Species:Rlaan - Revision history

Pyramid at 16:14, 11 March 2011

2011-03-11T16:14:03Z

Nikai: /* Physical characteristics (Defender, Workers & Hybrids) */ sp

2010-08-03T08:39:03Z

‎Physical characteristics (Defender, Workers & Hybrids): sp

Link: Changed See Also links to point to the SVN versions rather than CVS.

2007-04-29T10:58:07Z

Changed See Also links to point to the SVN versions rather than CVS.

Zeog: uploaded the concept art into gallery and made it appear inline, added a descriptive note

2006-09-11T10:12:43Z

uploaded the concept art into gallery and made it appear inline, added a descriptive note

Oblivion: /* Physical characteristics (Defender, Workers & Hybrids) */

2006-09-11T05:08:11Z

‎Physical characteristics (Defender, Workers & Hybrids)

Zeog: /* Culture */ headlines, reorganization, linking

2006-01-16T09:29:28Z

‎Culture: headlines, reorganization, linking

Zeog: added remaining infos from old wiki

2006-01-16T08:43:29Z

added remaining infos from old wiki

Ctv: edited for content and organization - faction data should exist only as links to faction pages. Factions != species/subspecies, hence shouldn't have their info be on this page

2005-08-19T04:05:17Z

edited for content and organization - faction data should exist only as links to faction pages. Factions != species/subspecies, hence shouldn't have their info be on this page

kbi: /* Rlaan */

2005-08-14T21:01:13Z

‎Rlaan

kbi: Rewrote the very boring entry to be less so. moved some information around so the most important is first

2005-08-14T20:54:56Z

Rewrote the very boring entry to be less so. moved some information around so the most important is first

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 |name=Rlaan (Worker, Defender, Hybrid)
 |age of spaceflight=TBAL
-|homeworld=TBAL
+|homeworld=4th planet in system SCx9362
 |physical_characteristics=Defender: 1m (Body diameter), 2m (Knee height) <BR/>Limbs:8
 |lifespan=250-350 [[Terminology:Earth standard years|Earth standard years]]

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 ==Physical characteristics (Defender, Workers & Hybrids)==
-Rlaan are radialy symmetric beings with a base four split. Their workers stand about one meter high at the prime knee, and are nearly one meter in diameter. Members of their warrior caste tend towards being 50% larger in both dimensions. Rlaan natively breathe a methane-based atmosphere, and must wear special breathing apparatus to negotiate oxygen-nitrogen environments. Their skeletal structure, being an exoskeletal carapace supported internally by millions of reinforcing struts, is best suited to lower gravity worlds, and leads to the use of mechanical assistance on larger or denser rocky bodies.
+Rlaan are radially symmetric beings with a base four split. Their workers stand about one meter high at the prime knee, and are nearly one meter in diameter. Members of their warrior caste tend towards being 50% larger in both dimensions. Rlaan natively breathe a methane-based atmosphere, and must wear special breathing apparatus to negotiate oxygen-nitrogen environments. Their skeletal structure, being an exoskeletal carapace supported internally by millions of reinforcing struts, is best suited to lower gravity worlds, and leads to the use of mechanical assistance on larger or denser rocky bodies.
 Both species are similar in appearance, with the primary differences being size, the degree of fine control in the manipulator appendages (workers have better fine control), and the structural integrity of the skeleton (defenders are less fragile than workers).
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 The defenders tend towards darker shades of red and purple, whereas the workers are somewhat pale.  Though the offspring of worker-defender matings are sterile, these hybrids exist as nearly 4% of the population, and have come to play important social roles, especially in the realm of politics.
-Rlaan are radially symmetric with four equivalent segments.  Each of these segments contains one compound eye composed of four segments, one ambulatory appendage, one mouth with four mandibles, one manipulator appendage, various local organs, and portions of the central organs. The Rlaan skeleton is a supported exoskeleton, that is to say, the exoskeleton is supported internally by a network of millions of small extensions of the skeleton, which together form a sort of highly porous lattice that the soft internals reside in.  A defender stands about 1.5 meters high at the top of its carapace, and 2 meters high at its knee joint.  The central body is around one meter in diameter, and a third of a meter in thickness.  Out of this central body come the four abulatory limbs, going up and out from the body to the knee joint, and then proceeding down where they terminate in a four-splayed gripping foot. Suspended below the central body is the "head" portion of the Rlaan, about half a meter in diameter and also about a third of a meter in thickness, with its bottom covered in a particularly thick extrusion of the exoskeleton.  The manipulator appendages sprout from the region connecting the head with the main body, and end in four radially arranged fingerlike structures.  A worker’s dimensions are about 70% that of a defender.
+Rlaan are radially symmetric with four equivalent segments.  Each of these segments contains one compound eye composed of four segments, one ambulatory appendage, one mouth with four mandibles, one manipulator appendage, various local organs, and portions of the central organs. The Rlaan skeleton is a supported exoskeleton, that is to say, the exoskeleton is supported internally by a network of millions of small extensions of the skeleton, which together form a sort of highly porous lattice that the soft internals reside in.  A defender stands about 1.5 meters high at the top of its carapace, and 2 meters high at its knee joint.  The central body is around one meter in diameter, and a third of a meter in thickness.  Out of this central body come the four ambulatory limbs, going up and out from the body to the knee joint, and then proceeding down where they terminate in a four-splayed gripping foot. Suspended below the central body is the "head" portion of the Rlaan, about half a meter in diameter and also about a third of a meter in thickness, with its bottom covered in a particularly thick extrusion of the exoskeleton.  The manipulator appendages sprout from the region connecting the head with the main body, and end in four radially arranged fingerlike structures.  A worker’s dimensions are about 70% that of a defender.
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 http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/albums/User-Submitted-Art/RlaanConceptWorker.jpg
 ==Habitat==

