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| + | {{AlienSpecies|name = Drej|image = [[File:Screen Shot 2012-10-17 at 8.13.29 PM.png|300px]]|world = Unknown|body = Humanoid|skin = Blue|diet = Unknown|status = Possibly extinct|universe = ''Titan A.E.''}}[[File:Titan AE Drej Creature.jpg|thumb|196px|Drej Centaur]]The '''Drej''' are a race of aliens from the 2000 film ''Titan A.E.'', in which they serve as the main antagonists. Afraid of the dominance humankind may gain as a result of ''Project Titan'' (an extremely advanced planet formation project), they set out to destroy the human race. |
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| − | The '''Drej''' are a race of aliens from the movie ''Titan A.E.''. In the movie they are the main antagonists, since they are trying to destroy the human race. However they are afraid of what the humans will become. They have some resemblance to other science fiction alien species but not a lot. Their social order seems to consist of two castes: soldiers and what appears to be a king. They do not seem to be capable of speaking english but do have their own consisting mostly of mechanical rumbling noises. |
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| + | The Drej social order seems to consist of two castes: multitudes of '''Drones''', and a small number of ruling class. Whether or not these are the only positions in their society is never explored. Additionally, only two Drej ruling caste are ever seen: The '''King''' and '''Queen'''. They do not seem to be capable of speaking English but they do have their own language, consisting largely of mechanical rumbling noises and inhuman shrieks. |
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| − | All Drej are made entirely out of pure energy and are a deep blue. Despite this they are actually tangible and can manipulate objects just as easily as other sapient races. When a limb is destroyed they can regenerate it in a matter of seconds, possibly by extracting energy from their surrounding environment. Drej can blast portions of their substance at foes but it probably weakens them if they do it too many times. At the front of their heads is what appears to be an eyespot. Their technology is a similar color and is likely made out of the same energies as them. It has been proven that escape from a drej prison is possible by putting two objects against the wall and then separating them. The ship in which they travel is called the Alahenena, supposedly the Drej language term for planet killer. This ship positions itself over the North Pole of Earth and fires an energy beam at it, causing the planet to spin faster and faster, until centrifugal force overpowers gravity, thus causing Earth to fly apart at the seams. |
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| + | ==Biology== |
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| + | Upon first inspection, the Drej are not much different from our species. They're not corporeal entities, yet they have a physical form which appears to be both skeletal and humanoid. |
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| − | Not much is known about the Drej, other than the fact that their social structure is much like that of bees, with a queen and several armies of drones. One thing to notice about the Drej is that the queen is the only one who has eyes; the rest are eyeless drones. |
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| + | All Drej are made entirely out of pure energy, giving them a bright blue glow. At the front of their heads is what appears to be an eyespot, which, according to the novelisation, also houses a mouth, the latter of which is not seen in the film. Despite their physiology, however, they are tangible and can manipulate objects just as easily as other sapient races. Furthermore, when a limb is destroyed they can regenerate it in a matter of seconds, possibly by extracting energy from their surrounding environment. Drej can fire portions of their substance at foes in a concentrated blast, although whether or not this expenditure of energy subsequently weakens their physical form is not explained. |
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| + | Like the Drej themselves, their technology is also made of pure energy. In at least one known instance, non-Drej beings have been able to escape captivity and move through Drej ships by putting two objects (i.e., Hands) against surfaces and then separating them, interrupting the energy flow and allowing passage. |
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| − | The Drej are not much different from our species, yet they are made of bright blue pulsing energy. They're not corporeal entities, yet they have a physical form which appears to be both skeletial and humanoid. Their ships are also made of energy, a fact that young Cale Tucker exploited. You won't need a dictionary to know that the Drej were victims of bad karma. Cale Tucker reconfigured the Titan's systems to use that very energy from which are Drej are made; they and their ship and their queen were absorbed into the interior of the starship Titan, and as she awakened from her 15 years slumber, she unleashed that energy in three violent bursts. These bursts created three beams, each long enough to span a planetary radius. This created a gravity well, which caused all material around the Titan's position to coalesce into a hot clump of molten matter, thus giving new life to a planet upon which the human species could live |
