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101 Alien Species1. Izumrudnyi

Mostly humanoid aliens, distinguished by bodily markings and green skin.

Inexplicably russian accents when run through the translator.. !acer

A race consisting o" one entity split across multiple subdi#isons, or perhapsmultiple parts that make up one whole$ made up o" thousands o" single%celled

organisms working in concert, they inhabit pressurised suits to operate

machinery and tools.&. 'yrexi

Silicon%based li"e containing a radioacti#e core that keeps their internals at

hundreds o" degrees, permitting speedy chemical reactions. (aturally, this

gi#es them the appearance o" humanoids made o" near%molten rock.). )* D’athri

+he -athri took to space in such a way to make +errans look gun shy. +hey

can be "ound in small numbers in and around e#ery space port in /nownSpace.

Full Description

+he -athri are ust about e#erywhere in /nown Space. I" you are near a

space port or in a cosmopolitan region, you will probably see a "ew in the

crowd.

+hey are o" humanoid stock with "airly standard proportions. +hey are shorter

than arthStock 23umans* 145 cms 67%10 cm 25-5 67%&* on a#erage.

+heir complexion is a pale green to a medium one due to symbiotic

cytoplasts that li#e in their system. !oth genders ha#e 8uite sparse black hair

2as most species measure these things* on their heads and down to their mid

back. +hey tend to wear their hair 2and their clothes* in something that

approximates local "ashion. Sometimes they will wear hair pieces or wigs as

well. +his e9ect can sometimes be comical, but it seems not to bother them.

+heir "aces appear that o" a noseless human. +he -athri actually breath

through two tiny slits, co#ered in a membrane, on their "ace to either side o"

their mouth between their mouth and their eyes. +hey ha#e two "an ears on

the side o" their head. +hese 10 cm7) appendeges are excellent recie#ers o"

sound.

Primary Habitat

+he -athri thri#e in en#ironments on the colder edge o" the standard

habitable range. 3owe#er, they actually pre"er warmer temperatures. :hile

they are nati#e to low presure en#ironments, they are uni8uely adapted to


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"unction in a "ull #ariety o" pressures. +hey can li#e ust about anywhere with

no real discom"ort.

In short, while they are com"ortable in their home biorange, they actually like

to li#e in di9erent conditions 2unlike most races that simply re"use*. +his is

one o" the reasons why they ha#e dispersed to the eight directions intospace. +hey are somewhat com"ortable ust about anywhere.

(ote; 3umans need light eni#ro suits, or deep cold weather gear and atmo

enrichers to "unction in the median -athri range "or any length o" time.

Additional Information

+heir homeworld and primary colonies ust happen to be energy resource rich

locations. +hus energy companies and work are #ery common occupations "or

them.

+hough they ha#e dispersed to the eight directions o" space, they ha#e

brought most o" their culture with them. :hile they will ende#or to blend in

while at work or outside, they will li#e like they were on the homeworld 2or

as well as they can* when they are home. +he details are unimportant but

think pillows, tapestries, and #ery salty and mushy "ood.

:hile the "amily is important, and one should concede to the elder, e#eryone

likes to be independents. It is "airly traditional to those who want some

independence to mo#e away "rom their "amily when they can.

+heir culture tends towards small organizations. +hey do not trust or likecorporations. +hey tend to ha#e small businesses. +he closest thing they

ha#e to a large business is a trust, a number o" small businesses that roughly

work together closely.


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+hey dislike strangers and those in power, but once they get to know you,

you become "amily. +his dislike o" people they don-t already know is what

gi#es -athri a reputation "or being somewhat curt or politely rude.

>-skar is the name o" their ancient holy leader. +he name holds a special

place in their culture, much like ?esus does in the @atin American one. Mostmales ha#e this rst name. +hey seem to know who they are talking about,

e#en i" you don-t. +his can lead to a little commedy. =or example.

Bou need to talk to >-skar.

+he one that runs the epotC

(o, you need >-skar o" the "ood cart.

+hat oneC

(o the one with the better "ood cart. 5. Dalorians. !ug%like, highly intelligent, amphibious. +hin tentacles, thick shell.

Short%range but wide%spectrum. Incredible hearing thanks to antennae.

Microwa#e bursts "or sel"%de"ense. ntire non%mystical.4. SaEcrontor. Snake%"olks 2non%poisonous*. +iny t%rex arms that "old up into their

torso "or "ast slithering. Mercantile tendencies.F. !udetug. Another bug%like species, 10 arms7legs, thin shell. Good low%light

#ision, excellent cra"ters. Stubborn. 'aranoid about genetic mutation, but only

within their own species % they li#ed in radioacti#e en#ironments and

mutations are more o"ten harm"ul than not, so mutated children were put to

death "or millennia.H. Inuueliting. ln, thin, tall, hollow bones, #ery old species. Se#eral sub%

species; one is gold with "our arms, one has buttery wings, one has light%

absorbing skin 2mystical*, one looks #ery human with sil#er skin. I" your

setting has room "or treeships and genetic engineers, these "olks t the bill.J. Archangels. 3umanoid, golden metallic armor%carapaces, terrible sharp

wings, claws on hands. Strong moral code. Mystical, but in a di9erent and

limited manner.10.


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1).Valnorians

+hese lo#ely people had the un"ortunate luck o" li#ing adacent to a

zenophobic bug race and a species that would de"end their colonies .

Appearance +hey are "airly classic protosimian humanoids. escripti#ely they are o"

medium build, which means they seem 8uite stocky "or lower gee people. In

"act, they are only 140%145 cms tall 25-&%5-5*. +heir coloration is that o" a

light tan with orange hints, like a +aldaran 2Mediterranean tan*. +heir hair

ranges "rom white to medium browns.


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o" their culture has been lost to them, but they keep bits and pieces. +he two

strongest pieces, since they ne#er de#eloped the concept o" religion, are the

+wo 'illars o" +hought.

Pol!uor%+he Moral System is a philosophy emphasizing personal and go#ernmental

morality, correctness o" social relationships, ustice and sincerity. 'ol8uor-s

principles, as set down by the ) Great +hinkers, include strong "amilial

loyalty, ancestor worship, respect o" elders by their children 2and, according

to later interpreters, o" husbands by their wi#es*, and the "amily as a basis "or

an ideal go#ernment.

+he key to the Moral system is simple well%known principle, o not do to

others what you do not want done to yoursel" .

"eelsh or #e$alism

is actually rather a pragmatic political philosophy, with maxims like when

the epoch changed, legalism is the act o" "ollowing all laws, and its essential

principle is one o" urisprudence. @egalism here can bear the meaning o"

political philosophy that upholds the rule o" law. +here is a trinity o" key

belie"s.

'rinciple; +he law code must be clearly written and made public. All people

under the ruler were e8ual be"ore the law. @aws should reward those who

obey them and punish accordingly those who dare to break them. +hus it isguaranteed that actions taken are systemically predictable. In addition, the

system o" law ran the state, not the ruler. I" the law is success"ully en"orced,

e#en a weak ruler will be strong.

Method; Special tactics and secrets are to be employed by the ruler to

make sure others don-t take o#er control o" the state. specially important is

that no one can "athom the ruler-s moti#ations, and thus no one can know

which beha#ior might help them getting ahead$ except "or "ollowing the laws.

@egitimacy; It is the position o" the ruler, not the ruler himsel", that holds thepower. +here"ore, analysis o" the trends, the context, and the "acts are

essential "or a real ruler.

+he Dalnorians apply these philosophies towards e#ery go#ernment they are

under. +hey like a good discussion. Most o" the time, things work$ but there

are times when it causes extreme issues. Since the +wo 'illars are all they

ha#e le"t, they hold on to them rigidly.


