Executioners (エクスキューショナー, Ekusukyūshonā?) are beings that appear in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. A powerful force unleashed into the Milky Way galaxy by the Creator, they come in all shapes and sizes, but all have one goal: the complete eradication of the Milky Way.
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- Dictionary/Encyclopedia
- Till the End of Time: Executioners, Executioners (Part 2); Convictor, Enforcer, Proclaimer
Characteristics[]
The Executioners are a type of anti-bug destruction program that are sent into the Eternal Sphere in order to fix major problems in its data structure. The Fourth-Dimensional Beings call them "patches" or "worms". They can be deleted by a symbological program called the "Uninstaller", that must be executed at the Time Gate.
Executioners come in three "types", according to their specific mission:
- Proclaimer - Resembling angels, these Executioners are not built for battle, but instead warn people of the impending disaster that is about to strike their world. While they aren't as strong as other Executioners, they are capable of intelligent action.
- Enforcer - Resembling dragons, the Enforcers are the main attack force, coming in all kinds of sizes. They contain enough power to easily erase Federation ships, but also come in sizes suitable for battling smaller lifeforms.
- Convictor - Resembling fallen angels, they are upgrades of the Enforcer class. While they lack the gargantuan size of Enforcers, Convictors are even more powerful. They seem to possess a child-like intellect, wanting only to destroy everything in their paths. They are suspected to use Quadrium Spheres as an internal power source. Reprogrammed by Luther himself, they require a tremendous amount of data to exist, so their use is restricted.
Story[]
Executioners were created by Sphere in order to eliminate threats in the Eternal Sphere. One such threat is the Milky Way galaxy as it is considered "corrupt" after humans have advanced too far, manipulating genes with symbological power, and as such they are sent to destroy it in S.D 772.
Executioners suddenly declared war upon Earth, broadcasting the message that Terran civilization has trespassed upon the realm of "the Creator Himself".
The Enforcers are the main force during the purge. Most of them immediatly go after Federal stations, and start destroying planets all over the galaxy. The Battleship Aquaelie confronts some Enforcers over Styx, and while it manages to destroy one of them, another Enforcer manages to erase the Aquaelie with little effort. After the party starts to resist the Enforcers, Luther unleashed an upgrade, the Convictor.
Upon arriving in Fourth-Dimensional Space, the party is greeted by Flad Garrand, who takes them to his house. It is here the party learns that they are part of the simulator called the Eternal Sphere, and that the Executioners aren't God-like beings, but simply software designed to purge the corrupted Milky Way, very much like anti-virus programs. It is revealed that since they use a large amount of data, not very many Executioners can be active in close proximity of each other, or else, like a computer running too many programs, they will slow down, or even freeze.
After ravaging Earth, the Executioners leave the sector, heading for Tetragenesis or Expel.
After the party leave Fourth-Dimensional Space, they are confronted by an Enforcer and Proclaimer. After defeating them, Sophia runs the Uninstaller to remove the Executioners. While it looks like it worked at first, it actually unleashes the Convictor. While it proves a great challenge, the party still overcome it. Blair then appears and tells them that Luther predicted their plan, and installed the Convictor as a counter-measure that would appear if someone tried to uninstall the Executioners.
From then on, Convictors would be wander all over the Eternal Sphere.
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