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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 3:01:48 GMT
Nothing in the lore forbids the creation of non-FTL capable species/unplayable species. I've got a candidate in mind that I'll post in the comments here.
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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 3:04:55 GMT
The Xilityl (zi-lit-ay-ɪl) are a insectoid race from the notoriously geologically wealthy steppe moon of Lazarus (known to the native Xilityl as Krriixia) which orbits the recently founded N.T. funded colony of Tau Atiniti (locally known as Atanar). The Xilityl race, as a recently introduced species has limited renown in civilized circles, but the few who do know of them often know only of their purported adventurousness, curiosity and their home world’s immense mineral wealth, which is often of an astounding purity. The Xilityl are currently at the technological level of late 22nd century Humanity, with large inter-planetary vessels with moderate armaments. They have, as of yet, not developed their own FTL drive.
Overview
Naming:
Xilityl naming conventions are surprisingly simple for a race with such a complex language and syntax. The “average” or working-class/laboring Xilityl have long poetic names that describe unique features found on them. Examples for working class names are “Halcyon Cerulean Oculus” With Halcyon being the clarity of his/her eyes, Cerulean being the color and Oculus being eyes. Another example would be “Humble Lush Lifegiver” Humble referring to the individual being small in stature, Lush referring to the individual being fertile and Lifegiver stating that the individual is female. Noble or merchant class Xilityl typically has been using simpler names since first contact, though there still are some with the old, poetic names of old. A prime example of the merchant class’s naming conventions would be “Little feet”, “Torn Hand” or “Shredded wing”.
Biology:
The Xilityl are a strange race in more ways than one. The most notable of these strange traits is the fact that they are a insectoid race, one with no functional hive-mind, unlike the only other insectoid race encountered by Humans thus far. The Xilityl are covered in a thin layer (.5 to .7 inches) of flexible chitin plating to serves are insulation, armor and is often painted In vivid colors to attract a prospective mate of the opposite sex. This chitin plate is extremely fire resistant and Xilityl have even been seen striding through flaming corridors with little to no injury. This chitin, while some-what effective at defending against melee attacks, is utterly ineffective against firearms of both the energy and projectile variety.
Another strange trait of the Xilityl is their eyes. Their eyes seem to be a evolution dead-end that is found in no other species currently known to exist in the galaxy. The eye is a half-step between Mammalian eyes and the Insectoid compound eyes. From what geneticists and scientists can tell, this is more of a hindrance than a help. As they seem to have only received the worst of both ends. All Xilityl are an equivalent of red-green colorblind in Human terms. They also seem to have a limited range of eyesight. A recent trend of cybernetic implants surgically placed in the eyes of young Xilityl, reverses this trait and gives most recently born Xilityl a comparable eye-sight to Humans, Skrell, Tajara and Unathi.
Like many species of Terrestrial insects, the Xilityl have a set of antenna which function as both “ears” and a multitude of other senses. These organs are highly sensitive instruments that are highly precise. Any damage to them can be debilitating to the average Xilityl, often resulting in vomiting, loss of balance and nearly complete loss of hearing. The antenna, like on many other animals, can re-grow once lost. This process, however takes several months. The intervening period is often horrifically unpleasant for the Xilityl
Xilityl brains are a unique construct that at least according to Human and Skrell scientists, should not function. Xilitylan brains are fragmented into a dozen sections encased in chitin shells inside of their head. The chitin armoring makes it nearly impossible for any injury to occur to the “soft” sections of the brain. These divided sections seem to maintain a “wireless” connection to other sections of the brain. This seems to hint at a hive-mind existing previously in the species evolutionary history.
Birth and reproduction:
Reproduction for the Xilityl, much like that of other sentient races. Is an intimate pairing between two consenting and often (but not always) loving individuals. However, all other sentient species, the Xilityl mate for life and become emotionally bonded, any attempt to separate them will result in traumatic psychological damage which is often irreversible. This bond is to the point that the death of one of the partners will almost always result in the sudden death of her/his partner.
Xilityl sexual relations occur in the same manner as Human’s relations. However, as they are insects, Xilityl lay 700-1,000 tiny eggs after consummation. As few as 1-7 of these eggs will be fertilized and even fewer will survive the 4 months inside of the egg.
Sexual Dimorphism:
The two genders of the Xilityl species vary widely in height, attitude and shape. The males are typically smaller, very energetic, wiry and worrisome. While the females are significantly larger, about the same height as an average Human. Psychologically, Females are highly curious, adventurous and risk-takers. Males stand between 3’2 and 4’1 while females are between 5’0 and 5’7.
Lifespan:
The Xilityl are remarkably short lived for a sentient species. A modern female Xilitylan with frequent modern medical care will live to, at most the age of 50 Human years. Males, however will almost never make it past the age of 30. Every Xilitylan year is .723 Human years.