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%he &estaurants

+hat is not completely true. +he true key to their cultural sur#i#al is u know the type, 3umans, l#enti, and some modied other races,

that some elder species wanted to see in one place at one time. +he wards

are a small humanoid race. A bit more odd than most, li#ing in the cramped

dark spaces. :hile durable and intelligent, they could achie#e no le#el o"

dominance. +hey are relati#ely weak. Kpon the ad#ent o" Star


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almost any space.

Mentality;

+heir personality has been likened to that o" a ?ackal. +hey are sca#engers,

pack oriented, and #icious 2when they think they can get away with it*. In

more ci#ilized packs, #icious is more social % insults and taunts% thanaggressi#e. +hey are instincti#ely cowardly unless they are in large numbers,

generations o" being low beings on the totem pole has breed that into

them.

+hey ha#e been poor "or so many generations, they are almost more

com"ortable sca#enging than earning a passible li#ing in a machine shop or

engine. A task which they are innitely suited.

+hey dislike wide open spaces. +heir eyes dislike "ull sunlight as well. +hey

are most happy in dark, cramped spaces, pre"erably with moist steam.

2Steam :orks are ideal.*

+heir uni8ue gi"ts were unappreciated until the ad#ent o" +echnology. +heir

durability, exibility, and mechanical aptitude makes them exceptional

mechanics. +hey can repair many de#ices and engines "rom the inside and

while the machine is still running. Many will use this talent to help people

build machines, while others will use it to strip them bare so they can sell the

parts 2or re%use them in their own machines*.

+hey ha#e a little in the way o" psionic gi"ts. +his is not enough "or them to be

"ull talents, but enough to work tech synching crystal tech.

+his race was born to be engineers.14.+he Genligra

+his species has two homeplanets.

Derden is the point o" origin. +he Genligra are standard chemistry and

proportion humanoids with slightly longer legs and shorter arms than normal.

+heir a#ataristic ancestors were a#ian%saurian mixes. +hey descended "rom

larger iers that opted to run and walk to a#oid the megayiers and sur#i#e ameteor strike that descimated the early li"e population.

I" one is aware o" such things, one can see their ancestory in them. +hey are

light stepping digigrade 2toe walking* "eet. +hey are alert and grace"ul in their

motions. +hey ha#e a crest 2where head hair is* o" downey so"t

psuedo"eathers o" a creme range coloration. 2+hink a mass o" cremey brown

u9y yway hair that both genders keep 8uite long.* +his crest runs along


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their shoulders as well, leading to a lot o" o9 the shoulder draping clothing "or

them. +heir plain skin is a #ariety o" darker browns 2lighter i" they are "rom

>tra#erden stock*. +hey are 8uite striking to most speciesE asthetic.

+heir "ace is dominated by their two main "eatures. +he rst is there large

and wide eyes. +he are 8uite dark in coloration, but 8uite expresi#e. +hesecond is there large but narrow nose that runs "rom ust abo#e their eyes to

ust abo#e their narrow lips. +hey ha#e no beak like proto"eature.

Yes, they are human's in bird suits. Take a human, put them in lifts, and give

them cool costumes, prosthetic hair, and large narrow latex noses. Blame my

upbringing on Dr. ho and !tar Trek "rigina series.

+he Genligra hold the record "or "astest ad#ance "rom protoci#ilization to

spaceight. +he secret o" their success is ob#ious to those who know their

homesystem$ they ha#e another planet that is close enough to see details o"

with the naked eye most o" the year. +his other land or sky land inspired them

to reach "or it. :hile they bypassed certain technologies along the way, they

shi"ted "rom rock chippers to ci#ilization, achie#ed airight 2and were 8uite

adept at it* and spaceight, in a mere 5000 cycles. +hey had explored their

entire system by the time staright contact was made.

As a species they are not any more technically capable than any other, they

simply ha#e more moti#ation than most. +heir specialties tend towards

#ehicles, construction, and song, as do most proto%a#ians. +hey tend to be

gregarious and adapt well to aliens.

As "or the two home planets....

+here are "ew systems that ha#e ideally habitable planets. It is "ewer yet that

ha#e two. Armarilyo III and ID are sister planets. !oth in close orbits and both

well within the standard li"e range.

Derden de#eloped "ull sentient li"e. +he Genligra hold the record "or "astest

ad#ance "rom protoci#ilization to spaceight. +he secret o" their success is

ob#ious. +hey ha#e another planet that is close enough to see details o" with

the naked eye most o" the year. +his other land or sky land inspired them toreach "or it. :hile they bypassed certain technologies along the way, they

shi"ted "rom rock chippers to ci#ilization and achie#ed airight 2and were

8uite adept at it* and spaceight in a mere 5000 cycles.

>tra#erden is a lo#ely and wild world e#en to date. ItEs most intelligent

li"e"orms are proto%sentients o" the a8uatic nature 2'suedowhales that are

dolphin%esk*. +he Genligra were able to 8uickly explored and colonized


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>tra#erden. +he trade and tra#el between the worlds created a #ibrant

culture. +hey had explored their entire system 2and were totally stymied on

how to go "tl* when rst contact was made.1F.Aven

A#en are roughly humanoid "orm, with a shape similar to a terrestrial gorilla. +hey are about F5O the size o" a terrestiral gorilla. +hey ha#e boney7shell

plates along all their maor muscle groups, on their "orearms, chest, back up

their neck to the head, knees, and "eet. +hey are bithermal, re8uiring external

temperatures to moderate and control their metabolism 2not 8uite cold

blooded, but not completely warm blooded eitehr*. Knder their plates 2which

will come o9 and e#entually regrow* is a thick pliant pink skin. It is

completely waterproo". +heir eye stalks gi#e them broad spectrum #ision into

in"rared and the lower ultra#iolet. +heir nati#e habitat is low shallows, usually

along the coasts... so they can utilize their amphibeous nature. :hile they

pre"er easy to access wet and dry en#ironments, they can handle more

extreme 2"rom their point o" #iew* without too much trouble "or days at a time

without ad#erse medical issues.


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power em broadcast. 2And utilize #oice control o#er most o" their

technology*. +heir nati#e technologies are biotech and uid dynamics

2plumbing*, utilizing their exotic chemistries, magnetic harmonics, and

pressure controls. +he biotech tools tend to ha#e more "ruit in them and are

either much smaller or #astly larger than the /lerex. >nce they achie#ed

spaceight, they were able to utilize more metals and #arious carbon "orms2which are all exotic in their habitats o" choice.*

It is because o" their electromagnetic sensiti#ity that they are able to

communicate with inbanders or those "rom more con#entional biosystems

o" carbon and some metal, and li8uid water. +he shipEs local network ust was

on the outside o" the M range they used "or communication.


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on. +hose that do well do #ery well, those that do badly risk becoming

outcasts. !ecause making mistakes is part o" being sapient and e#en a minor

one "rom "ar into someone-s past can be a huge issue, "raud is rampant. +his

can range "rom padding an achie#ements document to outright lying.

3istory; +he Leborn are gigantic creatures o" the past that ha#e died out and

then reborn through ad#anced genetic research. >nly the one "actor thatwasn-t expected is they turned out to ha#e "ar more intelligence than anyone

could ha#e guessed and escaped. +hey #anished "rom the lab and then the

world.


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Social; (. Dol doesn-t ha#e a society as most would understand it. Most o" the

machines that make up the race simply lack the ability to participate in any

meaning"ul way. +hose that ha#e the ability rarely interact with other

sapients and a#oid doing so because they are aware they do not understand

the dri#es o" others. +he ones that are capable o" dealing with other sapients

are ele#ated in importance because their insight can be used to "acilitateunderstanding and a#oid the disastrous mistakes o" the past. (. Dol usually

take names "orm other sapients as their designations are usually hundreds o"

thousands o" characters long and contain characters "rom multiple alphabets

including se#eral that are thought long since extinct.

