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The Galadorians are a highly technologically advanced and resilient humanoid race with long lives spanning beyond two centuries. Their homeworld of Galador was an utopian society which hadn't known war for countless years, and at the peak of their golden age the Galadorians spread out of their planet to share their knowledge with the other races of the galaxy. However, in their altruistic quest, the Galadorians came across the malevolent Dire Wraiths in the Dark Nebula, who upon discovering them decided to attack the peaceful race. The Prime Director called upon the youth to volunteer to sacrifice their humanity to become the cyborg warrior Spaceknights.[1]

These warriors were able to repel the invasion and eventually defeat the Wraiths by banishing them to Limbo, at last ending the Wraith-Galadorian War. Unfortunately, the Dire Wraiths were scattered throughout space, landing in different planets they planned to take over from the inside. The Spaceknight leader Rom, feeling guilt about this, led his fellow Spaceknights in liberating the worlds that had been infiltrated by the Dire Wraiths, with him eventually traveling to Earth.[2] In the Spaceknights' absence, the Prime Director's evil persona, Mentus, attempted to take over Galador by using the Spaceknight Terminator as a dictator puppet. Mentus sought to deliver Galador and its people to the Dire Wraiths, but thankfully was stopped by the return of Rom.[3]

A trio of Spaceknights, each named Brakka, Kron and Tarq, returned to Galador to reclaim their organic bodies. The Galadorians refused, instead planning to decommission the three Spaceknights, causing the trio to turn on their people. They then went to search for the fabled Light of Galador, but unable to find it the three Spaceknights went into hibernation.[4] The World Devourer Galactus arrived to consume Galador, only to be confronted by Rom and the Spaceknights. Rom bargained with the Devourer to lead him to an entire system for him to consume instead of his planet, which Galactus accepted. The Spaceknight led Galactus to Wraithworld in the Dark Nebula, but the Devourer was unable consume either the planet or its Black Sun. Despite this, Galactus kept his side of the deal, and relocated Galador to another a location the First Generation Spaceknights did not know.[5]

The people of Galador then created a more powerful Second Generation to protect their isolated homeworld. This second group soon turned renegade and sought to depopulate the planet of the normal Galadorians. The remaining renegade Spaceknights were ultimately defeated by Rom with the help of the Spaceknight Squadron. Soon after the climactic battle, the remainder of the First Generation arrived, only to find their stored organic bodies destroyed, except for Rom's. The Spaceknights vowed to watch over their homeworld as Rom and the Human woman Brandy Clark began to repopulate and rebuild Galador. Once the location of Galador was found, they began reestablishing communications with the lost colonies.[6]

With Galador once again rebuilt and prospering, a Third Generation of Spaceknights were created. As a balance to the Spaceknights, the Galadorians once again launched their Armada to establish trade throughout the galaxy and bring gifts of enlightenment and technology.[7] The Galadorians would take part in the Annihilation conflict, fighting against the Annihilation Wave with the aid of Blastaar,[8] and following the devastating war they formed the Restitution Initiative to help rebuilt the worlds that were destroyed in the aftermath. During the Initiative, a few cadres of Spaceknights were corrupted by the Phalanx who planned to use them in their conquest of Kree space. Under the false pretense of helping the Kree Empire rebuild itself, the Spaceknights secretly infected the Kree's system, allowing the Phalanx to take over Hala.[9] Having taken notice of several Spaceknights losing contact with Galador, the Galadorians sent some help to help defeat the Phalanx invasion and liberate the Kree.[10]

With the Phalanx defeated, Star-Lord formed a powerful group of cosmic warriors by the name of the Annihilators to prevent any future crises. He invited the Galadorians to contribute to the team by sending a Spaceknight to join this new team. The Galadorians gladly accepted, wanting to make up for the failure of the Spaceknights during the Phalanx invasion, and sent Ikon to join the Annihilators.[11]

Galador was caught in the path of the Builders, and despite the Spaceknights' best efforts to defend their people, the planet was inevitably destroyed and the vast majority of the Galadorians were killed.[12] Though the Galadorians went extinct, some of the Spaceknights persisted, such as the Disavowed of Galadoria who went on to become mercenaries.[13]