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 ==See also==
-* Source: [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/vegastrike/data4.x/history/Excerpts_from_the_Ivan_kltakln_guidebook.txt?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain Excerpts_from_the_Ivan_kltakln_guidebook.txt]
+* Source: [https://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/data4.x/history/Excerpts_from_the_Ivan_kltakln_guidebook.txt Excerpts_from_the_Ivan_kltakln_guidebook.txt]
-* Source: [http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/vegastrike/data4.x/history/species/rlaan/rlaan.txt?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain ./data4.x/history/species/rlaan/rlaan.txt]
+* Source: [https://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/history/species/rlaan/rlaan.txt ./history/species/rlaan/rlaan.txt]
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 Rlaan are radially symmetric with four equivalent segments.  Each of these segments contains one compound eye composed of four segments, one ambulatory appendage, one mouth with four mandibles, one manipulator appendage, various local organs, and portions of the central organs. The Rlaan skeleton is a supported exoskeleton, that is to say, the exoskeleton is supported internally by a network of millions of small extensions of the skeleton, which together form a sort of highly porous lattice that the soft internals reside in.  A defender stands about 1.5 meters high at the top of its carapace, and 2 meters high at its knee joint.  The central body is around one meter in diameter, and a third of a meter in thickness.  Out of this central body come the four abulatory limbs, going up and out from the body to the knee joint, and then proceeding down where they terminate in a four-splayed gripping foot. Suspended below the central body is the "head" portion of the Rlaan, about half a meter in diameter and also about a third of a meter in thickness, with its bottom covered in a particularly thick extrusion of the exoskeleton.  The manipulator appendages sprout from the region connecting the head with the main body, and end in four radially arranged fingerlike structures.  A worker’s dimensions are about 70% that of a defender.
-Concept art for an [http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/Astepintooblivion/RlaanConceptWorker.jpg Rlaan Worker]
 ==Habitat==