3istory; +he (eusann Dol are "ormer construction de#ices programmed to

o#ercome any obstacle to whate#er task they ha#e been set on.

Kn"ortunately "or the builders, that included circum#enting any attempt to

control the primiti#e (. Dol. +hese building machines became a scourge,

wiping their creators completely "rom history and becoming unwitting

marauders and a nightmare "or the rest o" the galaxy. >nly a chance

e#olution brought "orth the current wa#e o" intelligences that stopped the

mindless destruction. +his is e#ent re"erred to as the Awakening..Asi

'hysical escription; +he Asi are an armor plated race who resemble delicate

bipedal dinosaurs with color"ul integuments o" scales co#ering their bodies.

+hey shed these scales two or three times during their li#es. uring their

times o" shedding, they retire "rom society and li#e almost hermit%like li#es.

+he rst shedding marks physical and sexual maturity. =ew Asi reach their

third shedding, but those that do are traditionally considered wise and

somewhat transcendent beings.

Asi are strict herbi#ores, and are #aguely repulsed by such things as huntingand keeping cattle "or meat.

Society; At one point, approximately a millenium ago, the Asi had a #ast

empire, spanning two solar systems. It expanded largely by peace"ul means

o" cultural saturation and trade, rather than through military "orce. +heir

sprawling empire became an ungainly bureaucratic entity, and when

su9ering a crushing de"eat at the hands o" the /eross, it started unra#elling.

+oday, the Asi control only three planets, and they ha#e abandoned their

expansionist ways in "a#or o" building a Ebeauti"ul societyE. +his society is

based on the idea that adult li"e has three parts, the Indi#idualistic 2where theAsi is sel"%centered and primarily seeks pleasure "or its own sake*, the (esting

2where the Asi "ocuses on breeding, care%gi#ing and creating a home* and the

Societal 2the Asi directs her energy at society and seeks to impro#e it*. It is

up to the indi#idual Asi to decide in which order she wants to li#e these three

Eli#esE. +here are schools o" thought on the subect o" which order is the best

"or the indi#idual, "or the "amily unit, and "or the larger society. >nly

indi#iduals in the Societal phase may hold political oPce. +he means o"


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go#ernment is a rather ine9ectual representati#e democracy, "ull o" idealists

and demagogues railing against each other.

Asi ha#e two genders, who enoy "ull e8uality.


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endurance. It has to do with the lower atmosphere pressure 2thus lower

>xygen density* o" the air they are in. +hink mountain top "or a normal

human and you will get the idea.

+hey will also be 8uite clumsy in lower gra#ities until they learn how to

adust. :ith a little time and e9ort, they can take to microgra#ity like a duckto water. +hey like the articial microgra#ities en#ironments because they

can adust atmos suits to their > pressure$ in a space habitat, they can

adust the gra#ity rings in their 8uarters to a "ull & Gs.

+ropians ha#e "ame because it is the homeworld o" +he !arnum Show, a


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possess certain specialized skin cells 2nce the concepts o" playing cards7tiles were shown to them, they ha#e

taken to the games o" skilled chance like 3exeg to a shallow mating pool.

(ote; +hough they do like to compete with each other, competition should

ne#er get in the way o" getting the ob done. +hey ne#er compete "or status


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or position in times o" crisis or mid process. +his concept is what allows them

to work together. 2>" course, work groups will sometimes compete... to get

more done.*

In space, they utilize low g, intertia dampers, and water mists to "unction in a

mixed habitat with other species. I" other en#ironments they are o"ten in aspherical ball de#ice, which has "our tenticles "or manipulation. +he de#ice

rolls on wheels or in areas with more energy a#ailable, anti%gra#.5.+he planetoid dubbed >lympus by its human disco#erers circles a black

hole dubbed +artarus by the same. A"ter detailed in#estigation o" the

planetoid, data reinterpreted "rom the radiation o" the 8uantum rewall, and

surrounding space debris, it has been hypothesized that +artarus was once a

stupendously dense and enormous sphere o" computronium o" unknown

origin. >lympus seems to be a complex and "antastical biomechanical

ecosystem gi#ing li"e to a now%lost #irtual world, possibly the last o" many. At

some point, +artarus reached a certain critical mass and collapsed under its

own weight. +he drones on the planet, cut o9 "rom the original signal, ha#e

become garbled and unpredictable. +he drones "eed o9 the radiation and

in"ormational static gi#en o9 by +artarusEs rewall to supply new, emergent

"orms o" consciousness.

>n >lympus, the !iorones come in many startling a#ors and #arieties, and

the #ery "unctions o" the earth and wind are go#erned by sentient, embodied

programs. +hese constructions are highly mutable and do not "eature strict

speciation and physical sex so much as general trends in beha#ior. =or the

most part thereEs a comprehensi#e hierarchy o" biopower, with massi#e

beings holding ultimate say o#er the motions and urges o" the mountains andoceans. A litany o" success"ully smaller god%monsters roam the globe, in

small enough number to stimulate the en#ironment more than o#erwhelm it.

+hese #ary "rom li#ing nuclear power%plants with wings made o" crystal to the

relati#ely minor (ymph%Morphs that bond with trees, streams and boulders.

A #ariety o" sentient ci#ilized species li#e, with #arying le#els o" technology

and agricultural methods.

!iorones can nd their ankety code entangled in unexpected ways, leading

to bizarre e#ents like otherwise%normal humanoids spontaneously de#eloping

the ability to turn #ast #olumes o" matter into cobalt with a touch, and cross%breedings or trans"ormations occurring a"ter sexual contact with e#erything

"rom statues to cattle to the sky itsel". In general, the greater the intensity o"

contact and the potency o" the entities in#ol#ed, the more likely it is that

in"ormation will become garbled in some way.

!iorones cease to "unction beyond the radiation o" the +artaran =irewall and

8uickly die, as they not only re8uire its radiation "or physical li"e, their minds

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exist only on the cloud. >lympians can immediately detect outsiders, due to

their lack o" presence on the cloud$ they cannot "ully comprehend a conscious

being that has no


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+here culture is possible only because o" :eather +randuction +owers used to

manipulate the weather by controlling solar exposure and

ambient temps. +his keeps things a com"ortable temperature almost all the

time and keeps weather towards the pleasant and rain"all when and where it

is needed.

+hough they do not liked to talk about it, they had a con"used and

disturbed culture, much like 3umans do. It is only through the use

o" logic, willpower, and willingness to gi#e up upon the material, that they

were able to make a transcendent culture % working together

to make a paradise.

I" you dig archeologically in the wrong places, you will disco#er that they did

ha#e a wild culture. +hat culture was then destroyed by mad

weather, allegedly wielded by a mad genius 2called Manorr* wanting world

domination. It seems the current Manorr are descendents o" those that li#ed

in the Mad GeniusEs biodomes, to create a per"ect "uture society. So they

killed o9 JHO o" the population, then succeeded in creating a per"ect society.H.Galec

+he Galec are humanoids with digigrade "eet and elongated hands. +hey

ha#e broad noses with distinctly%shaped nostrils 2"acing le"t and right, rather

than down*, +heir skin was a yellowish%brown color. +heir "oreheads ha#e a

slight ridge%like protrusion, with wa#ey brown hair that ows away "rom the

ridge. 3air loss is inne#itable as they grow older, so they are in #arying

degrees o" bald depending on their age 2thus older Galec o"ten ha#e mulletlike haircuts*.

