Post by mikdatv on May 9, 2009 3:29:39 GMT -6
New Species
Species Name: Xan (means we, us or everybody in an older dialect of the Xan language)
Planet of Origin: Xenu
Language: The Xan primarily communicat via their psychic abilities. They're mouths and throats are not designed well for a audible language, but through the power of their minds they can project their thoughts, images and feelings into the minds of others as a form of communication.
History: The Xan were originally genetically engineered by an unknown race, 500,000 years ago on their planet of origin. Originally intended to be a species bred for war, they were given warrior like traits, strong arms and legs, tough skin, intelligent and adaptive problem solvers.
However the species that created them made peace with the enemy the Xan were intended to be used against and so their planet, and their species were forgotten. The Xan reproduced and grew from their original species, evolving over the centuries and developing a civilization.
They're culture grew up around their warlike nature. being bred for war they expanded and adapted military like discipline into their culture. Their government was run like an army's chain of command, and it's people did what they were told for the benefit of the whole.
Eventually however their culture began to mellow out, and the rigorous and unforgiving discipline of their culture began to reduce drastically. They were very successful as the dominate species on the planet and expanded to fill almost every corner of it relatively quickly.
some time 4,000 years ago their creators returned. scientists interested in examining the progress of the experiments started so long ago came to the planet and put themselves in a position to be the Xan's gods. Controlling them and studying them. The Xan's technology level quadrupled in the span of a century and soon they were exploring space.
they built ships using their advanced psychic powers, arming them with advanced weapons and technology, growing and expanding within their solar systems. Eventually they thought of themselves as gods and rebelled against their creators.
The war lasted 24 years, but eventually the Xan won their freedom. Their creators left their solar system and have not returned to this day. The Xan, realizing that their creators could run to their homeworld and rebuild a fleet of war, decided they must learn how to travel to other planets themselves, find their creators and fight them there, at their homeworld to prevent their eventual return.
Large ships of exploration were built to explore the galaxy, but at the same time smaller scout ships were built. The large ships were sent to closer planets to begin colonys. the smaller one man ships were sent to the fringes of space, to explore strange new worlds, To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no Xan has gone before.
Technology
The Xan's advanced technology is based off a particular kind of artificial crystal which enhances their psychic powers to extraordinary levels. The crystals are made on their home planet in various sizes and are installed in everything, from simple land vehicles to their spaceships.
The crystals take the psychic energy of the Xan, focus it, magnify it and transforms it into energy that can be used by mechanical devices. Strictly speaking, everything that uses power within the Xan empire is powered by the Xan themselves, though the crystals they make.
They achieve transwarp speeds by having several members of their crew focus on the ships main crystal, giving enough energy to sling the ship passed Warp 10. They're weapons and shields are all based on the same principle.
Culture
Originally Xan culture was very structured and rank based. their war like nature and the harsh rain forest like conditions of their plant required them to be hard and disciplined in all things in order to survive. They developed a very strict code of conduct and law which served them well during their beginning stages as a species.
This code of conduct served them so well in fact that it stayed with them, although eventually they grew out of the need for such strict applications of it. They developed cities and and towns. tamed the jungles of their planet and built from them great wonders. They expanded across their globe quickly. Their code of conduct soon became more a set of guidelines for leading a good life, rather then the word of law.
They're technology progressed, soon developing weapons of war to fight eachother with, but unlike humanity they did not fight eachother long. They realized that only though kinship would they rise to lift themselves from their planet and into the stars. Setting aside their weapons, and referring to the first rule of their code, "never do intentional harm to another Xan" they came together into a one world culture and raced for the heavens.
A century after that, in what could be considered the Xan's Industrial Revolution, their creators returned and took over their culture as their gods. The Xan developed a religion for the first time in their history and worshiped their creators and their advanced technology. The creators took their new position of power and used it to take command of the Xan. They studied their creations from long ago and used them for labor, or experiments.
Eventually though, the Xan looked to their own code for guidance, rather then their creators, and realized they had to come together again and force the creators out. using the Creators own technology against them, the Xan built ships and went to war. They were engineered and bred for war originally and the centuries hadn't taken that away from them yet. They quickly excelled in the art of battle, taking heavy losses at first but soon adapting to their enemy and giving as good as they got. The Xan's strict disciplinary system returned and they once again based their culture off a military system. Every Xan was forced to enlist for at least 2 years in their military.
after the 24 long years of war, their creators finally decided to cut their losses and run, escaping the Xan's home system and returning to their planet of origin. The Xan however planned to follow them and finish the job once and for all. They soon rallied together and built for themselves giant colony ships and a fleet small scouts which were sent out to find their creators, or allies in helping them defeat their creators.
Every Xan on their planet now believes exploration is the key to survival in space. Find their long time curse, and cut it out of the stars before it can come back to haunt them again.
