[quote=@Hael] Lauder's obsession with enslaving gives ME an idea! Perhaps Shorticus's people were once slaves of the X'Cor (Lauder's race), but they stole a small fleet of ships from their slavemasters and escaped. Now they roam the galaxy, constantly pursued by X'Cor Slavers, attempting to find a home... [/quote] That's similar to one of the ideas I was considering. I'm going to chew on this more, but yeah. I imagine they killed a bunch of the SUPERIOR RACE OF THE X'COR on their way to freedom, and maybe a ton of their relatives were executed for this.