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.

A Timeline of Mardka

Hello again everyone. Nothing like a good old fashioned Species Contest to get Bot's creative juices flowing! Anyway, I read Xzebo's entry into the contest and laughed a little bit. I think that we are on the same brain wavelength or something. We must be related. While the Tnne-Jin are a sub-species of the Tno-Jin, the Ushkayin are a descendant of another species in the Mardka/Ushun system. So, no I didn't change the name of the planet the Ushkayin are from, this is just a little history lesson. So... STORY TIME!!! Grab a juice box, sit down (criss-cross applesauce) and enjoy. Let's start with a little background.

Zero Event is the day that the Ushkayin believed that their plight began and all time is based off of this event. It started approximately 362 Ushkayin years ago. For the sack of continuity and peoples brain functions, we will stick with Ushkayin years in this story, but you can think of it as Earth years if you wish. If you really want me to, contact me and I will convert the time to Earth years just for you. Anyway!!! Now for the actual story, if you need a new juice box please get it now and return to your square on the carpet.

Zero Event: (Mardka is the only inhabited planet in the Mardka/Ushun system at this time.) Mardkayin doctors begin to see a sharp rise in respiratory infections amongst the population. Speculation, starts as to the origin of the infection. Population of Mardka is approximately 8.5 billion.

37 YPZE (Years Past Zero Event): A group of Mardkayin scientists and doctors have discovered the cause of the respiratory infections. An airborne spore produced by various plant life on Mardka is present in every victim of the respiratory infection.

41 YPZE: The spore that caused the respiratory infection has claimed more than half the population of Mardka. Out of the remaining 4.2 billion alive, only .1% are not infected and determined to be immune. The remaining 99.9% of the population have a respirator installed. This new technology cures the infection and allows for a near normal life.

56 YPZE: Doctors and scientists have discovered that the spore which is causing the respiratory infection affects the Mardkayin physiology on the genetic level. It is also determined that the spore is weakening the immune system of all that are infected. With no real cure in sight and the true aggressive nature of the spore found, the world government begins funding any group that shows promise in faster than light travel. This is due to the recent discovery of a habitable planet in the system that scientists have named Ushun.

59 YPZE: Mass production of FTL ships begins. A huge workforce is used to produce the ships and 20 ships are online and ready for transport at the end of the year. Each trip takes 1 Mardkayin day (28.2 Earth Hours) and each ship can carry 500,000 Mardkayins. The migration takes five and a half years. Once established on Ushun the 4.2 billion Mardkayins change their species name to Ushkayin in appreciation of their new home. The 4.2 million Mardkayin (the unaffected) stay behind on Mardka to set up commerce with Ushun and to continue pursuing a cure for the spore.

109 YPZE: Trade and communication between Mardka and Ushun continue to be solid and the two planets have a good relationship. 95% of the crews on the cargo ships are Ushkayin. Mardkayins are starting to show signs of physical weakness and psychological problems (paranoia) when leaving Mardka for extended periods of time.

154 YPZE: Research by Mardkayin scientists into the spores has led to a grave discovery. The damage on the genetic level to the Ushkayin cannot be cured and is estimated to take thousands of years to recover from as the genetic disease needs to be "evolved" out of the them.

164 YPZE: Mardkayin scientists find that their own population is evolving rapidly. Their immune systems are becoming stronger at an inexplicably fast rate and new generations show more strength and agility than each previous generation. Doctors also predict that the life expectancy for each new generation doubles that of the previous generation. Unfortunately, Mardkayin and Ushkayin scientist discover that the same spore that caused the weakened immune system has somehow changed and is causing the accelerated evolution of the Mardkayins. It is determined by both planets that if Ushkayins return to Mardka it will be fatal.

270 YPZE: After only eight generations, the Mardkayin evolution has reached a pinnacle. Mardkayins are now expected to live for several millennium. They are physically totally different then the Ushkayin, whom they share a common ancestry with. They are also psychologically superior on a vast scale. Unfortunately, this has come at a great cost. Mardkayins have developed a symbiotic relationship with the plant life of Mardka and therefore cannot leave the planet without the aid of bio-engineered environmentally sealed suits. These suits only allow for a few days time before the Mardkayins start to feel nausea and paranoia.

