Kha'ak and Xenon

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Kha'ak and Xenon

Post by dandog2142 » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 21:49

Hey there guys, I'm wondering, are there actually any in-game shots of what the Kha'ak or Xenon look like? (although I would imagine that Xenon are just microchips or something, you wouldn't know until you looked though :P)
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Post by Deadbeat_Spinn » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 22:18

There is an image of a Kha'ak (or rather it's(?) face) but I've never seen one for a Xenon.

A Kha'ak,
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Post by Nanook » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 22:44

Xenon: :xenon:

Kha'ak: :khaak:

There you are. :lol:
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Post by dandog2142 » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 22:54

lol, thanks... I think.
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Post by Markhor » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 22:54

Heh, the one photo that comes to mind for Xenon is from another game, the icon photo for the Yor Collective in GalCiv 2...which is my second favorite pre-built race =p

as for Kha'ak, there's almost no feature to it. All I see is a green and black blob..? thought Kha'ak were insectoid, not amorphous :roll:

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Post by Nanook » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 22:59

And technically, the Xenon have no real form, being just an embedded AI software construct. So this is probably as good a representation as any other. :mrgreen:
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Post by Eisenkalle » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 23:05

Nanook wrote:Xenon: :xenon:

Kha'ak: :khaak:

There you are. :lol:

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Post by RandomBandit » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 23:16

Nanook wrote:And technically, the Xenon have no real form, being just an embedded AI software construct. So this is probably as good a representation as any other. :mrgreen:
LoL, that is just an IC socket...that is a female Xenon :o
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Post by Nanook » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 23:19

Fine. You want the male too? Here it is. :P :lol:
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Post by Reimu Hakurei » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 23:25

Say, I thought that Kha'ak start (and thus the image) was fan-made. I guess we know now where the Xenon G has been last.
Markhor wrote:as for Kha'ak, there's almost no feature to it. All I see is a green and black blob..? thought Kha'ak were insectoid, not amorphous :roll:
If you look at the bottom of this map, there's a cool pic for a Kha'ak person; although it's obviously some other race from another franchise, I like it.

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Post by Deadbeat_Spinn » Fri, 19. Feb 10, 23:28

Somehow I doubt an AI cares what it's gender is.......it's not like it's going to get any anyways. :P

If you look at the bottom of this map, there's a cool pic for a Kha'ak person; although it's obviously some other race from another franchise, I like it.
Nyax's galaxy map for TC, that map was a nice piece of work (though it's not finished). Funny how the Xenon is just an electronic eye.

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Post by RandomBandit » Sat, 20. Feb 10, 00:38

Reimu Hakurei wrote:Say, I thought that Kha'ak start (and thus the image) was fan-made. I guess we know now where the Xenon G has been last.
Markhor wrote:as for Kha'ak, there's almost no feature to it. All I see is a green and black blob..? thought Kha'ak were insectoid, not amorphous :roll:
If you look at the bottom of this map, there's a cool pic for a Kha'ak person; although it's obviously some other race from another franchise, I like it.
Wow, that is really pretty. :o
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Post by Markhor » Sat, 20. Feb 10, 00:58

ok the Kha'ak now remind me more of the Master Of Orion 3 race...the Tachidi? Yeah, except Kha'ak are black.

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Post by mrbadger » Sat, 20. Feb 10, 01:38

Reimu Hakurei wrote:there's a cool pic for a Kha'ak person; although it's obviously some other race from another franchise, I like it.
It's a Shadow from Babylon 5.

edit: I beleive this is the picture he used - http://praxeology.net/SHADOW1.JPG
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Post by Tenlar Scarflame » Sat, 20. Feb 10, 05:57

As far as I could tell, the Xenon are formless. I like to think the Kha'ak are similar, though perhaps more arcane and terrifying. A race like Clarke's Firstborn, having transcended "life" and become some kind of metamaterial themselves, embedded in pyramid lattices that are assembled into starships... :D

Or perhaps they're just mean bug critters. Not as fun. :roll:
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Post by Tomislavveg » Sat, 20. Feb 10, 12:01

Nanook wrote:And technically, the Xenon have no real form, being just an embedded AI software construct. So this is probably as good a representation as any other. :mrgreen:

...So, what really happens when you fight the Xenon and receive the following message:
"Unknown object has left it's ship, and is now belong to you"? :?
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Post by vukica » Sat, 20. Feb 10, 13:08

Xenon are just software. More likely a software package on a quantum cpu. And they're networked to each other.
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Speaking of AI do you guys know that certain software was responsible for some mathematical proofs? It actullay found a way to prove something that humans couldn't think of. And this happened more than once. In some casese the human authors of the book listed the software as the author.

The Kha'ak are, from what I understad, partialy based on Shadows from the Babylon 5 universe. A powerful insectoid race that just appeared from nowhere and starts blowing everything they don't like to hell.
And that corvette really looks like shadow battle crab. So yeah... they're ugly, bugish and don't like you. And much like Ahmed the dead terrorist they kill you!

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Post by RyuKazuha » Sat, 20. Feb 10, 13:11

vukica wrote:And much like Ahmed the dead terrorist they kill you!
But unlike him they can't tell jokes, wich is somewhat of a downgrade.

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