Language:
Xilitylans, like Human have a massive variety of languages on their home world. However, the primary language spoke on their world is Illix, Illix is a extremely complicated language composed of a wide variety of clicking and clacking noises, as well as subtle body language and wing buzzes. Illix has, so far proved completely indecipherable to both Human linguists and code-breaking machines.
When speaking sol common, Xilitylans typically speak with an abnormal sing-songy sort of accent. They also tend to seem highly emotional and passionate as a type of overcompensation to attempt to inject a matching amount of emotion as would be displayed in Illix. Human, Unathi, Tajaran and Skrell body language is extremely foreign to the Xilityl and Dionea are utterly confusing and puzzling. Which only serves to increase their curiosity.
Diet:
The Xilitylan diet is somewhat plain in comparison to the wide variety of meat, vegetables, fruits and sea-food available to most other sentient species. The average Xilitylan only consumes two plants/animals in their life. The standard plant of choice for Xilitylan subsistence is the Xilitylan brown fungus. Which the Xilityl cultivate in massive above-ground fields that stretch for hundreds of kilometers. The main meat for their rations is U'gnuy steaks, from the massive elephant sized insectoid beast of burden formerly used by the Xilityl to dig their mine tunnels.
However, with their flourishing trade-agreement with the Skrell, the Xilityl have begun importing massive amounts of Skrellian fungus for cultivation and as such, the nutrition of the Xilityl has begun to improve dramatically. A recent treaty has allowed a great deal of Th'oom to be imported into the few above-ground jungles found on the planet, and the average Xilitylan's meat-ration has doubled as a result.
Society:
Living within Xilitylan society is akin to living in one of the great megacities of the core planets for your entire life, every day, every hour, every night with millions of other Xilityl within miles. The Xilityl are estimated to have close to 82 billion individuals living in the massive cavernous underground cities spread through-out the moon's sparse mountain ranges. This massive population lives on a moon less than 2/3rds the size of Earth.
The Xilitylan state looks up their populace as an infinite and exploitable resource. The state focuses solely on the survival of the species, with the happiness of the individual being all but inconsequential. Until recently, the majority of the populace supported this stance and as such went along happily with it. However, after first contact with the democratic Skrell and Humans, some discontent has begun spreading through-out the hive-cities.
The exploitation of the people has benefited the Xilitylan state a great deal. The vast amounts of wealth flowing into their control has allowed the Xilityl to expand at an exponential rate. Their navy has nearly quadrupled in size, doubled in it's technological knowledge and is beginning to implement energy weapons and defensive shielding acquired from an unknown source. Since they were capable of constructing orbital factories, the Xilityl have been shifting their populace and industry into easy to control orbital modular cities. Which often double as defense platforms, and since the Xilitylan's contact with Humanity and the transtellars, the Xilitylan navy has been put into over-drive. The orbiting factories churning out warship after warship as the Xilityl turn their small star-system into a heavily entrenched fortress. The Xilityl have allowed several thousand political dissidents, adventurous explorers and greedy merchants to leave their system and head into civilized territories.
Relations:
The Xilitylan government is fearful and paranoid of the newly discovered alien governments (With the exception of the Skrell) and are extremely limited in their diplomatic relations with them. However, Individual Xilityl are highly curious, adventurous and generally accepting of other cultures, simply out of a desire to learn more about them. Relations between Xilityl are exclusive and monogamous. In Xilitylan society, polygamy is not only frowned upon, but is psychologically impossible due to the chemical and psychological bonding between partners.
History:
For many thousands of years, the Xilityl hid below the highly active mountain ranges of their home-moon. Hiding from the multitude of fast-moving, voracious creatures that roam the expansive steppes of Krriixia. Due to this universal fear of the vicious creatures, the Xilityl remained unified in their empires, never once declaring war upon each-other and often giving up a opportunity that would give them a advantage, for the greater good of the race as a whole. It could be easily stated that the Xilityl culture as a whole is stagnating, as the empires and their territories have remained essentially the same for the last several thousand years. The only revolutionary change being the invention of space-travel.
Current day:
Within a decade, the Xilityl are estimated to arrive at a position to expel Transtellar influence throughout their region. As such, they are at in an interesting predicament. Left unimpeded, the Xilityl will most likely colonize the surrounding sectors within a period of the next 40 years; their naval forces will achieve parity with the sector’s N.T. forces, their wealth will most-likely boom as older markets collapse due to inability to compete with their resource’s purity and availability. The Xilityl state is viewed cautiously by NanoTrasen central command as well as nearly all other interstellar forces. This has resulted in tensions that are only rising through-out the region, and will most likely result in the invasion of Tau Atiniti within the next year. However, the Xilityl people are under close examination by NanoTrasen and other Transtellar corporations for the possible use as a en-mass cheap labor force for mining and other much-needed tasks.
