Galador
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Galador is the Home planet of a technologically advanced humanoid species that created the Spaceknights. The planet was the center of Galadorian culture, science, and government. The Galadorians were known for their benevolence and freely traded with other species. One mission led the Galadorian fleet into an area known as The Dark Nebula, the home system of the Dire Wraiths. Because of their peaceful purpose, the fleet was unprepared when the Wraiths attacked leading to near total destruction. The Wraiths then turned their attention upon Galador itself. With total destruction approaching, a thousand of Galador's youth sacrificed their humanity to become Spaceknights, cybernetic warriors capable of defending the homeworld. The first of these was Rom soon to be acknowledged as "Greatest of the Spaceknights". As the Spaceknights were gaining the upperhand, the Wraiths summoned their most feared weapon, the Deathwing a creature born in the heart of Wraithworld's Black Sun and scourge of the Galadorian fleet. Rom faced the Deathwing and destroyed it sending the Wraiths fleeing in panic. Galador now saved, the Spaceknights continued battling the scattered wraiths to protect other unsuspecting worlds.
Approximately 200 years later Rom would attempt to return to Galador only to find that it had been moved. Through the help of the Living Computers of Xandar Rom was able to locate Galador and returned in time to thwart the plans of Mentus and face the greater threat of Galactus. The few Spaceknights on Galador were able to defeat his herald Terrax . The Spaceknight Terminator was struck down by Galactus but before he could begin devouring the planet, his attention was drawn to his ship. Rom had penetrated Taa II and caused enough destruction to get the attention of Galactus away from Galador. Rom then struck a bargain with Galactus to lead him to a world he could consume if he would spare Galador. Rom thus became a temporary Herald of Galactus and led him to the Wraith's star system in the hope that Galactus would feast on it and thereby save Galador from destruction. Galactus was unable to consume the Dark Nebula but kept his bargain with a twist. He moved Galador (and presumably their entire star system) to an undisclosed location and left the Spaceknights in space not knowing where their homeworld was.
With the Galador and presumably its entire star system relocated, the residents were left without protection from the Spaceknights and created a second generation of warriors. This version of Spaceknight, less human and more powerful than the first, ultimately turned on the populace and began a campaign of genocide. Rom would eventually return to Galador and face the second generation Spaceknights with the help of Brandy Clark of Earth, a number of first generation Spaceknights and the remnants of the planet's inhabitants. Rom faced the leader of the renegades Dominor in single combat while Seeker, Trapper, & Scanner sacrificed their lives to broadcast the location of Galador to the lost first generation Spaceknights. The last remaining human inhabitants with the exception of Brandy Clark were killed in the fighting. Rom defeated Dominor and the remainder of the renegade second generation Spaceknights formed a "Ring of Power" with the intent to destroy all of Galador. However, the "Ring of Power" was a failsafe designed by Dominor to destroy all those that were a part of the formation and thus terminated the renegade second generation Spaceknights instead. Soon after the battle, a large contingent of the first generation Spaceknights returned. Rom's humanity which had been hidden by Galactus was found and he was thus returned to human form. The rest of the Spaceknights, having returned to find their humanity forever destroyed, head back into space to protect Galador and other worlds from evil. Rom & Brandy begin repopulating the planet.
Galador was shown in the "Spaceknights, Ltd." to be a repopulated planet and once again a fount of science, arts, & technology with outlying colonies. In this timeline, Rom & Brandy have two sons who are a part of a new third generation of Spaceknights.
In "Annihilation: Conquest Prologue" the Galadorians are mentioned as being the only people in the quadrant attempting to help stabilize worlds that were ravaged by the Annihilation Wave. A Galadorian cruiser arrives in orbit of the Kree homeworld of Hala where an envoy of apparently third generation Spaceknights appear. However, this group had been corrupted by the Phalanx. It is unknown as of this edit, August 2, 2007, whether or not all of Galador or all the Spaceknights have succumbed to the Phalanx.
Residents
- Galadorians
- Rom
- Brandy Clark
- The Prime Director (deceased)
Notes
Galador was de-populated by the second generation of Spaceknights who were in turn defeated by Rom and others from the first generation. Presumably the planet was repopulated by the then human Rom and wife Brandy Clark of Earth as well as members of outlying colonies that returned to the homeworld after the elimination of the second generation Spaceknights.
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