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A [[Technology level|TL13]] [[:Category:Minor Race|minor race]] of radiates originating from the [[Touchstone Sector]] in what is now [[Aslan]] space. Survivors from a planet whose atmosphere collapsed centuries ago and now lead a nomadic life among the stars as traders, explorers & engineers. | A [[Technology level|TL13]] [[:Category:Minor Race|minor race]] of radiates originating from the [[Touchstone Sector]] in what is now [[Aslan]] space. Survivors from a planet whose atmosphere collapsed centuries ago and now lead a nomadic life among the stars as traders, explorers & engineers. | ||
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Their bodies are armored spheres (treat as [[Battle Dress]]) of swirling bluish/white/reddish colors 1m in diameter. Radiating from the center line of the bodies are eight very tough, extremely dexterous tentacles. On the top of the sphere is a small lump housing their cerebral & sensory functions. The mouth is a sharp beak located on the front of the Aakho. Their reproductive organs are located internally inside a small lump on the underside of the body. There are female & male Aakho, distinguished by the color of their reproductive organs (which resemble the tentacles of jellyfish), the females' being greenish/black & the males' yellowish/red. The tough outer skin of the Aakho contains a mass of microscopic sensor arrays providing the Aakho with sight that is a combination of radar, IR, electric photocells, and motion sensors. These provide the creatures the ability to 'see' equally well in light or darkness. The major drawback is that any device capable of jamming man-made sensors will 'blind' the Aakho. The bio-electric sensors also provide them with hearing & speech (their mouth is designed merely for eating). The Aakho are capable of surviving the rigors of the vacuum for up to two days by sealing their with sef, a body which prevention decompression & air loss. Air is saved by the Aakho going dormant until rescued. They live to be 185 and only take aging penalties when they reach 130. Because of the loss of the homeworld, the Aakho have a racial fear & distrust of planetary surfaces, preferring starships & artificial satellites to live. Though they conceive life as a ongoing merry competition to survive & improve skills & life, they are not aggressive by nature. However; if violently attacked, the Aakho will react with skill and ferocity with either their tentacles and any weapon at hand. Even Aslan fear an aroused Aakho. | Their bodies are armored spheres (treat as [[Battle Dress]]) of swirling bluish/white/reddish colors 1m in diameter. Radiating from the center line of the bodies are eight very tough, extremely dexterous tentacles. On the top of the sphere is a small lump housing their cerebral & sensory functions. The mouth is a sharp beak located on the front of the Aakho. Their reproductive organs are located internally inside a small lump on the underside of the body. There are female & male Aakho, distinguished by the color of their reproductive organs (which resemble the tentacles of jellyfish), the females' being greenish/black & the males' yellowish/red. The tough outer skin of the Aakho contains a mass of microscopic sensor arrays providing the Aakho with sight that is a combination of radar, IR, electric photocells, and motion sensors. These provide the creatures the ability to 'see' equally well in light or darkness. The major drawback is that any device capable of jamming man-made sensors will 'blind' the Aakho. The bio-electric sensors also provide them with hearing & speech (their mouth is designed merely for eating). The Aakho are capable of surviving the rigors of the vacuum for up to two days by sealing their with sef, a body which prevention decompression & air loss. Air is saved by the Aakho going dormant until rescued. They live to be 185 and only take aging penalties when they reach 130. Because of the loss of the homeworld, the Aakho have a racial fear & distrust of planetary surfaces, preferring starships & artificial satellites to live. Though they conceive life as a ongoing merry competition to survive & improve skills & life, they are not aggressive by nature. However; if violently attacked, the Aakho will react with skill and ferocity with either their tentacles and any weapon at hand. Even Aslan fear an aroused Aakho. | ||
