The Xasx were the race who dared to challenge the mighty Zhumaan, the
aliens who controlled interstellar travel through their unique
technology. It was a costly mistake, for when the Zhumaan came to
destroy them, nothing was left standing on the ground, and the great
population of Xasxa was reduced to only a few thousand souls in an event
that would alter the Xasx forever. Before that dreadful day, the first
Ispa had seen them, the disgustingly soft-bodied race who made treaties
and conquered no one despite the superiority of their weapons. Ispa was
punished with his fellow commanders for surrendering to them, but as he
died he began to think their strange ways might have merit. It was the
beginning of a change that would surprise the Zhumaan when the last Ispa
met them face-to-face.