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| | ===Reproduction=== | | ===Reproduction=== |
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| − | Aquatian females have a gestation of 10 months, usually resulting in a single calf. Sometimes there are twins born, but this is a rare event, and can often result in birth complications for the mother.
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| | ===Food and Energy Requirements=== | | ===Food and Energy Requirements=== |
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| − | A purely carnivorous species, Aquatians need to eat at least half their body mass per week to maintain health. Due to their stronger immune systems, Aquatians can consume and digest the fish-like prey on many worlds with a diverse aquatic ecosystem.
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| | ===Lifespan & Lifecycles=== | | ===Lifespan & Lifecycles=== |
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| − | Aquatians mature quickly, but live fairly long for mammal species. Considered adults at age 9, they can live a good 150 years, with old age thought to be around 100.
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| | ===Instinctual Psychology=== | | ===Instinctual Psychology=== |
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| − | Aquatians are very curious and playful by nature, while normally this means you will rarely find an angry Aquatian, when you do, it's usually a good excuse to leave. Adults teach their children a style of discipline that keeps them from ignoring anything that isn't 'fun'. Rather than trying to find something else to do, the Aquatian turns a task into a game of sorts (or something amusing to do) and therefore concentrate on it.
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| | ===Habitats and Ecosystems=== | | ===Habitats and Ecosystems=== |
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| − | Aquatians can tolerate cold waters up to arctic ocean conditions, though warm waters are preferred. Being a naturally aquatic species, without artificial aid, Aquatians must remain immersed in water to prevent their skin from dehydrating and sloughing off. Salt water environments assist the natural Aquatian in ballast and remaining afloat.
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| | ===Communcation & Interaction=== | | ===Communcation & Interaction=== |
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| − | Aquatians normally communicate vocally, and have a -very- complicated language of clicks, whistles, and sonar pulses. Since most species couldn't emulate this language to begin with, Aquatians rely more on artificial translators and on those who can use telepathy.
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| | ===Combat Capabilities/Natural Weapons=== | | ===Combat Capabilities/Natural Weapons=== |
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| − | Aquatians posses little in the way of natural weaponry. Though their beaks are lined with a great many small, dagger-like teeth, and could cause harm from a bite.
| + | ==History== |
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| − | ===Special Racial Capabilities=== | + | ===Pre-History=== |
| | + | ===Early History=== |
| | + | ===Modern History=== |
| | + | ===First Contact=== |
| | + | ===Empire and Colonization=== |
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| − | Aquatians do posses some psionic capability, but their most outstanding ability is the capability of Navigating the Void.
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| | ==Society== | | ==Society== |
| | ===Cultural Psychology=== | | ===Cultural Psychology=== |
| | ===LANGUAGE=== | | ===LANGUAGE=== |
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| + | ===Hereditary Positions=== |
| − | Aquatians posses a complex language consisting simultaneously of vocal clicks and whistles, as well as subsonic and ultrasonic sonar pulses. Because of both the speed, complexity, and non-vocal methods used in this language, very few offworlders ever manage to learn to understand it, much less speak it. Because of this, Aquatians typically use artificial translators (implanted or worn), or else telepathy (for those who possess the ability) to communicate with other species.
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| − | Aquatian naming occurs in two parts. When a new calf is born, the parents decide on a name which the child will use till they reach adulthood, after which they choose the name they will use for the rest of their life. Names consist of two words, one noun and one adjective. Examples include StarRunner, WaveSkimmer, ReefHunter, and SkyRider.
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| | ===Social Mobility/Status/Rank=== | | ===Social Mobility/Status/Rank=== |
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| − | Aquatians do not naturally grasp the concept of rank, as in their own society all are considered equal to another. Achievement of the individual and recognition of greater skill and knowledge is however recognized and often given respect. The three most ‘esteemed’ professions an Aquatian can attain are that of a Void Navigator, a starship pilot, or someone in a medical profession.
