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An evolutionary path with no relation to conventional genetic life, Sourcia are instead composed of a subtype of XNA or xeno-nucleic acids - a variant with zero sugars and instead, bio-polymers. They are able to dynamically edit their own genetics and body to adapt to new conditions or reconfigure themselves for a given role, changing shape, size, and form. | An evolutionary path with no relation to conventional genetic life, Sourcia are instead composed of a subtype of XNA or xeno-nucleic acids - a variant with zero sugars and instead, bio-polymers. They are able to dynamically edit their own genetics and body to adapt to new conditions or reconfigure themselves for a given role, changing shape, size, and form. | ||
- | Sourcians as a species revolve around central meta-intelligences composed of enormous structures (also made of Sourcians) which serve as the sum of knowledge and learning, and a place to live, work through problems, rest, and entertain themselves. Sourcians can also act alone from a colony or community, but for some, loneliness can have adverse effects on the psyche of the character, as nothing connects to Sourcians quite like other Sourcians, or a group of people they happen latch onto. | + | Sourcians as a species revolve around central meta-intelligences composed of enormous structures (also made of Sourcians) which serve as the sum of knowledge and learning, and a place to live, work through problems, rest, and entertain themselves. Sourcians can also act alone from a colony or community, but for some, loneliness can have adverse effects on the psyche of the character, as nothing connects to Sourcians quite like other Sourcians, or a group of other people they happen latch onto. |
==== The Essentials ==== | ==== The Essentials ==== | ||
* There are many identified types and forms of Sourcian, and many of them are not strictly humanoid, or serve as intelligent objects or structures. The two best suited to being player characters are as follows: | * There are many identified types and forms of Sourcian, and many of them are not strictly humanoid, or serve as intelligent objects or structures. The two best suited to being player characters are as follows: | ||
- | * **Adagio** - Generally humanoid in shape, and intended by Sourcians as a whole as the ' | + | * **Adagio** - Generally humanoid in shape, and intended by Sourcians as a whole as the ' |
* **Salaxi/ | * **Salaxi/ | ||
- | * A typical Sourcian is composed of an outer skin with an optional carapace created using [[species/ | + | * A typical Sourcian's body is composed of an outer skin with an optional carapace created using [[species/ |
* One maesus stays in the ' | * One maesus stays in the ' | ||
* A humanoid Sourcian is killed by having both Maesus destroyed. For this reason, the head maesus is usually hiding in an [[material/ | * A humanoid Sourcian is killed by having both Maesus destroyed. For this reason, the head maesus is usually hiding in an [[material/ | ||
* A missing head maesus on an Adagio or Salaxi will result in a near-fatally wounded Sourcian. | * A missing head maesus on an Adagio or Salaxi will result in a near-fatally wounded Sourcian. | ||
* Sourcians are always changing on the inside - creating and destroying new organs, as well as absorbing and and regurgitating equipment as needed. | * Sourcians are always changing on the inside - creating and destroying new organs, as well as absorbing and and regurgitating equipment as needed. | ||
- | * Sourcians can carry things within their medium, and with the right wiring and configuration can interact with them. | + | * Sourcians can carry things within their medium. With the right wiring and configuration, they can interact with them too. |
- | * It takes a week to a month of focussed effort including dieting, research, acquiring resources, organ reconstruction and conditioning to make major changes to the shape, size, density, or composition of the Sourcian. | + | * It takes a week to a month of focussed effort including dieting, research, acquiring resources, organ reconstruction and conditioning to make major changes to the shape, size, density, or composition of the Sourcian. Time necessary is dependant on how solid the medium of the Sourcian is. Gooey sourcians can change quickly. Solid sourcians require more intense reconfiguration of muscles, organs, and other systems. |
* The standard organs and devices expected on Sourcian characters include: | * The standard organs and devices expected on Sourcian characters include: | ||
