Der'em

When the Vonikin Krel began to lure younger members of the races of Starmourn to their homeplanet in order to torture them for sexual pleasure, the Der'em race proved to be particularly vulnerable. The youth among the Der’em, in particular, seemed drawn to this lure placed by the Krel, and as the losses slowly mounted over the centuries, the Der’em, who were a brilliant, but not powerful, species began to agitate amongst other races, insisting that the Vonikin Krel must be stopped, by force.

For a decade, the Vonikin Krel watched, with a level of amusement, the efforts of the Der’em to paint them as the villains they are, for a decade, but as the Decheerans, Amaians, Shen, and Tukkav began to take note, they were less amused, and decided it was time to simply silence the peaceful Der’em, using the mercenary Free Fleet, which ultimately resulted in the destruction of Earth and most of the Human race.