====== Neyon ======

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During the height of the almost galaxy-spanning conflict between Ca'anian and the warring [[xyth:rivii|Rivi'i]] and [[xyth:caescix|Caes'cix]], the [[xyth:ships:tarynn|Tarynn]] class battleship proved its worth to the badly outnumbered Ca'anian. The ships performed well in all combat situations, but both [[xyth:caescix|Caes'cix]] and [[xyth:rivii|Rivi'i]] fielded forces in rare occasions that could not be overcome by the battleships. As such there was need for an even more powerful vessel, and thus the [[xyth:ships:tanyu|Tanyu]] class was designed. Only 4 vessels were ever built, of which two still roam the galaxy : [[xyth:chars:tanyulana|Tanyu'Lana]] and [[xyth:chars:tanyutaya|Tanyu'Taya]], though no longer under Ca'anian command as such.

The [[xyth:ships:tanyu|Tanyu]] class was fielded against the [[xyth:rivii|Rivi'i]] fortressdreadnoughts and the [[xyth:caescix|Caes'cix]] battle queens, an evolved specimen of the formidable, yet far less dangerous hive queen. Despite seemingly impossible odds, the 4 [[xyth:ships:tanyu|Tanyu]] ships decimated their numerous opponents. Even so, by the time the Ca'anian were forced to retreat, two of the ships were lost in battle.

The [[xyth:ships:tanyu|Tanyu]] class was too large to serve as defense or patrol ship nearby the Ca'anian planets, and the few remaining deep-space outposts did not have the means of supporting the massive warships. As such, the two remaining ships were reconfigured and became science vessels, though much of their original defenses and armaments were left intact. The ships were furthermore equipped with an advanced AI, and then sent out into the depths of space without crew on an exploration mission with no clear goal. Eventually they faded from Ca'anian memory, but they remained operational nonetheless.

The ships caught the attention of the mysterious [[xyth:chars:tanyuharac|Harac]], who managed to spark a basic conciousness within the AI of the vessels. Under the care of [[xyth:chars:tanyuharac|Harac]], [[xyth:chars:tanyulana|Lana]] and [[xyth:chars:tanyutaya|Taya]] became fully self-aware. These three vessels then combined their knowledge - [[xyth:chars:tanyuharac|Harac's]] a result of billions of years of wandering through the universe, that of the [[xyth:ships:tanyu|Tanyu]] ships comprised of all they had inherited from their Ca'anian creators merged with what they found on their centuries-long exploration of the galaxy. The result was the creation of a new generation of self aware ships, the Neyon class, consisting of three vessels : [[xyth:chars:neyonmoru|Moru]], [[xyth:chars:neyontori|Tori]] and [[xyth:chars:neyonexus|Exus]].

As with the [[xyth:ships:tanyu|Tanyu]] class, while no longer strictly Ca'anian technology, the Neyon ships felt a kinship with the Ca'anian species. On several occasions, the more social members of this little fleet, namely [[xyth:chars:tanyulana|Tanyu'Lana]] and [[xyth:chars:neyonmoru|Neyon'Moru]] sought out the Ca'anian, and eventually their closest allies, the [[xyth:xyloxi|Xyloxi]] and [[xyth:humans|Humans]] to aid them in the biggest threat the galaxy had somehow managed to attract : the [[xyth:mithriaeil|Mith'ri'aeil]].

None of the Neyon vessels were created with warfare in mind - [[xyth:chars:neyontori|Tori]] was a scout, [[xyth:chars:neyonmoru|Moru]] a deep-space exploration and science vessel and [[xyth:chars:neyonexus|Exus]] an experimental dimensional traveller. Even so, all of them were equipped with enough offensive and defensive capabilities to deal with the dangers of the galaxy, be it the ever-warring [[xyth:caescix|Caes'cix]] and [[xyth:rivii|Rivi'i]], or the unpredictable [[xyth:mithriaeil|Mith'ri'aeil]] hordes that had begun appearing all over.

====== Related articles ======
  * [[xyth:start|Xyth main page]]
  * [[xyth:caanian|Ca'anian race overview]]