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| + | [[File:Alahenena & Drej Stingers.png|thumb|275px|The Alahenena flanked by Drej Stingers]] |
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| ⚫ | The Drej have two primary modes of transportation. The bulk of their fleet is made up of swarms upon swarms of smaller, aggressive looking ships called '''Stingers'''. Making up both the offensive aerial forces, as well as prisoner and cargo transport, the Stingers consist a small central fuselage with pairs of sharp fins on the back and sides, and a pair of long arms extending up and forward from the body, then levelling off, and angling back down, inward toward each other. |
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| − | the drej had very advanced technology. they could go through doors, which were possibly made of neutrinos, in the book the doors turned red before someone went through them. they had weapons called focus burners wich focused photons in a ray that could melt through things, because light enerrgy turned into heat energy. their ship is powered by a white dwarf star thus they don't need fuel. the orb, a computer only for the queen can see through drones' eyes. they have technology similar to hard light, like the forerunners |
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| + | The second type of craft is the large mothership, called the '''Alahenena'''''' '''(supposedly the Drej language term for "Planet Killer"). The craft is incomparably massive in size, and powered by a white dwarf star, eliminating the need for fuel. Not only does the flagship house the Drej population, but is also capable of, as its name would suggest, destroying entire planets, as demonstrated on the Earth. To do this, it positions itself over the planet and fires a beam of kinetic energy at it, causing the planet to spin faster and faster, until its centrifugal force overpowers its gravity, thus causing it to rip apart at the seams. |
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| + | In the Titan A.E. prequel comics, it is explained that the mothership is part of the reproduction cycle of the Drej. The Queen Drej gestates a new generation by adsorbing the rays of pulverised planets. The absorption takes decades before the Drej then move on to the next world. |
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| + | Their weapons, referred to as "Focus Burners" in the novel, channel photons into a beam, turning light energy into heat energy, that can even melt through starship hull when concentrated. In addition, the Queen has an advanced computer system, known as the Orb, with which she can see through her Drones' eyes. |
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| ⚫ | In the book, the Drej are seen quite differently. Early in the novel, when Cale sees them on Tau 14, one of them "ha[s] its mouth open, and the interior [is] pitch black". In the film, however, no such mouths are seen. It was also noted that they had some sort of black, fleshy envelope above the pulsing energy, possibly the eyespot seen in the film. In addition, when Cale is captured, they speak using pulses of light instead of rumbling and whirring noises. There also appear to be different types of drones as well: Deeheh, who serve as scouts; Daiheh, who oversee ground transport; Droheh, who can fight, and Douheh who serve as thinkers and strategists, with high level cognitive abilities. |
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| ⚫ | The book also includes chapters from the Drej's perspective. The Drej Queen's name was Susquehana, one year, of the planet the Drej were from was called a Making, because every year the Drej would make more Drej. They could calculate much faster than any human, they had a piece of technology called the Orb which would act like a computer, only much stronger and capable of doing things. The Drej believed that nothing except duty is important. They were not even familiar with the concept of a friend. They suffered no disease, lived for thousands of years, and were not afflicted with a need to procreate. They possibly got more Drej by the Lanoor, a piece of technology capable of making more Drej, but it is unknown how they created more Drej before they had technology. They called their stingers Slijah. The ones specifically shown were Praojeh class. |
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Revision as of 16:20, 16 December 2019
Drej Centaur
The Drej are a race of aliens from the 2000 film Titan A.E., in which they serve as the main antagonists. Afraid of the dominance humankind may gain as a result of Project Titan (an extremely advanced planet formation project), they set out to destroy the human race.
