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{{about|the secret organization to which the [[X-Naut]]s belong to|the army subgroup|[[X-Nauts (platoon)]]}}
The '''X-Naut Legion''', aka the '''Secret Society of the X-Nauts''', is an evil organization of aliens called [[X-Nauts]] that is lead by [[Grodus]]. The X-Nauts' plan: to use the [[Crystal Stars]] to unleash the soul of a 1,000-year-old demon (that'd be the [[Shadow Queen]]) and conquer the world. The [[X-Naut Fortress]], their base of operations, is located on [[the Moon]].
{{group infobox
|image=[[File:XNautInsignia.png]]<br>Insignia of the X-Nauts
|leader=[[Grodus]]
|members=[[Doopliss]]<br>[[Lord Crump]]<br>[[TEC]]<br>[[Three Shadows]]<br>[[X-Nauts (platoon)]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|member_species=[[Duplighost]]<br>[[X-Naut]]<br>[[Yux]]<Br>[[X-Yux]]<br>[[Z-Yux]]
}}
{{quote|We {{color|red|X-Nauts}} aren't all rainbows and lollipops. I could assure you, we could be quite nasty.|Grodus|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
The '''X-Nauts''' is an evil organization led by [[Grodus]] that serves as the main antagonists in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]. The majority of the operatives are also called [[X-Naut]]s, though there are other classes of soldiers and creatures in Grodus' employ. Many of the footsoldiers are part of the [[X-Nauts (platoon)|X-Naut platoon]]. Their base of operations is the [[X-Naut Fortress]], which is located on the [[moon]].
==History==
[[File:PMTTYD Twilight Town battle.png|thumb|left|[[X-Nauts (platoon)|X-Naut platoon]] vs. [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Clan]].]]
[[File:PMTTYD Grodus Artwork.png|200px|thumb|[[Grodus]], leader of the X-Nauts]]
All that is known about the X-Nauts stems from their failed plan to conquer the world using a 1,000-year-old demon known as the [[Shadow Queen]]. Grodus somehow came in contact with a trio of sisters known collectively as the [[Three Shadows]], who told him that the Shadow Queen could only be released from her prison if the seven [[Crystal Stars]] were collected, and a vessel provided for her disembodied soul to possess. The X-Nauts kidnapped [[Princess Peach]] to use as the vessel, and [[Mario]] was manipulated into gathering the Crystal Stars in an attempt to save her from her captors.


However, Grodus had been misled by the Three Shadows, and when he tried to command the resurrected Shadow Queen to do his bidding, she destroyed his body. Grodus' robotic head, his second-in-command, [[Lord Crump]], and two regular [[X-Naut|X-Naut soldier]]s and two [[Elite X-Naut]]s were last seen in [[Poshley Heights]], as [[TEC]] destroyed their fortress earlier, and reportedly reformed for the better.
==Supreme Leader==
{{br|left}}
[[Grodus|Sir Grodus]]


==Technology==
==Operatives of the X-Naut Legion==
*[[TEC|TEC-XX]]
*[[Lord Crump]] - Second in Command
*[[Magnus von Grapple]]
*[[Shadow Sirens]] - (However, the Shadow Sirens were using the X-Nauts to release the [[Shadow Queen]].)
*[[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]]
**[[Beldam]]
**[[Doopliss]]
**[[Marilyn]]
**[[Vivian]] - former operative, now ally of [[Mario]]
 
==Agents of the X-Naut Legion==
[[X-Naut]]s, what else?
 
==Weapons used==
*[[Magnus Von Grapple Robots]]
*[[Superbombomb]]
*[[Superbombomb]]
*[[Teleporter (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Teleporter]]
*[[TEC-XX|TEC-XX (aka TEC)]]
*[[X-Naut ship]]
*[[Teleportation Device|Teleporter]]
 
*[[Yux]]
==Pronunciation==
It is unclear whether the organization's name is supposed to be pronounced "ecks-naughts" or "cross-naughts", as there is evidence for both sides.
*Some dialogue only makes sense if "ecks" is used, such as Koops comparing them to "tissues...to the extreme".<!--when meeting Punio just before chapter 2-->
*The [[Tattle]] for most X-Naut soldiers goes "''an'' X-Naut" rather than "''a'' X-Naut", implying "ecks".
*The [[X-Yux]]'s Tattle specifies that it's pronounced "cross-yux".
*"Cross-naughts" would be a reference to Naughts and Crosses (i.e. [[wikipedia:tic-tac-toe|tic-tac-toe]]).
*[[TEC|TEC-XX]]'s name would be a suitable piece of foreshadowing to be pronounced "double cross".
*Other languages call the group by a name based on "cross".


==Names in other languages==
==Hideouts/Locations==
{{foreign names
*[[Creepy Steeple]] - Doopliss'
|Jap=メガバッテン
*[[X-Naut Fortress]] - Base of Operations
|JapR=Megabatten
|JapM=From「眼鏡」(''megane'', "eyeglasses") and「罰点」(''batten'', "X mark")
|ChiS=X军团
|ChiSR=X Jūntuán
|ChiSM=X Corps
|ChiT=X軍團<ref>{{cite|title=紙片瑪利歐RPG <nowiki>|</nowiki> Nintendo Switch <nowiki>|</nowiki> 任天堂|url=https://www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/a9qda|publisher=www.nintendo.com.hk|accessdate=April 10, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiTR=X Jūntuán
|ChiTM=X Corps
|Dut=Kruistronauten
|DutM=From ''kruis'' ("cross") and ''astronaut''
|Fre=Mégacruxis
|FreM=From Japanese name and ''crux'' (Latin word for "cross"), with French suffix ''-is''
|Ger=Crucionen
|GerM=From ''crux'' (Latin word for "cross") and possibly the Finnish diminutive ''-onen''
|Ita=Incrociati
|ItaM=Possibly from ''incrociare'' ("to cross") and ''crociati'' (plural of ''crociato'', meaning "crusader")
|Kor=메가엑스
|KorR=Mega Ekseu
|KorM=Mega-X
|Spa=Mega X
|SpaM=Adaptation from the Japanese name
}}


==References==
==Enemies of the X-Nauts==
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