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The Ares pilot fighting a Ghost Gigantic in the White Whale's residential sector
The Ghost (Japanese: ゴースト, Gōsuto) faction is the 敌人 of the Samaar Federation in 异度神剑X. The Ghost faction and Samaar Federation are two interstellar alien civilizations which formed on the basis of their member species' common 物理 composition. Ghosts are the biological 武器 used by the faction. The actual name of the faction itself is 未知, and there is no information about the xenoform species within it.
Ghosts are purple and organic in appearance. Every Ghost contains a core of antimatter, which has the 潜力 to do serious damage if destroyed. (When matter and antimatter come into contact, they annihilate each 其它 and their masses are converted to radiative energy, producing an 爆炸.) There are a few known types of Ghosts: the normal Ghost, Ghost Large, Ghost Gigantic, Battleship-type Ghost, and 神 Ghost. A Ghost Large can transform between a 类人型 form and a flight form. The Ghost mothership resembles a comet and appears twice as large as the Samaar Federation mothership. Although unidentified, it has the characteristics of a Ghost so it may itself be one. If so, it would be the largest known lifeform in the universe of X.
The 异度神剑X Special Edition artbook contains artwork of a Battleship-type Ghost and describes their anatomy. 异度神剑X: The Secret File - Art of Mira contains concept art of Ghosts drawn by Yoko Tsukamoto. All four known types of Ghosts from the opening of 异度神剑X are shown and identified. It also includes the 神 Ghost and the 类人型 form of the Ghost Large, neither of which ever appear in the game. It does not include the Ghost mothership or give any information about the faction. The text notes that the glowing feature in the center of a Ghost is alike to the one on the back of the Ares, but the word for this glowing feature is blacked out.
Story
艾尔玛 knew the war between the Samaar Federation and the Ghosts would eventually spread to Earth, and arrived on the planet in 2026 to warn the 人类 and prepare them to evacuate.
An army of Ghosts fought the Samaar Federation in a battle that took place over Earth in July of 2054. The army was composed of many Battleship-type Ghosts surrounding a mothership. While the Ghosts attacked the Samaar Federation in the atmosphere, their lasers also hit Earth. Ghosts which fell to Earth by Samaar's attacks caused 爆炸 when they landed, annihilating large swathes of the surface. Eventually, there was an enormous 爆炸 above Earth that reduced the entire planet to rubble. It is unclear what became of the Ghost army, which seemed to be engulfed in the 爆炸.
Ghosts pursued the 人类 who evacuated Earth in an apparent attempt to destroy them. In 2056, Ghosts caught up with the 白鲸 and attacked it. They phased through the outer shell of the residential sector, but an unidentified young man, along with 艾尔玛, fought them off using the original Ares. The hull was severely damaged, and the ship broke apart as it fell toward the planet 米拉 which suddenly appeared.
Ghosts only appear in the opening cutscene of 异度神剑X. Unlike the Samaar Federation, which the Ganglion are a part of, Ghosts have no role in the plot after the 人类 arrive on 米拉.
Trivia
The original Ares Doll concept
- "Ghosts" are mentioned in the lyrics of the theme "Black Tar".
- The Battleship-type Ghost is the only type of Ghost with an official English name.
- The original concept of the Ares Doll exactly matches the design of the Ghost ships; both are dark purple with surfaces covered in many orange eyes.
- The designs of the Ghost ships are similar to those of the Gnosis in the Xenosaga series.
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