the
perpetrators of the destruction of the Xothic colony. The probe was immediately
destroyed (this is the second video that has been released) and the Xothic
began to hunt for this new enemy that had the power to destroy entire worlds.
The Xothic military reasoned that surely an aggressive stance needed to be
taken against this threat.
When Tontor
Lothnon’s Commorium bomber appeared over a military outpost on another planet,
this time in the UGC12613.80 system, the soldiers on the ground feared for
their lives. Could this be the beginning of a new attack that would lead to the
destruction of the planet they were defending and the end of their very
existence? Of course they shot first and destroyed the enemy ship that
approached their outpost. This event triggered the war in earnest as both sides
now had lost people to the war.
The Ships of the Xothic Fleet
The Xothic Starfighters
are made to be small and nimble. Their maneuverability is off the charts.
During the first battle of the war the Commorium pilots found the fighters to
be difficult to catch and the pilots very aggressive in their maneuvering.
Truly dogfighting would be a key skill in the upcoming war. The pilots of the
Commorium fleet had no idea about the skills that would be required to fight this new
enemy. They had become complacent, relying on their torpedoes and superior
blasters to do much of the work in combat for them. As for the Xothic, they
take full advantage of their maneuverability, moving quickly in combat and not
giving the Commorium ships the chance to arm and bring their high powered
weapons to bear on their starships.
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