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	Rlaan are radially symmetric with four equivalent segments. Each of these segments contains one compound eye composed of four segments, one ambulatory appendage, one mouth with four mandibles, one manipulator appendage, various local organs, and portions of the central organs. The Rlaan skeleton is a supported exoskeleton, that is to say, the exoskeleton is supported internally by a network of millions of small extensions of the skeleton, which together form a sort of highly porous lattice that the soft internals reside in. A defender stands about 1.5 meters high at the top of its carapace, and 2 meters high at its knee joint. The central body is around one meter in diameter, and a third of a meter in thickness. Out of this central body come the four abulatory limbs, going up and out from the body to the knee joint, and then proceeding down where they terminate in a four-splayed gripping foot. Suspended below the central body is the "head" portion of the Rlaan, about half a meter in diameter and also about a third of a meter in thickness, with its bottom covered in a particularly thick extrusion of the exoskeleton. The manipulator appendages sprout from the region connecting the head with the main body, and end in four radially arranged fingerlike structures. A worker’s dimensions are about 70% that of a defender.		Rlaan are radially symmetric with four equivalent segments. Each of these segments contains one compound eye composed of four segments, one ambulatory appendage, one mouth with four mandibles, one manipulator appendage, various local organs, and portions of the central organs. The Rlaan skeleton is a supported exoskeleton, that is to say, the exoskeleton is supported internally by a network of millions of small extensions of the skeleton, which together form a sort of highly porous lattice that the soft internals reside in. A defender stands about 1.5 meters high at the top of its carapace, and 2 meters high at its knee joint. The central body is around one meter in diameter, and a third of a meter in thickness. Out of this central body come the four abulatory limbs, going up and out from the body to the knee joint, and then proceeding down where they terminate in a four-splayed gripping foot. Suspended below the central body is the "head" portion of the Rlaan, about half a meter in diameter and also about a third of a meter in thickness, with its bottom covered in a particularly thick extrusion of the exoskeleton. The manipulator appendages sprout from the region connecting the head with the main body, and end in four radially arranged fingerlike structures. A worker’s dimensions are about 70% that of a defender.
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		+	Concept art for an [http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/Astepintooblivion/RlaanConceptWorker.jpg Rlaan Worker]

	==Habitat==		==Habitat==

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 ==Culture==
-Rlaan lifespans tend to be between 250-350 years.  This is believed to be a large factor in their cultural homogeneity and the methodical nature of their advances, both through space and as a culture.  Rlaan culture itself is a very dry affair, with social dynamics primarily involved around expository investigations of philosophical debates that have yet to be satisfactorily translated into the language of any other species. Their music, if it can be called such, has been compared to "the set of frequencies one would expect to register if a Myztherian Octpanther were let loose in a campanile". On a more disturbing note, the Rlaan central archives possess the largest collection of data concerning Jerry Lewis and Yoko Ono outside of Human space. The Rlaan are, however, regarded by many of the other space faring races as much more intelligent than their culture’s taste in art would suggest.
+Rlaan lifespans tend to be between 250-350 years.  This is believed to be a large factor in their cultural homogeneity and the methodical nature of their advances, both through space and as a culture.  Rlaan culture itself is a very dry affair, with social dynamics primarily involved around expository investigations of philosophical debates that have yet to be satisfactorily translated into the language of any other species.
 Rlaan written language appears as a sequence of characters consisting of one to four radial slashes in each of four quadrants formed by a pair of crossed lines.  It is read in a counterclockwise spiral out from a blank central region that is reserved for the signature glyphs of the author.  The Rlaan have vast stores of written documents going back thousands of years, but attempts to decipher most of them have met with limited success, as the concepts often being discussed seem to have no corollaries in the languages of any other species.
-The Rlaan are governed by a body whose name translates to '''The Rlaan Assembly''' it appears to be some form of representative democracy, but the exact methods of choosing one’s representative seem complex and arcane beyond the tolerance of most observers to bother attempting to figure out.  This body then churns out laws and regulations at a breakneck pace, the enforcement of which is then delegated to the complex Rlaan Bureaucracy.  Attempts to understand the inner workings of the Rlaan Bureaucracy have met only with confusion for all parties involved.  Strangely, the members of the Assembly are disproportionately sterile hybrids, believed by the Rlaan to be more levelheaded than either the aggressive defenders or the timid workers. One thing that did translate clearly, however, was the Rlaan differentiation between civilian and non-civilian.  Given their biological distinction between these two, it is easy to see why the Rlaan have such firm views upon how civilians should be treated.
+===Science===
-Rlaan science is more advanced in the fields of chemistry and genetic manipulation than any of the other space-faring races.  The Rlaan are also quite knowledgeable about materials science and the advances in the latter are often related to the former.  Aside from these noted cases though, Rlaan science has advanced more slowly than that of the Humans or the Aera, and the extent of its advances is more a measure of the age of Rlaan investigations into science than any particular brilliance on the part of the Rlaan.  Though not truly uncreative, the Rlaan seem hard pressed in the department of inventive spontaneity.  In particular, the Rlaan are rather behind humanity in their exploration of both artificial intelligence and tightly integrated biomechanical systems, having sufficed with loosely coupled designer organisms.
+===Politics===
 ===Notable Rlaan Factions and Organizational Entities===
 *[[Faction:Rlaan Briin|Rlaan Briin]]
 *[[Faction:Rlaan Merchants|Rlaan Merchants]]
 *[[Faction:Rlaan Hunters|Rlaan Hunters]]
 *[[Faction:Rlaan Enforcers|Rlaan Enforcers]]
 ==Religion==

