SOH2_sphinxoids

Depicted here are a few images of some of the most evil criminal minds to have ever assaulted the people of Earth! For lack of a better name, we have dubbed them the "Sphinxoids".

It all began thousands of years ago.

The Egyptian civilization was a peaceful one, made up of farmers, fishermen and herdsmen, living their lives according to the ebb and flow of the Nile. All that changed, of course, the day that an enormous, shining pyramidal shape materialized among them. A door opened, and out stepped the oddest collection of creatures ever seen. They stood about eight feet tall; and they had bodies generally humanoid in appearance, but many of them had the heads of exotic birds and animals. They wore regal clothing, and wonderful jewelry and headwear. They were impressive.

"We come in peace," their leader announced--and she promptly blew the Egyptians to pieces with horrible alien weapons. She set herself up as Queen of the Earth, and the unfortunate humans were commanded to build a statue in her likeness--and the Great Sphinx was built.

In an impressive display of alien technology and opulant luxury, they created a subterranean complex deep below the surface, honeycombed with exotic chambers, secret

passages, and things so beautiful and terrible that even now they cannot be fully revealed to you. to intimidate the people into serving them, and any of their advanced technology was shared only because it suited their criminal purposes. They also commanded the Egyptians to build the great pyramids, which they secretly planned to use for their observatories. Every mason and architect in the land was forcably enlisted..

Fortunately, there was one Sphinxoid who went in secret to the builders since they seemed to be the smartest people around, and were not so easily fooled.

His name was Horus.

The Sphinxoids had some pretty impressive alien powers. They could walk through walls, make themselves practically invisible, make things disappear before your eyes,

and could steal anything that was not nailed down.

They were not, however, invincible, and they had their weaknesses.

The masons and builders thus became guardians of the precious secrets that would help to keep the Sphinxoids from taking over everything. And we guard these secrets down to this very day, protecting the uninformed world at large from the potential of alien take-over and the destruction of all we hold dear.

Sphinxoids are incredibly skillful at the arts of Villany.

They can change shape to resemble almost anything they wish,

and there is no crime they will not stoop to commit.

Have you ever locked yourself out of your house or car when you just knew you had your keys with you?

Have you ever done laundry and found that a single sock was invariably missing?

Have forces of nature interferred with the broadcast of your TV,radio or satellite dish?

Do your computer files fail at the most inconvenient times?

Does your computer seem to play tricks on you when you can least afford for things to go wrong?

Do you have an inordinate amount of cookies or viruses attacking your hard drive?

Worst of all--do you go to turn on the TV to listen to that Mozart opera broadcast you'd been looking forward to--and the reception is so bad that you're sorry you ever even bothered?

Chances are you have already been victimized by the Sphinxoids!

But all is not lost! You do have friends in the universe!

The Brotherhood of the Society of Horus also has knowledge of their weaknesses, and we are diligent in our mission to protect you and everyone else on this planet.

Sphinxoids are very fond of chocolate, and would kill their own mothers to get some. Sometimes they can be bought off with gifts of chocolate and even a good cup of hot coffee. We serve coffee and Mozartkugeln at the Mozart Cafe every day, and we use Nutella on all our toast.

Sphinxoids are also deathly afraid of dachshunds, and will avoid the little sausages like the plague. If you don't believe me, just spend some time around a dachshund and you'll find out why they can be so intimidating.

Last of all, Sphinxoids are deathly afraid of music. The better the music, the worse they despise it. In fact, this is their greatest weakness of all, and one of the reasons why I was recruited into the Brotherhood in the first place. This is why they have tried for years to fill the world with loud, offensively bad rock music with such inspired lyrics as, "O baby, O baby, O baby...", and more of that sort of thing. Their hatred of music is so complete that there have been plots on my life and reputation over the years that make me blush with shame for how low they can stoop. Why, they have even tried to discredit members of my family, as well.

Anyway, you have something now to start on, although there is, in reality, much more...

This empty hall at the left was once a Sphinxoid stronghold--but no longer. It has been protected for many years by fierce guardian dachshunds, and is still a special meeting place for the Brotherhood when the serious occasions arise.

My own first encounter with the Sphinxoids came very shortly after I went on the Field, and it is a story so scary and so gruesome that I must wait until I've had another cup of coffee before I proceed.

Horus was actually the son of the King and Queen of his people, and he wasn't at all interested in something so "silly" as the conquest of Earth. He was so annoyed with the self-appointed Queen, Anukis (in reality, the captain of their ship. Horus had been sent along as a sort of ambassador) that he enlisted the aid of the Egyptian masons and architects, offering to share some of hs secrets if they would help him to construct an escape pod. His launch station was cunningly hidden away in secret recesses of what's known as the Pyramid of Cheops.