Human attempts at diplomacy, mostly in the form of trade-agreements, cease-fires and other minor agreements have been, for the most part. Violently rejected by the Xilitylan security forces, as of November 2557, 14 NanoTrasen vessels have been unofficially declared “lost on patrol” around the Atiniti colony. Unofficial attempts at diplomatic contact are highly discouraged by Central Command.
Foods:
As a majority of Xilitylan cuisine is derived from a handful of staple foodstuffs that their population relies heavily on, there is little variety in the actual food eaten. However, the Xilityl have become masterful in preparation of their otherwise bland diet, preparing their U’gnoy meat and brown fungus with an innumerable amount of rich spices, powders and other additions. The most common of which are listed below
Sha’suru: U’gnoy meat stakes sweetened by the honey-like substance known as A’npa sap found in a small insect native to the sub-surface tunnels located just under the fungus farms. Many emigrant Xilityl have implied that Terran honey-bee honey is no-where near sweet enough to ensure adequate spicing of the steak.
Rhavu: A ground-up mixture of imported Tho’om neck meat and U’gnoy horns. It is then left out in the blazing Klesvian sun for a full day for baking, it is then soaked in warmed salt-water and swiftly eaten. Rhavu has proven all but inedible to Humans, Tajarans and Unathi. It is regarded as a delicacy that is rarely available, but highly sought after by many.
Nak’asn: A solidified form of a’npa sap and a salted fungus wine created only in the western volcanic mountain ranges. It is typically served in small crystallized chunks in obsidian bowl with liquid a’npa sap drizzled over it. It has become extremely popular on Tau Atiniti when it is available from Xilitylan merchants.
Arts and recreation:
As a people with a mostly industrial focus with limited non-productive practices with almost the singular distraction of socialization, arts and other distractions are of limited appeal to their population. The principle form of artistic expression of the Xilityl is creating small sculptures from the frequently found titanium scraps not sent to the furnace-volcanoes. Some miners that have worked for nearly their entire lives can build up a collection of thousands of these tiny statues. Each with a highly personal expression or message built into their strong-lightweight form. Some of the most prominent of these miner’s work are displayed in the halls of achievement in the Xilitylan state’s compound which stands isolated in the planet’s central steppes, far away from the Xilitylan hive-cities.
Religion:
Water is looked upon as the life-giver on the desolate, unforgiving surface of Krriixia. The massive and dangerous predators found through-out the planet’s massive steppes are a constant threat to the well-being of the average Xilitylan. In ancient times, Xilityl often found respite in the scattered oases found through-out the steppes and looked up them in a seemingly religious manner.
Over-time, this respect for the relief offered by the rare waters of their home world morphed into a religion, centered around the mysterious “water-spirits” that are currently believed to be an aquatic sentient species dwelling deep under the Ocean’s waves. The relatively few contacts that have occurred between the Xilityl and the “Camenea” as anthropologists have taken to calling them; have resulted in much of the significant events in Xilityl history. Including the founding of the current Xilityl state.
The modern Xilityl state was created more than a thousand years ago by an ancient queen of the eastern mountain kingdoms. She visited one of the most remote outposts of her kingdom to see the “Immense beauty” as her advisers put it, of the coast. It is here, when she sat alone on the sandy beaches of the eastern sea that the Camenea known as the Guardian came to her. The Guardian spoke about a coming evil, 1,000 years in the future that would overwhelm the Xilityl with horrific magic and destroy their way of life if the Xilityl did not unite for the greater good of not only their species, but the entire planet. Realizing that everything she and her people knew was at stake, the Queen united the entire planet in the only war ever seen in her people’s history. The unprepared kingdoms of the western mountains, northern hills and central steppes were overwhelmed by the million-Xilityl armies of the great queen. As the last of the opposing kingdoms fell before her, the Queen abolished the monarchy, leaving control of the planet-spanning empire to her advisers and finally telling them of the reason for her conquest, before committing suicide.
With the arrival of NanoTrasen and other Human forces almost exactly to the day of the prophecy, the Xilityl resolve to stand-fast and hold to their ways of life. No-matter the costs, the defense of Krriixia became a religious crusade with the entire population behind them. Aware of the costs of failure, the Xilityl wait patiently as their strength grows, waiting for the day to expel their invaders from their holy lands.
Military:
The Xilitylan army is primarily composed of mixed male-female units of 100,000 infantry, this units are called legions and are further sub-divided into 10 cohorts of 10,000 infantry, 100 maniples of 1,000 infantry and 100 centuries of 100 infantry. These infantrymen and women are equipped with modern Gauss weaponry, typically consisting of an automatic Gauss rifle firing incendiary or armor piercing flechettes and a semi-automatic hand-held self defense pistol firing anti personnel flechettes. Armored with “soft” armor which is utterly ineffective against armor piercing projectile weaponry, the legionnaires are only lightly armored in comparison to Human infantrymen. Support elements of the Xilitylan army consist of both mechanized and motorized response forces, referred to as “equites”. These mobile units mainly consist of infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, light mechs and heavy infantrymen mounted inside of the APCs. Heavy combat task-forces typically consist of a vehicle comparable to a 21st century main battle tank, as well as 2-3 centuries of veteran infantrymen with heavier armor.