The Drej social order seems to consist of two castes: multitudes of Drones, and a small number of ruling class. Whether or not these are the only positions in their society is never explored. Additionally, only two Drej ruling caste are ever seen: The King and Queen. They do not seem to be capable of speaking English but they do have their own language, consisting largely of mechanical rumbling noises and inhuman shrieks.
Biology
Upon first inspection, the Drej are not much different from our species. They're not corporeal entities, yet they have a physical form which appears to be both skeletal and humanoid.
All Drej are made entirely out of pure energy, giving them a bright blue glow. At the front of their heads is what appears to be an eyespot, which, according to the novelisation, also houses a mouth, the latter of which is not seen in the film. Despite their physiology, however, they are tangible and can manipulate objects just as easily as other sapient races. Furthermore, when a limb is destroyed they can regenerate it in a matter of seconds, possibly by extracting energy from their surrounding environment. Drej can fire portions of their substance at foes in a concentrated blast, although whether or not this expenditure of energy subsequently weakens their physical form is not explained.
Ships & Technology
Like the Drej themselves, their technology is also made of pure energy. In at least one known instance, non-Drej beings have been able to escape captivity and move through Drej ships by putting two objects (i.e., Hands) against surfaces and then separating them, interrupting the energy flow and allowing passage.
The Alahenena flanked by Drej Stingers
The Drej have two primary modes of transportation. The bulk of their fleet is made up of swarms upon swarms of smaller, aggressive looking ships called Stingers. Making up both the offensive aerial forces, as well as prisoner and cargo transport, the Stingers consist a small central fuselage with pairs of sharp fins on the back and sides, and a pair of long arms extending up and forward from the body, then levelling off, and angling back down, inward toward each other.
The second type of craft is the large mothership, called the 'Alahenena' (supposedly the Drej language term for "Planet Killer"). The craft is incomparably massive in size, and powered by a white dwarf star, eliminating the need for fuel. Not only does the flagship house the Drej population, but is also capable of, as its name would suggest, destroying entire planets, as demonstrated on the Earth. To do this, it positions itself over the planet and fires a beam of kinetic energy at it, causing the planet to spin faster and faster, until its centrifugal force overpowers its gravity, thus causing it to rip apart at the seams.
In the Titan A.E. prequel comics, it is explained that the mothership is part of the reproduction cycle of the Drej. The Queen Drej gestates a new generation by adsorbing the rays of pulverised planets. The absorption takes decades before the Drej then move on to the next world.
Their weapons, referred to as "Focus Burners" in the novel, channel photons into a beam, turning light energy into heat energy, that can even melt through starship hull when concentrated. In addition, the Queen has an advanced computer system, known as the Orb, with which she can see through her Drones' eyes.
The Drej Queen.
The Novel
In the book, the Drej are seen quite differently. Early in the novel, when Cale sees them on Tau 14, one of them "ha[s] its mouth open, and the interior [is] pitch black". In the film, however, no such mouths are seen. It was also noted that they had some sort of black, fleshy envelope above the pulsing energy, possibly the eyespot seen in the film. In addition, when Cale is captured, they speak using pulses of light instead of rumbling and whirring noises. There also appear to be different types of drones as well: Deeheh, who serve as scouts; Daiheh, who oversee ground transport; Droheh, who can fight, and Douheh who serve as thinkers and strategists, with high level cognitive abilities.
The book also includes chapters from the Drej's perspective. The Drej Queen's name was Susquehana, one year, of the planet the Drej were from was called a Making, because every year the Drej would make more Drej. They could calculate much faster than any human, they had a piece of technology called the Orb which would act like a computer, only much stronger and capable of doing things. The Drej believed that nothing except duty is important. They were not even familiar with the concept of a friend. They suffered no disease, lived for thousands of years, and were not afflicted with a need to procreate. They possibly got more Drej by the Lanoor, a piece of technology capable of making more Drej, but it is unknown how they created more Drej before they had technology. They called their stingers Slijah. The ones specifically shown were Praojeh class.