* An outer skin woven from structol fabric((AKA: | * An outer skin woven from structol fabric((AKA: | ||
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* A skeleton composed of crystallised or bone-dense structol. | * A skeleton composed of crystallised or bone-dense structol. | ||
* A hardened mobile communicator to be used as a bio-electric computer. | * A hardened mobile communicator to be used as a bio-electric computer. | ||
- | * A Sourcian' | + | * A Sourcian' |
- | * They can adapt to eating conventional foods in polite company. | + | * They can adapt to eating conventional |
+ | * Sugar acts as a narcotic and nourishing substance towards Sourcians. It acts as a high-density and lazy source of carbohydrates without the need for processing. The more refined the sugars, the stronger the effects. | ||
* Sourcians seek other sourcians out, so as to share evolutionary knowledge, organ configurations and adaptation styles. | * Sourcians seek other sourcians out, so as to share evolutionary knowledge, organ configurations and adaptation styles. | ||
- | * Sourcians are adapted towards humid weather, and warm climates. They are vulnerable to concussive force and shun cold climates. | + | * Sourcians are adapted towards humid weather, and warm climates, and can live in the ocean. They shun cold and dry climates. |
+ | * Water-composed Adagio Sourcians are capable of sensing electromagnetic fields and their movement, through trace amounts of metallic minerals in their medium. This can prove disorienting or damaging without an insulated bodysuit. | ||
+ | * Sourcians are attracted to intense gamma radiation and aurora phenomena, as the interaction of solar winds with the magnetosphere create pleasing wavelengths. | ||
+ | * Infrared radiation is highly damaging towards a Sourcian. Structol cracks, picora contracts and dries out, and the maesus becomes progressively more discombobulated as the radiation bombards it. | ||
+ | * Microwaves are //fatal// towards a Sourcian. Structol shatters, picora boils, and the maesus becomes fractured, essentially paralysed where without medical intervention, | ||
* Absorbs surface-level grit on their outer skin to form pearls, which they consider a waste product. Still valuable. | * Absorbs surface-level grit on their outer skin to form pearls, which they consider a waste product. Still valuable. | ||
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===== Names ===== | ===== Names ===== | ||
- | Sourcians in a large organisation or colony derive their names from hexadecimal strings. ' | + | Sourcians in a large organisation or colony derive their names from hexadecimal strings. ' |
| :!: A tool to assist you in turning plain text into hexadecimal strings and vice versa can be found [[http:// | | :!: A tool to assist you in turning plain text into hexadecimal strings and vice versa can be found [[http:// | ||
- | ===== Common Upbringings ===== | + | ===== Common Upbringings |
- | (tbd) | + | In conventional oxygen atmospheres, |
- | ==== Appearance ===== | + | In short, a Sourcian needs water more than they need air, but that brings its own complications. Trace elements |
- | Sourcians who take the shape of humanoids generally stand six to eight feet tall. Picora in Adagio type Sourcians is near-alabaster in colour or off-white, so skin tones range from pale to flush, depending on the arrangement | + | |
- | | + | To this end, the dark bodysuits humanoid Adagio Sourcian are seen wearing act as electromagnetic insulation, warmth generation and retention, and moisture recycling systems, enabling them to get by in public with other species. A truly naked Adagio Sourcian on land is rare unless in a highly controlled environment((The Sourcian movie-star [[https:// |
- | * **Jelly** - Suitable for aquatic Sourcians, who spread out and manage large amounts of organs or devices, and act as ((**Example: | + | |
- | * **Flesh** - Picora is arranged as an analogue to flesh and muscle. | + | |
+ | * **From [[location/ | ||
+ | * **From [[location/ | ||
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+ | ==== Appearance and Fashion ===== | ||
+ | Fashion isn't just a matter of appearance for Sourcians. It' | ||
+ | |||
+ | In both main varieties of Sourcian, it isn't uncommon for lights to be visible underneath the skin as devices and organs process input and deliver output throughout the body. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * **Inner Composition** - The inside of a Sourcian is called Picora. Picora is a bright orange colour. How dense is it? | ||
+ | * **Liquid** - The picora is in a completely liquid state. Often unsuitable for integrating or supporting organs. | ||
