Khador

“	I'm working on the development of a new spaceship engine that shall make it possible to transport instantly to anywhere in space. Much more efficient than the current jumpgates.	”
–Khador on his Khador Drive

Khador
Khador
Gender	Male
Race	Grey
Faction	Terran
Status	Alive
Era	GOF2

Description

Khador is one of the most interesting, yet tedious, inhabitants of the galaxy. Exploring Terran systems during the civilization's age of galactic discovery, he was captured by Terran scientists and considered an extreme oddity, due to his similarity in appearance to a much documented species from ancient Terran folklore. His own curiosity of the Terran matched their curiosity of him, and as ever in high enthusiasm for "retro" tech, he delighted in the primitive tools of this strange species.

With a penchant for excitable chatter, Khador famously talked several Terran doctors through his own dissection. Living for two Terran millennia or more, some even speculate that Khador may possess more knowledge of the roots of Terran civilization than they do themselves. For this reason they keep him, and his occasional Grey companions who come to assist in his research, close and safe. Khador's contributions to the furthering of Terran knowledge have been unmatched.

Spoiler Alert!
This article contains plot details about Galaxy on Fire.

Involvement

In Galaxy on Fire 2, Khador meets Keith in Thynome while he anticipating a date with Carla, and explains the potential for a prototype he is developing. Maxwell gathers someVoid Crystals  for him and is given the Khador Drive's blueprint.

After theVoid Mothership was dealt with, Khador and Carla left Thynome and went to Kothar Station, in the isolated Beidan system. He soon went missing while piloting a Typhon, and Carla tasks Maxwell to find him, who is successful in fighting off the pirates cornering Khador, and they return to Kothar.

Later on, Kador asked Keith to give his friend Netor some Void Essence to help him in his development of the Disruptor Laser.

Alice tasks Keith to paralyze a freighter convoy with EMP and steal its contents, though Keith instead escorts them to Kothar after learning that they work for Khador. Spotting a 2% margin of error in the Khador Drive, he requests Maxwell to test it with the Cronus' integrated counterpart, so he could tackle it, and Maxwell briefly ends up in void space as a result of the glitch. He eventually manages to fix it after the final showdown against Valkyrie.

In Supernova, Khador developed a reverse-matter rocket in order to implode the Supernova via a black hole. He also requests Maxwell to complete a Gamma Shield II for withstanding adverse conditions in Naneroh. To his dismay, the situation was merely exacerbated, and Deep Science was forced to rely on Moonsprocket's plan. He proposed the team to use the Valkyrie as a platform for the Plasma Array after Trunt Harval destroyed the previous one.

In Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore, Khador, before the events of the story, was contracted by the Indigo Brink organization to develop a devastating Mhaan-Tiq-infused bomb, convinced that it was made for countering Voids, and Sh'Gaal detonated it at a conference, resulting in The Shattering. He was defeated in the final confrontation of Chapter 2 and confesses on his contractors.

Trivia

• In Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore, Khador's appearance changed like all the greys. His head and eyes are rounder than in Galaxy on Fire 2.
• Khador's lore is an obvious pun on how the Greys in-game resemble stereotypical aliens.
• Khador is also the name of a prize ship from Mkkt Bkkt's Neox Gladiator Seasonal Event in Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore, which is a modified version of a standard Nivelian Gunship.
• Most people pronounce Khador, Car-Door (an interesting fact in itself). However, Alice, most likely in impatience, pronounces it Caddor at the end of Supernova.

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