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In TITS there are a few races that don't really have the binary gender thing going on, for example the Dzaan/only have females and herms, and Gryvain are all herms. The Vanae and Kerokoras are female only. However there are *edit* not many Male only species.
My aim is to fix that while adding something to the Tits universe. Enter the Kreeg.
What I have in mind is a low intellect race in the process of being uplifted that is all 'male' but has a unique quirk.
Updated Gdoc description
The Kreeg
Name (singular): Kreeg
Sexes: Male*
Height: Adults under 75 years of age range from 8’9” to 10’5” tall. Hight and general size increase with age with the largest recorded as 45’9” at 247 years of age
Weight: 250 to 370 lbs below 75 years of age
Eyes: Beady black on the end of eyestalks
Physiology: The Kreeg have a crustacean body structure made up of a large armor exoskeleton, with two pairs of muscular plated arms and 8 pairs of legs total, with all legs ending in three large fingers/graspers, useful for climbing the vertical terrain that they often encounter in the massive underwater tunnel networks of their rocky, oceanic and highly volcanic homeworld. They have three eyes, though they can't see the normal spectrum of color, only a small cross section of the infrared spectrum, due to a infrared emitting moss common throughout the planet., they are omnivorus. They have no hair or fur to speak of and their plates are commonly a muted reddish brown consistent with their environment. Though they seem to have secondary pigments, there is rarely much variation outside of red/brown, instead intricate patterns seem to be used to differentiate between one another..
Reproduction: A unique feature of the Kreeg is that they have a odd bodily function that lets them utilize highly specialized Psionics to create what are effectively 'Pocket Dimensions'. Though to be more accurate they are simply bending space to make the inside of their bodies bigger than their outsides, though they are still quite large when compared to a humanoid. Though this ability is more of a bodily function rather than an at will ability.
This ability to shift space is both nearly impossible to replicate, and highly fascinating to various transport companies, who are sponsoring the uplift. It is primarily utilized for keeping their organs the right size and for reproduction. Kreeg reproduction is predominantly based on wooing females of other species and utilizing their wombs for means of reproduction. This involves securing them within a specialized bodily cavity (of which a Kreeg can have multiple based on its age) houses and secures a ''guest'' where all bodily functions (eating, breathing, relieving) are all taken over manually by specialized tentacles and polymorphic appendages within the holding area that enter through the mouth/nose and anus/urethral track. There have to date not been an instance of a Kreeg forcing another creature into confinement, any attempt to wrest free results in the Kreeg immediate expulsion. The Kreeg’s ‘guest’ is kept in a trance-like state through a carefully administered neurotoxin that is mixed with a nutritious slurry that the ''guest'' is fed. It has been noted that both the slurry and neurotoxins composition will be tailored not just to species but to individuals as well. It is also suspected that some form of Psionic calming is taking place, but has yet to be confirmed.
It then inserts a specialized phallus into the vagina then latches onto both the host's cervix, and the host itself, where it will remain for the duration of the pregnancy. Once attached it will a release a syrupy semen that seems to hijack all egg cells it comes into contact with, even normally egg laying species have been observed giving live birth. Nearly all Kreeg offspring are full blooded Kreeg, though there has been a difference of coloration corresponding to the ''guest'' species, though how much genetic data gets through is still unclear. Depending on species and rate of ovulation, this can lead to the birth of a single Kreeg to as many as octuplets as so far observed. If a species or individual with multiple vaginal orifices is captured It will create as many specialized phalli as needed to inseminate all detected wombs. Once insemination is complete and the fetus begins to form part of the specialized phallus will stretch into a faux second umbilical cord and attach itself, this is to allow both of the 'parents' to deliver nutrients to the developing Kreeg and as a backup should there be complications such as if a species that does not usually perform live birth has been taken as a ''guest''.
Over the next five galactic months the fetus will grow to roughly the size of a full grown human before being delivered via through the still attached phallus and out of a unique birthing channel. due to the immense size of the offspring, the rapid growth of the fetus and often gestating multiple children can be extremely taxing and on an individual. If the size of the womb starts to exceed the limit of a given species, the Kreeg host has been observed to 'create room' inside the womb using it's psionics, maintaining and even increasing this effect even during birth to allow for a safe delivery. After a five years the Kreeg will grow into a fully sized adult, usually a bit larger than your average Leithan. A Kreeg that has recently given birth will usually allow the ''guest'; time to recover before expelling them in a safe location.
On rare occasions, if a Kreeg has a 'guest' of the same species multiple times in a row, no less than six, it may gestate a infant of that species. Though these are always female and have no genetic markers denominating it as anything related to a Kreeg. After further study, it seems that the child is a genetic amalgamation of DNA sampled from previous encounter. When, the sampling takes place, how the genetic information is sampled and stored along with what prompts this process and when is still unclear.
While this bizarre reproductive system is surprisingly effective, it also holds a secondary use. If a Kreeg is injured or ailing from an illness, it will seek out a female immediately for aid. While the result is virtually the same, instead of gestating a child the Kreeg will cause the ''guest'' to gestate large amounts of stem cells and uses these cells to rapidly repair damage to itself. If it is already carrying a ''guest'' when it is injured and the 'guest' has yet to become pregnant, it will switch to this mode of stem cell gestation. Also, certain species being carried as ''guest's' have caused notable effects on the host Kreeg, such as enhanced perception, speed, strength and agility, usually in correspondence with the ''guest'' species.