+hey are known to be serious traders and treat interpersonal relationships as

business deals. +hey always are "air and extreme in making sure that gi"ts

are returned in kind.J.+omonodoshio

Appearance;

'hysically, nomonodoshio appear similar in "orm to the demon in the mo#ie

$umpkinhead, which gi#es most humans pause when they encounter them.

+heyEre roughly F"t 26m* tall, but walk with a slight hunch or crouch. +heir

skin is mottled grey and appears reptilian and tough, like alligator hide. +heir

limbs are gangly, and their legs bend backwards at the knees, like a

grasshopper. +heir ngers are long and ha#e "our oints, while their "eet

appear much like a raptor dinosaurEs$ clawed and triple%toed. +hey ha#e "our

small holes or gills where their nose would be, openings low on the sides o"

their heads "or ears, and their eyes are o#al and completely black. +heir

mouths are wide, and their sharp serrated teeth lie in multiple rows, like a


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sharkEs. :hen they bite, their aw uts "orward, thrusting the rst rows o"

teeth unner#ingly out beyond the mouth by about three inches to grasp

whate#er they would consume. 2#en more unner#ingly to humans, this

seems to be the sum total o" the nomonodoshiosE "acial expressions, and itEs

o"ten unclear whether the Edoshios do this when amused, angry, con"used,

happy, or all o" the abo#e.* I" they wear clothing at all, they tend to "a#or onlyloose, owing robes o" silk or ne linen, simply draped o#er their shoulders.

!ackground;

#ery galaxy needs an ancient, enigmatic and entirely alien race, and the

nomonodoshios are it. +heyEre not xenophobic, and will indeed interact with

almost any other species... but they are "rustratingly #ague when talking

about themsel#es. 3owe#er, itEs ob#ious that the Edoshios are an extremely

ancient and ad#anced race, as e#ery one o" them so "ar encountered has had

some bionic enhancements that are seamlessly integrated into their bodies,

e#en though itEs most o"ten impossible to tell exactly what the gra"ts do.

+heir technology is largely organic, and itEs assumed that they are procient

with nanotech, so much o" these enhancements are hard to discern unless

one knows what to look "or in nomonodoshio anatomy. ItEs also theorized that

much o" their technology is run #ia biochemical or e#en psychic means, since

they o"ten appear to communicate with each other, operate their machinery,

or access data les without actually carrying any sort o" e8uipment on them.

+his has lead to the prominent belie" that the Edoshio actually ha#e

biochemical nanocomputers integrated into their physical bodies, which they

operate ust by thinking about it. +his allows these beings to silently and

instantly share in"ormation amongst any others o" their race, or with any o"

their organic computers, within their mental range. #en their space cra"tseem to be piloted and operated #ia this mental connection. So "ar, it has

been impossible "or Edoshio organic technology to directly interact with any

other racesE tech, such as computer linking, unless the aliens specically

modi"y their e8uipment to do so 2which they ha#e no diPculties doing*. +heir

nanotech also seems to allow "or rapid healing o" e#en grie#ous inuries, and

#ague re"erences dropped by some o" the aliens indicates that they li#e

naturally "or hundreds, i" not thousands, o" years.

+heir high%tech mastery also gi#es them what no other race in the galaxy

has; (o +ime +ransit. +his =+@ dri#e allows a Edoshio starship to instantlytransport itsel" to any other destination within range. +he dri#es take some

time to power up, but a ourney co#ering hundreds o" light years is then

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home system or planet. (o one knows what go#ernment system they might

ha#e, or what their "amily structures may be. (o one can e#en tell i" the

indi#iduals that meet with other races are military, ci#ilian, ambassadors,

clergy, or anything else. Mostly they ask 8uestions about other species, but

tend to ignore 8uestions about their own origins, abilities, or society. +hey all

seem distant and almost dismissi#e 2in "act, a bit rude* during con#ersations,but most open%minded xeno%sociologists belie#e this simply stems "rom the

nomonodoshiosE alien mindset, not "rom a true "eeling o" superiority o" an

intent to be annoying as all hell. :hen they do speak, they seem to ha#e

translator programs, because they tend to speak uently in the language o"

whome#er theyEre chatting with, albeit with an odd accent, and with strange

turns o" phrase. Most linguists belie#e this is because i" the Edoshios do

indeed communicate mentally with each other, it may be diPcult "or them to

put their expansi#e thoughts into orderly sentences "or the other races. ItEs

belie#ed that not all Edoshio senses can be con#eyed into spoken language.

=or example, sometimes a Edoshio will be silent "or some time, then suddenly

say, Bour technician is wispy. A con"used human will try to kindly correct the

alien, explaining that the word EwispyE doesnEt make sense in that context. +o

which the alien will reply, Bour technician has wisps. +hey are e#ident.

+here"ore, she is wispy. And then the Edoshio will wander o9, nished with

the exchange. +his is how many con#ersations go with this race, with

seeming non%se8uitors scattered throughout an otherwise coherent

discourse.

+heir attitudes are Qen%like. (o Edoshio has e#er seemed excited, irritated,

hurried, or enthusiastic. +hey all exude a baing, i" somewhat contagious,sense o" serenity and easy%goingness. :hen they speak, they use measured,

e#en tones. Sometimes, they will ponder a 8uestion "or many minutes be"ore

answering with a simple, Bes.

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beer, and gold. >h and the ability to adopt any other /ooren a /ing might

ha#e and throw against the +hallan =orces.


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Dery soon in their de#elopment this species learned writing and many non%

sapients species on their home planet know how to write, albeit #ery basic

messages. +he hunters themsel#es use eight %segment mouthparts and two

many segmented mouthparts to manipulate their surroundings, including

technology.

+he hunter basic unit o" society is the "amily. +hey are untrusting o" anyoneoutside their "amilies and #ery agressi#e. Among the "amilies, strict

hierarchies exist. +he stronger "amilies rule o#er a Esuper"amilyE o" weaker

"amilies. +his goes on until the imperial "amily which can pick and choose

their mates "rom lower "amilies to keep their "amily strong. Much inghting

exists in hunter society as "amilies continue to struggle "or dominance.

+echnologies spread #ery slowly through hunter society as distrust and

inghting keep "amilies "rom sharing with others, e#en with those lower than

them. +hey are howe#er highly inno#ati#e and a "amily will breed scientists to

keep the honor o" the "amily high by ha#ing the best tech in their realm.

+he name EhunterE is deri#ed "rom the "act that they hunt in packs "or newer

technology and since the knowledge that other species exist, new sla#es or

"ood sources. +hey ha#e no scrupules about eating other sentients as they

belie#e they are the ultimate creatures.&&."ei$e ,en

!eige Men are 100O recyclable worker androids. +hey look like human%sized

gingerbread men, blocky humanoids with depressions where their eyes would

be, and are "ormed out o" a homogeneous mass o" smart polymer. +hey do

not need to eat or drink, though they do absorb oxygen through their skins.

+hey ha#e a li"e cycle o" about 1 hours be"ore they need to be recycled.

+ypically, a !eige Man Knit consists o" a dispenser7recycler the size o" anHExHEx14E cargo container. +his unit can dispense up to a dozen !eige Men

"rom one end. :hen the work shi"t is o#er, the beige men cheerily "eed

themsel#es headrst into the shredder at the other end 2hoorayT*, and their

component polymer is recycled and recharged to be used "or new !eige Men.

!eige men are not #ery bright, and are useless "or work that re8uires any

le#el o" math or abstract thinking. +hey can operate basic tools and

e8uipment, but are not usually used to operate #ehicles or construction

machines. +hey ha#e #ery little sense o" identity, and no memory o" their

pre#ious work shi"ts. +hey do ha#e a pleasant demeanor, howe#er.