Present day: Relations between Ushun and Mardka are as strong as ever. Ushun operates and maintains the fleet of cargo runners necessary for the survival of the Ushkayin population. The Mardkayin take care of sterilization, packaging and other logistics of the vast shipping routes. All of which is done without financial compensation of any kind.

Well, hope you enjoyed this. Please dispose of empty juice boxes in the trash receptacles.

I will be doing another post on information very soon!

Bot out.

Better Late Than Never.

So here is my entry for the 2nd Species Contest! I actually finished them a while ago but I wanted to finish the drawings to go along with the entry before I submitted anything. Anywho, Here they are!!!

Tennë-Jin’ Raka (Tnnë-Jin)

            The Tennë-Jin’ Raka or Tnnë Jin’ (same difference in meaning between People and Human) shared their home planet Röq-Najaa with the Tnö-Jin. The two races may once have been the same species but as a result of ages and ages of caste system exclusion and segregation, two genetically similar but different species evolved on their home planet.

            Firstly, there were the Tnö Jin’. They evolved to be very flexible, with a commanding and often times intimidating mental and physical presence. The Tnö were advanced in science, government, combat and willpower. They were an honorable yet prideful species.

Secondly there was the Tnnë-Jin, a subservient slave race to the Tnö Jin’. The Tno, who were more powerful,  believed that the Tnne were inferior versions of themselves, simply “Tno’s gone wrong,” like they weren’t quite a sentient race, and that they needed to be enslaved for their own protection. Because the Tno were so much more powerful than the Tnne, the Tnne could never really argue against the Tno’s superiority and the majority of the Tnne were naturally conditioned to believe that their enslavement was necessary.

The Tnnë-Jin on the other hand, evolved to have good hearing and sight plus smaller physical builds to notice and flee from their slavers.  An uprising may someday have occurred if not for the genocide of the Tno, which the Tnne refer to as “the Culling.”

Thousands of years ago, in a history that was been lost to time, the Tnnë saw the complete eradication of their masters. They don’t really understand what happened.  Some people think it was the vengeance of an angry deity, and others think that the Tno finally reached the pinnacle of evolution and were changed or cut down by some cosmic force, hence why this event is referred to as “the Culling.” Regardless of the truth, the only thing that remains in the history books is that supposedly a giant metal dragon descended from the sky and separated the two races, cutting down the Tnö Jin’ and completely ignoring the Tnnë-Jin. The entire event lasted a mere several days, and then the beast left.

With the almost overnight eradication of their masters, the surviving Tennë-Jin’Raka society was thrown into anarchy and they almost went extinct themselves. Very few had any idea how to use any form of technology, the few who did were so conditioned to never use their master’s technology that they would have rather died anyway.  Without the calming aura of the Tnö Jin’ the slaves began fighting for food and power. Starvation was the leading cause of death with fighting coming in a close second. This lasted for about two months before a Tnnë-Jin female, who today is heralded as a hero, started reasoning with all the remaining slaves until they all had come together, maybe not unified but at least cooperated enough to survive as a species.  A census was taken in the aftermath, and roughly only 10% of the Tnnë-Jin population survived, barely several million. Këm-Yvan, the hero of the Tnnë, was one of the few who actually knew how to operate Tno tech. She taught others how to use technology and slowly the Tennë-Jin’Raka began to prosper and eventually think for themselves.

           

Race Name:  Tennë-Jin’Raka

Home Planet:  Röq-Najaa

Languages:  Alk-Nakesh, (the masters language) Alk-Nikaan (the slaves language)

Avg. Lifespan: 130 years

Sleep Habits: 10 hours out of every 35, (10 asleep, 25 awake)

Avg. Height: 7’6” (extreme height variations common, i.e. between 6 to 9 feet)

Avg. Weight: 250 lbs.

