The Races

O-R-B comes with 5 races, only two of which are usually playable. All Races branch off of a "Master Race", the Aldar. Their decendants, specifically the Malus and Alyssian peoples revere the Aldar as gods.

The Aldar
The Aldar were a highly advanced race of humanoids with crystalline and fiery ships. Their homeworld was a barren, volcanic planet. They created the Torumin and the Elathen, and were mostly wiped out by them. A few survived, and their descendants became known as the Alyssians.

The Malus
The Malus race's Homeworld is Malus, a desert planet type in the Aldus System. Their Civilization is broken into clans, who constantly fight amongst themselves for political control of the entire race. Among the clans are the Night Sky Clan, The Seekers of Ftorekk, and also Clan Korves. It is assumed there are more.

The Alyssians
The Alyssians' Homeworld is Alyssia, a planet not that much different from Earth. Alyssia seems to have a Beaurocratic Governmental system, united for a common cause. Alyssians believe in peace, not war, and as such, are polar opposites from the Malus, their brothers. This said, they are not afraid to fight. The Alyssians seem to be further along in their technological development, as many Malus technologies (according to the in game database,) come from Alyssian roots,(Cloaking, Hyperjump generators, Anti-matter weapons.) The Alyssians are philosophers, and scientists largely. The Alyssians are the descendants of the few Aldar that survived the Great Betrayal of the Elathen.

Kyulek
The Kyulek are similar in many ways to bees, ants and wasps in terms of how they organize themselves. Their ships many times resemble skulls, or heads of some sort, (With the exceptions of the Hive and Arc.) The Kyulek also seem to be computerized AI systems, though this is uncomfirmed. Kyulek weaponry seems to be a short Electro Magnetic Pulse, (Pods, Bipods, Tripods) aimed in a specific direction, and Aldar Lasers (Ktu-pods, Arcs and Hives.)

Elathen
The Elathen are mentioned by many names, known by the Malus as "Bringers of Silence," and mentioned in the Aldar Scriptures as "Gatherers of Matter" and the "Great Betrayers". The Game's entity files and such show that the Elathen are essentially mindless space squid. They even look like squid, but with several differences. The Elathen have the strongest units in the game, (A single Elathen Destroyer, dubbed a "Gatherer," has as much hit points as a Malus Assault Carrier.) The Elathen use Electrical weaponry, and energy balls, which are the most devestating projectiles next to the Torpedo Probe.