+ | * **Soft | ||
+ | * **Hard Jelly** - A happy middle-ground for many Sourcian beings on land or in the water. While the internal makeup of the sourcian is soft and pliant, its outer skin is thick enough to contain and hold the shape and structure of the sourcian and its attachments. An example sourcian who uses this setup is [[character/ | ||
+ | * **Flesh** - Picora is arranged as an analogue to flesh and muscle, bound to a skeleton inside the Sourcian. While individual muscle arrangements can vary, the underlying structure is modelled off mammalian flesh. While the most approachable of ways to wear oneself, it is the hardest to remodel once created. | ||
* **Outer Skin** - Skin can have the following qualities. Unless otherwise noted, most skin is created from woven structol. | * **Outer Skin** - Skin can have the following qualities. Unless otherwise noted, most skin is created from woven structol. | ||
* **Membrane** - Lighter than skin, analogous to a giant amoeba. Sourcians composed entirely of membrane are extremely fast to grab and integrate or regurgitate new things, and capable of swimming through water with ease, but lacks basic defences against many forms of attack and leaves the maesii exposed to attack. | * **Membrane** - Lighter than skin, analogous to a giant amoeba. Sourcians composed entirely of membrane are extremely fast to grab and integrate or regurgitate new things, and capable of swimming through water with ease, but lacks basic defences against many forms of attack and leaves the maesii exposed to attack. | ||
* **Skin** - An analogue to skin, without a single pore or flaw((Which many people find kind of off-putting and uncanny, but for others its part of the appeal.)). Adagio skin is generally white/pale in colour, and Salaxi/ | * **Skin** - An analogue to skin, without a single pore or flaw((Which many people find kind of off-putting and uncanny, but for others its part of the appeal.)). Adagio skin is generally white/pale in colour, and Salaxi/ | ||
- | * **Chitin/ | + | * **Chitin/ |
- | * **Hair** - Fibres can be woven together from structol strands to create a formation analogous to a haircut, down to the look and feel. Adagio | + | * **Hair** - Fibres can be woven together from structol strands to create a formation analogous to a haircut, down to the look and feel. Adagio hair is normally worn white, or they can choose to bind all a manner of dyes within the form. |
- | * **Outerwear and Apparel** - (tbd) | + | * **Outerwear and Apparel** - Adagio Sourcians who move around people and other aliens generally wear body-suits, to keep dust particles and grit out, shield from electromagnetic interference, |
- | ==== Fashion ===== | + | | {{ : |
- | Fashion isn't just a matter of appearance for Sourcians. It's a matter | + | | A Sourcian-built mega-structure. Note the use of hexagon-centric design meshing with an interconnecting lattice to affix and connect the many sub-structures. Render by [[user: |
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- | (tbd) | + | |
===== Common Skillsets ===== | ===== Common Skillsets ===== | ||
- | (tbd) | + | <WRAP 33% right> |
+ | | :!: [[guide/ | ||
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+ | After being raised by the local Sourcian intelligence and finding a suitable working form, Sourcians adapt themselves into many broad roles in their society, leveraging their physiology and transmutative properties to work. Many Sourcians don't need a humanoid form during their working hours, but it helps Sourcians and Salaxi who're work among humanoids. | ||
+ | * **Ambassador** - Sourcians like this are shaped in the approximation of a human with two legs, two arms, a head with long ears, and a body structure best described as a long person. They are modelled to act as approachable faces towards other species. Ambassadors also act as cultural beacons for the species too, trying to integrate with a foreign system' | ||
+ | * **Arts** or **Entertainment** - A common avenue for Ambassador Sourcians is to integrate with a culture' | ||
+ | * **Fitness** - Where possible, a Sourcian will want to maintain an aesthetically pleasing exterior. Creating functional and aesthetic muscular arrangements requires reference, trial, error, and gainful exercise. Sourcians who engage in sporting events((Understanding them to be a contextualised form of ritual warfare.)) may wish to be ' | ||
+ | * **Humanities** - Being able to study a culture' | ||
