Slime People
Summary
Slime people are an unlockable race that costs 45KP. They have the unique ability to vent crawl through any unwelded vend so long as the sending and desired receiving vents are not welded, and the slime in question is completely naked. They hail from the planet Xarxis 5, as named by human scientists.
Game Mechanics
- Costs 45 Karma
- Cannot be cloned.
- Slime language :F, Bubblish, very difficult to speak if not a slime. Cyan colored
- No internal organs of any type, and therefore no damage related to such.
- Bleeds water.
- Does not need air.
Background
The slime people grew and gradually evolved on a Xarxis 5. This being the name given by Earth scientists, the actual name not having an English translation, (from Bubblish) as well as never having a consistent name in Bubblish (Many slimes don't have a word for their planet, nor is any name generally accepted among them). Despite being called such, Slime People are in reality not slimes at all. The slimes that are grown and raised in Nanotrasen Xenobiology labs are in fact a different species, related to Slime People in the way that primates are to humans; with similarities, but not, in fact, the exact same race, or even direct ancestors.
Despite this, the slime people themselves do not often bother much with the theory, happily associating heavily with Slimes and acting as such.
The Slime People were first discovered, surprisingly, after the discovery of non-sentient slimes. A Nanotrasen scouting vessel saw interest in Xarxis 5 due to its interesting topography , but primarily the profit that could be made by extracting possibly new and rare minerals from its depths. Slimes were abundant, and therefore scouts were able to bring back some living samples. It wasn't until the scouts returned a while after that they found their previously empty camps inhabited by Slime People.
The slime people there were found to be sentient and willing to allow basic tests such as the consistency and biology of their forms. Noting that slime people did not require air, and were not educated in the ways of capitalism, Nanotrasen saw an opportunity. The slime people, not having any space-faring vessels, were eager to see the universe, as they were told. Hired as cheap labor, NT determined a security risk was minimal, and their initial lack of knowledge about mostly anything that would hinder their loyalty or otherwise.
Behavior
Slime people are a generally friendly sort, and thus, if social, are prone to attracting friends. On the other hand, different groups of slime people of course had different opinions and ways to go about things, some being more territorial or more open to advancement.
Slime people are tight knit, and commonly show a kinship for others of their kind, so long as they share a similar set of ideals.
Culture
Slime people are socially diverse; they range from highly social groups of them, large enough to create cities, all the way to smaller nomadic groups or solitary slimes. Each of these groups often have highly distinct ideals, and technology.
Slime people do not have formal schools of science or other intellectual studies, notably not possessing any space-faring gear, or even signs of industrialization, when they were first discovered.
Slime people were mostly minding themselves and getting by day to day, and ensuring their companions do the same. A lack of natural predators and dangers meant that cities were not a common sight on Xarxis 5. As such, slime settlements were obviously rather small in size.
Biology
Slime people being a very peculiar species, have somewhat unique methods of simply living day by day.
To speak, the slime core within the person vibrates accordingly to generate the sound needed to communicate in the human language. Bubblish is spoken by a certain combination of popping noises, easily understood by other slimes. To touch and feel, a manipulation of cells is used in a similar the human hand is. To hear, slime people use a much similar function as when they speak; their cores pick up vibrations from spoken language and interpret them into words. Movement itself is accomplished through a kind of "hivemind" among all the cells in the Slime person. The limbs move individually, and are for the most part loosely directed by core vibrations, while moving on their own influence.
The slime core is fueled by H2O, which a Slime person's body is abundant with. Slime people are, on average, 97% H2O. When an open wound is present on a slime person, water will begin to pour out in large amounts as the surrounding slime cells dry up. Dry slime is very goopy in texture, and eventually will degenerate to a slightly dusty, clay-like substance once completely devoid of water.
Underneath the surface slime makeup of a Slime person lies a much harder, tough substance which serves as the base infrastructure of a Slime person's body. Being similar in design to a human skeleton, the tough substance is slightly spongy, however only for approximately half an inch. From then on and deeper, it is quite durable. The cells of a Slime person cling to this hardened slime, creating the shape of a Slime person's body. If one of these 'slime bones' are broken, slime cells will pool into it the cracks, consequently causing them to be pinched upon attempted movement. This forces that section of the Slime person's body to be incredibly painful, and for it to be very difficult to use properly.
Upon eating food, a Slime person's body will immediately form around the object, deconstructing it, producing energy for the Slime person. The waste from the food will be eventually ejected from the body naturally. As a human sweats, a Slime person 'sweats' out excess chemicals and waste. A Slime person does not need to eat using their mouth, however the process of chewing food often makes the process of deconstructing the edible substance go by faster.
In regards to their physical makeup, Slime People are believed to have evolved from slimes that slowly started to settle in areas with higher levels of water (up from basically none), gradually building a tolerance to said substance over millions of years, at the cost of losing the chemical "Slimium" which made the slimes highly tolerant to physical abuse.
Relations with other Races
Slime people can seen as the only race that is overall completely neutral. With no outside influence and no intentions to be hostile, Slime People often have to make up their own individual opinions on the other races going about, due to many unrecorded 'first contact's with other species and no general hivemind of hatred or liking.
Credits: --Scrat (talk) 03:24, 31 May 2014 (CEST) Deadeagle - Most of concepts for the entire page, wrote about half.
