Fiction:Mendorian

The Mendorians have a strange and sad history.

A highly advanced race, the Mendorians quickly burned through the resources of Mendoria, their homeworld. Within several thousand years they were in danger of wiping themselves out. Fortunately for them, their leaders came together and came up with a passable solution. It was far too late to undo the damage done to their homeworld, but perhaps they could relocate to another planet that could sustain them. Their astronomers had already identified another star system about four parsecs away, Ithra (meaning "salvation" in Mendorian), containing a planet they believed was habitable. It was only a quarter the size of Mendoria, but they would adapt. Though the Mendorians had not yet developed a stable Interstellar Drive, the decision was made and eighty-one transport ships lifted off, beginning their seven hundred-year journey.

Unfotunately, upon leaving the solar system an asteroid storm destroyed twelve ships as well their long-range communication system, severing their contact with Mendoria. The situation went downhill from there. As the sixty-nine remaining ships continued toward Ithra, their power systems began to fail. Twenty ships went offline within the next eight years, and the passengers usually froze or asphixiated before they could be rescued. Conditions worsened as the centuries passed, and the Mendorians often attacked passing starships, devouring the crew alive and