I've been playing AO for about 7 years and I confess that my understanding of the backstory is poor at best. I do read NPC quest dialog at least the first or second time I do quests but I still feel as if I am missing something.
I was reading the storyline on AO's website and from what I read, when the catastrophe took place that caused the split that became Rubi'Ka and the Shadowlands, some Xan remained in the Shadowlands area (Redeemed/Unredeemed) while others got on ships and headed for Earth. Many years later, those descendants returned back to Rubi'ka. My source is this link on the AO official website
When The Beast was killed, Number 9 lets us know that a distress signal was sent out stating that the source was unprotected. The result of that stress signal was the Kyr Aliens coming to Rubi'ka.
To be honest I've spoken to Number 9 but I don't remember it saying that.. probably just forgot. My source for that information is here.
I guess that's where I get lost and maybe the quest dialog in Xan was supposed to clue me in but I don't remember any such dialogue. Here are my questions:
- Are the Kyr Aliens some descendants of Xan as well? If not, why were they summoned.. I mean how'd they even know about Rubi'ka/Shadowlands or why would they even care?
- If they (Kyr Aliens) were summoned back to protect The Source... why are they only attacking Rubi'ka and have zero presence in the Shadowlands? Common sense (to me) would state they'd want to investigate what the heck happened that took The Beast out of the picture and work from there.
- If the Kyr Aliens are the long lost Xan... doesn't that make us all relatives. Why the hostility against their own kind (sorta speak)?
- I'm lost on the whole Xan expansion and where it fits into the storyline. Anyone have any suggestions on where i can read up on that if I missed something in the quest dialog?
- Also, how long is the Alien Invasion going to last? Its been I dunno how many years.. do we even know their objective.. is it to completely annihilate us? If so, epic fail on their part.. you'd think they'd try another tactic (guess this is more side commentary than a true rp storyline question).
Thank you in advance