Hair:  No head hair but can sometimes have small thin horns

Eyes: They have four eyes where the iris can be any possible color (Shard lines of different colors common)

Skin: Their skin is much like humans but it is grayish in color, they are covered in light fur or fuzz which can be any color (Pastel colors most common.)

Ears: They have 4 thin long pointy ears

Arms: They have two arms which, compared to humans, look elongated and thin.

Hands: They have no thumbs, but 4 symmetrically placed strong and flexible fingers. No fingernails.

Feet: They have 4 flexible big toes (which in truth are more like big fingers on their feet.) Two are pointed forward and are more slender and can grab things, and two are pointed backwards and are thicker and not so flexible and are used for balance.

Physical Description: Tall and slender, (to the point of looking frail) there are no overweight Tnne unless they are sick (Genetically incapable of creating stored energy as fat, leading cause of death is malnutrition and starvation.)

            They have a prehensile tail (strong enough to grab and hang from but not dexterous enough to do advanced actions, such as firing a gun) it can be used to pick up or carry objects and it is also long enough to “hand” objects to the arms.

            They have one 6 chambered symmetrical heart that sits in the middle of the chest and 4 lungs, two normal sized and two small redundant lungs (1/4^th the size of their normal lungs).

            They have above average strength but look frail and slender because of the length of their extremities.

           

Possible Average Attributes:

Strength: 13

Endurance: 11

Knowledge: 8

Reasoning: 10  

Charisma: 10

Comeliness: 10

Dexterity: 13

Perception: 16

Heal: 8

Willpower start: 0 (no bonus) 

Society: Their society was based, for a long time, on just survival, creating a commonwealth, in which the people were united by a compact of the people for the common good. This came to be known as the Këm-Yvan Commonwealth, taking its name from the hero (Këm-Yvan) who created “the Pact”, the writ of rules, regulations and laws that all citizens should follow to survive and prosper. In recent times however the commonwealth is shifting to an oligarchy, where a group of individuals claim authority based on wealth and power. Though the Commonwealth of Këm-Yvan is still claimed to be in effect, the wealthy and powerful have great influence over the affairs of state.

About 65% of the survivors from the aftermath were female so they became the majority of the leaders. Genetically about 60% of newborns are female. So males are less common in everyday life. Families are close-knit and very protective of each other; it is not uncommon to see one household that has four or five generations present.

Military and Tech:  Every member of society must serve in the military for at least 1 year, during this time each person is taught and given more insight on how to use old world Tno tech. After the one mandatory year each person is given the option to remain in the military for however long they want, the military is one of the best paid occupations. There are no police functions as the military serves as the law keepers.

The technological advances in Tnnë society came from two separate endeavors, one; to create or discover new things, and two; to reverse engineer old Tnö Jin’ technology, so they are both advanced and not advanced at the same time, for example they do not have wireless telephones and only the military and wealthy have computers, but, by reverse engineering old Tno tech they actually have achieved FTL travel. (In human eras the Tnnë-Jin would be in the equivalent of the 50’s or 60’s.)

Physiologically, it is easier for the Tnne to hold spherical objects (because of their hands), so Tnne equipment, utensils and weapons are usually spherical or curved and almost always symmetrical. For example the Tnne keyboard is slightly curved and there are 40 buttons total, 20 buttons radiate outward for each hand with five for each finger grouped at the cardinal directions. (north, south, etc.)

(Example of a Tnnë-Jin keyboard)

Fighting Styles: These fighting styles were originally created by the Tno, but were learned and perfected by the slaves after the Culling.

            - Tnö-Iatrii – This is their hand to hand combat. It employs flips and spins to hit and grapple.

            - Tnö-Chaell (Ball and Chain) – They invented this form of fighting because their hands have no thumbs and it is easiest for them to grasp spherical shaped objects. They use a chain about 3 feet long with a metal ball on each end (a Chaellen) that can be used for offense or defense.

            - Tnö-Aatiritee – This is what the military teaches, it is the combined use of Iatrii and Chaell in fighting.