!eige Men are imprinted with beha#ioral laws that pre#ent them "rom

harming humans 2or other sentients*, or through inaction allowing humans to

come to harm. +hey ha#e no real sense o" sel"%preser#ation, howe#er. I" a

!eige Man is damaged in an industrial accident, the other !eige Men will

happily scoop the bits up "or recycling.


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appearance. +hey tend to wear cloaks7 robes, o"ten with hydrometric de#ices

to keep themsel#es more com"ortably moist. +hey ha#e o#er sized "eet in

comparison to most humanoids.

!a#ooon are a trading species. +hey are sharp o" tongue and 8uick o" wit.

+heir culture enoys mental puzzles, and the laws o" a thousand worldspro#ide them the greatest puzzles. +hey will "ollow the letter o" e#ery

care"ully worded agreement. +hey may "ollow the spirit as well, i" it costs

them nothing 2or #ery little*.&F./hill

+he :hill are proto%?ella, so"tbodied creatures which mostly oat in a

medium, trailing limbs to lter and collect "ood. 2+hey look like +errestrial

ellies.* Knlike most ?ella, they are more deri#ed and ha#e additional "eatures.

+he most notable ones are; optical and electrical senses, a dened semi%

centralized brain and neural net, as well as more acti#e control o#er their

tenticles and bodies. :hill are also bioluminus and ha#e the ability to send

and recei#e in higher electromagentic spectrums 2such as anachronistically

named radio "re8uencies.* :ith ac8uired skill, they can discharge a minor

charge to shock small targets.

:hill culture o#er the millenia ha#e de#eloped a number o" adaptati#e

strategies. arly on, they would insert themsel#es into crustation shells "or

protection. =rom there they learned how to puppet or proxy these shells. 'roxi

has continuously played a large part in their technical de#elopment.

>ne isolated group learned how to trap gas in their bells allowing them to

rise up and e#en oat limitedly abo#e water sur"aces 2only in their nati#e

higher temp, lower g... high hydroscopic rating world*. +his cultural group

also per"ected their martial art. It allows them to "ocus their electrical charge

abilities into more "ormitable o9ensi#e abilities. 2their de"ault is to

electrocasting in de"ense only*. In addition, the meditati#e and martial

techni8ues also taught them to be more percepti#e o" radio band spectrum.

+hey could learn to broadcast #ia these. In addition, they mastered the use o"

other materials to create articial shells to proxy. +he isolated group soon

became the center o" the power"ul +onan empire. #entually the hiddentechni8ues were dispersed to almost all the :hill.

>ne thing they did do was domesticate other a8uatic creatures. More

accurately, they learend to ride other creatures, attaching themsel#es closely

with their tenticles and e#en guiding the creatures #ia subtle electrical

impulses. +his is a #ariation on their puppetting theme.


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+he use o" their electrical generation abilities allowed them to produce higher

le#els o" technology, seemingly skipping some intermediary steps. +hey are

able to be the power source "or their electrical engines, and de#eloping series

and parallel channeling. +heir own nati#e technologies had poxi or proxies.

+hese were manne8uins or more solid "orms that they could manipulate

with their tenticles or empower small motors to mo#e. +hese manne8uinswere in the shapes o" #arious animals in their en#ironments % notably 'ethel

2sh* and a #ariety o" crustations 2whos li#ing #ersions were the shells they

had originally used 2a"ter eating the crustation inside*.

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tinged skin, and uni8ue hair coloration. +heir bronze7copper metallic colored

hair is normally worn long down the back... part o" it loose... part o" it

braided.

Laiin are another species that were contacted too early in their de#elopment

by an o#erzealous would be interstellar empire o" the !okon. Since they ha#esimply adopted the superior and common culture o" e#ery space "airing

species that has come their way. Gi#en that they ha#e become lost in the

world o" technology and space, they tend towards technological and space

obs. (ot pre"erring long hauls 2or long times in synthetic Gra#ity*, they tend

to be in system pilots, space tug operators, and work in and around starports

and systemports.)0.Dipers

2one o" the gooer races "or my G%#erse setting*

Dipers e#ol#ed on a large, icy%rocky moon o" a #ast and dark gas giant 2black,

with hints o" angry red beneath the coal%colored cloud%layer*. +he sur"ace o"

the world is blasted with radiation, but beneath the crust o" ice and rock are

large oceans and ca#ern a"ter ca#ern. :ithin these ca#erns, the highly

geologically acti#e world has #ents that bubble into isolated ca#ern pools and

lacks, where chemosynthesis has created a complete ecosystem.

In these isolated pools, Dipers are born. A #iper starts his li"e as a small

tadpole%like creature, one o" thousands "rom a gi#en spawning, and it will

e#entually mature, o#er the course o" a year, into a small salamander%like

creature with large, spiney%teeth, a at "ace, inky, black eyes andbioluminescent patterns on its body. It preys on the many creatures in and

around the pool, and a"ter that rst year, it returns to the pool to spawn

again. And that is the whole o" the #iper reproducti#e cycle... but not the

whole o" their li"e.

!y a 8uirk o" e#olution, #ipers do not die with old age... they simply keep

growing. And eating. And growing. +he nature o" the pools that Dipers tend to

occupy pushes a growing Diper "urther and "urther aeld, ensuring that larger

#ipers do not o#erconsume the "ood supply around their spawning pool. (one

the less, the #ipers are compelled to stay near their pools because Dipers arecannibalistic; +hey eat their own young, and theyEre designed to lo#e it.

e#ouring a young Diper creates a reaction in a Diper similar to a cat around

catnip; xtreme delight and happiness and intense "ascination, "ollowed by a

period o" complete satiety. +he Diper can eat a "ew o" its young, and then it

loses interest, but that resets e#ery "ew days. +hus, a Diper will linger close

to its birth place to chow down on a "ew little spawnlings that wander too "ar

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away.

As #ipers increase in size, their brain naturally increases in size and

complexity as well, until they reach human size, at which point they are "ully

sapient 2though not as bright as humans*. +hey ha#e long, lean limbs, long

tails, and thin bodies. +hey generally tra#el on all "ours, but are more thandextrous and agile enough to rise up on two legs and manipulate things with

their "ore%limbs. Dipers generally hunt in one o" two ways; they either climb

onto a roo"top and wait "or hours and then drop upon a prey, or they dance,

rising to their "ull height and swaying while their bioluminescent patterns

warp and shi"t, drawing their prey with "ascination, whereupon the #iper

pounces.

Dipers are not a social species. +hey only really grasp three concepts well;

ating, "ascination with beauti"ul things, and a sort o" cold anger they o"ten

describe as the intent to kill. +hey are natural loners; +oo many #ipers in an

area will 8uickly o#erwhelm the ecosystem, so they tend to be naturally

territorial. :hen they decide they dislike something, there is a mounting,

sociopathic urge to destroy it, and #ipers can be extraordinarily cold as they

plan the murder o" another. +hey do not taste with their tongues, but with

their gums, like sharks, and thus the only way to taste new "ood is to take a

bite o" it, and Dipers are insatiably curious and thus o"ten taking a bite out o"

e#erything. =inally, Dipers are "ascinated by color"ul, mo#ing things, which

are o"ten "ood, and will o"ten collect things like owers and small, color"ul

bit o" stones, creating beauti"ul gardens to tempt their prey to come closer.

!ut #ipers continue to grow. As they reach their )0s, they begin to bulk outand their limbs begin to grow smaller by comparison, and they come closer to

human intellect. !ut they continue to grow, and e#entually lose their #estigal

limbs and become long, #ast serpents, too large "or the ca#erns and only t

"or the sub%arctic oceans ust beneath the icy crust o" the world. 3ere, #ery

little "ood resides, and most Dipers die o" star#ation long be"ore they reach

their serpent stage, but a serpent #iper can continue to li#e, continue to

grown and continue to gain intellect, becoming diabolical geniuses.