The most elite units of the Xilitylan military are the space-ship based marines. These commando units are deployed with incendiary weapons and sealed, armored hardsuits. This, combined with the natural fire-resistant chitin armoring that is found on every Xilitylan makes them formidable foes in the tight corridors of warships. Typically, a Contubernium(8 men) of marines would be sent to wipe out the ship's crew and commander the ship either for a battle, or to be disassembled for reverse-engineering. The ship's crew is typically found dead, either from severe 4th degree burns, or asphyxiation.
The star-borne navy of the Xilitylan state is an expansive space-borne force composed of 200-300 warships of varying size spread across the system on a multitude of patrol routes. The navy is technologically inferior to the NanoTrasen forces present in-system but do significantly outnumber the N.T. Forces. The crew of the average Xilitylan cruiser is highly motivated, highly dedicated and well trained, they are prepared to lose their lives in the noble defense of the state. The crew and especially captains of the Xilitylan navy have been seasoned by the constant border skirmishes between NanoTrasen naval forces and Xilitylan navy cruisers.
Though it is all but a token force, the Xilitylan state also maintains a small water navy, mostly for the maintenance of their under-water storage and training facilities. The only combat units in the current water-borne navy is a squadron of 7 submersible air-craft carriers. Each having a complement of state of the art sub-orbital interceptors. These vessels are maintained as a sort of “Mobile air base” that can launch air-craft while submerged, therefore making the targeting of their air-bases nearly impossible.
If the orbital navy is destroyed, the Xilityl maintain several dozen subterranean air-bases with state of the art interceptors, fighters, bombers and corvettes of both domestic and imported nature. (the imported are obviously modified for their use). The standing doctrine for the air defense forces would be to use the heavy corvettes to do close range” broadsides” of 4-5 heavy armor piercing rail-guns, this would likely down the shields of the craft. Interceptors, fighters and bombers would then launch, the interceptors would be used to prevent hostile bombers from striking the hive-cities, the fighters would protect the bombers and the bombers would use their fusion missiles and heavy rail-guns to destroy the defenseless ships.
In the event that an actual ground landing were to occur on their home world of Krriixia, the invading forces would have to contend with constant air harassment from hidden and under-water air bases, orbital strikes from their navy as well as a well entrenched army of over 2 billion which are dug into a series of reinforced trenches, bunkers, turrets and fortified walls that are well armored and equipped with automated gun turrets, defense drones and massive fields of land-mines. In the event of a single legion being overwhelmed, 1-5 equites of fast response mechanized forces would arrive within 20 solar minutes to reinforce the defenders and if these teams fail. Then heavy combat teams of battle-hardened troops and heavy tanks would be deployed en-mass as a final attempt.
Orbital combat above Krriixia would be no easier as the Mideastern steppes of Krriixia are dotted with anti-ship missile installations armed with thousands of anti-ship fusion missiles, dozens of massive anti-ship mass-drivers and are well protected by 5 heavy combat legions, reinforced with more than 50 fast-moving response force equites. This along with the 100+ Xilitylan warships in orbit, as well as the relatively few,orbit defense platforms would make any orbital engagement a gauntlet of brutal difficulty.
It is extremely fortunate for the other races of the Galaxy that the Xilityl have yet to create their own F.T.L. Drive. Standard procedure when being boarded is the immediate detonation of explosive charges mounted to the drive. For the price Humanity would pay if the expansionist, xenophobic Xilityl were to gain inter-stellar capability would be horrific
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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 3:06:25 GMT
Planetary profile
Name: Krriixia
Type: Iron/Titanium/Silicate
Radius: 4247.3 kilometers
Surface Area: 6.52 x 108 km2
Land Area: 3.32 x 108 km2
Mass: 7.71 x 1024 kg
Density: 4.93 g/cm3
Composition: 42.5% Iron, 28.3% Silver, 17.3% silicon, 10.9% titanium, 1.0% trace elements
Gravity: 9.87 m/s2 (1.01 x earth)
Escape Velocity: 11.93 km/s
Rotational Period: 21.37 hours
Axis of tilt: 50.25°
Hydrosphere: 50% water
Atmosphere: Breathable Oxygen/Nitrogen
Pressure: 101.3 KPa
Composition: 61.1% Oxygen 20.2% Sulfur 18.7% Argon, Trace other gases
Climate type: Standard Earth atmosphere
Chemistry: Nitrogen-Phosphorous
Life forms: Wide variety of fauna and massive variety of flora
Surface Geography
The massive expanse of the Krriixia steppes spread across the majority of the planet's surface, broken only by the moderate sized oceans and towering volcanic mountain ranges surrounded by drained desert. The planet has very few outlying isles and most of the landmass of the planet is composed of the single massive southern continent.
