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The Luminoth developed the [[Energy Transfer Module]] to drain Dark Aether's energy, which would destroy Dark Aether if successful.<ref>{{cite|We were not prepared to fight a long war. The forces of the enemy outnumbered ours vastly. We sought a way to end the war quickly, without extended combat. We decided to build a device to recover our lost planetary energy from Dark Aether. Without this energy, the dark world would cease to be, and our world would be restored to stability.|[[Luminoth Lore#Recovering Energy|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> They found the [[Sky Temple|location]] of the [[Emperor Ing]] and discovered that it was blocked.<ref>{{cite|We learned that the ruler of the Ing dwelled in a place dubbed the "Sky Temple" by our forces. This place held the planetary energy of Dark Aether as well. It was heavily guarded, and entry was barred by a great gate requiring ten keys to unlock. These keys were hidden throughout Dark Aether by the Ing. A mission was planned, one that would find the hidden keys and recover our missing energy from the Sky Temple.|[[Luminoth Lore#Sky Temple|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The Luminoth assembled their best warriors to acquire the keys and to recover the lost energy.<ref>{{cite|While our forces on Dark Aether fought desperate battles against superior numbers, our best minds completed their work. The Energy Transfer Module, a device designed to recover our lost planetary energy, was ready at last. A force of our greatest warriors was assembled, each equipped with the best armor and weaponry available. We sent this brave cadre of fighters to invade the Sky Temple and seize the missing energy lying within.|[[Luminoth Lore#The Final Crusade|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> None of the warriors survived, but the warrior A-Kul managed to return her key to the gateway before her death.<ref>{{cite|None of the warriors sent to the Sky Temple returned. Our forces searched Dark Aether for the, in Vain. Of the Energy Transfer Module, there was no sign. Though saddened, we set out to prepare another mission, to build another module, to try once more to save our dying world.|[[Luminoth Lore#Shattered Hope|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> Before her death, she left [[Luminoth Lore#A-Kul's Clues|clues]] as to the locations of the other nine.<ref>{{cite|Soon I shall pass to the final rest. My key is in place. Through my spiritual link with to the other, I know where their bodies lie. I shall leave this knowledge, that their last location in the dark world can be known. May this knowledge lead our warriors to the Sky Temple Keys. The time draws near, Hear the worlds of A-Kul, she they call Champion of Aether, Know that my warriors fought and died with uncommon valor. Do not look unkindly upon their failure, for they died to save us all.|[[Luminoth Lore#A-Kul's Testament|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> Agon and Torvus fell soon afterward; the Ing had used the Energy Transfer Module against its creators.<ref>{{cite|A massive Ing attack came to the land of Agon. Soon, the Temple of Agon was surrounded by the Horde, with no hope of salvation. Our gallant warriors there were slain, and Agon fell to the enemy. Our blood chilled when we learned that the energy within that temple was trained. The Ing had found the Energy Transfer Module, and were using it as a weapon against us.|[[Luminoth Lore#Agon Falls|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref><ref>{{cite|The Ing turned their focus on the Torvus Bog next, sending a vast force to lay siege to the temple there. Thousands upon thousands of Ing were destroyed by our warriors, yet they kept coming until there was no Luminoth alive to offer resistance in Torvus. On that day, the energy of Torvus was taken to Dark Aether, and our hopes for survival grew dim.|[[Luminoth Lore#Torvus Falls|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The Luminoth retreated to Sanctuary but were defeated there too.<ref>{{cite|Our battered forces gathered in the Sanctuary Fortress to prepare for the inevitable siege there. They didn't wait long. Wave after wave of Ing assaulted the greatest of our fortresses, with one goal in mind: to seize the energy there. The Ing turned the machines of Sanctuary against our warriors, and soon all was lost. The energy of Sanctuary was taken by the Ing. Only one Energy Controller remained on Aether.|[[Luminoth Lore#Sanctuary Falls|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The remaining Luminoth fled to the Great Temple to place themselves in stasis while [[U-Mos]] remained active to guard both the temple's energy and the sleeping Luminoth.<ref>{{cite|What few remained gathered in the Great Temple. There, all but U-Mos, the last Sentinel of Aether, entered into life-preserving stasis. There they remain, to be released once the Ing were destroyed...or to sleep forever. His people safe, U-Mos prepared for the last, terrible assault. In the silence  of the Great Temple, he prayed for salvation, for deliverance from the terror of the Ing.|[[Luminoth Lore#Twilight|Luminoth Lore]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref>  

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