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| + | After the first human traders contacted an Aakho colony (Silbe/NE Middle Beyond) in [[-623]], the Aakho have turned their culture to commerce, becoming the second largest group of traders in the Beyond besides humans. Besides free traders, there are 7 major subsector and 1 sector shipping line. The Sector Line is [[Yh Lines]] (Intercourse/Delta), serving the entire Beyond except Sred*Ni & Die Weltbund planets & the Aslani, Araniopa, & Darkling Regions subsectors, and having a terminus at Varen’s Planet/Trelyn in the Vanguard Reaches. The Subsector lines are Uhjip (Silbe (NE Beyond), Njin(Storm/Storm), MT lines (Mapepire Balsyn/Mapepire), Driftward Lines(Refuge/Spinward Drift), GHU (Cahokia/I-Glathriel), Gasd Lines (Intercourse/Delta) and Nialinwe/San Souci Lines (Nialinwe/Metchi’Alagwa). Gasd Lines & Yh Lines have an uneasy relationship with Parallel Lines as some of the latter’s employees have been involved with accidents with Aakho ships and their cargos. Several of these have involved clandestine sensor jammers of human make planted aboard Aakho ships. | ||
| + | == Aakho Government == | ||
The highly competitive Aakho have no formal government as such. All Aakho above the age of 10 are tested for job caste aptitudes, trained in the school systems and then assigned to their life careers. Ranks in careers are acquired by job competency, and a junior Aakho can formally challenge his/her superior to gain their position before a court of qualified judges. If he wins, the junior Aakho may take his former superior’s place, with his superior one place in rank below the winner. Of course, an Aakho dies, every Aakho below his rank will each go up one rank to fill the gap left by his/her death. Aakho are monogamous, mating within their career slot. Mating last until one mate dies or both mates choose to dissolve the relationship. Each female produces 3-8 offspring which are raised by the Medical career caste until age 10. | The highly competitive Aakho have no formal government as such. All Aakho above the age of 10 are tested for job caste aptitudes, trained in the school systems and then assigned to their life careers. Ranks in careers are acquired by job competency, and a junior Aakho can formally challenge his/her superior to gain their position before a court of qualified judges. If he wins, the junior Aakho may take his former superior’s place, with his superior one place in rank below the winner. Of course, an Aakho dies, every Aakho below his rank will each go up one rank to fill the gap left by his/her death. Aakho are monogamous, mating within their career slot. Mating last until one mate dies or both mates choose to dissolve the relationship. Each female produces 3-8 offspring which are raised by the Medical career caste until age 10. | ||
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The Aakho treat their ‘minor race’ status with amused contempt and avoid the minor/major squabbles of the other sentients they encounter, citing them as unimportant & nonproductive. Though most sentients dismiss this as a quirk, some scholars wonder otherwise, citing the spread of Aakho colonies as impossible even with generation ships. And the few non-Aakho engineers who’ve examined Aakho jump drive note certain non-human (or even non-Aslan) aspects. The few Aakho who would reply to questions about where they acquired their drives just reply “not important”, “does it matter”, or some similar non-answer. | The Aakho treat their ‘minor race’ status with amused contempt and avoid the minor/major squabbles of the other sentients they encounter, citing them as unimportant & nonproductive. Though most sentients dismiss this as a quirk, some scholars wonder otherwise, citing the spread of Aakho colonies as impossible even with generation ships. And the few non-Aakho engineers who’ve examined Aakho jump drive note certain non-human (or even non-Aslan) aspects. The few Aakho who would reply to questions about where they acquired their drives just reply “not important”, “does it matter”, or some similar non-answer. | ||
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{{Sources|S1=[[Michael J. Maley]] - [http://www.darkhstarr.com/Alienraces.html High Tortuga]}} | {{Sources|S1=[[Michael J. Maley]] - [http://www.darkhstarr.com/Alienraces.html High Tortuga]}} | ||
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Revision as of 22:58, 31 December 2014
| Aakho | |
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| Status | Minor Race |
| Classification | Autotroph |
| Size | 1.0 m |
| Weight | 50 kg |
| Homeworld | unknown |
| Multi-world | Yes |
| Canon | No |
| Extinct | Extant |
| Reference | Michael J. Maley |
Aakho Synopsi
A TL13 minor race of radiates originating from the Touchstone Sector in what is now Aslan space. Survivors from a planet whose atmosphere collapsed centuries ago and now lead a nomadic life among the stars as traders, explorers & engineers.
