


Ban Danna: the head of Argon Secret Service who shares a close relationship with Julian's father dating back to the previous game, X: Beyond the Frontier.Bret Serra: rogue, pirate and Julian's closest friend.Ultimately, Julian must fight off a massive attack by Khaak, rescuing numerous other characters in the process. The player is asked to undertake a series of missions to uncover their origins, their intentions, and to determine their connection to his missing father. Early on, the Khaak, a hostile alien race, emerge to threaten the X-Universe. The player takes the role of Julian Gardna, a Pirate and thief. However, the game remains open-ended and the players are free to pursue the plot at their own pace, if at all. Unlike the expansion pack, X-Tension, which was almost entirely open-ended, X2: The Threat has a clear background story involving an aggressive alien race known as the Khaak. The game features a new graphics engine, a much expanded Universe and 60 different flyable ships, along with a number of new missions available to the player. The Player's first ship is an Argon Discoverer.Īs with the originals, X2: The Threat is a Space trading and combat simulator set in the fictional X-Universe, a network of sectors, linked by large space gates.
