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==Cryslon (Planet/System)==
(''From the official [[Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars]] Art Book'')

The harsh homeworld of the Silicoid race is a mineral-dense and barren planet that the Silicoids have been mining since the beginning of their civilization. The Silicoids must exercise caution: they cannot strip the planet bare without potentially risking the Sacred Basin, the only place where Silicoids have successfully been grown. The surface of the planet is eerily silent. The Silicoids are inorganic and fundamentally strange, existing even when all conventional science says their existence should be impossible. Cryslon, the home world of the Silicoids, is like its inhabitants in that sense.

Resonnor, the capital city of Cryslon, is where the Sacred Basin and the seat of the Crag government are located. Tall columns of stone rise from the land as if some disruptive and terrible force had shoved them from the planet’s crust. Silicoid beings move soundlessly down the streets without communicating with each other, the city operating in almost total silence. Resonnor is the most highly fortified location in the Crag’s empire, and if all other bases were to be sacrificed, it would be to save this crucial city.

The Silicoids are shoved onto the galactic stage because of their insatiable need to consume minerals that Cryslon cannot provide. They must plan their movements across the galaxy with care, always keeping an eye on the planet that gave them life. Their presence in the universe is unique and must be preserved at all costs—even as their hunger pushes them to the edges of known space.