Kikiains

The Kikaian's are the survivors of an empire that rose long before humanity had even finished the Stone Age. An empire that died sometime around the same time The Epic of Gilgamesh was being recorded, give or take a few centuries. A highly evolved race that once ruled the galaxy, it has been so long since their race fell from prominence that they no longer recall how it happened. Kikaian's are, at first glance, easily mistaken for a race of machine people, but they are in fact purely organic. Bodies made of carefully interlocking bioceramic plates protect internal skeletons made of fibrous coils of bioplastic polymers and biorubbers, with eyes made of bioglass that glow under the right lighting conditions, all to protect a total of three major organs- the Core, the Regulator, and the Reactor. The Core is a small, highly efficient brain no bigger than the average handheld comm device, serving as the brain. The Regulator an organ which acts as a combination heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver, and the Reactor handles all other major organ functions.

Kikaian's are often aloof and proud people, even though they no longer remember much of their ancient culture beyond their highly efficient language and legends about their greatest heroes- like the Last Emperor and his Hatamotos striding out to face the Army of Everlasting Darkness, the First Star Hero and her sword forged of a dying sun striking down a nameless evil from forgotten times, or the sacrifice of the Laughing God to save the Bureaucracy of Heaven from destroying itself in civil war, laughing all the way. They have an ingrained fear of loss and degradation of history and culture, and so toil endlessly to keep perfect records of all the things they do, and their communities- always integrated but apart from their neighbors in quaint "Kikkertowns" and often reminiscent of highly idealized feudal societies- always feature at least one major library structure which is more heavily protected than most government buildings.

Kikaian anatomy allows them fold their bodies up to fit into spaces 1/2 their size with ease, and possess a natural magnetoreception that allows them to detect ferrous metals within 5 meters- this reception is sensitive however, and powerful magnetic phenomenon like metal detectors and MRI machines will disorient them for 2d4 rounds. If they have access to an abundance of food (cellulose, starches, calcium, and phosphates) they can regenerate at 1 HP/hour instead of per day, and they can even regenerate limbs in a matter of weeks.

The Kikaian language is a highly efficient language built out of short syllables, sounds a bit like Esperanto, with a wide variety of strange accents. This language is simply called Kikky by most people, including the Kikaians themselves.

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