Biology.
There are no male or female Xan, but it does require two Xan to make a third. Xan's mate mentally. One of them eats an inordinate amount of food, which causes the body to eject a protoXan from it's mouth. This basketball sized, gooey mass is then instilled with the thoughts and personality of both "parents." The child's DNA is formed during this crucial stage and the child develops physical characteristics of the "parents" based on the mental qualities it received from them. For instance, if the child receives a very warrior like personality from one of it's parents it may grow up to be larger and stronger then others of it's species. Or a very learned or studious personality will cause it to develop a more powerful mind.
Xan physically stand on average to be about 7'5" tall. The tallest recorded Xan was 8'9". Average weight is 230 pounds. They're skin is thick and leathery and extremely dry. They absorb water and nutrients through pores in their dry skin.
They're muscle density and overall strength is a little more then double that of an average human. Their digitigrade legs provide them with a lot more pushing power as well, making them faster then the average human as well. They see along the visible light range like most species but it's very sharp. they're able to see colors in darkness and have very clear vision. They're hearing is average, about the same as most humans level of hearing.
Their "mouths" are purely used for the ingestion of solid foods. They're able to make slight grunts and gasps with it but not enough to form a complex language. They communicate purely through their psychic abilities. Xan have a fairly advanced frontal lobe which allows them to project their thoughts over distance, usually a distance of a few meters but in the cases of a mental "shout" the distance can extend up to a mile. Communication between planets is possible through the use of magnifying crystals. Two Xan can communicate over cosmic distances when both are tied into a large magnifying crystal and concentrating on eachother.
While they are excellent at projecting their thoughts into others for communication, they are completely inept at reading thoughts of others. The psychic abilities they do have are great however. Some of the oldest and wisest Xan have even developed limited telekinetic abilities, without the aid of magnification crystals.
With larger magnification crystals and several Xan working together, they can achieve great things, even propelling ships into subspace at warp to achieve transwarp speeds. Even a single mind tied into a big enough crystal can propel a small enough ship at low transwarp speed. They can project powerful psyonic energy blasts and kinetic shield bubbles to protect them from kinetic energy weapons.
Xan are a longer lived species. The longest recorded living Xan was 320 years old but the average age is 280. They're mental abilities increase with age but after the age of 200 their bodies begin to decay at an accelerated rate. They were engineered to be warriors, not meant to live very long. as a result their genetics reach a peak and then begin to degenerate.
Species Name: Xan (means we, us or everybody in an older dialect of the Xan language)
Planet of Origin: Xenu
Language: The Xan primarily communicat via their psychic abilities. They're mouths and throats are not designed well for a audible language, but through the power of their minds they can project their thoughts, images and feelings into the minds of others as a form of communication.
History: The Xan were originally genetically engineered by an unknown race, 500,000 years ago on their planet of origin. Originally intended to be a species bred for war, they were given warrior like traits, strong arms and legs, tough skin, intelligent and adaptive problem solvers.
However the species that created them made peace with the enemy the Xan were intended to be used against and so their planet, and their species were forgotten. The Xan reproduced and grew from their original species, evolving over the centuries and developing a civilization.
They're culture grew up around their warlike nature. being bred for war they expanded and adapted military like discipline into their culture. Their government was run like an army's chain of command, and it's people did what they were told for the benefit of the whole.
Eventually however their culture began to mellow out, and the rigorous and unforgiving discipline of their culture began to reduce drastically. They were very successful as the dominate species on the planet and expanded to fill almost every corner of it relatively quickly.
some time 4,000 years ago their creators returned. scientists interested in examining the progress of the experiments started so long ago came to the planet and put themselves in a position to be the Xan's gods. Controlling them and studying them. The Xan's technology level quadrupled in the span of a century and soon they were exploring space.
they built ships using their advanced psychic powers, arming them with advanced weapons and technology, growing and expanding within their solar systems. Eventually they thought of themselves as gods and rebelled against their creators.
The war lasted 24 years, but eventually the Xan won their freedom. Their creators left their solar system and have not returned to this day. The Xan, realizing that their creators could run to their homeworld and rebuild a fleet of war, decided they must learn how to travel to other planets themselves, find their creators and fight them there, at their homeworld to prevent their eventual return.
Large ships of exploration were built to explore the galaxy, but at the same time smaller scout ships were built. The large ships were sent to closer planets to begin colonys. the smaller one man ships were sent to the fringes of space, to explore strange new worlds, To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no Xan has gone before.
Technology
The Xan's advanced technology is based off a particular kind of artificial crystal which enhances their psychic powers to extraordinary levels. The crystals are made on their home planet in various sizes and are installed in everything, from simple land vehicles to their spaceships.