Unbeknownst to the rest of the universe, Galador and its inhabitants had barely survived, but the surface was rendered a deserted wasteland in which the scattered Galadorians and Spaceknights attempted to rebuild their civilization. A small group of Galadorians found the unconscious body of the mercenary Sav'rkk and brought him to their camp so they could nurse him back to health. These Galadorians were then met by the criminal Yondu Udonta and his descendant of the same name from the future, and told the duo how Galador managed to persist. The two Centaurians left to search for the Herald's Urn, an artifact that held the devastating Power Cosmic, though the future Yondu promised the Galadorians to return and help them in rebuilding their society. Soon Sav'rkk himself awoke and went to chase the Udontas down, promising the Galadorians to not tell anyone of their survival.[14] Eventually, the present Yondu, accompanied by the Silver Surfer, returned to Galador in his descendant's stead as the future Yondu had perished, and gave the Galadorians the Herald's Urn so they keep it from the wrong hands and use it to rebuild Galador.[15]

When teenage Cable claimed the Light of Galador on the Arak Coral, Brakka, Kron and Tarq reawakened and travelled to Earth. There they learned about the fate of Galador and thought of using the sword to convert Earth into New Galador, until Cable convinced the Spaceknights to use his time machine to go back in time and save their planet. However, as the Spaceknights were about to use it, Cable detonated a nuclear device to kill them.[16] Later, adult Cable helped the Last Knight of Galador by using the sword in sowing the seeds of a new Galador on a barren world.[17]

Alternate Reality Versions[]

31st Century (Earth-691)[]

Majestor Gladiator mentioned that by the year 3000 the Galadorians had gone completely extinct.[18]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Advanced Longevity: Galadorians can live for centuries.[1]

Average Strength Level

Above Average

Habitat

Habitat

Similar to Earth's.[1]

Gravity

Similar to Earth's.[1]

Atmosphere

Similar to Earth's.[1]

Miscellaneous

Type of Government

The Galadorians were governed by the individual holding the title of the Prime Director, who also commanded the Spaceknights.[1][12] Following the disappearance of Rom, Brandy Clark became the new Prime Director of Galador.[19][20] Spaceknights that abandoned their service to Galador, were regarded as ronin.[4]

Level of Technology

Far superior to Earth's with faster than light travel and advanced exotic weaponry, thanks to special metal called Plandanium which was much lighter than any Earth metal.[21] The Galadorians' greatest achievement was the Spaceknight armor which was equipped with rocket pods that allowed space travel and landing on a planet's surface, and bestowed superhuman strength.[1] The Spaceknights' bodies were comprised of metal and flesh,[22] with their brains being placed inside these armors which used psi-shielding to protect their minds.[4] The Spaceknights were also armed with Energy Analyzers, Neutralizers, and Translators.[1] The Galadorians also created the Horn of Heaven to knock Spaceknights out.[3] To contain the energy of the Dark Nebula in order to deprive the Dire Wraiths of their power, the Galadorians created the Keep space station.[11]

Cultural Traits

Language[]

The Galadorians spoke their own language, though they also knew other languages,[23] with English being one of them thanks to Brandy Clark.[24]

Religion[]

The Galadorians apparently worshipped a pantheon of beings simply known as the Gods of Galador.[25]

Representatives

Rom, Landra, Darin, Ray-Na, Karas, Tarm, Bron, Tristan, Lan, Rhanla, Anarra, Balin, Vanium, Astra, Raak, Gloriole, Hammerhand, Mentus, Plor, Rainbow, Skera, Screamer, Terminator, Vola, Unam, Dominor, Heatwave, Lightningbolt, Soundscream, Steelshot, Daystar, Rand, Lightstorm, Ariane, Lord Baldar

Notes

  • In IDW's Hasbro shared universe, Rom's species was changed to Elonians, due to Marvel retaining the rights to the Galadorians.

Trivia

  • DC Comics has its own version of the Galadorians which predate Marvel's Galadorians, having first appeared in Action Comics #451. This story was written by Jim Shooter, and being the editor-in-chief at the time, he decided to reuse Galador for Rom's comic series.

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