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 {{Species Datasheet|
-|name=Rlaan
+|name=Rlaan (Worker, Defender, Hybrid)
-|age of spaceflight=2615 [[Terminology:Earth standard years|ESY]]
+|age of spaceflight=TBAL
-|homeworld=[[Terminology:SCx9362|SCx9362]] (System)
+|homeworld=TBAL
-|physical_characteristics=Worker: 1m (diameter), 1.3m (height)<BR/>Defender: 1.6m (diameter), 1,5m (height) <BR/>Limbs:4
+|physical_characteristics=Defender: 1m (Body diameter), 2m (Knee height) <BR/>Limbs:8
 |lifespan=250-350 [[Terminology:Earth standard years|Earth standard years]]
-|habitat=Ammonia-Methane-Nitogen
+|habitat=Methane-Nitrogen
 |number scheme=[[Species:Rlaan#Number scheme|See Rlaan numbers]]
 }}
 =Rlaan=
-Ammonia-blooded, methane breathers from a cool world distantly orbiting a waining star, the Rlaan are a collection of oddities. Unique among the known space-faring groups, the Rlaan are actually two separate species, the defender and worker.
+Ammonia-blooded, methane breathers from a cool world distantly orbiting a hot star, the Rlaan are a collection of oddities. Unique among the known space-faring groups, the Rlaan are actually two separate species, the defenders and workers speciating some hundred thousand or so years ago.
 ==Physical characteristics (Defender, Workers & Hybrids)==
-Both species are similar in appearance, with the primary differences being size (defenders 50% larger), the degree of fine control in the manipulator appendages (workers have better fine control), and the structural integrity of the skeleton (defenders are less fragile than workers).
+Both species are similar in appearance, with the primary differences being size (defenders 40% larger), the degree of fine control in the manipulator appendages (workers have better fine control), and the structural integrity of the skeleton (defenders are less fragile than workers).
-The defenders tend towards darker shades of red and purple, whereas the workers are somewhat pale.  Though the offspring of worker-defender matings are sterile, these hybrids exist as nearly 4% of the population, and have come to play important social roles. ''what is the role?''{{Fixme}}
+The defenders tend towards darker shades of red and purple, whereas the workers are somewhat pale.  Though the offspring of worker-defender matings are sterile, these hybrids exist as nearly 4% of the population, and have come to play important social roles, especially in the realm of politics.
-Essentially Rlaan are radially symmetric with four equivalent segments.  Each of these segments contains one compound eye composed of four segments, one ambulatory appendage, one mouth with four mandibles, one manipulator appendage, various local organs, and portions of the central organs.
+Rlaan are radially symmetric with four equivalent segments.  Each of these segments contains one compound eye composed of four segments, one ambulatory appendage, one mouth with four mandibles, one manipulator appendage, various local organs, and portions of the central organs. The Rlaan skeleton is a supported exoskeleton, that is to say, the exoskeleton is supported internally by a network of millions of small extensions of the skeleton, which together form a sort of highly porous lattice that the soft internals reside in.  A defender stands about 1.5 meters high at the top of its carapace, and 2 meters high at its knee joint.  The central body is around one meter in diameter, and a third of a meter in thickness.  Out of this central body come the four abulatory limbs, going up and out from the body to the knee joint, and then proceeding down where they terminate in a four-splayed gripping foot. Suspended below the central body is the "head" portion of the Rlaan, about half a meter in diameter and also about a third of a meter in thickness, with its bottom covered in a particularly thick extrusion of the exoskeleton.  The manipulator appendages sprout from the region connecting the head with the main body, and end in four radially arranged fingerlike structures.  A worker’s dimensions are about 70% that of a defender.
 ==Habitat==
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 Rlaan lifespans tend to be between 250-350 years.  This is believed to be a large factor in their cultural homogeneity and the methodical nature of their advances, both through space and as a culture.  Rlaan culture itself is a very dry affair, with social dynamics primarily involved around expository investigations of philosophical debates that have yet to be satisfactorily translated into the language of any other species. Their music, if it can be called such, has been compared to "the set of frequencies one would expect to register if a Myztherian Octpanther were let loose in a campanile".
