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The Cy-larkan Race

BACKGROUND

The Cy-Larkan are among the most recently discovered races. Their existence was uncovered during a sector expansion mission to the Purding Galaxy, where several ships stumbled upon a dormant space station. Led by Deputy Commander Vorkart Crimson Designation, the military swept in to investigate. The station was nonfunctional--no oxygen, deserted halls, and sealed chambers--but its central security seemed to protect a cluster of rooms.
Commander Vorkart famously declared, "I do not need any fancy Science, I need a firm claw," before punching his way into the secured rooms. Inside, they found a race of deactivated, droid-like beings.
Once secured, the military handed the station over to human scientists. To their shock, activation of the beings was easy--but this had an unexpected consequence: the Larkan imprinted on the humans. Since that day, Cy-Larkans have remained unendingly loyal to them.
These beings remembered little of their past or origins. In exchange for helping rebuild their station, the humans asked the Larkans to remain loyal to the other races. The Larkans agreed.
Today, they no longer reside exclusively on their station. Cy-Larkans are respected members of society, though they remain secretive about matters like their emotions and mating.
Home Station: Calira Dura*91, Sector 21
Open to the Piloting Community? Yes

APPEARANCE

Cy-Larkans are humanoid in shape and height, standing between 5 and 6 feet tall. Though robotic in appearance, they have adopted human names and mannerisms due to their imprinting. Most also go by numerical designations when among their own kind.
Hands: 2
Paws: 0
Feet: 2
Wings: 0
Shape: Humanoid

BIOLOGY AND CHARACTER STATISTIC MODIFIERS

Life Expectancy: 100 to 130 years
Mating Rituals: Cy-Larkans do not mate for life and may have multiple partners.
Reproduction: A young Larkan is built inside the mother unit using biological and mechanical components. The process takes 6 months.
Physical Traits: Cy-Larkans lack tongues and cannot taste food but can approximate flavors. They do not have skin, but they are still humanoid.
Eating Behavior: Cy-Larkans use food to slightly recharge themselves. They cannot overcharge, and any excess is blocked by internal systems.
Water Vulnerability: Cy-Larkans can survive briefly in water, but prolonged exposure will cause fatal failure.
Biofuel: Their internal biocore contains a mysterious energy source. If it runs out, the Cy-Larkan dies.
Oxygen Storage: Can survive in space by storing oxygen, absorbed while outdoors on planets. View oxygen reserves with the hs command.
Racial Stat Buffs and Nerfs are as follows:
Agility: -2
Charisma: -1
Intelligence: 3
Logic: 2

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Cy-Larkans are a hybrid of biological and machine components. Their metallic outer shell protects an inner organic core. The following are their unique abilities and limitations:
turntrans: toggle your built in translator.
Torch: Toggle your glowing eyes to see in the dark.
Rheal: use biofuel to repair yourself.
Recharge: (Typed in a recharging station) Restore biofuel.
Built-in radio system with various commands (see below)
Mod*ule: With no arguments, lists your currently installed modules. With arguments, will activate the module you matched to.
Date: View the current date.
Time: View the current time.
Cannot use swinging weapons with the exception of the blades from the energy blade projector modules purchasable on their home station.
Do to their robotic nature, Larkans have poor performance in water-based activities.
Further combat abilities will be outlined in relevant files.
Further details about how to use cy-larkan modules can be found in ghelp Cy-Larkan Modules.

RADIO COMMANDS

togglechans: Toggle individual channels
togglepriv: Toggle private messaging
mboard: Activate your message boards

ROLEPLAY CONSIDERATIONS

Cy-Larkans are not subservient to humans, but their imprinting leads to great respect and mimicry of human behavior.
They rarely engage in sexual activity due to their physiology.
Using their stun weapon on an allied race is considered deeply dishonorable.
Cy-Larkans cannot truly taste, but they may simulate or infer flavor.
While food slightly recharges them, their true energy source is biofuel, and they must monitor reserves carefully.
Though robotic in nature, Cy-Larkans feel love, pain, and fear, likely due to their imprinting.
Rebel Cy-Larkans are allowed, but must be roleplayed carefully to reflect how such a choice would affect social treatment.
Unless set out otherwise in the policies or in the above file, a person can not be banned for incorrectly roleplaying a race. Nine times out of ten, the hosts will attempt to coach you onto the correct path.
say Recommended help files: rphelp rules of roleplay, gchelp Combat for Cy-larkans, ghelp Cy-Larkan Modules

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