The planet looks very attractive from high-orbit. With it's massive steppes seemingly ideal for mining (Which they are) and for farming (which they aren't). The planet's massively wealthy mines are beginning to be renowned for their remarkably pure metals, massive gemstones and hardy people.
Realms of Krriixia:
Eastern Mountain Kingdom:
The Eastern mountain kingdom of Virtuous Rule, renamed after the “Great Queen” of myth, is the main power-base of the Xilityl people. It is the most heavily populated, heavily industrialized realm of the Xilityl , more than 50 massive hive cities stretch under the great and terrible volcanoes of the Eastern mountain range. With over 60 billion of the planet’s populace located in this region, it is the most populous region by far. It is here that the first Xilityl warship, named “Queen’s Prophecy” rose into the skies above.
Western Mountain Kingdom:
Heavily depopulated since a massive meteor impact more than a century ago, the Western kingdom is but a shell of its former glory. As the Eastern realm is the center for population and industry, the western realm was it’s great research laboratory which fueled the Xilityl ’s rapid technological climb. From claws to mass-drivers in little under 1,000 years, it is a remarkable feat of determination and belief.
Central steppes republic:
The sole experiment with democracy and representative governments in Xilityl history. The Xilityl ’s primary fungus farms are located in this region. This fact, combined with the rarity of predators in the area makes the central steppes the breadbasket of the Xilityl state. Unlike the other kingdoms, the majority of the central steppes is located above-ground. The main hive-city is located inside of a large titanium wall armed with automated turrets and defended by thousands of guards armed with automatic rifles. This region is also home to the Xilityl state’s compound, which is located more than 500 kilometers north of the main settlement, it is then 5 kilometers underground and is heavily guarded by automated defenses and always have a fleet formation of at least 17 warships docked in its naval yard.
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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 3:13:27 GMT
Please comment, this took for fuckin' ever to write.
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Post by tuiee on Feb 19, 2014 4:57:14 GMT
Holy long read, Batman!
You put a lot of work into this - and it paid off. Extremely good read, and I'd be excited to see these make an appearance in game.
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Post by witt on Feb 19, 2014 4:59:49 GMT
I have been saying forever( since the split) that we need a token insect spieces and damn lad you put a lot of work into it so hell yeah let's do this +1
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Post by farcry11 on Feb 19, 2014 6:26:35 GMT
This makes me wish I had the time and/or effort to write up a complete profile of that one race I made up (heavy metal space barbarians)
This is a really good read!
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Post by Covert0ddity on Feb 19, 2014 9:05:08 GMT
This. This was a fun and interesting read. Being a very avid scifi geek, and astronomist myself, I found little to no error in the science, development, contstruction and otherwise of this species. All in all, this is brilliant. The time you put into this has well payed off. Despite the notion of this race to technically be unplayable, I would love to see this ingame. They could be used for events of many types. I would love to see more race ideas come from you, Dea. And if you ever need any help devloping a new one, feel free to hit me up.
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Post by gollee on Feb 19, 2014 11:25:53 GMT
There is an insectoid ((Possibly playable)) Species in creation at the moment, but I don't see why these guys can't be in the lore too. You seem to like making planets as much as I do.
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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 14:33:54 GMT
I've got icons for these guys actually, but I don't want to make clothing for them (Though It'd be possible to implement the exiles of the species). If anyone would want to make clothing for them, I'd give them said icons. I've also got a codex for a jellyfish-like species.
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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 14:40:50 GMT
I think, if the administrative team was cool with it. It'd be possible to implement them as an antagonistic race similar to the Vox, or even a full race. Both of these were meant to be implemented on previous servers I played on
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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 15:04:32 GMT
This is my second species
Overview
The Nlirizi (Null-ee-riz-eye) are a species of genetically modified jellyfish-like humanoids that evolved on the watery world of Cnidaria, a now polluted world that once sparkled with immense beauty. They were recently discovered by Skrell explorers at the farthermost reaches of explored space. They have become widely known for their asexual nature, large empire and friendly, if manipulative demeanor.
Naming
Nlirizi names as we known them are a relatively new invention stimulated by their discovery by “Speaking” species. Before now each individual was simply known by a highly complex and unique string of colors both in the visible spectrum and in the infra-red. “New” Nlirizi names typically follow a theme of “Feelings” such as “Cool Breeze”, “Morning Sun” and “Water Sheath”
Biology
There is no animal known to Humans, Tajara, Skrell or Unathi that is exactly similar to the Nlirizi, but the closest comparison would be the 'Immortal Jellyfish”. Nlirizi are an asexual species of Cnidarians that takes on strong female characteristics (Thought to be caused by genetic engineering, It has no-doubt proven useful in their manipulative schemes) They, like the so called “Immortal Jellyfish” are essentially immortal due to a unique ability to revert to an earlier form of life at certain stressful moments of their lives, this as well as their rapid rate of reproduction has contributed heavily to their massive overpopulation problems.
