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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The acronym "OXTA" is an anagram of [[Taox]], the name of an ancient proto-Hive female who once served as mentor to the children of the Osmium King on Fundament, and who survived for millenia after the rise of the Hive. As much of the information derived from the OXA Machine by the Cabal seems to relate to the Hive specifically, this may hint at a connection between these two entities. | *"Odyle" is another word for the "Odic force", a hypothetical "life energy" that was proposed to exist during the mid-19th century. | ||
*"Xenotaph" is a pun on ''cenotaph'', a symbolically empty tomb commemorating a person whose remains are elsewhere. Cenotaph is a compound word in Greek combining ''kenos'' (empty) and ''taphos'' (tomb). ''Xenotaph'' replaces ''kenos'' with ''xenos'' (literally foreigner or stranger, though commonly used to refer to aliens), so it can also be read as "alien tomb". | |||
*The acronym "OXTA" is an anagram of [[Taox]], the name of an ancient proto-Hive female who once served as mentor to the children of the Osmium King on Fundament, and who survived for millenia after the rise of the Hive before vanishing. As much of the information derived from the OXA Machine by the Cabal seems to relate to the Hive specifically, combined with the above etymology of "empty (alien) tomb", this may hint at a connection between these two entities. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||