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== Inyx (Sophont) References & Contributors (Sources) == | == Inyx (Sophont) References & Contributors (Sources) == | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 15 April 2015
| Inyx | |
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| Status | Minor Race |
| Classification | Ergivore/parasite |
| Size | 2.5 m |
| Weight | 60 kg |
| Homeworld | Matrix (Banners 2337) |
| Multi-world | Yes |
| Canon | Yes |
| Extinct | Extant |
| Reference | GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 2 |
Inyx (Sophont) Synopsis
The Inyx are a race of aquatic, parasitic ergovores, known for their aptitude for trade, and their curious biology, which challenges current Imperial notions about the nature of life.
Inyx (Sophont) Physiology & Environment (Ecology)
An Inyx resembles a collection of six soap bubbles, joined to form a roughly spherical shape, with one bubble in the center and the others spaced around it. Each bubble is three feet across, and the whole about eight feet wide. Give every surrounding bubble a single opalescent tentacle, six feet long, four inches wide at the base, and tapering to a finger's breadth at the tip. The entire object gives off a soft phosphorescent glow. Underwater or in zero gravity, it swims like an octopus, moving with a boneless undulating grace.
Although they are carbon-based life forms utilizing traditional hydrogen-oxygen-carbon biochemistry, the Inyx push the edge of "life as Humans know it." Rather than being carnivores or herbivores, they are ergovores, living storage batteries who use their tentacles to convert electricity directly into the energy needed by their bodies. Even their brains and nervous systems have more in common (by analogy) with a fiber-optic computer than with what Humans expect of "life."
Inyx (Sophont) History & Background (Dossier)
Their ancestral hosts were whale-sized sea creatures who could generate electrical currents in the same manner as electric eels. The Inyx attached themselves to their hosts' bodies, feeding off this bio-electricity. To prevent their giant hosts taking offense, the proto-Inyx always trickled back a bit of the electric current they stole, in carefully modulated voltages designed to stimulate the pleasure centers of their hosts' brains, addicting them to the Inyx's presence.
Ecological turmoil resulting from a comet impact on their homeworld led to the rise of predators that found the hosts of the proto-Inyx especially tasty. To protect their hosts, the Inyx had to become more intelligent and cooperative. They developed the rudiments of sentient behavior, took their first steps out on land, developed fire and industry, and created a civilization that eventually reached into space.
Inyx (Sophont) Psychology & Philosophy (Mindset)
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Inyx (Sophont) Culture & Society
Inyx are known for their cultural adaptability, market savvy, and lack of territorial ambition.
Inyx Social Organization
Very little is known about Inyx social organization.
Inyx (Sophont) Government & Politics
Very little is known about the Inyx government.
Inyx (Sophont) Language & Letters (Communication)
Very little is known about the Inyx language.
Inyx (Sophont) Calendar & Timekeeping
Very little is known about how the Inyx form a calendar or mark the passing of time although it is assumed that the Inyx calendar is based upon the planetary rotation of their homeworld, Matrix (Banners 2337).
Inyx (Sophont) Technology & Trade
The Inyx did not discover jump drive, but their slower-than-light (STL) ships reached nearby stars, aided by the species' natural longevity and low life-support requirements. Sometime during the Long Night, they contacted both Aslan and Solomani exploration missions; by carefully playing both sides against one another, they secured a place in the middle, establishing alliances with several Human client states and Aslan clans rimward of the Hierate.
Today, the Inyx represent a potent economic force on the Rimward edge of known space. Their cultural adaptability, market savvy, and lack of territorial ambition help them secure corporate footholds on hundreds of Human, Aslan, and other worlds.
Inyx (Sophont) Military & Intelligence
Very little is known about the Inyx military. Working through others indirectly seems to be preferred to direct conflict. Mercenaries would be very provocative by their standards.