History Characters / TwilightImperium

* PhlebotinumRebel: By the time the Mahact called on them again, the Ttians had GrownBeyondTheirProgramming and most have refused their call.

* ACommanderIsYou: Diplomat/Unit Specialist/[[JustForPun Turtle]]. The Xxcha specialize in PDS units and defensive tactics.

* CatPeople: Middle-eastern Lion-people.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: To the Universities, morals are a straitjacket keeping the pursuit of knowledge back... To the galaxy at wide, the Hylar are perhaps the scariest and most disturbing race exactly for this reason.
* SlaveRace: The Universities once enslaved the Gashlai of planet Muaat and used their facilities for construction.

* SlaveRace: The Universities once enslaved the Muaat and used their facilities for construction.

* ElementalEmbodiment: They are fire elementals encased in metal space suits. Their ships can move through supernovas, a feat no other factions can do. This is not much of an advantage as there's only 1 map tile in the game with a supernova, and the galaxy map is semi-randomly generated. That said, [[StarKilling they also have ways to make a supernova appear on the map in the middle of a game...]]

* SlaveRace: They were to the fish people of Jol-Nar.

* ApocalypseHow: Their hero, Adjudicator Ba'al, can perform annihilation on a stellar scale with his ability, possibly destroying 2 or even 3 planets depending on what system is targeted. ItOnlyWorksOnce, because Ba'al is eliminated from the game immediately after, but it can turn the game upside-down if done at the right moment.

* ElementalEmbodiment: They are fire elementals encased in metal space suits. Their ships can move through supernovas a feat no other factions can do. This is not much of an advantage as there's only 1 map tile in the game with a supernova, and the galaxy map is semi-randomly generated. That said, [[StarKilling they also have ways to make a supernova appear on the map in the middle of a game...]]

* ApocalypseHow: They can perform this on a planetary scale with their Hero ability, possibly doing it to 2 or even 3 worlds depending on what system they target. The ability replaces that system tile with a supernova, completely destroying everything that was there before.

* ElementalEmbodiment: They are fire elementals encased in metal space suits. Their ships can move through supernovas a feat no other factions can do. (Although it's not much of an advantage as there's only 1 map tile in the game with a supernova, and the galaxy map is semi-randomly generated.)

* DeathStar: They have one, and not afraid to use it.

* HumansAreWarriors: Sol get more Ground Forces than any other race and can get an upgrade to get Spec Ops forces.

* ACommanderIsYou: Extremely Economist. Can become Spammer in late game through an influx of money and a homesystem that can reach the highest building limit in the game.

* CulturedBadass: Even their ground-troops wear middle-eastern-style veils and jewelry.
* {{Foil}}: To the Barony of Letnev. Both a proud, materialistic nations, but the Barony is far more militaristic and feel as though they have "manifest destiny" to rule the galaxy with an iron hand, where the Hacan simply wants to ensure peace to facilitate more trade.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Trading with the Hacan really is benefitial.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Xxcha Kingdom is among the few genuinely nice peoples in the setting and is one of the least threatening races in the game... But as Roosevelt said, they do bring a big stick and is ready to use it if need be.

* GunboatDiplomacy: Sometimes unexpected given their lore, but their flagship lets them do this quite a lot, serving as the Big Stick to their diplomacy abilities. It can fire multiple shots into any adjacent system, making it a huge headache to try and move around the board area that it covers, and to make matters even worse the Xxcha start the game with a technology that makes these space cannon shots even deadlier (when used, it forces the target to assign hits to their non-fighter ships, thus preventing the opponent from absorbing the damage with cheap dispensable fighters). It can often be easier to just throw the Xxcha player a trade good or two when maneuvering around this thing rather than try and deal with its firepower.

* PowerOfTrust: A Xxcha player needs to be able to play fast and loose with this to win. Militarily the Xxcha aren't powerful, but many of their abilities, namely the "Quash" ability, makes them valuable as allies. The last thing the Xxcha wants is to be without an ally to work with.

* ACommanderIsYou: Elitist/Generalist. The [=L1Z1X=] get fantastically powerful and fast Dreadnoughts, but otherwise specialize in taking planets; through assimilation they can overtake Space Docks and PDS's, while they have an easier time destroying defense armies.

* Cyborg: The remains of the old ruler race of the galaxy, assimilated into a cyborg network.

* BloodyMurder: This faction can develop a technology (it's name is "Valkyrie Particle Weave", but everybody calls it "Acid Blood") that let's you kill an enemy infantry after one of your infantry dies in ground combat.

* GunboatDiplomacy: N'Orr players tend to use that, as they lack any political, or economical advantage, but their race provides a bonus on every combat roll.

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Even moreso than the L1Z1X, as their "gene sorcery" abilities are likely intended to evoke this by comparison to all the current factions.

* ApocalypseCult: They are noted as seeding these within the other factions of the galaxy to weaken them from within, taking advantage of the disaffected, power-hungry, or just plain crazy members of those societies. This is presumably why they don't have any limitations on transactions or political maneuvering like the Mahact or Nekro Virus do--they are just as willing to achieve their goals by subversion as by brute force.

* EldritchLocation: Their "home planet" of Acheron has presumably become this. It is the place where the fabric of the universe was first ripped apart to allow the Vuil'Raith access from their dimension into that of the game's setting. The art and lore depicts it as jumbled chunks of the former planet swirling around and bathed in purple energies. Supposedly, there have been no successful expeditions there since first contact with the Vuil'Raith.

* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: Even moreso than the L1Z1X, as their "gene sorcery" abilities are likely intended to evoke this by comparison to all the current factions.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Vuil'Raith are notably hostile not only to all other lifeforms, but also *to themselves.* The members of their ruling "Cabal" only maintain their positions of power for as long as they can last until another Vuil'Raith rises up, slays them, and takes their place.

* LivingShip: Certainly capable of this, as it is stated that the Vuil'Raith can range from being the size of a finger to the size of a *dreadnought* (complete with the capability to "swim through the void"), and they are also referenced as using "flesh-ships." Whether or not *all* of their units are this remains unclear, given their ability to "capture" the units of other factions and re-purpose them.

* EldritchAbomination: Yep.

* ACommanderIsYou: Elitist, naturally.

* DropPods: Presumably used in their Orbital Drop faction ability. They can also sell them to other players with their promissory note.