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[[caption-width-right:320:Con-Human's [[ApocalypseHow invasion could not be stopped]] and [[ItsAWonderfulFailure neither could they escape]].]]
The ''RAY'' series isn't just a shoot 'em up series about piloting a space fighter or two capable of spamming homing lasers (or lightning depending on the game), it also shows us that the human race is capable of horrific planetary disasters.

'''Warning!''' ''Unmarked spoilers below as per '''Administrivia/SpoilersOff''' wiki policy!''
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* The major BigBad of the series, the Con-Human [[MasterComputer super-computer]] from ''[=RayForce=]'' and it's prequel ''[=RayCrisis=]'', almost single-handedly wipes out all of mankind when it started to malfunction. The [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] of ''[=RayForce=]''[='=]s PC port describes all the horrors it caused on Earth when it gone completely rogue; it caused natural disasters with the planet's [[WeatherControlMachine weather-control unit]], [[AlmostOutOfOxygen deprived the Earth of it's oxygen]] to suit it's own needs, and created temperatures that made the planet uninhabitable while [[OmnicidalManiac killing off those unfortunate enough to live on Earth]]. After taking over the Earth, all of humans that managed to escape from the planet was only left with one option: Commence "Operation: [[TitleDrop RAYFORCE]]" and [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the Earth]]. The way it turned bad? It had been tasked with trying to figure out a way for humans to exist forever, and began breaking down trying to figure out a fool-proof way to do that. [[FromBadToWorse The situation decayed further]] when a mecha-neurologist installed a clone as part of an attempt to determine organic/inorganic entity compatibility. They were compatible, all right--the clone's mind entered Con-Human, and it reached the conclusion that there ''was'' a way to guarantee human existence. Namely, [[BrainUploading pull all the minds it can into machinery]], then protect the new inorganic lives by [[WellIntentionedExtremist erasing organic life]]. The worst part: It was a MAN-MADE [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters SUPER-COMPUTER]].
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0CP6bhVyLs worst ending]] of ''[=RayCrisis=]'' is horrifying. After witnessing your Wave Rider being snuffed out by the Con-Human, images briefly appear that explains how the Con-Human wiped out all life on Earth and no survivors had a chance to escape, and then it burrowed its way into the Earth's crust and took over the entire planet's core! Players are treated to seeing a glimpse of the Earth quickly dying before cutting to [[SnowyScreenOfDeath static]], followed by some text to remind them of the severity of their failure. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22UQt2oGkLU good ending]] isn't any better except that some humans successfully escaped, but because it is a prequel to ''[=RayForce=]'', [[DoomedByCanon the Earth is already doomed]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom to be destroyed]] in order to prevent the Con-Human from killing the rest of the human race.
* The Extra Mode ending of ''[=RayStorm=]'' is no better. Over 70% of the seven-billion inhabitants of the planet Secilia were killed during "Operation: RAYSTORM" while the remaining 30% would have no chance of survival.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cI28fJw-po "Molecular Clock"]] (Original ZUNTATA version), the boss music for the sixth and seventh stages from ''[=RayStorm=]'', can be a very unsettling song, which can make dealing with [[ThatOneBoss Alaric]] and [[EternalEngine Spartacus]] all the more nerve-wracking.
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