Zroni Core World

Unlike the previous Zroni worlds, … was clearly a core world, with several cities of varying size covering the surface. Like the others it now sits empty, showing no signs of disaster or death; the fate of its population is unknown. Several Archive crystals have been detected, and will need to be investigated.

Most of the accessible records focus on the course of the war. Our working theory is that the mood of the population influences the "strength" of the record about a subject, meaning the most thought-about issues are recorded with greater prominence. Unsurprisingly, the course of the war was on everyone's mind.

The majority of the Zroni sided with the Saviors, but while they had an advantage in numbers they bore one significant disadvantage: heedless of their effects on the galaxy, the Divine were free to use their full Psionic might; meanwhile the Saviors were limited to whatever power could be drawn from their own bodies.

At first the war seemed hopeless, but eventually a hero amongst the Saviors would make a terrible - yet vital - discovery.

The crystal tells us how a rogue Zroni researcher - working on a theory which his peers refused to believe - turned his power inwards, consuming his own body in a contained Psionic chain-reaction. Following his last instructions, the dusty residue of his supreme sacrifice was tested and confirmed to be an incredibly potent source of Psionic energy. It was essentially the sum total Psionic potential of his life, rendered instantly usable by another Psion.

The crystal finally pointed us towards the location of the Zroni homeworld!