Lithopan

Lithopan
Distant Fringe sophont
Base Information
Classification	Producer
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Flyer
Terrain	Vacuum
Body Form
Confluence	Non-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Alien
Size
Weight	millions of tons
Culture
Languages	Unknown Native Language
Social Structure	Anarchy
Technological Epoch
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Unknown world
UWP	Starport Error in Starport Decode Size Error in Size Decode Atmosphere Error in Atmosphere Decode Hydrographics Error in Hydrographics Decode Population Error in Population Decode Government Error in Government Decode Law Error in Law Decode Tech Level Error in Tech Decode
Primary Star
Atmosphere
Off-world presence	No
Zoetic individuals	No
Source
Reference	Adie Alegoric Stewart - Distant Fringe
Canon	No
Also see

The Lithopan are an extinct Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance.

Description (Specifications)

A minor race of the Empty Stars region.

History & Background (Dossier)

The existence of this species was discovered by the Jannasta Expedition

Lithopan

Each of the four sophonts of the Intersect Cluster – the Dhagoni, the Froma, the Outsiders and the Vexor – were seeded in some way through the influences of the Lithopan initiators. Theses miners have masses rivaling small moons and large asteroids. Their movements often coincide with planetesimals collisions in nascent solar systems on the cusp of stable planet formation. Their bodies create oceans and mountain ranges. They can draw heavy metals upward from mantle layers into the crust. They can float through space. They can utilize radioactive elements and accumulated fuels to lift off. The question of the sentience is unknown and some would say unknowable. They live so long and so slowly they seem as unaware of the life they generate as a human would have with the microbes on our skin. They can manipulate gravity fields and accelerate very slowly over vast stretches of time as the wander from star to star. They are incapable of FTL, but achieve sub luminal velocities that would kill typical organic life forms. Upon approaching a new gravity well of a new star they settle onto a new planet and begin to refuel from the exertion of their last voyage. This resting phase varies with the duration of the crossing. Usually a few million years per light year traveled.

Astrography

This race was primarily located in the following areas:
Uncharted Space - Where The Stars End:

• Intersect Cluster

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Unknown

World Listing

Significant communities of this race were known to dwell within the following systems and worlds:

No world articles for Lithopan

References & Contributors / Sources

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS