>Time of the Xatax... KNo one knows how or when the Xatax was created or from where it comes. The Kimportance of these issues have been minimized since the beginning of the Ndestruction of the Alliance. The primary concern is survival. With only seven Nof the hundred plus guilds in the Alliance remaining, hope seems to be fading as consumption draws near. LSince the end of the Interguild War, in the early 2200's, peace has reigned Mfor over two hundred years. Our leaders said we would never need our weapons Magain... they said if we removed the means to make war, then there would be Nno more wars... they said that without arms we would all be safe... they said ,all of these things, and now they are dead. &We were so foolish. Time grows short! JI will say what I know about the Xatax, but that knowledge is limited and Jcomes from the few that have survived the guilds that were consumed. Like Klambs to the slaughter, defenseless and naive, we stood by and allowed the $Xatax to consume guild after guild. KContact was first made with the Xatax in the year 2437 by an intergalactic Hexploration craft from the Ventoran Guild. We welcomed and embraced the IXatax, anxious to have it join the Alliance. Little did we know that the IXatax does not care about alliances, peace or even war... all it does is .consume... all it cares about is consumption. MThe Ventorians were the third guild to fall, first were the Deagonions, next Jthe Tyroplians, and the consumption continued. The Xatax swept across our Igalaxy, consuming and mutating with each guild that stood in its way. It Mstripped the planets of all their useful resources, leaving only a wasteland Dfrom a bountiful world. No one knows for sure what happened to the Linhabitants, all we know is that with each fallen guild, the Xatax changed. LThe Xatax mutates in a sense, creating new warriors out of the minds of the Mpeople. The new creatures seem to represent things from history, technology, Kand even the imagination of the guilds. Making it twisted, in a warped and unconscionable fashion. HWhere does the endless consumption of Xatax come from? It appears to be Mnothing more than huge cylindrical metal drums. Our scientists suspect that Mthe Xatax creates these drums out of the minerals from the destroyed guilds. FIt stores and later processes these minerals into more bio-mechanical Ccreatures. How can we stop this thing! Its unyielding hunger seems Finsatiable. With no emotion, no thought, just pure desire to consume. MWhat is the bio-mechanical nature of the Xatax? While I cannot confirm this, MI feel that the Xatax uses the living portions of a planet just like it does &the minerals... it uses them to grow. MI am now about to embark upon what will most likely be a suicide mission. As Lthe remaining guilds evacuate their planets, I have been chosen to go forth Lto try and stop the mindless destruction of our worlds. I will fly the X72, Fa two hundred year old fighter resurrected by our scientists from the FInterguild Museum located on Terra. Our scientists have modified this Cperfectly preserved fighter to mimic Xatax's own characteristic of Kconsumption. The revived X72 has limited ability to consume and gain power as it battles forward. KIf any life form is able to extract this information from this drone, heed this warning! ->...end data upload, authority Krozious One. *