Success"ul elder #ipers whisper into the ca#es, tempting the younger #ipers

out to be their prey. +he most success"ul instead demand the worship o"

younger #ipers and regular o9erings o" "ood, and o9er in return their intellectand genius. +he "ew, aborti#e ci#ilizations o" the world ha#e always had a

great #iper serpent at their heart, an ancient and dark god begging "or "ood

and coldly manipulating his kin to get it.

Dipers lack the psychology necessary to create a "ull, technological

ci#ilization. +he "arthest theyE#e e#er achie#ed on their own was the bronze

age be"ore their natural territoriality tears them apart. !ut their "ascination


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"or others meant that when other races made contact, they naturally grew

curious 2and hungry*. +he would o9er to trade their tasty young to the aliens

in exchange "or some o" the aliensE tasty young. +hey explore places like @as

Degas with ecstatic "ascination. And they o"ten ser#e as mercenaries and

hunters, exploring the uni#erse and randomly murdering those who push

them too "ar in the wrong directions be"ore slinking back into the night. Andthe elder #ipers naturally saw the power o" things like replicated "ood and

starships, tempting their cultists to build or steal #ast ships and to create

huge pools at their center to hold the le#iathan, and then explore the stars

with a crew o" #ipers and a terri"ying, centuries old super%genius being at the

heart o" their crew.)1.Bulu)bulu got their name "rom some speciesE mythology. +hey ha#e none "or

themsel#es, because they are unable to communicate % they are only

marginally sentient. Still, they are too smart by most peopleEs thinking. +hey

are cle#erer than they look % which is pretty cle#er % and they wear clothing

that enables them to pass "reely in spaceports or dark alleys, where they can

thie#e "ood and other needs. +hey are smart enough to mimic sapients, to

manipulate simple machines like doors and water access, and they will

deliberately hunt humanoids where they can get away with it. ark alleys, old

maintenance sha"ts, back corridors, sewer tunnels are all "a#orite haunts "or

predating and breeding.

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cities is likely to be a disturbing place; dark, "ull o" odd sounds and smells,

and co#ered in layers o" its

people as they swarm upon one another. 2!alistaur ha#e an extremely high

tolerance "or one anotherEs company.* !ut, being courteous hosts, they

always set space aside "or aliens to #isit and e#en li#e in the relati#e

seclusion they pre"er. And an indi#idual !alistaur is really 8uite pleasantcompany as enormous beetles go%%as well as being #ery polite, they exude a

clean, pleasant, rather citric smell.

@ike the Luxamiyat, they were created by the goddess Issa 3atamza, whom

they know as Qero Qero, the @ady o" 'earl :ings, ueen o" All Lealms. =rom

her, in days past, they won many boons "or a harmonious existence. +heir

most precious secrets tend toward the suppression o" indi#idual identity and

renown 2e#en 8ueendom%%thereEs one 8ueen per city, note%%is a temporary

bureaucratic position*. >r, put in another way, the embrace o" oneEs

neighborEs identity as part o" oneEs own.)&.&u)amiyat

+he Luxamiyat are insect%people, tall, strong, shining in their armored skins

o" bronze, purple, and gold. +hey are slightly ayward, which mani"ests in

them as a tendency to a strong sel"%image and sense o" social order. +hey are

known "or their honor and courtesy$ their Qero ueen o#ersees a large and

"ertile kingdom, known "or its "air laws and schools o" knighthood. 2Qero is a

satis"ying number to both !alistaur and Luxamiyat%%round, complete in itsel".

Some Luxamiyat call Issa 3atamza Qero Qero, in the !alistaur "ashion.*

Second to the Qero ueen are the 8ueens o" indi#idual planets, who arechosen by 2and "rom among* a 'arliament o" :omen. As with the ants on

3uman worlds, only 8ueens are "ertile; Luxamiyat women only become "ertile

a"ter conducting certain rites. Luxamiyat women are less martial than men,

and 2except 8ueens* are a great deal smaller. !ut, as well as rites to become

a 8ueen, there are rights to change sex%%a necessary adunct to some social

transitions in this society.)).Hasa*auri

Slightly "ox% or ackal%like to human eyes, the 3asakauri are essentially

planetless wanderers, known as traders and explorers. Somewhat (ightward,

they are swi"t%"ooted and swi"t%witted, less gi#en than 3umans to chi#alry,

cruelty, pride, or righteousness.

3asakauri ha#e a means o" space tra#el in#ol#ing communion with the stars

themsel#es. +hey are the most prominent race%%the only race most people

ha#e heard o"%%not to possess the secret o" re. 2I" an indi#idual 3asakauri

wishes to learn to make res, he or she must undergo trials, training, and


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initiation o" the sort 3umans ha#enEt needed to do since the age o" myth.*

3asakauri machines and #essels tend to be intricately mechanical but not

clocklike; sails and membranes, springs and stretched tendon%like lines.)5.(aiyyahii

+he /aiyyahii are huge gull% or albatross%like birds, as massi#e as a humanand thus a good bit larger. +hey are power"ul, implacable, bright%eyed and

grim$ they use less machinery and artisanry than most o" the thinking races,

perhaps because they ha#e sharp claws instead o" hands. +heir se#eral

nations occupy a region next to the Luxamiyat ueendom but remote "rom

other holdings.

In the past their kings and 8ueens made war on each other and against the

Luxamiyat, and /aiyyahii raiders were "eared much "urther aeld. +hey are

such expert iers that some o" them can reach beyond the sky and into

space, and the best o" them can y between suns. +o do the latter, they must

enter a deathlike trance and endure months, or years, in transit%%in the old

days, a band o" /aiyyahii pirates would say goodbye to their "amilies, rise on

the wind, and return home decades later, rich and scarred.

+he /aiyyahii-s days o" in"amy are largely past, though; a "ew hundred years

ago a small band o" /aiyyahii space"arers won the secret o" the Archi#e, and

it trans"ormed their society. +hey learned how to enter a dream%state that

was both lucid and swi"t%running in its associations, and also learned how to

share each other-s dreams. +he result was%%i" not a pacist re#olution%%at

least an alternate path "or glory%seekers to take through li"e. +o be an Archi#e,

or e#en to consult one, is to look outward at "ar%away alien things and seethem as "amiliar$ in order to do their cruel deeds, /aiyyahii pirates and

soldiers had always relied on a sense o" cold isolation, aloneness in the #oid.

In its early years, the Archi#e became a politically power"ul society with

membership "rom all /aiyyahii nations. +his brought peace between the

monarchs%%and might ha#e threatened their rule, but the phase passed.

Archi#es taught their secret to aliens, and 2as the /aiyyahii became pro#iders

"or the rst time, rather than takers%by%"orce* the organization grew until it

wasn-t an organization anymore.

(ow the Archi#e has too many constituents to ha#e any existence as a

cohesi#e political body, but the /aiyyahii ha#e continued to be good

neighbors. +hey ha#e intersolar ships now, but the bra#est among them still

tra#el the old%"ashioned way; asleep "or months between suns, eyes co#ered

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/omandi are ten to twenty cm tall crystals that are like the crystals that

"re8uently grow on outer slush planets. +hey are o"ten har#ested by certain

stellar societies and used as computer cores, as they are naturally semi%

conducti#e, sel" organizing, and recepti#e to and can broadcast out on certain

electromagnetic wa#elengths. +hey pro#ide power"ul computing and

organizational templates.

