Dark Maker

The Dark Makers are an alien race from the Jak and Daxter franchise. The Dark Makers are a dark alien race of ancient, corrupted Precursors who have submerged with Dark Eco for a prolonged amount. They are considered a deadly race, and a sign of undoing of a planet they should approach. They were at one point in contact with Jak's planet in alliance with Cyber Errol with the plan to destroy the planet with dark eco, before they were pursued by the Precursor's Planetary Defense System. Onin explained that the Dark Makers h ad battled over several other planets against the Precursors for "as long as time has turned," and that Jak's planet was not the first world they had visited.

Origins
According to the Ottsel Leader, the Dark Makers were once Precursors but exposure to dark eco corrupted them. They built large machinery, abominations and equivalents to Precursor technology, and began conquering worlds. They were at some point in alliance with the Hora-Quan, though they betrayed them.

Shortly before or during the beginning events of Jak 3, Cyber Errol and a Dark Maker ship made contact. Cyber Errol planned to use dark maker technology to destroy the world with dark eco.

Characteristics
The dark makers are easily identifiable by their dark purple color resembling dark eco, and sharp, jagged armor and corrupted artifacts resembling "terraformed" Precursor artifacts. Their units' heads closely resemble oracle or Precursor robot-like heads with bug eyes and a proboscis extending from below their eyes, suggesting they could in fact just be artifacts, or robots, similar to the Precursors', although they also obtained organic traits, possibly being a hybrid similar to the Hora-Quan.

Military
The Dark Makers had a diverse military, ranging from small mine spiders to the massive terraformers. The troopers appeared to comprise their main infantry, with hornets being slightly less common aerial units. There were also scouts known as dark satellites which scoured the planet, and would crash land on the world and begin growing and enrooting itself in the world's environment. Walkers were also deployed for larger-scale attacks.

Technology
The general Dark Maker technology often mirrored Precursor technology but was corrupted by dark eco, making it significantly more dangerous.

The Dark Makers' only artillery was the Dark Maker turret, which was deployed in the South Haven Forest. The troopers, and many of the Dark Makers' vehicles, used dark eco bombs and blasters to attack their enemies. The Dark Makers' vehicles were also often the species of dark maker themselves, such as the walker, satellite, and terraformer. Other vehicles used by the dark makers included massive space ships and one Dark Maker bot, though they rarely made use of simple technology such as vehicular transportation.