+ | * **Communications** - Being able to tap into the local communications networks and keep atop the local goings-on, events, news, and to reach out to other Sourcians. | ||
+ | * **Apothecary/ | ||
+ | * **Craft** - A builder' | ||
+ | * **Construction** - Builders can work with a ' | ||
+ | * **Biology** and **Chemistry** - Where the term ' | ||
+ | * **Mathematics** - Though they won't need a Calculator' | ||
+ | * **Engineering** - These skills serve more of a Builder than a true Apothecary, for planning, prototyping and creating marvels of engineering. | ||
+ | * **Calculator** - The blanket term given for a Sourcian who acts a living, biological information process. Whether as a computer program, database, algorithm like space navigation vector-gathering, | ||
+ | * **Mathematics** - The bread and butter of a Calculator' | ||
+ | * **Communications** - Being able to communicate the information a Calculator manages to other Sourcians is critical to success. | ||
+ | * **Biology** - A Calculator is expected to be versed in the workings of organs they administrate within their medium, and their tolerances. | ||
+ | * **Humanities** - A Calculator may process and log inputs from hundreds of other Sourcians in their area. | ||
+ | * **Concentration** - A single-minded focus on intense computing tasks in critical moments. | ||
+ | * **Starship Operation** - A team of Calculators act as the bridge crew on a Sourcian starship. | ||
+ | * **Myrmidon** - The Sourcian term for a member of a caste or clade of soldiers, traditionally protectors of Sourcian residential structures. Sourcians leverage their versatile anatomy to become monstrous combat machines, able to hide blades and firearms within limbs, create organs and glands for augmenting their combat style, and taking advantage of the principles of the six-axis doctrine of combat((See [[guide/ | ||
+ | * **Archaic Weapons** or **Hand to Hand** - For bladed weapons of short and long sizes, and grappling with bizarre anatomy and inhuman layouts and joint ranges. | ||
+ | * **Firearms** or **Gunner** - Another staple of conventional warfare, dependant on the scale the soldier is expected to inflict upon potential threats. | ||
+ | * **Chemistry** and **Technician** - Fabricate an organ and glands which secrete acid with a touch, interface with an internal computer/ | ||
+ | * **Powered Armour** - Many combat bodies have similarities to powered armour once propulsion and hardened structol shells join the mix. | ||
+ | * **Biology** - For Sourcian-related maintenance, | ||
+ | * **Symbiont** - The Sourcian lives within or as part of another creature, usually a mammalian or robotic host. Humanoid aliens may play host to a Sourcian symbiote, with one of the two Sourcian' | ||
+ | * A Symbiont may take advantage of the skills of the host, albeit indirectly. In areas with a lot of Sourcian traffic((And therefore, a high chance of Symbionts.)) they' | ||
+ | * **Biology** - Crucial for understanding the anatomy of the host and maintaining their preferred livelihood. | ||
+ | * Three other skills from another Sourcian profession on this list for the Symbiont. | ||
+ | * Three other skills for the host, based on their character creation choices/ | ||
+ | * You can change the balance between skills 2/4 or 4/2 if you'd like, but this will present accordingly: | ||
+ | * **Weaver** - The Sourcian equivalent to a medical professional. While all Sourcians are able to make changes to their biology, Weavers can read the DNA of patients as tapestry, drawing from an abyss of patterns and desirable structures. They regard their work much like sculpting with clay, fingers and hands from bone and raw material, or engaging the patient as a symbiont within a fluid medium to perform deeper intense reconstructions or tumour absorption. They prefer not to use sharp implements - a soft touch is possible, and can work best for the patient. | ||
+ | * **Medicine** - The Weaver' | ||
+ | * **Biology** - A pillar of knowledge supporting the Weaver' | ||
+ | * **Arts** - Their ability to sculpt new flesh for a patient requires the study and reproduction of the shapes and textures which make up established Sourcian adaptations. This includes but is not limited to limbs and body chassis, vascular systems, nerve cluster arrangements, | ||
+ | * **Technician** - For cybernetics and computational organ installation and programming. | ||
+ | * **Repair** - As Technician, but for reconstruction and maintenance. | ||
+ | * **Culinary** - Navigating the Sourcian palette and beyond to nourish is second nature to a kindly Weaver. | ||
====== OOC ====== | ====== OOC ====== | ||
Written by [[user: | Written by [[user: |