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I'm Sorry Dave
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Why in the Force would any sane corporation invest significant resources into the creation of unicorns, of all things? Perhaps an executive needed to make it up to their children after missing one too many school performance, perhaps someone in Marketing thought it was exactly what the new ads needed, perhaps there was a niche for mythological pets, or perhaps all of the above was true to one extent or another.
Whatever the case, Corporate assembled a team of bioengineers and delegated the necessary resources.
The nitty-gritty of the project likely included its fair share of setbacks and euthanised prototypes, but Corporate eventually got its unicorns. To what extent exotic pets straight out of myth compensate for parental absenteeism is a matter best left to someone other than a Globex executive.
- Intent: Corporate decided the consumers want real-life unicorns, so Corporate commissioned unicorns.
- Image Credit: Unicorn by Louise Meijer Åström, Prized Unicorn by Rudy Siswanto, Dark Unicorn by Antonio J. Manzanedo.
- Canon: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Paradigm Aurek Genetic Matrix | ForeverKittens
- Name: Unicorns
- Designation: Semi-Sentient
- Origins: The Globex Corporation
- Average Lifespan: 75-90 Years
- Estimated Population: Rare
- Description: Globex-brand Unicorns are majestic, gentle, and marketable. They are distinguished from other equines by the large horn on their foreheads and more subtly by different behavioural patterns and 'more aesthetically pleasing characteristics'. Like the more common by far ForeverKittens, they are primarily intended as (exotic) pets - unlike the former, they are quite capable of surviving in the wild, though they tend to struggle if faced with food shortages and will inevitably have trouble related to sterility or resource-intensive reproduction.
- Breathes: Type I
- Average Height of Adults: 1.5 metres
- Average Length of Adults: 2.4 metres
- Skin Colour: Generic horse colours; more likely to be a pristine white.
- Hair Colour: Generic horse colours; more likely to have a majestic mane.
- Distinctions: Resemble horses and similar creatures, but have more majestic manes and a 'regal presence'. Due to Globex's contempt for ageing, every effort was made to keep them looking youthful and gorgeous throughout their natural lives. The differences between male and female unicorns are smaller than in comparable species as engineering-in significant sexual dimorphism was considered 'a wasted effort'.
- Races: Globex-brand Unicorns come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from ponies for the spoiled children of the wealthy to massive creatures able to carry Wookies or Epincanthix with ease. The most unusual 'breeds' are described below.
- Dark-Touched Unicorns are Dark-leaning Force Sensitives - they are unusually vicious, yet can make excellent pets for Darksiders. It is not unheard of for Sith Lords to give one to their offspring to teach them 'responsibility'; "If it skewers any of my valuable servants or fails to skewer rebellious slaves, you lose HoloNet privileges for a week - and don't give me that look, it only works on your dad."
- Light-Touched Unicorns are the gentler, wiser counterparts of the previous; it is not unusual for them to develop the ability to heal with a soft touch of their horn. They often radiate a supernatural calm that can be sufficient to quell ravenous beasts or furious crowds.
- Brand Representative Unicorns sport gorgeous Globex-blue manes and have eyeballs resembling the Globex logo. These gentle beasts are purpose-built to represent the brand by being pestered by children and made to attend endless photoshoots. Some among them are even Force Sensitive - their abilities are put to good use telepathically radiating 'positive brand associations'.
- Force Sensitivity: High; According to Corporate, 'magical unicorns are more marketable'.
- Regal Beasts: Unicorns are regal, gorgeous, and intelligent; they tend to be healthy and gifted with statuesque physiques.
- Branded Biology: Unicorns are so-so adapted to life in the wild; many are sterile (and even those who aren't may struggle to reproduce without technological assistance) and they tend to be too gentle-hearted to function well in survival scenarios.
- Diet: Herbivores; tend to be 'pickier' than comparable species.
- Communication: Can communicate surprisingly well with snorts and meaningful looks.
- Technology Level: They are semi-sentient and lack opposable thumbs. What do you think?
- Religion/Beliefs: They are semi-sentient and lack the ability to speak a language. What do you think?
- General Behaviour: Globex-brand unicorns are, as a whole, a gentle, curious species. While their horns can be used to attack, only the so-called Dark-Touched do so without significant provocation - even when provoked they normally try to warn off their assailants by stomping their hooves and snorting loudly. They may live in herds if sufficiently numerous, but this is a fairly rare occurrence. It is not unusual for them to go out of their way to protect other beings - this is especially true as far as sentients (i.e., Customers) are concerned.
Why in the Force would any sane corporation invest significant resources into the creation of unicorns, of all things? Perhaps an executive needed to make it up to their children after missing one too many school performance, perhaps someone in Marketing thought it was exactly what the new ads needed, perhaps there was a niche for mythological pets, or perhaps all of the above was true to one extent or another.
Whatever the case, Corporate assembled a team of bioengineers and delegated the necessary resources.
The nitty-gritty of the project likely included its fair share of setbacks and euthanised prototypes, but Corporate eventually got its unicorns. To what extent exotic pets straight out of myth compensate for parental absenteeism is a matter best left to someone other than a Globex executive.
