About one hundred twenty thousand years ago, the Federation of Friends expanded its charter and scope. It transformed into the Galactic Federation of Worlds, much like the United Nations is today on Earth. In it, individual delegations represented each world or group of worlds in the general assembly where they discussed and voted on matters relevant to their people. The federation did not have any military arm, but since Abras was the original prime motivator of the federation, the Abras military enforced any unpopular decisions decided on by vote in the general assembly.
Being strong and powerful meant that Abras naturally made enemies, but in placing the word 'galactic' in the name of the federation, they opened the organization to all races and planets in the Milky Way, whether friend or enemy. Enemies of Abras formed an alliance, which they referred to as the Conclave. If all the Conclave planets banded together, Abras alone could not stop them. To remain in control and keep the Conclave from taking over called for delicate maneuvering. To stay on top, Abras had to rely on the combined strength of their friends and allies. so they formed alliances and kept their allies close. Numbering among their staunchest allies were races like the Nisse, Lepp-Ricans and Tomte who were related races on planets within the same double star system.
Balance was carefully maintained for nearly 50,000 years until about 71,000 BCE, by Earth measurement. At that time news began to reach the federation planets of an infestation which seemed to have appeared from nowhere, called Zorn or Zornan.
For some time no one learned anything about these malevolent monsters except that they were dangerous. When planets came under the control of the Zorn, all communications with that planet ceased. When the Zorn moved on, they left behind, not simply a lifeless world, but a world that had been stripped of valuable natural resources.
As to the makeup of the Zorn and how they operated, a breakthrough came when they encountered a world they did not strip. The Zorn spared a water world populated by one of the Conclave races called the Slaaashleeshh. Other than siphoning off some water, the Zorn did not have the facilities to mine and plunder a planet inundated by water.
It took some time, but the Slaaashleeshh eventually were able to talk to the Zorn. This was a great accomplishment since the Zorn and the Slaaashleeshh had little in common to establish a mutual language.
Other races appealed to Abras for help and protection from the Zorn. Abras realized it was in their best interest to try to stop the Zorn, before they wiped out other federation planets, so Abras accepted the responsibility of stopping the Zorn. Through a third neutral race, Abras finally obtained intelligence information from the Slaaashleeshh concerning the Zorn; the type of atmosphere they needed to breathe and even a description of their physical bodies.
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