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Introducing the Mon Tangrien. Loose translation "The people of Tangri"


Silicon based Squid like creature native to the inhospitable planet known as Tangri.
With high atmospheric temperature average of 1200°F.
The Mon Tangrien live in the molten ocean's that remain between 530°-790°F

With the ability to change color much like the earth cuddle fish, and 360° field of vision, most communication is done with visual cues. Naturally curious and gentle creatures the social structure revolves around being the farthest traveled among their social group. Scientific and engineering positions are the most sought after jobs.
They are asexual and reproduce with eggs that are exchanged between partners. Once hatched offspring will rely on their parent for approximately 2 years before venturing out on their own. Subduing a mate involves display's of ability to reproduce the sights and sounds of other places and species.

Although excellent swimmers the Mon Tangrien would not do well in most oceans as we know them, and are required to be in an environmentally contained bio capsule for most interaction with species not adapt to their environment.
As part of their unusual biochemistry the Mon Tangrien produce a byproduct that, similar to Sodium Pentothal, causes susceptibility to suggestion in most carbon based lifeforms.  In a strange twist of circumstances the Sargonian are immune to this effect, however the Mon Tangrien have discovered that the Sargonian are quite tasty, like a popsicle.

Strength: 1D4+3
Endurance: 1D4+4
Dexterity: 2D12+2
Heal: 2D10+3
Comeliness: 1D10+3
Charisma: 1D10+3
Perception: 4D8+4
Reasoning: 2D12+2
Knowledge: 1D10+5
Willpower: +2

I was going to include a picture of the Environmental Capsule used by the Mon Tangrien however I suck at art and was unsuccessful at drawing it. It is egg shaped with between six and eight arms used for locomotion, and manipulating objects. Each arm is equipped with tools to pick things up, cut things, drill, sense texture, sense temperature, maneuver in a vacuum, and adhere to surfaces. For now use your imagination.

The Mon Tangrien have been exploring the cosmos for approximately 900 years and have colonized 7 planets to date. However they only recently discovered  carbon based life, having made contact with a Mo-Ti-Qee exploratory party. Typical habitable planets are about 3x the mass of earth and very close to the parent star.

2 comments:

Shadowwire said...

Impressive. Looks like you researched Silicon based life. I like the Ideas.
Good Job.
For those interested, Sargonians are Silicon/Carbon based.

Bot said...

Really interesting thoughts. I like it.