| This creature is a small unintelligent space fly that lives in the
vast emptiness of deep space. They are the size of a small bird and seem
to be made out of delicate shinning gossamer that reacts to light and shimmers
and shines in a multitude of colours. The Markus live in vast complex hives
hollowed out of asteroids and perform a valuable function by collecting
space junk and other debris, which they capture and take back to their
asteroids to be used in the construction of their hives. They travel together
in great swarms and communicate with a series of musical notes, similar
to bird song, that echo inside space. Their beauty, and the beauty of their
music, is famed throughout the X Universe and all intelligent space races
delight in seeing them. Pilots will stop to watch a swarm fly past. Creatures
working on the outside of ships and space stations have claimed that the
Markus will fly near them and even perch on them, singing all the while.
However throughout space sightings of The Markus Space Fly are becoming
very rare. This is manly due to the actions of The Split, who capture and
use the small space fly to power their spaceships. Currently the Foundation
Guild are pressing for the Markus to be made a protected species and pressure
is being put on the Split to change their system of powering their space
ship engines. It is believed that, despite a universal ban on their capture
or trading, some pirates still hunt and capture this creature in order
to sell then to the Split.
They are traded in Pirate Bases at a price per unit of 3.088.- credits. The following table shows which plants use Spaceflies for their production.
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