Kur

Hailing from the outermost depths of the cosmos, this warlike species roams the galaxy hunting planets to subjugate, earning the label of globalists. The name Kur was coined by the Serpo. Out of their suits they look much like Earth's octopuses, with a cluster of tentacles for a mouth and bodies that vary in size. Being soft-bodied, they cannot endure a planet's atmosphere for long without an exosuit, and while they can manage briefly when exposed, the limit before death runs under a day.

The Kur treat conquered species as raw material. To them, the inhabitants of seized worlds are mainly stock for building exosuits, with especially capable lifeforms prized as candidates for superior suits. They will repurpose whatever the dead leave behind and may enslave survivors, as they did when reshaping the Serpo into minions turned against Momo. Despite this brutality, they welcome strong outsiders into their ranks, Saint-Germain being one such non-Kur member, and at least one Advance Unit operator appears to be a humanoid alien rather than an octopus-like Kur.

Their military power is staggering. They overran the Jet Booster Exosuit operator's homeworld and pushed the Sumerians to near extinction during the invasion of Sumer, holding the advantage even as resistance dragged on. With only a handful of members on Earth, they crushed the Serpo and looted their advanced technology. They proved overwhelming against superhuman humans, who only barely overcame the Advance Unit after training. Their numbers are structured small but their reach is vast, with the estimated main force at least a million strong, and an alliance with Saint-Germain makes them an even graver danger.

During the Kintama Hunt Saga, the Kur raided a Serpo base, killing the clones and stealing data about the Family, with Rokuro Serpo barely surviving to seek Momo's help. In the Space Globalists Arc, the Advance Unit ambushed Jiji, Aira, and Okarun in Empty Space, defeating them and extracting Okarun's kintama to power a warp gate that would summon the main fleet. Momo destroyed an attacking clone-controller, the Imotako, with her Moe Moe Tri-Beam. Across the climactic Kur Invasion, the Family fought back, learned Bamora's tragic Sumerian past through her aura, and reclaimed the kintama with Kinta's nanoskin help, yet the main fleet still poured through the gate before Reiko Kashima entered Empty Space and annihilated the entire armada by replicating her mirror across the city, trapping their remains inside it.

The Advance Unit, a team of ten led by Hastur, handled the Earth operation, tasked with eliminating Bamora and calling in the main force. Its members include the Suda Ko, Takonoka Ru Patcho, Ta Komeshi, Ta Koshin Jo, Ta Kowasa, the Head Exosuit Kur, the Mantis Exosuit Kur, and the humanoid Jet Booster Exosuit operator. The notorious Saint-Germain stands as a non-Kur collaborator. After the invasion, the Jet Booster operator survived suitless and was approached by Saint-Germain with an offer of aid, leading into the Kozuka Knives Arc.