Nlirizi faces are defined by their set of three large black eyes that are protected by a double pair of eyelids. The Nlirizi face has no nose and only a vestigial mouth used for little other than communicating vocally. Nlirizi have no pigment in their eyes and as such they are completely black. Due to their aquatic nature they have been found to have near perfect vision in the dark. (Biologists theorize that this was used to assist in their hunting in their earlier stages of development.)
The most distinguishing feature in Nlirizi biology (with the exception of their asexual nature) is the slightly caustic effect of their “Skin” when it comes in contact with another living being. This effect has never been observed when in contact with an inanimate object or another Nlirizi, it seems to only take effect when touching an alien or animal. During the process of fission (The process in which a single Nlirizi splits into two “daughter” Nlirizi”) this acidic effect multiplies ten-fold. During this process, contact with a Nlirizi for 2-3 seconds will result in 3rd degree burns, contact for 5-10 seconds will result in 4th degree burns and further extended contact will result in possibly fatal injury due to wide-spread burns.
Nlirizi brains and immune systems are extremely unique, especially for a sentient species. The Nlirizi brain is divided into many sections and is distributed widely through-out their body. While this makes disabling a Nlirizi's brain certainty more difficult, it doesn't have any effect on their intelligence. They can be just and intelligent or idiotic as other species. Though their species does seem to have a penchant for manipulating other races.
Nlirizi, as an asexual race do not have any genders. They are all seemingly female in appearance, with vestigial “breasts” and other seemingly female features. Nlirizi however reproduce through a unique method of binary fission in-which a single Nlirizi will consciously decide to “Have children” In this process, the “Mother's” memories are transferred to a single child, this results in one child with an adult-like mind and the other with an empty mind that has a massive yearning for knowledge. The process of creating the “twins” effectively destroys the original “Mother”because, while the memories may be retained, the personality is not.
Most Nlirizi stand around the height of 5'7 to 5'9, there is not much variation to this height in “adult” Nlirizi, most children or “twins” are from 2'9 to 3'1. Upon consumption of food and drink children can grow rapidly up-to the standard height of an adult within 2-3 weeks.
Nlirizi biology is massively resistant to the many virulent diseases found on their home-world and else-where. Though there are a few exceptions of this, most diseases will effect Nlirizi at a much lower level than if it were to infect Humans. It is currently unknown if this was a natural feature or one of the many genetic improvements made to their genome by their ancestors. This is yet another of the factors that has resulted in the massive population. With a population that is essentially immortal with the sole exception of death by violence, compounded by the fact that Nlirizi can reproduce at nearly any time, by themselves with no assistance. It is no surprise that the Nlirizi face such overwhelming overpopulation.
Nlirizi are essentially immortal, with very very few disease and viruses capable of killing them and they cannot die of old age. However, most Nlirizi will voluntarily end their own lives around the age of 200-300. The oldest current living Nlirizi is 314 years of age and is currently in excellent condition while serving as a diplomat to the Skrell.
Language
Rizi is a complex series of bio luminescent flashes of color, both infrared and in the visible spectrum. As such, non-Nlirizi are incapable of speaking it, and most are completely incapable of understanding it. Rizi is capable of transmitting unmatched amounts of emotion, feelings and ideas in a handful of seconds. Humans, Tajara, Skrell and Unathi will see Rizi as simply a quick paced light display found through-out the Nlirizi's body.
Nlirizi have a unique trait found only in their species. They seem capable of rapidly learning and understanding spoken languages. When speaking in any language other than Rizi, Nlirizi often seem overly rhapsodic, enthusiastic and cheerful. Nlirizi are often underestimated in official dialogues due to this unique trait. They seem to be aware of this fact and often use it to their advantage to subtly manipulate the other races to their own advantage.
Racial slurs directed towards Nlirizi often include insults in the nature of “Jellyfish”, “Slimegirl” and “Jelly”. Nlirizi often appear not to understand the hostile intent of these insults and as such are hardly bothered by it.
Diet
Nlirizi are pure carnivores and as such their internal biology is geared solely for the consumption of prey animals and other sources of meat. In their home enviroment Nlirizi often consume small fish whole via the corrosive nature of their skin, which can dissolve said prey in mere seconds. The staple food of their diet is similar to salmon found on Earth and other human colonies. These creatures, known as “Kunivi” are found in incalculable amounts on the worlds of the Nlirizi's realm. As the Nlirizi are not used to the consumption of plants and other flora, plant derived toxins have a significantly higher effect on them than it would on a Human, Tajara or Unathi. Alcohol is quite extensively found thought-out the Nlirizi worlds, however it is extremely toxic to Nlirizi. A best case scenario after ingestion of alcohol would be an intense feeling of wooziness and lack of hand-eye coordination. In the worst case scenarios however, consumption will result in a gruesome death in-which the alcohol causes severe damage to the Nlirizi “brains” found thought-out their body.