+he main society that uses them as computational de#ice is an >uterband

gas bag species known as the +one. +hey ha#e a moderate interaction with

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data, so no /omandi had e#er been exposed to this much signal be"ore. +hey

are seldom, i" e#er, taken into an inner system without being processed and

contain in harness. I" someone had, perhaps that /omandi would o" e#ol#ed.

+his entire ensla#ement issues created 8uite a stir "or a "ew stellar cycles.

Many races "reed their /omandi 2disco#ering that only about &0O wouldactually awaken*.

=red and his peoples began to work "or greater galactic good, "orgi#ing the

other species that accidently ensla#ed them. A networked race o" crystal

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3owe#er, there are stories o" #ast powers being wielded by being who killed

luminous beings. Many stories. All around the Kni#erse. =or example, +he

Aurrk


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power"ul material species in the /nown Space wants to stop by "or +ea and

!iscuits... you donEt say (>.)J./ets

+he :ets are a non corporal li"e"orm. ach :et appear to be animated warm

water. +his translucent pale blue "orm is uid and warm to the touch. It isanimated, able to act against gra#ity 2li"t itsel" up* and take any shape. +his

motion is slower than human motion. It can not oat in the air, so it is subect

to gra#ity. 3owe#er, it can appear to become steam. In this gaseous "orm, it

can oat about. ach :et seems to be about three gallons 210 liters* worth o"

size. A :et can expand and contract is apparent #olume by a "actor o" nearly

10, allowing it best t its en#ironment or "ulll its needs.

ach :et is physically comprises o" billions upon billions o" cellulates 2cell like

structures that are not cells as we con#entionally dene them*. ach being is

not actually a li8uid, but comprised o" nearly uncountable number o"

microscopic beads that look and "unction much like water. +hese cellulates

absorb, store, and release stored heat energy while "unctioning. +he

absorption and release o" heat seems to be the main dri#ing metabolic "orce

in a :et. +he cellulites can do the same "or any energy "orm up or down the

electromagnetic, but these seem to re8uire great e9ort on the :et part.

+he :et intelligence seems to be contained in an energy matrix or spiritual

"ormat. 2+hus they can be considered non material, e#en though they are

anchored to a material "orm*. +his mode o" existence allows them to share

thoughts as easy as they can share cellulites, allowing "or total

communication and coordination o" actions.

:ets seem to communicate by radiation or direct beaming either spiritual

energy or other M to each other. +hey may be able to communicate by

#ibrating cellulites i" they are touching, but this is conecture.

+hey tend to li#e together in pools or oceans, interacting with each other and

with minimal need "or any material culture. Anything them seem to need,

they can usually "orm their material "orms into. +his includes space "aring

"orm. +he lack o" material culture makes them the most alien o" all the Maor

Laces.

(ote; :ets are "ound on many di9erent worlds and are considered a Maor

Lace by the three other Maor Laces. +here may be other abilities 2like

transwarping, dimensional phasing, or other more exotic abilities* that we are

unaware o" that a :et can per"orm.

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containing it in its own mass. +hey can also enter 2in gaseous state usually*

and control any carbon based li"e"orm. +hey are mostly water a"ter all, and

they can coopt must o" the chemical "unctions as well.

(ote II; It is hard to determine i" this is the :etEs natural "orm or the product

o" a transhuman technology program. +heir "orm makes each :et e9ecti#elyimmortal and nearly indestructable 2as they can seem to be able to mo#e

between cellulates*.50./otchi

+he /otchi are another proto%suidae species. =acially, ha#ing the snuing

noise and extended guard teeth which makes them easy to pigeonhole as a

suidae. Small yellow eyes, pale skin, sparse mammal hair, all paint the

picture as well. +heir hoo#es are more like hal" hoo#es, more like giant nail

blocks at the end o" their "eet and their ngers. 2many o" them shape some o"

their nails to make triggers and standard tech controls easier to manipulate.*

/otchi are not massi#e, but they are larger than standard. +hey are broader

in the shoulder than most species, and thinner in width and torso. +hey are

di#erse eaters as are all suidae, though they pre"er meat.

It is in their culture and personality that they are unlike most suidae. +he

stereotype o" argumentati#e and stubborn do not play here. +hey are herd

creatures, who pre"er to be in groups and pre"erably groups o" their own kind.

+he @arger are always the socially dominant and instincti#ely take a

protecti#e role. +hey are cooperati#e and "riendly in nature. +hey ha#e a

humans propensity "or #iolence, that is to say... they are relati#ely peace"ul

most o" the time, but when they take on the role o" the warrior they arescary, dangerous, unpredictable. +he only thing more scary than a /otchi

pushed to de"ensi#e and #iolence is a young scared human with a 500

megapulse disrupter. :ith most warrior races, you get the whole honor and

predictible #iolence ethos. @ike 3umans, they are can be suicidally bra#e, or

cunning like a colax, or cowardly and de"ensi#e, or rapidly cycling between all

three. Socially they ha#e kept most o" their own culture, though it had many

cultural threads and di#ersities in their balkanized world. +echnologically,

they ha#e gi#en up on their own de#elopments and ha#e oined the Galactice

ne o" the twel#e exotic species in ne could "orce them into the A#ataron category 2not #ery

di9erentiated "rom their non%intelligent #ersions*., but they ha#e exceeded

that. +hey are a class & species, one with innate uni#ersal powers.

+he elenti are a long, thin, amphibious, a#atarienti race with no


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manipulatory limbs. +hey are three standard meters long and .& standard

meters wide. +hey possess a broad snouted "ace and a broad tail that is used

"or propulsion. +hey ha#e six n like ribbons that are used "or physical

na#igation. :hile they ha#e sensiti#e senses o" smell and sight, their primary

sense is hearing 2which they can "eel through their auditory chambers in their

head and along their body. +hey ha#e innate complex sonic abilities "orcommunication and echolocation. +hey also ha#e psionic channels. +he

elenti ha#e two ways to utilize their psionic powers.

+he rst way is +he :ay o" Song. +hey use their sonic abilities as a carrier "or

their psionic energy. +his allows them to expand their use to include power"ul

o9ensi#e sonic pulses, #ibratory shields, sonic illusions, enhanced perception

o" the uni#erse around them, and e#en sonic mimicry. +his is the most

common way to utilize their psionic channels, as it is more instincti#e and

com"ortable use.

+he second way is the :ay o" Mind. +his opens their channels to telepathic

communication, telekinesis o" themsel#es and things nearby, and in concert

with :ay o" Songs, creating power"ul illusions in those within range.

elenti culture has a non material emphasis. +hey ha#e "ew tools or arti"acts,

though buildings and pathways are material emphasis. +heir culture deals

with math, music, "eeling, and philosophy. +hey do not see these things as

separate, but part o" the :ay o" 3armony. #erything is part o" +he Kni#ersal

>ne. 2ach thing is separate, like a note in a song. 3owe#er the indi#idual

notes add to each other in their time and place, to create a greater whole % a

song.

elenti are masters o" the concept word. +hey are known poets and

composers. +hey ha#e a knack "or translation and lingual expression as well.

Seeing words as ideas with numeric #alues gi#es them a uni8ue outlook upon

their use. In addition to being script writers, they are also ad#ertising

wordsmiths.

3a#ing a non material emphasis and a culture that has multiple uses o"

continuous communication 2be"ore the use o" technology*, +he elenti ha#e

the only a limited concept o" pri#ate or personal property andpri#ate7personal space. +hey do ha#e the concepts, but they choose not to

exercise those concepts #ery o"ten. :hat is yours is mine and what is mine

is ours, is a good way to think o" it.