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| | ===Cultural Subgroups=== | | ===Cultural Subgroups=== |
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| + | ===View of Society's Role=== |
| − | Since a small group of Aquatians encountered the non-sentient whales and dolphins of the Grrwrrawl’s homeworld, Earth, a small religion has sprung up in small enclaves on Aquatiane. This religion claims that their species was engineered from Earth’s dolphins, and was artificially transplanted against their will to Aquatiane. The religion encourages it’s followers to forgo sentience in order to rejoin the ‘whale dream’, so that they may once again rejoin their brethren on Earth.
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| − | | + | ===Coexistance with Alien Species=== |
| − | ===Governments=== | + | ===Formation of Joint Governments with Aliens=== |
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| | ===Privacy and the Role of the Media=== | | ===Privacy and the Role of the Media=== |
| | + | ===The Rights of the Individual Vs. Those of Society=== |
| | + | ===Ethnocentrism=== |
| | + | ===Overall Attitudes, Especially Towards Aliens=== |
| | + | ===Fashions & Manners of Dress=== |
| | + | ===Diplomacy and Alien Relations=== |
| | + | ====Allies==== |
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| − | Aquatians do not have a native organized media service, and instead rumors, stories, and important events are spread through the ocean by ultra-low frequency sonar pulses, which travel hundreds of kilometers, picked up and passed on to the next Pod.
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| − | Aquatians are a very curious and playful race, and as such will often go out of their way to have fun with those around them. Though certainly not masters of the art, they enjoy telling and listening to jokes of all kinds, and will make light of any situation to try and cheer up those around them.
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| | ===Rituals & Taboos=== | | ===Rituals & Taboos=== |
| | + | ===Historic Vs Modern Religions/Beliefs=== |
| | + | ===Internal Conflicts & Dissent=== |
| | + | ===Responses to Faiths of Other Species=== |
| | ===Morality and Codes of Ethics=== | | ===Morality and Codes of Ethics=== |
| − | ===Fashions & Manners of Dress=== | + | ===Metaphysical Views on Morality=== |
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| | + | ==Family and Community== |
| | + | ===Family Structure=== |
| | + | ===Child-Rearing Practices=== |
| | + | ===Schooling & Education=== |
| | + | ===Traditional Family Roles=== |
| | + | ===Naming Protocals=== |
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| − | In their native environment, Aquatians do not wear clothing, as it increases drag and serves no practical purpose for them. When leaving the ocean, the only articles of ‘clothing’ an Aquatian will wear are cybernetically controlled grav-harnesses (which allow them to ‘swim’ through the air), mechanical walker suits controlled by sonar pulses, as well as various forms of cybernetically controlled rigs for various purposes
| + | Aquatian naming occurs in two parts. When a new calf is born, the parents decide on a name which the child will use till they reach adulthood, after which they choose the name they will use for the rest of their life. Names consist of two words, one noun and one adjective. Examples include StarRunner, WaveSkimmer, ReefHunter, and SkyRider. |
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| − | ====Allies==== | + | ==Starship Design== |
| − | ====Enemies==== | + | ===Artificial Gravity Preferences=== |
| | + | ===Drive Technology=== |
| | + | ===Range & Endurance=== |
| | + | ===Warship Characteristics=== |
| | + | ===Civilian Ship Characteristics=== |
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| | + | ==Technological Strengths== |
| | + | ===Power Generation and Storage=== |
| | + | ===Robtics, Computers, and Automation=== |
| | + | ===Vehicle Transport=== |
| | + | ===Biotechnology=== |
| | + | ===Technology's Place in Society=== |
| | + | ===Rules, Measurement, and Math=== |
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| | + | ==Magic, Psi and Other Abilities== |
| | + | ===Magic=== |
| | + | ===Psionics=== |
| | + | ===Other=== |
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| − | ==History== | + | ==Economy and Industry== |
| − | ===Historical Overview=== | + | ===Industry=== |
| − | ===First Contact=== | + | ===Agriculture=== |
| − | ===Empire and Colonization=== | + | ===Commerce=== |
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