Fiction:Xonexi

Xonexi is a gigantic space station located in intergalactic space, directly at the centre of the First Gigaquadrant. Xonexi has been the centre for intergalactic affairs for millennia, whether or not most of the Gigaquadrant's inhabitants know it.

History
Xonexi was one of many megastructures created by an ancient, apparently long-extinct civilisation (believed to be the Verezaphians, the followers of Verezuon, by the Dei'Ar Theocracy). There are few of these megastructures left, most having been destroyed in prior conflicts, presumably during wars against the Xhodocto. Other than Xonexi, the only one that is known to remain is Aranexi, originally an artificial wildlife sanctuary and now the adopted homeworld of the Radeon.

More than a billion years after the last ancient Scourge that resulted in the eradication of all multicellular life in the universe by the Xhodocto, the station was reclaimed by intergalactic explorers. It became a centre for universal trade and cooperation, and was even used as a secondary base for the original Seven Starr Alliance. However, during the War of Ages, Xonexi (along with Aranexi) was heavily damaged by Xhodocto forces. Once all life on board was exterminated, the demons left, and the station had been almost destroyed. However, its automatic repair systems restored them over the course of the next few years, and Xonexi was soon intact again (but still lifeless).

Before long, it was found by pirates, whose efforts restored it close to its orginal condition. The pirates took advantage of the fact that Xonexi was believed to have been destroyed by the rest of universe and turned it into a criminal hub. Over the next few years, various empires worked to reclaim the station from the pirates, and soon Xonexi once again played a major part in intergalactic events. However, it had a far more minor role than before, as the station's new police forces were mostly incapable of removing most of the pirates, and no major governments cared to provide help. During this time, many notable criminals visited Xonexi, and it was even one of the destinations in the travels of the pirate Izalga.

But the pirate's age of control over Xonexi lasted only ten years before abruptly ending. One day, a flotilla of powerful warships surrounded the station and beamed over a thousand soldiers inside. These soldiers were elite forces, and quickly killed every sapient being on the station, criminal or otherwise (although, this was more a case of making sure that all of the pirates and smugglers there were killed than a mindless slaughter). Fleeing ships were shot down by the flotilla to prevent knowledge of the attack spreading to elsewhere. Eventually, when nobody was left alive, the soldiers took Xonexi for their own. These soldiers were some of the greatest (and most emotionless) troops in the Gigaquadrant, and were the ground forces of "the Agency".

Once the Agency's staff had claimed Xonexi as their new headquarters, they created subspace disturbances in the area, hiding the station from the rest of the universe and making it seem as though it had been lost or destroyed. Only the intelligence organisations that were connected to the Agency knew the truth, and a new space station, Halcyon, was built to replace it and the planet Orathvor (which had been destroyed by the Xhodocto during the Tigris War) as the centre of the new Seven Starr Alliance.