The Xurians are a militaristic race of explorers who seek to expand their domain.

The Xurians are a rugged race of hulking humanoids who evolved on a harsh and hostile world. To survive as a species in such an unforgiving environment, they've developed into a hardy race capable of adapting to the harshest of conditions with relative ease. As an evolutionary survival trait, their bodies' possess a number of redundant and decentralized organs, allowing for better cellular regeneration as well as making it very hard to kill them. Xurians average nearly 2.5 meters in height, with an average weight around 400 pounds. They're visual acuity in exceptional and extends out into the infrared and ultraviolet bands.

The Xurians are a highly militaristic, and yet relatively peaceful race. They have a strong sense of purpose & duty, and have a tendency to be inflexible in their beliefs. Their society is rigidly feudalistic, with the general population owing their allegiance to various regional military Governors, each of whom is in turn loyal to the Lord Marshall. The Lord Marshall serves as both the military and civil leader of the Xurian Confederacy.

The Xurians are a rather unique race in that they never developed space travel on their own, but instead learned of it from an the crash wreckage of an unknown alien spaceship discovered on their homeworld. Being a highly adaptive & inquisitive race of reasonable technological capability, they worked hard at retro-engineering the downed alien ship's science & technology. They eventually developed their own versions of the discovered technologies, which they quickly used to start exploring and colonizing the nearest regions of their home space. Soon they expanded outward, and eventually colonized enough new worlds to form their own empire. Though relative newcomers to space, they have gained a huge jumpstart with the discovery of alien technology and have adapted rapidly.

Carrier Massive

War Station

Colony Ship Large

Transport Tiny

Fighter Huge

Fighter Massive

Troop Infantry

Troop Huge

Barge

Extra Ship 1

Extra Ship 2

Extra Ship 3

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Extra Ship 5

The Xurian ship set was developed for Space Empires IV by William Christopher.  All ship images were create by: Atrocities.  (c) 2006 All rights Reserved.