The crystals take the psychic energy of the Xan, focus it, magnify it and transforms it into energy that can be used by mechanical devices. Strictly speaking, everything that uses power within the Xan empire is powered by the Xan themselves, though the crystals they make.
They achieve transwarp speeds by having several members of their crew focus on the ships main crystal, giving enough energy to sling the ship passed Warp 10. They're weapons and shields are all based on the same principle.
Culture
Originally Xan culture was very structured and rank based. their war like nature and the harsh rain forest like conditions of their plant required them to be hard and disciplined in all things in order to survive. They developed a very strict code of conduct and law which served them well during their beginning stages as a species.
This code of conduct served them so well in fact that it stayed with them, although eventually they grew out of the need for such strict applications of it. They developed cities and and towns. tamed the jungles of their planet and built from them great wonders. They expanded across their globe quickly. Their code of conduct soon became more a set of guidelines for leading a good life, rather then the word of law.
They're technology progressed, soon developing weapons of war to fight eachother with, but unlike humanity they did not fight eachother long. They realized that only though kinship would they rise to lift themselves from their planet and into the stars. Setting aside their weapons, and referring to the first rule of their code, "never do intentional harm to another Xan" they came together into a one world culture and raced for the heavens.
A century after that, in what could be considered the Xan's Industrial Revolution, their creators returned and took over their culture as their gods. The Xan developed a religion for the first time in their history and worshiped their creators and their advanced technology. The creators took their new position of power and used it to take command of the Xan. They studied their creations from long ago and used them for labor, or experiments.
Eventually though, the Xan looked to their own code for guidance, rather then their creators, and realized they had to come together again and force the creators out. using the Creators own technology against them, the Xan built ships and went to war. They were engineered and bred for war originally and the centuries hadn't taken that away from them yet. They quickly excelled in the art of battle, taking heavy losses at first but soon adapting to their enemy and giving as good as they got. The Xan's strict disciplinary system returned and they once again based their culture off a military system. Every Xan was forced to enlist for at least 2 years in their military.
after the 24 long years of war, their creators finally decided to cut their losses and run, escaping the Xan's home system and returning to their planet of origin. The Xan however planned to follow them and finish the job once and for all. They soon rallied together and built for themselves giant colony ships and a fleet small scouts which were sent out to find their creators, or allies in helping them defeat their creators.
Every Xan on their planet now believes exploration is the key to survival in space. Find their long time curse, and cut it out of the stars before it can come back to haunt them again.
Biology.
There are no male or female Xan, but it does require two Xan to make a third. Xan's mate mentally. One of them eats an inordinate amount of food, which causes the body to eject a protoXan from it's mouth. This basketball sized, gooey mass is then instilled with the thoughts and personality of both "parents." The child's DNA is formed during this crucial stage and the child develops physical characteristics of the "parents" based on the mental qualities it received from them. For instance, if the child receives a very warrior like personality from one of it's parents it may grow up to be larger and stronger then others of it's species. Or a very learned or studious personality will cause it to develop a more powerful mind.
Xan physically stand on average to be about 7'5" tall. The tallest recorded Xan was 8'9". Average weight is 230 pounds. They're skin is thick and leathery and extremely dry. They absorb water and nutrients through pores in their dry skin.
They're muscle density and overall strength is a little more then double that of an average human. Their digitigrade legs provide them with a lot more pushing power as well, making them faster then the average human as well. They see along the visible light range like most species but it's very sharp. they're able to see colors in darkness and have very clear vision. They're hearing is average, about the same as most humans level of hearing.
Their "mouths" are purely used for the ingestion of solid foods. They're able to make slight grunts and gasps with it but not enough to form a complex language. They communicate purely through their psychic abilities. Xan have a fairly advanced frontal lobe which allows them to project their thoughts over distance, usually a distance of a few meters but in the cases of a mental "shout" the distance can extend up to a mile. Communication between planets is possible through the use of magnifying crystals. Two Xan can communicate over cosmic distances when both are tied into a large magnifying crystal and concentrating on eachother.
While they are excellent at projecting their thoughts into others for communication, they are completely inept at reading thoughts of others. The psychic abilities they do have are great however. Some of the oldest and wisest Xan have even developed limited telekinetic abilities, without the aid of magnification crystals.
With larger magnification crystals and several Xan working together, they can achieve great things, even propelling ships into subspace at warp to achieve transwarp speeds. Even a single mind tied into a big enough crystal can propel a small enough ship at low transwarp speed. They can project powerful psyonic energy blasts and kinetic shield bubbles to protect them from kinetic energy weapons.
Xan are a longer lived species. The longest recorded living Xan was 320 years old but the average age is 280. They're mental abilities increase with age but after the age of 200 their bodies begin to decay at an accelerated rate. They were engineered to be warriors, not meant to live very long. as a result their genetics reach a peak and then begin to degenerate.
