Skirineen

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The Skirineen in Deadlock II: Shrine Wars

The **Skirineen** refused to sign The Compact of Gallius IV, so they are not allowed to land on Gallius IV, still they operate the Black Market on the planet's orbit. The Skirineen are not a playable race.

## Advantages

* Great traders
* They get supplies from seemingly nowhere.

## Description

> *From "DEADLOCK: PLANETARY CONQUEST PART II: COLONY LEADER’S GUIDEBOOK" p. 23-24*
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They sent only one message to the shocked Humans. "We begin." The Supernova Warheads sped to Earth's moon, blasting off a quarter of it. The debris made a white ring around the Earth that still exists to this day. All Skirineen believe in their philosophy of domination called Galactic Qua. This philosophy has three principles:

1. All that a Skirineen sees becomes the property of the Skirineen Empire.
2. Any species that is in Skirineen space must be eliminated.
3. All space will be Skirineen space.

This devious race first introduced themselves less than fifty years ago. They claimed that they were peaceful and that they had been monitoring the space traffic in this part of the galaxy, explaining they had several goods for sale. They set up small trading space stations in most parts of the known galaxy. A station was first set up on Mars, a world in the Human home system. Another station was established in the ChCh-t main system. Cyth, Maug, and Re'Lu all had major bases. They ignored the Tarth, explaining that they did not have the resources to commit to a base inside their empire. They tried to set up a base in Uva Mosk territory, but the Uva Mosk refused to grant them the right to place a base in their region of the galaxy.

Trading with the Skirineen turned out not to be a prosperous enterprise. The Skirineen were (and maybe still are) ruthless traders that paid little and charged much. Much frustration happened at these markets. However in the interest of intergalactic peace these races all traded with the Skirineen, hoping that eventually trade income would improve. Too much bloodshed had happened during the Quadra Wars, and no race wanted to provoke another conflict.

Secretly the Skirineen were plotting against all the other beings. Each base had a secret contingent of cloaked war craft. Skirineen scientists were also evaluating each race, trying to discover weaknesses they could exploit.

These trading bases all attacked their host races simultaneously. A strike force invaded the ChCh-t regal hive, capturing the Mother Queen and holding her hostage. When ChCh-t soldiers tried to rescue their Mother Queen the Skirineen cut off a piece of her and sent it back to the ChCh-t. Several space fighters also flew over a couple Re'Lu planets, filling the air with a deadly gas that killed many Lu'ite beasts. Large polluting bombs decimated some bordering Uva Mosk planets, severely intimidating the reclusive Uva Mosk. Much of the Skirineen's cloaked armada massed against the unprepared Maug, defeating them in battle after battle. They had also sold to the Cyth special tablets which nullified their fluid, making many of the Cyth's psionic abilities ineffective. It took a long time to restore the potency of the Cyth juice.

The Tarth were attacked conventionally. The Skirineen felt that they were worthy opponents to take on without any tricks. They did not count on Human resolve, however. The near destruction of Earth's moon worked the Humans up into a near berserk frenzy, and soon the Skirineen were battling two huge armies on several fronts. Then the Uva Mosk unleashed a guerrilla attack upon them while the Maug helped out with their many devious machines. Eventually the Skirineen were beaten back to their original space.

The thirst for revenge was very strong with all seven races. The Skirineen were given a tough lesson as they were pushed back inside their space to their home planet and the dead moons that orbit it. The Skirineen Empire was completely crushed, and the seven races began colonizing planets in their former empire.

Many fear that the Skirineen will rise again. They managed to somehow assemble a strong fleet and fly to Gallius IV. They must have some reason for trying to stop the colonization of this planet. And even though most of the Skirineen have left, there have been some verified sightings of a translucent Skirineen ship in orbit around Gallius IV, apparently interested in trading again! Do they really just want to trade, or do they have some other reason for being here?

## History

> *From "DEADLOCK: PLANETARY CONQUEST PART II: COLONY LEADER’S GUIDEBOOK" p. 24*
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Historical facts about the Skirineen are still unknown.

## Gallery

**The Skirineen in Deadlock: Planetary Conquest**