Aakho Physiology
Their bodies are armored spheres (treat as Battle Dress) of swirling bluish/white/reddish colors 1m in diameter. Radiating from the center line of the bodies are eight very tough, extremely dexterous tentacles. On the top of the sphere is a small lump housing their cerebral & sensory functions. The mouth is a sharp beak located on the front of the Aakho. Their reproductive organs are located internally inside a small lump on the underside of the body. There are female & male Aakho, distinguished by the color of their reproductive organs (which resemble the tentacles of jellyfish), the females' being greenish/black & the males' yellowish/red. The tough outer skin of the Aakho contains a mass of microscopic sensor arrays providing the Aakho with sight that is a combination of radar, IR, electric photocells, and motion sensors. These provide the creatures the ability to 'see' equally well in light or darkness. The major drawback is that any device capable of jamming man-made sensors will 'blind' the Aakho. The bio-electric sensors also provide them with hearing & speech (their mouth is designed merely for eating). The Aakho are capable of surviving the rigors of the vacuum for up to two days by sealing their with sef, a body which prevention decompression & air loss. Air is saved by the Aakho going dormant until rescued. They live to be 185 and only take aging penalties when they reach 130. Because of the loss of the homeworld, the Aakho have a racial fear & distrust of planetary surfaces, preferring starships & artificial satellites to live. Though they conceive life as a ongoing merry competition to survive & improve skills & life, they are not aggressive by nature. However; if violently attacked, the Aakho will react with skill and ferocity with either their tentacles and any weapon at hand. Even Aslan fear an aroused Aakho.
Aakho History
After the first human traders contacted an Aakho colony (Silbe/NE Middle Beyond) in -623, the Aakho have turned their culture to commerce, becoming the second largest group of traders in the Beyond besides humans. Besides free traders, there are 7 major subsector and 1 sector shipping line. The Sector Line is Yh Lines (Intercourse/Delta), serving the entire Beyond except Sred*Ni & Die Weltbund planets & the Aslani, Araniopa, & Darkling Regions subsectors, and having a terminus at Varen’s Planet/Trelyn in the Vanguard Reaches. The Subsector lines are Uhjip (Silbe (NE Beyond), Njin(Storm/Storm), MT lines (Mapepire Balsyn/Mapepire), Driftward Lines(Refuge/Spinward Drift), GHU (Cahokia/I-Glathriel), Gasd Lines (Intercourse/Delta) and Nialinwe/San Souci Lines (Nialinwe/Metchi’Alagwa). Gasd Lines & Yh Lines have an uneasy relationship with Parallel Lines as some of the latter’s employees have been involved with accidents with Aakho ships and their cargos. Several of these have involved clandestine sensor jammers of human make planted aboard Aakho ships.
Aakho Government
The highly competitive Aakho have no formal government as such. All Aakho above the age of 10 are tested for job caste aptitudes, trained in the school systems and then assigned to their life careers. Ranks in careers are acquired by job competency, and a junior Aakho can formally challenge his/her superior to gain their position before a court of qualified judges. If he wins, the junior Aakho may take his former superior’s place, with his superior one place in rank below the winner. Of course, an Aakho dies, every Aakho below his rank will each go up one rank to fill the gap left by his/her death. Aakho are monogamous, mating within their career slot. Mating last until one mate dies or both mates choose to dissolve the relationship. Each female produces 3-8 offspring which are raised by the Medical career caste until age 10.
The race has criminal codes, the only serious crimes are murder, fraud, lying and performing tasks outside your castes. These crimes are dealt with by exile, placing the outcaste (Foitnen) on the first ship leaving the satellite (or if on an Aakho ship, the first planet or non-Aakho satellite reached.). The criminals are affixed with a non-removable chip broadcasting their outcast status to any nearby Aakho. Oddly enough, theft is considered competition, instead of a crime by Aakho, making relations with non-Aakho strained at times.
The race has no entertainment industry or social life as most sentients know it as the thought of relaxing from your job means sleep and eating to Aakho. Socializing is getting together with fellow castes members to discuss work after hours or getting together with members of other career castes to discuss how each caste is or is not working efficiently with each other. One can say that networking is how society works and relaxes in Aakho society.
The Aakho treat their ‘minor race’ status with amused contempt and avoid the minor/major squabbles of the other sentients they encounter, citing them as unimportant & nonproductive. Though most sentients dismiss this as a quirk, some scholars wonder otherwise, citing the spread of Aakho colonies as impossible even with generation ships. And the few non-Aakho engineers who’ve examined Aakho jump drive note certain non-human (or even non-Aslan) aspects. The few Aakho who would reply to questions about where they acquired their drives just reply “not important”, “does it matter”, or some similar non-answer.