The
Torian Confederation
We don’t know much
about the Torians yet but what we do know is both frightening
and tragic. There
are conflicting reports on what kind of people the Torians are.
Some day that are barbaric monsters who commit the most heinous
crimes imaginable to each other and to anyone who happens to
come near them. Others
say that they were once a peaceful people.
What we do know for sure
goes something like this…
The Torians had a
sophisticated and advanced society two thousand years ago when a
Drengin exploratory probe entered their star system. The Torians
had some basic space travel but had not really pursued it. Their
planet was technologically very advanced. They had long cured
most of their major diseases and had an average life expectancy
of nearly 5000 years (nearly twice the current average human
life expectancy of around 2600 years).
The Drengin probe
contained information on how to build a star gate and how to
link it to the primary Drengin star gate. In this way, the two
races could travel to each others’ worlds.
It was a very exciting time I imagine for the Torians who
had not encountered any life forms outside their world before.
Over a generation, the
star gate was built and activated.
Within months of its activation, a Drengin invasion fleet
arrived and conquered the planet.
Now, depending on who you believe, they were either
“civilizing” the “barbaric” Torians or the Drengin are
little more than ruthless conquerors.
For the next thousand
years, the Torians lived in thrall to the Drengin Empire. Over
time though, the Torians were able to liberate their home world
and drive the Drengin Empire away. There is a great deal of
speculation on how this was done and only in time will we learn
more about this.
One would think that the
Torians would be bitter enemies of the Drengin Empire.
But that doesn’t seem to be the case from what we’ve
learned. They have
a fairly neutral stance towards the Drengin which again, is a
bit of a mystery.
What is frightening to
us humans is that this scenario could have happened to us.
The Arcean Empire sent a similar probe to Earth and we
built the star gate they designed too. The Arceans could easily
have conquered the Earth at that point but chose not to for
reasons we do not know.
Today, the Torians are a
formidable power in the galaxy. With all the races now equipped
with hyperdrive the race is now on to expand into the galaxy at
the expense of others. It
will be an interesting time for all.