Star System: the name of their home system is Rään and it is a binary sun system, having a blue giant and a white dwarf. There are five planets in the system where their home-planet: Röq-Najaa is the third in line and the only habitable one in the system; it has 3 moons, each which orbit the planet at different angles and distances. The planet is 70% water where most of the land is near the equator and tropical in climate. There are ice islands near the poles. The Axis tilt is 2.1 degrees, being almost completely perpendicular to its orbit plane. The surface gravity is .91, which is slightly less than earth. There are 35 hours in a day and one year is 421 days. The home galaxy for the Rään system is called the Qäe-Siriia Nebula, which lies relatively close to the Thanok galaxy.

            The Këm-Yvan Commonwealth has explored their own system and some surrounding areas but they have only just begun to colonize other worlds. The KYC military is in charge of the deep space exploration program and because of population and land issues (current population on Roq-Najaa is 15 billion) they are very interested in exploring and claiming new areas for themselves.

Below are two pictures of different Tnne-Jin, the first is Commander Cha-Abakk Geij who is sporting a basic military space faring uniform and wielding a classic Chaellen, and the second is Colonel Roq-Jako who is wearing the flexible yet durable Special Forces Armor, and wielding light rapid fire arm cannons on both forearms and holding a custom made SMG sidearm.

Hope you guys like them!

Xzebo out.

Behold the Fro-migites!

So, here is my MOAG Creature Creation 2.0. The Species name is "Fro-migite" and they originate from the planet Aifropik. Their culture fairly closely resemble the African Termites that once resided on Earth. Their homes are giant mounds the size of skyscrapers and are located all over the planet.

Inside the mounds there live a king and queen with their family and other royal families who run the entire city/hive.

They are a very caste based society with the hive comprising mostly of workers. Then a medium portion being military. And a very small portion being the royal families.

The only way to distinguish the different classes are the size of their Afro Hairdos. The workers have relatively small Afros which many times they call "bob-fros". The military class has a very rigid hairstyle that they call "flat-top-fro" or "jar-head-fro." And lastly the royal families have extremely large hairstyles that they call "mega-fros" of which the king and queen have the largest.

OK, OK, OK... for those of you who have played... well... pretty much any MOAG know that these are not a real creature creation but are just an impostor copycat of my previous creation, the Ormigites, who were in the last Creature Creation Contest and you can see their submission here.

The Fro-migites came about by Phantom teasing me by acting like a sore loser because the Ormigites won last time and then she said that because they won last time maybe they could win again this contest. We then built off that silliness and said I should submit them again just with something silly and different, like a mustache... or an AFRO! So I re-drew one with an afro and a mustache and that is how the Fro-migites came to pass.

Haha, sorry for the irreverent nature of this post when everyone else will be post REAL creatures but I hope you like this picture, and I will be posting my REAL submission sometime soon!
-Juanito, over and out.

Enter the Ushkayin. Expanded version!!!

Ok! Now that the ball is rolling I have decided to make some changes to my original post, so hopefully people will still see it. I've added an image to this, a Ushkayin male head shot, but it has come out... big... really really big and I don't like it (and that sounds worse when I write it down.) Oh well!!! I'm leaving the sentence and the image and I'll try and figure out how to make the image smaller, but I don't care how the comment sounds. Anyway, the new section(s) is(are) "A Little on Ushun" and "A Little on Eshvon."

***MORE ADDED HERE!***
Race: Ushkayin
Avg Height: 5’8”
Avg Weight: 140 lbs
Avg Life Span: 55 years
Home Planet: Ushun
Home Galaxy: Coma Berenices Dwarf Spheroidical Galaxy
Home System: Mardka/Ushun System
Star: Eshvon
Planets in Solar System: Te, Shve, Mardka, Ushun, Talaryi
Habitable Planets: Mardka, Ushun (both are habited.)
Languages: Ushun, Coshcon, Mardkay, Langana
Sleep Habits: 2 hours every 27 hours

Avg Attributes
Strength: 8
Endurance: 9
Knowledge: 35
Reasoning: 15
Comeliness: 10
Charisma: 8
Dexterity: 15
Perception: 20
Heal: 7
Will Power: +3

Overview
The Ushkayin have been around for over 250,000 years. They are a peaceful race that is easily contented. The only reason they invented hyperdrive was to escape their native planet Mardka which plant life had developed spores that infected a wide variety of animal species including the Ushkayin and weakened the immune system.

