Watchers (Dark Void)

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The Watchers are an alien race that feature in the video game Dark Void.

History

The Watchers were a highly advanced alien species that came to the planet Earth through a region of space known as the Void that served as a gateway between two worlds. From there, they came to the planet several hundred years ago where they managed to enslave the primitive human race. During their reign, they were worshipped as gods by early humans and were forced to build magnificent temples in their name such as the Pyramids of Giza. Their rule continued for sometime until a group of people arose known as the Adepts and rebelled against the Watchers. This rebellion lasted for many years as the Adepts fought against the Watchers which ultimately resulted in the alien invaders defeat. The Watchers defeeat was accomplished when the Adepts found the means to banish the aliens into an extradimensional region of space known as the Void; a location later found to possess an access point within the area known in later years as the Bermuda Triangle. This extradimensional region of space appeared as a lush and beautiful land that was in actuallity a parallel world that was both harsh as well as hostile. It was cloaked from the rest of the Earth and was able to be accessed through vortices in the atmosphere. There, the Watchers remained for decades where they attempted to find a means to return back to Earth and reform their mighty civilization as well as their dominion over the human race. They were not entirely alone within the Void as a small number of primitive humans remained within them and retained their belief that the Watchers were gods. At some point, they discovered a means to travel out of the void and thus they plotted their return to rule once more. However, this time, they made use of more subtle methods and using their shapeshifting abilities to enter into the world. This eventually began to come to fruitrion into the 20th century.

Its suggested that beyond the Void lies the homeworld of the Watchers though this is not outright stated by Atem in the game.

For many years, the Watchers tried to find a way to return to Earth and re-establish their civilization; eventually, they found a way out of the Void, and began to plot their return. During this time, many human travellers ended up being lost in the vicinity of the Bermuda Triangle where they became trapped in the Void. These bands of humans faced a harsh life as they were always hunted and killed by the Watchers robotic minions. Grouping together, they called themselves the Survivors with one of their leading members being Nikola Tesla. Despite years of resistance, the Survivors never managed to defeat the Watchers but neither were their exterminated. During this time, the Watchers were known to covertly pass through the Void and into the Earth where they were secretly helping the Fascists such as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Hirohito in order to drive humanity into World War II. This great conspiracy had been put into place by the Watchers Elders for centuries as they had been manipulating humanity in order to pave the way for their return. This was partly accomplished by the Watcher Elders ability to shapeshift which they used to replace key world leaders as well as government officials of those nations that were conquered by the Fascists. This was in order to secretly take over these Earth governments in order to better facilitate their rise to power.

Whilst preparing, the Watcher Elders were aware of a prophecy that involved an enemy that would challenge their return to power. The prophecy referred to a human being who was called the "Key". Before 1939, a stranded human in the Bermuda Triangle called William Augustus Grey was suspected to be this prophecised individual. They believed that he was now located within the Void and made an effort to locate him to prevent him from stopping their plans.

Background

The species were noted for being reptilian in form and possessing a unique life cycle. Their early forms resemble a cross between a serpent and a slug which cannot interact with its environment in great detail. This necessitated the creation of robotic suits of armor that appear humanoid and allowed for the Watchers to move about their environment. The larger armored suits contained more mature Watcher specimens which showed more reptilian qualities with longer bodies that ended in a tail, a snake-like head with arms that had a membrane beneath them. These more mature members of the species were able to freely move about their environment without their suits and often pounced on their enemies but were quite vulnerable which was why they were wore their augmented robotic suits. If a suit was badly damaged, a Watcher typically abandoned their armor in order to attack their foe. Whilst appearing inhuman, the older Watchers such as the Elders appeared more humanoid in their appearance and spoke in a low whisper. Their skin tended to be a light shade of green with them possessing two arms that had five slender fingers.

When their armor was destroyed, it was typically seen that a blue liquid erupted from it though whether this was some form of liquid within the robotic suit or actual Watcher blood was unknown.

The goals of the Watchers was simple; to reclaim the Earth as their own once more as they did during ancient times. In terms of psychology, they were notable for being somewhat unpredictable in the sense that they changed tactics whenever they were losing a fight. This often made the Watchers a highly formidable opponent to face in battle as their strategies were never stagnant and constantly changing when facing opposition.

Technology

The Watchers were a highly advanced alien race with science far above that of 20th century humanity. They possessed not only flying craft but robotic technology which they heavily employed as well as made active use of energy based weaponry. Watchers typically made use of communication towers secreted across locations that were able to pick up primitive radio transmissions and monitor them. Their manufacturing capabilities were advanced enough that they were able to drill large hangers into the ground that were capable of allowing large transports to pass through them.

Notable hand held weaponry of the Watchers include:

• Oppressor : a particle accelerator based energy weapon that held a 7.62mm cartridge and weighed 1.6kg with a barrel length of 420mm. Its primary means of firing was based on electromagnetic principles and was typically used by the Watchers Pawns. (Source: Dark Void website) These were the primary Watcher based assault rifles that served as an equivalent to rapid fire submachine guns.
• Disintegrator : this disintegration gun was a short ranged particle disrupter with its projectiles exploding upon contact with a target.

More automated weaponry included anti-aircraft guns that popped out from some of their installations. In terms of defensive technology, the Watchers had the ability to deploy shields that were remotely powered by large floating generator complexes. These white doomed shields were impenetrable by normal means and required the disabling of their power sources.

In terms of vehicles, a common ship that the Watchers used were Flying Discs that served as fighter craft for their forces. They were not confined to using just these craft as they had much larger transports available to their forces. Their ground vehicles consisted of large Archons that were quadrapedal almost feral machines with long tails and a cone shaped head from which it could discharge powerful energy blasts capable of damaging transport ships.

External Link

• Dark Void Wiki Entry

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