Raphael Gallustrade
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
The species that would become Baleen Astromata, started off as a seabound race, who slowly developed their intelligence and sentience thanks to developing abilities in the Force. The species never truly developed an actual civilization, as is understood, though they cultivated relations with a land-locked race that assisted them in developing further. Eventually the peoples on land destroyed themselves in war though, by this point, Baleen Astromata had managed to evolve to where they could travel in space on their own. Through this, their species took to the stars. During the early days, they linked to sentient species and continued enabling species to go into space.
As more and more species began to take to space, Baleen Astromata began to become less needed, as they needed someone to link to them to join the space race. As ships became more prominent spacefaring species began to hunt down Baleen Astromata and their larger brethren Frigatoma. As more and more died the species began to withdraw into the Outer Rim, though as more and more died in the Outer Rim they withdrew further into the Unknown Regions. Supposedly, that is where the few live in this day and age. Supposedly the recent war, and location of the Brotherhood of the Maw, is causing them to awaken.
- Intent: This submission is mutli-purposed; one as a way to give additional options for odd ships for those that want them and two to provide even more fun ways for people to RP out in either the edges of the Outer Rim and even the Unknown Regions.
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- Canon: No.
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- Links: Living Ship
- Name: Baleen Astromata
- Designation: Sentient
- Origins: Unknown Regions
- Average Lifespan: 360 years to 410 years
- Estimated Population: Semi-Unique
- Description: For what few examples of the species exist still in the galaxy, they take on a bodily appearance of aquatic species, usually whales and sharks. Calcarious in appearance, antenna, mohawk-like, hammerhead, anvil, compact and even longnosed, bearded and tusked growths all act as short and long range sensors. Each has either long or short arms that pull inwards when landing and extend when in flight. Each of them also has either triple thrusters or had a single thruster, and three either bowl like feet, pedestal feet or large feet to land with.
- Breathes: Due to the creature's strange biologic makeup, it is able to breathe in all atmospheres, though it does so by filtering in either oxygen and expelling the rest or by filtering in carbon dioxide, and separating the oxygen out and expelling the rest when in space.
- Average Height of Adults: 4.72 m
- Average Length of Adults: 3.17 m
- Skin color: Members of this species come in a wide range of colors, the calcareous like growths can be anywhere from a metallic black to a very light teal, while the underbellies tend to be cream.
- Hair color: None of the species has any hair.
- Distinctions: Being a largely spacefaring species, each member of the species is extremely distinct from the other, few having the same configuration of calcareous pieces and none of them having the same coloration. Though this is made easier due to the relative scarcity of their species.
- Races: Baleen Astromata
Baleen Frigatoma - Force Sensitivity: All
- The Baleen Astromata are alive and, due to this, form individual links with the person that will act as a "pilot" and friend.
- Baleen Astromata create a symbioitic relationship with a chosen individual and are extremely loyal.
- Due to their sensitivity to the Force, these creatures are able to bond easily with Force sensitive individuals.
- The abilities of Baleen Astromata make good ships that allow them to compete with existing ones.
- Due to the fact that the species is alive, and sentient, even should one form a connection with them, they still have the ability to make their own decisions.
- Baleen Astromata, while being force sensitive, are unable to develop offensive force abilities
- The creatures are extremely rare and are nearly impossible to find, due to the sheer volume of the Unknown Regions and near extinction of the species
- Baleen Astromata are not fond of most sentient species and so tend to avoid them, where they can.
- Also, as with all things of the Force, running into Ysalamiri lizard, void stones and null zones, will disable the Baleen Astromata's ability to utilize the Force, including telepathy.
- Diet: Other: This creature devours metals in space as well as gas from gas giant planets
- Communication: Long Range Sonar Calls, Telepathy
- Technology level: This species possesses long range (multi-system communications) and shorter range telepathy (planet-wide). Their bodies are capable of producing a plasma equivalent to, if not more powerful, than typical starships, possess hyperspace travel capabilities as well as great speed and are graceful when moving through space itself. Finally, their bodies generate a powerful a fairly powerful field of energy capable of resisting blaster fire and kinetic assaults
- Religion/Beliefs: N/A
- General behavior: Baleen Astromata are fairly social creatures, but rarely raise their young longer than a decade. Once the young are born, the female takes the young off and raises them alone, teaching them how to access all of their abilities and cultivating their abilities with the Force. It is rare for them to interact with any other sentient species, though when they do they attempt to engage in friendly relations with them. They do not need to hunt much, nor do they need to build or invent, however they are consummate explorers and spend the majority of their lives jumping from system to system living on a planet for a time and then jumping to the next one.
The species that would become Baleen Astromata, started off as a seabound race, who slowly developed their intelligence and sentience thanks to developing abilities in the Force. The species never truly developed an actual civilization, as is understood, though they cultivated relations with a land-locked race that assisted them in developing further. Eventually the peoples on land destroyed themselves in war though, by this point, Baleen Astromata had managed to evolve to where they could travel in space on their own. Through this, their species took to the stars. During the early days, they linked to sentient species and continued enabling species to go into space.
As more and more species began to take to space, Baleen Astromata began to become less needed, as they needed someone to link to them to join the space race. As ships became more prominent spacefaring species began to hunt down Baleen Astromata and their larger brethren Frigatoma. As more and more died the species began to withdraw into the Outer Rim, though as more and more died in the Outer Rim they withdrew further into the Unknown Regions. Supposedly, that is where the few live in this day and age. Supposedly the recent war, and location of the Brotherhood of the Maw, is causing them to awaken.
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