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'''Darklings''' are creatures or machines possessed by the [[Ing]]. They were the [[Luminoth|Luminoth's]] first contact with the Ing.<ref name="The Ing Attack">{{cite|The day came when space was torn asunder, revealing dimensional rifts to a dark place. Horrible dark swarms streaked forth from these rifts, engulfing nearby creatures and transforming them into what we could come to call darklings. The dark creatures became our enemies, and peace came to an end on Aether.|Luminoth Lore|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> Darklings become stronger and more resilient, but inherit the Ing's vulnerability to the [[Light Beam]]. They can sometimes gain added or enhanced abilities such as the ability to phase in [[Dark Pirate Commando]]s or the [[Dark Diligence Drone]]s unleashing their energy at a much higher rate than [[Diligence Class Drone|Diligence Drones]] can.<ref>{{cite|The Ing prize the few Pirate Commandos they manage to take alive. Only Hunter Ing are allowed to possess the Commandos, and the competition for that right is fierce among them. The Hunter Ing ability to phase out of local timespace carries over to the Dark Pirate Commando. They will fire bursts of dark matter at enemies, along with experimental EMP grenades stolen from the Space Pirates.|Logbook|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref>  

{{Luminoth Lore|The New Terror|In time, the Ing began to possess Luminoth as well as creatures. Friends and family members became the enemy, spilling Luminoth blood across the land. Desperate, we devised shielding to prevent Ing possession. It was effective, but not perfect. Should the shielding fail, all Luminoth were prepared to self-terminate rather than become a weapon for the Ing.<ref name="The New Terror"/>}}

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