Creature:New Tharian

While many of the galaxy's empires achieved glory and technology through millions of years of tedious evolution, the New Tharian Empire gained fame through an incredibly powerful, and to this day... mysterious source. They called it the "Hypercube," an object that smashed into their homeworld of Thar, and drastically changed everything about their species. They became the bird-like empire that we see today, with exceptionally powerful technology, long life-spans, and the ability to look at the Grox as a defeat-able empire. Some call them the galxies savior... but other look at them... and see the darkness foretold in the Zealot's "Tale of Tesseract."

Old Tharian Empire
Once a race of careless warriors, the Old Tharian Empire sought to fight fire with fire. They were of a completely different form; Long legs, eye stalks, bat wings, and a carnivorous appetite. They wished to gain enough firepower to take control of their entire galactic arm... and then some. Some races feared them... other turned their heads in disgust. They would have succeeded in their galactic conquest, if it weren't for the wisdom of Captain Marks. In the midst of the empire's chaos, Marks took a small fleet of ships on a desperate attempt to reach the center of the galaxy. Against all odds, he made it. Upon his return, he showed the rest of his empire the truth of Life, and the foolishness they had exhibited before. The empire calmed down, and quietly began forming a small alliance with the empires surrounding them. They apologized for what they had done before, and looked forward to a brighter future.

The Hypercube
Hundreds of years later, a shining blue object crashed into the surface of the Tharian home world. It appeared as a glowing cube, with another nested inside of it, connected by four translucent beams of energy. It radiated powerful energy that even the empire's top scientists could not comprehend. When they attempted to extract particles from the surface of the strange object, it cascaded into a cloud of toxic gas, killing the everyone in the vicinity. Several years past, and the empire began to notice a change in their genetic makeup. Somehow, the energy was traveling throughout everyone in the empire, even if they did not live on Thar. The Hypercube was forcing the empire to evolve again... even though they were already sentient. Their wings changed, they grew feathers, and their feet became talons. The Old Tharian Empire become the bird-like race that we see today. Not only did the object bring about physical changes, but technological advances as well. Never before had any empire advanced to Class 10 as fast as the Tharians did. They were a legend. Empowered by the enlightenment of Captain Marks, the empire declared themselves the "New Tharian Empire."