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'''Ix''' is the ninth planet in the star system [[Alkalurops]], and the home of [[House Vernius]] and the technology-savvy [[Ixian]]s. Ixian economy depends on manufacturing complex machinery, which sometimes flouts the moral-juridical proscriptions of the [[Butlerian Jihad]]. The planet's name stemmed originally from the misinterpretation of the Roman numeral ''IX'' (9). |
'''Ix''' is the ninth planet in the star system [[Alkalurops]], and the home of [[House Vernius]] and the technology-savvy [[Ixian]]s. Ixian economy depends on manufacturing complex machinery, which sometimes flouts the moral-juridical proscriptions of the [[Butlerian Jihad]]. The planet's name stemmed originally from the misinterpretation of the Roman numeral ''IX'' (9). |
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| − | ===During the Butlerian Jihad=== |
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| − | {{XD|The star system within which Ix is located originally went by the title ''Rodale'', with Ix being named ''Rodale IX'' due to its status as the star's ninth planet. Shortly before the [[Time of Titans]] the son of the planet's ruling family, better known as [[Xerxes]], killed his family and took control of the world in the name of [[Tlaloc]]. It was at this time that the planet's name was shortened to ''Ix'' and the numeric relevance lost. <ref name="MC">''[[Dune: The Machine Crusade''</ref> |
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| − | As with other planets in the [[Titans|Titan]] empire, Ix later became one of [[Omnius]] synchronized worlds. The [[Thinking Machines]] used the planet as a major manufacturing base, due in no small part to its natural resources. Ix was ultimately [[liberation of Ix|liberated]] by the [[Butlerian Jihad]] in [[175 BG]] after a [[rebellion of Ix|rebellion]]<ref name="MC"/> |
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| − | [[Thinking machines]] unsuccessfully [[Battle of Ix (Butlerian Jihad)|tried]] to reconquer [[Ix]] in [[123 BG]] but were repelled by forces commanded by [[Quentin Butler]].<ref name="BC">''[[Dune: The Battle of Corrin]]''</ref> |
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| − | During the [[Omnius Scourge]], Ix was a planet with a population much larger than the [[League of Nobles]] could ever preserve. [[Cuarto]] [[Abulurd Harkonnen]] was sent to Ix to present quarantine instructions and begin preparations for survival. [[Supreme Sorceress]] [[Ticia Cenva]] followed him in order to preserve key bloodlines from the survivors. The genetic stock of the native Ixians had not yet been heavily assimilated into the general League population.<ref name="BC"/> |
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| − | The following years almost two-thirds of the human population was dead; the planet became a strong center of the [[Martyrists]]. Ixian crews had used heavy digging equipment to deposit bodies in empty cave shafts, until fanatics objected to even the powerful excavating apparatus. Uncontrolled riots and storms caused destruction; homes, fields and storehouses of food had burned leaving the already weakened survivors with no shelter. Cholera had gotten into the water supply. Many of those who had recovered could barely walk, crippled by the aftereffects.}} |
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| − | ===During the Corrino Empire=== |
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| − | {{XD|After the Jihad, Ix retained its role as a major producer of technology, under [[House Vernius]]. Its capital was the underground city [[Vernii]]. Most of its structure and industry was underground because of the Ixians' secrecy. This made members of the [[Landsraad]] skeptical about the Ixians; the Landsraad accused them of violating the restrictions of the Jihad. Ixians went as far as spreading out scary and sinister stories about the planet so as to drive away the curious.<ref name="HA">''[[Dune: House Atreides]]''</ref> |
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| − | Ix and [[House Richese]] competed with one another in a technological war for [[Guild]] contracts; gradually Ix won around the same time when Richese lost stewardship of [[Arrakis]]<ref name="HA"/> |
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| − | During the latter years of the reign of [[Elrood Corrino IX]], the [[Emperor]] entered into a secret agreement with the [[Bene Tleilax]], to take Ix away from House Vernius, and give it to the Tleilaxu invaders. After secretly placed Tleilaxu [[Face Dancers]] caused an uproar among the Ixian [[Suboid]] lower-caste workers; the Tleilaxu, with the help of Imperial [[Sardaukar]], conquered the world. House Vernius went renegade, and the Vernius family scattered over the Imperium. The [[Battle of Ix]] ended with the Tleilaxu brutally in control of the planet, which they re-named [[Xuttah]].}} |
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| − | {{XD|In the Appendix to ''[[Dune: The Butlerian Jihad]]'' Ix is mistakenly listed as one of the [[League Worlds]].}} |
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Revision as of 10:22, 15 December 2009
Ix is the ninth planet in the star system Alkalurops, and the home of House Vernius and the technology-savvy Ixians. Ixian economy depends on manufacturing complex machinery, which sometimes flouts the moral-juridical proscriptions of the Butlerian Jihad. The planet's name stemmed originally from the misinterpretation of the Roman numeral IX (9).