Ploxis

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The Ploxis are a bird-like race in Star Control fictional universe.

Not much is known about the Ploxis race. The vast majority of the species was completely exterminated by a group of rebels who call themselves The Ploxis Plutocrats.

The Plutocrats are scheming and selfish creatures who manipulate other races into serve their own ends. They were considered unorthodox by the other Ploxis. Using Precursor artifacts, they tried to install a dictatorship (with the Plutocrats as the rulers). The other Ploxis fought back, so the Plutocrats used the artifacts to exterminate the rest of their species.

The Plutocrats gave the technology of battle armor to the weak K'tang, under the condition they work as soldiers. With their new armour and weapons, the K'tang conquered various races, allowing the Plutocrats to form the Hegemonic Crux. Although the K'tang claim to be the rules of the Crux, the Ploxis are the true brains and control every aspect of the empire from the shadows.

The Hegemonic Crux is the enemy of the League of the Sentient Races, who are controlled by the player in Star Control 3.