- Currax Sea Killer -
Designation: Non-sentient Homeworld: Champalahttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/68698-champala/#entry1022680
Language: N/A
Average Height in Adults: 5 meters
Length when fully grown: 193 meters
Skin Color: Deep navy blue back, white to cream underbelly with striped patterns around the mouth to upper flippers
Hair Color: N/A
Breathes: Type I (can hold breath underwater for up to 27 hours at a time)
Strengths:
- Enormous size, can eat most prey in a single bite
- Thick back/hide making them extremely hard to kill
- Can smell blood within the water from 34 kilometers away
- Extremely fast swimmer, but only in short bursts (peak speed: 83 miles per hour)
- Teeth as tough as durasteel and are constantly growing and being replaced
- Can survive in immense levels of pollution
- Soft underbelly making them susceptible to attack
- Requires to eat a significant amount of food to survive
- Requires all four flippers to function or it becomes immobile, smaller species can occasionally defeat the Currax Sea Killer by disabling one of it's flippers.
- Poor eyesight
- Can only swim in open sea, struggles around coastal areas with debris and rock formations
Average Lifespan: 231 standard years
Races: N/A
Estimated Population: Ecological surveys conducted on Champala suggest there are no more than 2,000 globally
Diet: Fish, sea reptiles, large mollusks, the occasional bird resting on the ocean
Communication: High-pitched clicking sounds
Culture: N/A
Technology: N/A
General Behavior: The Currax Sea Killer is highly aggressive towards other large sea creatures although has a benign attitude towards sentient beings who are swimming and other small animals. They will only go to the surface every 27 hours to take in oxygen, a process which takes around 20 minutes and is when they are most vulnerable and exposed. On occasion sea vessels have been attacked by these creatures but this is considered extraordinarily rare with less than fifty reported instances of this in Champala's recorded history. Currax Sea Killer's like sharks will form feeding frenzy's around large schools of fish and they are not known to fight among themselves although cannibalism of other dead members of their species is observed. Typically solitary, Currax Sea Killer's will travel alone until they find a mate at which point they will mate for life. On occasion they will form loose hunting groups which will usually last a month or two. The Currax Sea Killer is a reptile and thus lays eggs which are attached into thick ropes of kept through the usage of a gelatinous substance secreted from glands under the females frontal flippers. A clutch of ten thousand eggs will be laid by a female Currax Sea Killer only once in their life times, out of that ten thousand only one of the offspring typically survive as the 'nest' is abandoned the moment it is laid. Juvenile Currax Sea Killers however are more than capable of caring for themselves from birth. The entire life of a Currax Sea Killer essentially revolves around eating, and most of their day will be spent doing so due to their behemoth diets. They are not a territorial species and are found in the deepest most open parts of Champala's oceans. They are rarely seen, although the government of Champala has several tagged specimens it monitors for research purposes. Currax Sea Killer's on very rare occasions will approach the more coastal areas of Champala's landmasses, however this is extraordinarily rare and any form of debris or rocky formation is impossible to navigate for one of these beasts and has often resulted in them being beached. The Currax Sea Killer is the largest animal on Champala and the world's apex predator. They have no real natural threats once they have reached adult size.
History: The Currax Sea Killer is a recently discovered species on Champala and is considered to be one of the most ancient creatures residing on the planet. Archaeologists believe that genetically the Sea Killer has been relatively the same for over sixty million years. Though early on in Champala's history early Chagrian fishmongers had reported the occasional sighting they were widely considered to be mythical and false. After one specimen beached itself in 23 ABY a research program was initiated to investigate this new find. Soon enough ecological surveys found there was around 2,000 Currax Sea Killer's residing on Champala, a number that has stabilized itself up until modern time. They are protected by law strictly from commercial hunting, albeit they are not considered an endangered species despite their small population. The namesake for the Currax Sea Killer came from Champalan biologist Edwin Currax. Some theories have linked the Currax Sea Killer to the Naboo native Colo claw fish believing them to have developed over hundreds of thousands of years after finding their way into a new environment. This however has never been confirmed.
Notable Player Characters: N/A
Intent: The intent with this creation was to design an apex predator for Champala, a world I am role playing the government of. This is done to flesh out the native ecosystem of the planet which by cannon sources is not described regarding flora and fauna.