Relations
Nlirizi society is lauded across the galaxy for it's openness and tolerance of species, gender, sexuality and religious creed. However the Nlirizi strictly control immigration to limit even further population expansion which would inevitably strain their already limited resources. Although they do respect all differences equally, they will still eagerly manipulate and toy with others for their own gain in some cases, and simply for entertainment in others.
Nlirizi seem to have never been a religious society in the first place, they were bewildered by Human, Tajaran and Unathi beliefs in a higher power. Since first-contact alien religions have spread to a certain degree through-out Nlirizi space and are essentially unrestricted. It is however, unlikely that it will ever convert a significant number of Nlirizi. The Nlirizi often appear promiscuous and flirtatious despite their inability to sire children with other races. This is often extremely confusing to other races on first-contact with the Nlirizi. This attitude is simply a result of their manipulative manner. As they will go to nearly any lengths to be able to manipulate another. Despite the fact that they're incapable of sexual acts with other species, they can and often do form intimate relationships with members of other species. This often is similar to a relationship with a very close friend. Nlirizi often trust these individual without exception and will tell them nearly anything that they feel is relevant or even interesting.
Career Preferences
` Nlirizi don't particularly have a singular focus in their society. They've been known to sire brilliant scientists, influential diplomats, fearless warriors, exceptional engineers and otherwise notable “daughters” in nearly every field of work. Nlirizi on N.T. Stations however seem to focus on either menial labor or in the service industry, as chefs, botanists and other civilian service positions. Due to the very recent discovery of the Nlirizi there has been no Nlirizi yet employed in Captain or Head of staff positions within Nanotrasen. Though there aren't any rules really preventing this.
Home Planet
Cnidaria is the home-world of the Nlirizi and in it's current state is one of the most heavily polluted, highly populated worlds in the galaxy. Before the massive pollution occurred, Cnidaria was a sparkling water-world with a massive variety of flora and fauna with few equivalents through-out the galaxy. Since the “event” as the Nlirizi call it, which precipitated their genetic modification that allows them to walk on land, Cnidaria has been a heavily polluted world with nearly every island covered in massive, sprawling city-spires that soar high into the horizon. Most of this unique floral and faunal richness has however faded as pollution increases more and more. It is estimated that in a few decades that Cnidaria will have fewer than 2% of it's original species.
History
The Nlirizi began their existence as a completely water-borne species completely incapable of even walking upon land. Their people lived for thousands of years under the seas of their sparkling home-world without issue or complaint. It is by their own brilliance however that they doomed themselves. The Nlirizi began their technological revolution thousands of year before Human did, when the first Nlirizi colony ships rose above the waves, Humans still dwelt in their caves.
Nlirizi technology has the strange trait of being extremely advanced, nearly centuries ahead of even Skrell tech. But this is counter-acted by it's massive inefficiency, a single Nlirizi vessel consumes entire oceans of plasma that an entire squadron of Human vessels could run on for months. This trait has remained prevalent in their technology for millennia and is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
Their overpopulation and pollution problems began early in the development and it is the massive pollution of coastal waters that the Nlirizi call the “event”. At this point, the pollution was hazardous to their own health, it had already claimed hundreds of Nlirizi lives and was destroying the coastal environment itself. The brilliant geneticists of the Nlirizi thought of an idea that would save their people from extinction forever. They would modify each Nlirizi to be capable of processing air, they would move their civilization onto land. This change was not a swift change, it took decades to reach it's completion and millions died from the toxic effects of pollution in this time. By the time the Nlirizi climbed onto the sands of the archipelagos of their world, their population was but a third of what it had once been.
After almost a century of recovery and reconstruction, they focused their sights on the stars. As their planet's feeble resources became more and more scarce with each passing day. Their travel to space and the resulting expansion was not driven by imperialism, but by necessity. Nlirizi dominion eventually spread roughly 2,000-3,000 light years across the halo stars at the edge of the galaxy. Since the emergence of new species, this dominion has been cut in half and it but a shell of it's former glory. Still, it is among the most expansive and united governments in the known galaxy.
Research and Technology
Nlirizi technology is extremely advanced, especially in the fields of terraforming, exobiology and medical sciences. Their worlds are often held in environmental balance by artificial means. This allows the hundreds of billions of Nlirizi to live of their heavily polluted worlds relatively easily.
