Zirduluush
| Zirduluush | |
|---|---|
| Status | Minor Race |
| Classification | Scavenger/hijacker |
| Size | 3.0 m |
| Weight | 75 kg |
| Homeworld | Degushush (Dagudashaag 1302) |
| Multi-world | No |
| Canon | Yes |
| Extinct | Extant |
| Reference | Signal-GK Issue #4 |
Zirduluush Synopsis
The Zirduluush are a minor sophont species native to Degushush (Dagudashaag 1302). The name was given to them by the Vilani and translates as "Strange Ones".
Zirduluush Physiology
Their bodies are upright cones, mottled in colour, that measure about 3 metres in height. Their leathery skin is coated in a mucus slime that protects against the corrosive effects of their world’s atmosphere.
On the base of the body is a mouth surrounded by a mass of rope-like feelers, each about a move long. Each feeler is equipped with lasers that can sense organic material in the wind. Mounted round the base of the body are a collection of tiny but sensitive ears: the Zirduluush are blind and have no sense of smell.
Internal gas sacs allow them to float just above the level of the ground with its feelers trailing in search of food.
Research has shown that they utilise atmospheric ammonia when breathing.
Zirduluush Society & Culture
To human eyes the Zirduluush are primitive and warlike. The race shows very little interest in Humaniti, although they have been known to attack vehicles and remote communications towers. They seem to live in small nomadic family groups which scavenge for food on the rugged badlands and arid plains of their world.
The hostile atmosphere of their homeworld presents the biggest problem to accurate research into the Zirduluush - it quickly destroys any dead organic material which has made further research into the physiology and evolutionary history of the race difficult.
Relatively few observations into their psychology or social structure have been achieved due to the difficulties in involved in maintaining accurate long term contact.