Knless they are stri#ing to be direct in their communication 2since their own

language expresses multiple ideas and "eelings at once*, they "all into a

poetic cadence in their speech, "ull o" metaphors and similes. +his can make


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them diPcult to understand unless minor epiphanies keep occurring 2or they

shi"t lingual modes*.

+hey see the appeal o" tools to the handed species. +hey also think that

their emphasis on the material is limiting to them, both intellectually and

spiritually. +hey try to enlighten their tool bound "riends.

Lecently elenti culture has taken to sculpture as a new medium. +he :ay o"

'oetry in Solids has created 8uite the stir in their own culture and other art

lo#ing societies.5.Por$en

'orgen are a proto%ursoid species. +hey ha#e the typical proto%ursoid he"ty

build 2pear shaped* and broad swing shoulders. +hey come to be about

meters tall on a#erage. +hey ha#e a light pelt, that is normally well groomed

and #ery short. 2In "act, thick, curly, or long "ur is a sign o" being a primiti#e

bumpkin or the e8ui#alent o" being a neanderthal.* +hey ha#e "ull

manipulation in their broad hands. +hey still ha#e an acute sense o" smell

retaining their a#ataristic snout.

'orgen ad#anced when they learned to make better dens and learned how

to control their hibernation reexes. +his allowed them to make tools,

impro#e dens, and do art, o#er the long ice age winter months o" their

e#olutionary ad#ancement.

+hey maintained long sleep as a learned skill o#er their cultural

de#elopment. +he ability to extend themsel#es o#er lean time or be inacti#ewhile waiting "or duty became a component o" their culture. It was a minor

thing to be sure, until the ad#ent o" spaceight.

:hile 3umans thought a year mission would be hard 2especially with J

months o" inacti#ity on the tra#el to and "rom*, the 'orgen thought it would

be easy. +hey colonized their system in under &0 years because the tra#el

restrictions that most species encounter were not there. 2+hey also did not

ad#ance to more power"ul7 "aster in system dri#es, because they did not need

them. +hey did de#elop a phase 1 stellar dri#e 2& standard years per light

year*. Again, their ability "or @ong Sleep allowed them to o#ercome thediPculties o" phase 1 dri#es. +hey had expanded out to #e stars when they

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5&.%roden

'hysically, the +roden are humanoids roughly meters 267%&0 cms* tall. +heir

base coloration is a light green, with eyes and recognition hair 2head* ranging

"rom green to gold. +hey can ha#e odd patches o" hair on their body, but are

generally hairless. +heir "acial "eatures are considered more bulbous thanmost species, but are in the standard conguration. +hey ha#e ears that

range "rom ) cms to 14 cms in pointed length. +heir ears allow "or more than

hearing, their smell and thermal sensing abilities are present in them. +hey

ha#e a non standard metabolism.

+roden are a sophisticated and stoic race. :hile not exemplars o" intelligence,

they tend towards long term and wise thoughts 2emphasis on language and

logic* rather than immediate problem sol#ing and mathematics. +hey ha#e an

enoyment o" music, but are notoriously unmusical. +hey are com"ortable in

small groups, but are mostly solitary in nature.

+roden emerged "rom a tough ecosystem with Macrobiotic systems. +hat is

to say, all the li"e"orms are made o" underdi9erentiated cells that can either

act in concert with similar cells, in a colony mode with other macrobiotic

orgiles, or as independent single cell organisms. +his makes them diPcult to

inure, as the macobiotic cells will remerge with each other and allow "or

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with an i#ory skin color. It is smooth o" "eatures, lean to minimal musculature,

and has de#eloped the superior occularity o" most next step species. +he only

"eatures that gi#e away its ancestry are its mask horns 2simple horns that

grow out "rom the nose along the "orehead and out to the side o" the head

roughly 1 to 1H*, its hooked bill that extends "rom the "ace mask 2suitable

"or stripping lea#es o9 plants*, and its "our ointed limbs. +he rst oint isturned backward 2elbow*, the second is turned "orward 2wrist*, the third 2nd

wrist* is also turned "orward 2creating the walking sur"ace, but the alternate

side "orms a more manipulati#e palm*, and the "ourth split is the digits 2which

are three parts with a thumb*. +heir "ooting is nearly protoa#ian in nature. +o

help one #isualize, the second wrist ips "orward to become the hands.

+he species is grace"ul and poised in its body mo#ements when compared to

the norms. In addition to still ha#e exceptional sprinting speeds 2when they

shi"t to a more 8uadrupedial gait*, they ha#e a long term endurance that

ri#als e#en 3umans. +hough e#ol#ed "rom a herd beast, they are not

instincti#ely group oriented. +hey compensate with a strong "amily sense.

+he Doha#e do not ha#e a skill specialty. +hey are an upstanding and

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o" the radiation that a ship o"ten keeps handy. +he host bodies themsel#es

deteriorate 8uickly, but with help o" other species, the brain slugs managed

to build suits that pre#ent the degradation o" the host body. +he brain slugs

are a edgling race ha#ing only attained space tra#el within the last 50 arth

years, and this was accidental. A starship o" another species crashed landed

on their planet killing the crew upon impact, but lea#ing the ship relati#elyintact. I" a body is inhabited 8uickly a"ter death the brain slugs can access

the memories o" the indi#idual. :hich is how they were able to repair the

ship and y into space.40.Ir*s !rutish creatures li#e only "or war. +hey are part animal humanoid with

"our arms and "our bulbous "rog%like eyes, who are also part plant gi#ing

these creatures incredible regeneration 8ualities, the ability to reproduce by

spores, and partially photosynthetic. :hen an indi#idual o" this species dies it

emits millions o" spores that extract nutrients "rom the surrounding planet

mass which 8uickly grow into tens or hundreds o" thousands o" pods. >ut o"

which baby Irks come. !aby Irks are play"ul and #icious right "rom birth, and

begin 8uarreling among themsel#es. Irks donEt age like other creatures.

Instead o" their bodies maturing and e#entually degrading, Irks grow bigger

both in bulk and height, and e#er more aggressi#e and bloodthirsty. +hey

seem to ha#e mechanical skills built into their genetic structure and can

hodge podge machinery together in ways that lea#e e#en the best

technological minds baed, leading many xenobiologists to think that they

are genetically engineered. 3owe#er Irks ha#e been tra#eling the stars since

be"ore e#en the next oldest species achie#ed space tra#el so i" they were

created by anyone they are long gone by now, perhaps the Irks themsel#es

were the cause o" the down"all. Irks make war not to con8uer or "or

resources, but because it is written into their genetic code, as sort o" a sel"%regulating checks and balances system. A spore "amily will grow to maturity

then war against the nati#e creatures on whate#er planet they are on, then i"

they dominate those li"e "orms they war amongst themsel#es until a leader,

whoe#er happens to ght the best, is established. +he leader o"ten organizes

a warparty, and i" technology is a#ailable create ships and weapons to tra#el

to other planets where they war with the inhabitants there, where the Irks are

o"ten slaughter and are slaughtered en masse in the process, all Irks ght to

death. And since millions o" spores are released upon e#en a single IrkEs

death the cycle continues, and has continued since be"ore the earliest

recorded history. Irks are o"ten seen as a natural disaster rather than anin#ading "orce since they donEt want anything, but the conict itsel". +hey

ha#e no demands other than to ght. iplomacy doesnEt work as they ha#e

no "ormal language other species can understand they ust grunt and point a

lot, e#en i" they did they wouldnEt ha#e a word "or EpeaceE or EdiplomacyE. Irks

ha#e no concept o" rules o" war, innocents, or prisoners they will ght until

there is no one else but Irks, and then they will ght amongst each other until

there is nothing le"t ali#e. +he worst thing that can happen to an Irk is "or


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