Kyr'ozch

The Kyr'ozch are a species of xenomorphs that were introduced in with the launch of the Alien Invasion expansion, and latter expanded with the advent of missions to the Alien Mothership in Lost Eden. Kyr'ozch comes in a variety of forms that range from being very entomorphic (bug like) to very ophimorphic (serpent like). Like all good aliens, the Kyr'ozch are, for the most part, green.

Origins

While nobody is truly certain of the origins of the Kyr'ozch, there have been many forewarnings of their presence and coming involvement on Rubi-Ka far before the seige of the planet actualy started.

Number 9

On May 3rd, 29478 a group of explorers made their way to the very heart of the Shadowlands in Pandemonium and slew The Beast, the guardian of The Source. When this happened a portal was opened to a crypt in the City of Home where the exploreres were confronted by a fragment of Ergo's personality called 'Number 9'. Number 9 made omnius overtones about the mastery of mankind over The Source and a coming conflict.

The Hope Crash

Six days after the first slaying of The Beast, on May 9th, 2978, a group of Cyborg hunters in Mort witnessed a strange green ship flying on the crash course with the northern desert in Mort. Witnesses latter say that those who went to investigate were torn asunder after hearing a low humming noise and hearing strange slithering noises. Omni-Tek forces soon arrived and killed all survivors of the attack. It was unknown if the ship wreck was destroyed or taken by the OT personel.

Omni-Tek annouced the next day that is was recovering some of its property from a test flight.

The Annoucement

A planet wide annoucement was issued on September 1st, 29478 by Philip Ross about the alien threat that was headed their direction, and that Omni-Tek had advanced warning. The annoucement turned out to be a recording set to be played if aliens breached Rubi-Ka's orbital defense perimeter.

Morpholgy

The morphological characteristics of the Kyr'ozch are unusual given its biotechnological nature. This will be discussed more under the Technology section, but in brief: the Kyr'ozch prodominately use organic battle suits that enhance and expand the abilities and characteristics of the otherwise frail Kyr'ozch. The alien's true forms are in question because they merge body and mind with their battle suits, effectively making a new creature, and it has been so far impossible to seperate the two by conventional human technology.

• Sinuh - Small Froglike creatures
• Kaaz - Ground boss
• Uri - four legged centuar thingy
• Heru - Snake like aliens
• Nakthi - big floating balloons
• Kazoh - ship boss
• Esox - Resembles a pike like fish (Mothership)
• Cornuta - Resembles a C-Clamp like fish (Mothership)
• Oneirodes - Many tenticled thingy (mothership)
• Dasyatis - (Mothership)
• Cyathus - (Mothership)

Behavior

• Ankari
• Xoch
• Cha
• Ilari
• Jaax
• Rimah

Organization

• Scout
• Guard
• Commando
• Specialist
• Major
• Sergeant
• General - Outdoor boss (always named 'Khaz)
• Ensign - Regular mobs inside ship
• Fighter Pilot - 1st miniboss. +5% nano damage
• Squadron Leader - 2nd miniboss. +10% nano damage
• Wing Commander - 3rd miniboss. +15% nano damage
• Second Lieutenant - 4th miniboss. +20% nano damage
• First Lieutenant - 5th miniboss. +25% nano damage
• Captain - 6th miniboss. +30% nano damage
• Channeler - 7th miniboss. +35% nano damage (Generaly Ankari)
• Fleet Commander - 8th miniboss. +40% nano damage
• Brigadier General - 9th miniboss. +45% nano damage
• Fleet Admiral - Indoor boss (always named 'Khazoh)

Technology

The Kyr'ozch are masters of bio-technology and have engineered every single peice of their technology out of cells, protiens, and carapace grown to their specifications. This is hard to suspect since one would expect bio-tech to be squishy or life like, similar to the Bio-Mag pistols that are some times shipped to Rubi-Ka.

Ships

There are a wide variety of alien ships used by the Kyr'ozch for various purposes, most citizens of Rubi-Ka are familar with them if they have had any experiance fighting the alien scourge. There are various design elements that characterize certain alien ships depending on their function. The earliest ships seen have been for use on the surface of Rubi-Ka and have a very sleek look with hard edges and exteriors. These ships are presumed to be designed to handle atmospheres alien to the Kyr'ozch. With Unicorn Company now running missions to the Alien Mother Ship we have seen another side to alien architexture that is much more organic looking with soft tissues, ligaments, and ventricals.

Landers

One of the most common alien ships seen on the surface of Rubi-Ka is the alien Lander. This ship is equiped with a very large teleportation array that is presumed to connect to the Troop Carriers. The ship seems to fly with some sort of combination of the lighter than air gas technology that makes the Nakthi float, as well as a preasurized gas system for directional movement. These ships are very agile and land on the surface of Rubi-Ka with little difficulty. Landers are most commonly seen in alien assaults on Organizational Cities.

Fighters

Often seen, but never engaged are the alien fighter craft, which are presumed to be ships that are capabale of short distance flight and mounted with weapons to engage in aireal combat. These ships are often seen during alien raids on Organizational Cities on the surface. Landing Bays for these ships can also be observed on expiditions to the alien mothership. In these circumstances the fighters can be seen to be actualy quite small, which would lead to the conclusion that similar to the alien bio suits, the smaller aliens enter the fights and merge with their systems, rather then the suited aliens entering them and piloting them as humans might do.

Troop Carriers

Alien Troop Carrier

Sources

- Alien Info Thread on the Main AO forums.