-Rlaan '''written language''' appears as a sequence of characters consisting of one to four slashes in each of four quadrants formed by a pair of crossed lines.  It is read in a counterclockwise spiral out from a blank central region that is reserved for the signature glyphs of the author.  The Rlaan have vast stores of written documents going back thousands of years, but attempts to decipher most of them have met with limited success, as the concepts often being discussed seem to have no corollaries in the languages of any other species.
+Rlaan written language appears as a sequence of characters consisting of one to four radial slashes in each of four quadrants formed by a pair of crossed lines.  It is read in a counterclockwise spiral out from a blank central region that is reserved for the signature glyphs of the author.  The Rlaan have vast stores of written documents going back thousands of years, but attempts to decipher most of them have met with limited success, as the concepts often being discussed seem to have no corollaries in the languages of any other species.
 The Rlaan are governed by a body whose name translates to '''The Rlaan Assembly''' it appears to be some form of representative democracy, but the exact methods of choosing one’s representative seem complex and arcane beyond the tolerance of most observers to bother attempting to figure out.  This body then churns out laws and regulations at a breakneck pace, the enforcement of which is then delegated to the complex Rlaan Bureaucracy.  Attempts to understand the inner workings of the Rlaan Bureaucracy have met only with confusion for all parties involved.  Strangely, the members of the Assembly are disproportionately sterile hybrids, believed by the Rlaan to be more levelheaded than either the aggressive defenders or the timid workers. One thing that did translate clearly, however, was the Rlaan differentiation between civilian and non-civilian.  Given their biological distinction between these two, it is easy to see why the Rlaan have such firm views upon how civilians should be treated.
-Rlaan '''science''' is more advanced in the fields of '''chemistry''' and '''genetic manipulation''' than any of the other space-faring races.  The Rlaan are also quite knowledgeable about materials science and the advances in the latter are often related to the former.  Aside from these noted cases though, Rlaan science advances more slowly than that of the Humans or the Aera, and the extent of its advances is more a measure of the age of Rlaan investigations into science than any particular brilliance on the part of the Rlaan.  Though not truly uncreative, the Rlaan seem hard pressed in the department of inventive spontaneity.  In particular, the Rlaan are rather behind humanity in their exploration of both artificial intelligence and integrated biomechanical systems.
+Rlaan science is more advanced in the fields of chemistry and genetic manipulation than any of the other space-faring races.  The Rlaan are also quite knowledgeable about materials science and the advances in the latter are often related to the former.  Aside from these noted cases though, Rlaan science has advanced more slowly than that of the Humans or the Aera, and the extent of its advances is more a measure of the age of Rlaan investigations into science than any particular brilliance on the part of the Rlaan.  Though not truly uncreative, the Rlaan seem hard pressed in the department of inventive spontaneity.  In particular, the Rlaan are rather behind humanity in their exploration of both artificial intelligence and tightly integrated biomechanical systems, having sufficed with loosely coupled designer organisms.
-====Rlaan Merchants====
+===Notable Rlaan Factions and Organizational Entities===
-The '''Rlaan Merchants''' corp is a civilian entity devoted to supplying the Rlaan worlds with needed goods.  As a civilian entity, its ships are unarmed, though heavily armored and shielded, and are protected via a convoy system. See also [[Faction:Rlaan Merchants|Faction:Rlaan Merchants]] ''Could use more info'' {{Fixme}}
+*[[Faction:Rlaan Briin|Rlaan Briin]]
 ==Religion==

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 }}
 =Rlaan=
-Ammonia-blooded, methane breathers from a cool world distantly orbiting a warm star, the Rlaan are a collection of oddities. Unique among the known space-faring groups, the Rlaan are actually two separate species, the defender and worker.
+Ammonia-blooded, methane breathers from a cool world distantly orbiting a waining star, the Rlaan are a collection of oddities. Unique among the known space-faring groups, the Rlaan are actually two separate species, the defender and worker.
 Rlaan are radialy symmetric beings with a base four split. Because Rlaan natively breathe a methane-based atmosphere, they must wear special breathing apparatus to negotiate oxygen-nitrogen environments. Also, their skeletal structure, being an exoskeletal carapace supported internally by millions of reinforcing struts, is best suited to lower gravity worlds, and leads to the use of mechanical assistance on larger or denser rocky bodies.