Military
The Nlirizi have a relatively large military with powerful military vessels, large, well equipped armies and adequate defenses spread through-out their territory. Humanity or even the Skrell, would be hard-pressed to challenge the Nlirizi military in direct combat. However, their limited supplies severely limits their operational capacity and ability to operate out-side of their own space. This alone has kept their empire in check.
Their military forces are divided into the Nlirizi Expeditionary Forces, the Nlirizi System Defense Fleets and the Nlirizi Naval Infantry Corps. The “N.E.F.” are the equivalent of Human ground forces, composed of infantry, tank-like vehicles and mechs. The “N.S.D.F.” is their space fleet, a large fleet of vessels that are centered around each colony/core world and are focused primarily on preventing piracy, terrorism and imperialism by foreign powers. The “N.N.I.C.” are their closest equivalent of marines, they are stationed aboard N.S.D.F. Ships, defense stations and in remote surveillance posts at the edge of Nlirizi space.
Relations with N.T.
Through a complex series of treaties and trade-agreements (Most negotiated to be slightly favorable to the Nlirizi) the Nlirizi have been deftly able to avoid direct conflict with Humanity. They have also placed strict limitation on the movement of N.T. Vessels within their space, this was done in an attempt to lessen N.T. Influence in their worlds.
A war with the Nlirizi would end with one of two results. 1. The complete collapse of the Nlirizi government due to overstretched supply lines, inefficient technology and lack or resources. Or 2. The reverse engineering of Human-Skrell technology and the discovery of their efficient principles, most-likely resulting in golden age. Neither is particularly desirable by most governments, and as such avoid aggressive actions
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Post by deatacita on Feb 19, 2014 15:06:47 GMT
Planet Profile: Cnidaria
Cnidaria is a massive “Super-earth” dominated by colossal world-spanning oceans and tiny archipelagos. It's seas are an ugly shade of brown-green because of the massive pollution caused by the native Nlirizi.
Name: Cnidaria
Atmosphere: Carbon Dioxide/Carbon Monoxide (originally Nitrogen/Oxygen)
Surface Area: 1.9 Earths
Gravity: 1.532 g
Satellites: Cnidaria has a pair of tiny asteroid-like moons orbiting at a distance of 24,000 km and 31,000 km respectively. The tidal effects of these small moons are effectively negligible. Cnidaria is beginning to show signs of forming thin planetary rings, these proto-rings are primarily composed of crystallized ice fragments and orbital debris from the Nlirizi shipyards in high-orbit. These moons have been unofficially named “Nesoi” and “Nyx” by visiting Human diplomats.
Surface Geography
The surface of Cnidaria is covered almost in it's entirety by massive, abyssal oceans and seas. The oceans and seas are broken by a single small continent and more than 30,000 small archipelagos. The planet formerly had a tiny polar region which has since vanished due to pollution and global warming.
From orbit the planet itself looks sickly, with the massive brown oceans broken only by equally desolate continents of ecru and raw umber. The massive island spanning cities inhabited by the Nlirizi are the only distinguishing feature of the planet's surface, with it's bright silver-white lights concealing the land blow them.
Ecosystems
Cnidaria formerly supported variously rich ecosystems of unique flora and fauna, but said rich biological variety has vanished under the toxic brown seas. One of the few remaining types of organisms is the Cnidarian sea algae which feeds on the toxic carbon dioxide found in massive quantities both in the air and sea. This has resulted in massive algal blooms which cover thousands of square kilometers of tainted ocean.
These “carpets” as alien diplomats have been calling them. Are able to remain largely unbroken due to the minimal tidal effects of the planet's small moons. But they have been only increasing in size as the pollution worsens.
Other Stellar Bodies
In the Bizanti Reticuli System there are 7 other stellar bodies of significance with more than 50 more which are not worth mentioning in this document. These unmentioned bodies take the form of dwarf planets, inhabited asteroids and uninhabited moons.
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TimLynn
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Post by TimLynn on Feb 20, 2014 12:17:03 GMT
These are amazing, there is no other word for it.
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gollee
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Post by gollee on Feb 20, 2014 12:29:57 GMT
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Post by PumpkingSlice on Feb 20, 2014 13:47:39 GMT
These descriptions you've given are well thought out. Good job, you've made it well worth the effort you've put in.
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Post by Rusty Shackleford on Feb 25, 2014 1:22:01 GMT
Hmmm.... this seems to remind me of something.... {clicky} Eh, what the hell. I like it.
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Post by deatacita on Feb 25, 2014 2:10:12 GMT
The Nlirizi actually had inspiration from the Asari
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Post by deatacita on Apr 16, 2014 4:39:23 GMT
I'm actually in the midst of Modifying the Xilityl to make it possible to add them to the game, since people were so interested in them
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Post by Dalekfodder on Apr 16, 2014 9:52:25 GMT
Dont do it now, health system is getting updated to latest bay. We can code them in if you want us to but for this week its no possible. If you know coding you can do it yourself, too, since we are on github and code is open source.
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