The Locum destroyers were closing in on their target. They had visited Ahmadeus hundreds of years ago, now they needed to call on it again for two reasons. One, to claim fresh supplies of Crytaalic, and two, to check out what new technology was available for them to take. Not too dissimilar from the Trimadians’ goals, except for the fact that the Trimadians required a different type of crystal, and when required, strictly organic hosts. The common factor was neither had any regard for the needs of others outside their respective race.
The Locum waged war on everything. There was no personal gain for any one individual, only a never ending incessant quest to expand their knowledge and to further their collection of stolen technologies. There was no war amongst their kind. In fact, there was no in house fighting, as they did not possess egos, emotions, or any sense of morality. They had spread exponentially like an uncontrollable virus.
From what had been reported, they chose worlds only rich in technology and especially containing Crytaalic to supply them with energy and sustenance. To date, no one had managed to get close to these creatures, let alone attempt to destroy them. They forged on with single mindedness second to none. Only a small fresh supply of crytaalic was required to sustain their needs, and the crystal was relatively common, therefore, they had an indefinite life cycle.
Their ships were diverse and their sizes ranged from large cities to as small as a scout dragonfly.
For each city ship, that housed millions of Locum individuals, there was a Controller that could be relied upon for making instantaneous and vital decisions and also liaising with sister ships, to carry on their quest.
Locum could survive where life was believed to be impossible to exist. Whether there consisted oxygen, gas, or vacuum. They would give bacteria a run for its money. They were aloof and never settled anywhere, forever journeying on from galaxy to galaxy, in their mundane and selfish quest.
Fortunately, for the Trimadians, all this and more was already in their databanks. The Trimadians knew Earth would not be ignored by the Locum as Crytaalic was present on the planet.
Talokta was well aware that the Earthlings, or Graffites, had no means of developing technologically sensitive equipment capable of detecting these beings. They would be slaughtered.
The only concern Lord Talokta had was the real possibility they would infiltrate Earth before his mission objectives had been met. It was imperative they did not.