The Ushkayin have a respirator installed over their mouth and nose anywhere from the age of six to nine months. It all depends on when the child gets its first respiratory infection. The skin, cartilage and some bone is removed from the nasal and oral cavity area and the base respirator is installed inside and will stay the same for the rest of the Ushkayins life. The outer respirator is changed from time to time until the person grows to maturity. The respirator is designed to take care of respiratory, communication and olfactory functions. It also has a port for the consuming of nutrients.

The Ushkayin have three pairs of eyes. Together the eyes see in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. The information from all the eyes, the ears and the olfactory sensor in the respirator is sent to the secondary brain in the cranial cavity, which is directly behind the eyes, where it is processed. This brain is approximately the size of an average human fist. The processed information is then sent to the main brain which is amongst the other organs in the torso and is surrounded by cartilage to prevent injuries. The Ushkayin also have only one lung and a stomach that is actually a gastric mill (gizzard.)

A Little on Ushun (New Section!)
Ushun is on the inter limit of Eshvons habitable zone which makes it very arid and hot. There are several great seas on the planet, but these only account for approximately 20% of the surface area.

Ushun's axial tilt is 14.8 degrees and it's average surface temperature is 43.4 degrees Celsius (110.12 degrees Fahrenheit.) All Ushkayin settlements are located above what would be considered the 60th Parallel North and below the 60th Parallel South. This is also where 80% of the surface water of the planet is located.

Ushun rotates once every 27.1 Earth hours and orbits Eshvon every 4.4 Earth years. This makes every Ushun year 1422.29 days long.

Ushun is 1.78 times the size of Earth.

A Little on Eshvon (New Section)
Eshvon is considered a Blue Giant. It is 2.02 times the radius of Sol, 20.03 times the luminosity and 2.1 times the mass. For those science geeks out there (Shadowwire, I'm looking in your direction) it is a Spectral type A. (I did all the calculations in Universe Sandbox... hopefully it's accurate.)

Still more info to come! Physiology, society and technology!

Bot out.

P.S. If you haven't read Trudi's story, you should. It's really good. :)

A decree from Omicron Persei 8 !

The time has come for another contest!  This time its a Sapient race contest. Don't know what that means? Google it.
  The guidelines are as follows.

Basic list: Race Name; Average Height; Average Weight; Average Life span; Home Planet; Languages Spoken; Sleeping Habits; and perhaps Willpower Bonus (can be negative). Approximate Attributes would be nice, but remember can make or break a species chances of winning. Attribute Rolls are not necessary; they will need to be calculated at time of induction.

If you have more, please put it in the following format:

Overview- Contains a quick description of the species.

Physiology- Contains information on the science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of the particular species in good health, their organs, and the cells of which they are composed.

Society- Contains information on; the economic, social and industrial infrastructure of the species, as well as cultural information.

Military and Technology- Contains information on the level of technology used by the species both in real world, and military functions. Notable advancements are listed here, as well as medical advancements and the species level of space travel.

Native Star System- Contains strictly information regarding the space surrounding the species home planet including, Sun, Moons Other Planets and physical information such as, but not limited to; Axis tilt of home planet, surface gravity, length of year/day, and location in and name of home galaxy.

Now, all this information is not a requirement, but just a guideline to get you started.  Also a cool picture would be good, but again, not a necessity.

The winning Species will be used in an upcoming campaign, and the winner praised on the blog, and possibly something else cool... who knows...

So what are you waiting for?

Some skurtches.

I needed a picture of someone looking really surprised for something on my blog and I decided to use Selidor. Thought I might post the sketches on here.

 And then I've been working on an alien race for awhile now. They're called the asoheri and they have a facial skin covering that they can close and open that functions as filtration from the dangerous toxins on their planet.