Once gestation is complete and the ‘guest’ is expelled in a safe location, the Kreeg will usually present them with some item of perceived worth, usually food, in an attempt to entice the female to eventually return. Sometimes small stone carvings and talismans are given out to returning mates.
For a species that so rapidly reaches maturity they are fairly long lived, reaching 150 through 200 years. However, after their initial growth spurt they slowly but constantly grow over that time, with Elder Kreeg reaching the sizes comparable to small star ships. As a result they are required to use their space bending powers to hold an increasingly massive infrastructure and pump massive amounts of blood.
Since this ability ceases to function upon death it has the side effect of causing most Kreeg to effectively explode upon death beyond a certain age. Young Kreeg simply swell beyond the capacity to function as their organs now take up more space than their rib-cage can handle. While this will not kill them outright if Anti-Psionic measures are employed it is extremely uncomfortable and renders them immobile. Adult Kreeg find this incredibly painful and will often die due to acute organ failure if medical aid is not applied.
In TITS there are a few races that don't really have the binary gender thing going on, for example the Dzaan/only have females and herms, and Gryvain are all herms. The Vanae and Kerokoras are female only. However there are *edit* not many Male only species.
My aim is to fix that while adding something to the Tits universe. Enter the Kreeg.
What I have in mind is a low intellect race in the process of being uplifted that is all 'male' but has a unique quirk.
Updated Gdoc description
The Kreeg
Name (singular): Kreeg
Sexes: Male*
Height: Adults under 75 years of age range from 8’9” to 10’5” tall. Hight and general size increase with age with the largest recorded as 45’9” at 247 years of age
Weight: 250 to 370 lbs below 75 years of age
Eyes: Beady black on the end of eyestalks
Physiology: The Kreeg have a crustacean body structure made up of a large armor exoskeleton, with two pairs of muscular plated arms and 8 pairs of legs total, with all legs ending in three large fingers/graspers, useful for climbing the vertical terrain that they often encounter in the massive underwater tunnel networks of their rocky, oceanic and highly volcanic homeworld. They have three eyes, though they can't see the normal spectrum of color, only a small cross section of the infrared spectrum, due to a infrared emitting moss common throughout the planet., they are omnivorus. They have no hair or fur to speak of and their plates are commonly a muted reddish brown consistent with their environment. Though they seem to have secondary pigments, there is rarely much variation outside of red/brown, instead intricate patterns seem to be used to differentiate between one another..
Reproduction: A unique feature of the Kreeg is that they have a odd bodily function that lets them utilize highly specialized Psionics to create what are effectively 'Pocket Dimensions'. Though to be more accurate they are simply bending space to make the inside of their bodies bigger than their outsides, though they are still quite large when compared to a humanoid. Though this ability is more of a bodily function rather than an at will ability.
This ability to shift space is both nearly impossible to replicate, and highly fascinating to various transport companies, who are sponsoring the uplift. It is primarily utilized for keeping their organs the right size and for reproduction. Kreeg reproduction is predominantly based on wooing females of other species and utilizing their wombs for means of reproduction. This involves securing them within a specialized bodily cavity (of which a Kreeg can have multiple based on its age) houses and secures a ''guest'' where all bodily functions (eating, breathing, relieving) are all taken over manually by specialized tentacles and polymorphic appendages within the holding area that enter through the mouth/nose and anus/urethral track. There have to date not been an instance of a Kreeg forcing another creature into confinement, any attempt to wrest free results in the Kreeg immediate expulsion. The Kreeg’s ‘guest’ is kept in a trance-like state through a carefully administered neurotoxin that is mixed with a nutritious slurry that the ''guest'' is fed. It has been noted that both the slurry and neurotoxins composition will be tailored not just to species but to individuals as well. It is also suspected that some form of Psionic calming is taking place, but has yet to be confirmed.
It then inserts a specialized phallus into the vagina then latches onto both the host's cervix, and the host itself, where it will remain for the duration of the pregnancy. Once attached it will a release a syrupy semen that seems to hijack all egg cells it comes into contact with, even normally egg laying species have been observed giving live birth. Nearly all Kreeg offspring are full blooded Kreeg, though there has been a difference of coloration corresponding to the ''guest'' species, though how much genetic data gets through is still unclear. Depending on species and rate of ovulation, this can lead to the birth of a single Kreeg to as many as octuplets as so far observed. If a species or individual with multiple vaginal orifices is captured It will create as many specialized phalli as needed to inseminate all detected wombs. Once insemination is complete and the fetus begins to form part of the specialized phallus will stretch into a faux second umbilical cord and attach itself, this is to allow both of the 'parents' to deliver nutrients to the developing Kreeg and as a backup should there be complications such as if a species that does not usually perform live birth has been taken as a ''guest''.
Over the next five galactic months the fetus will grow to roughly the size of a full grown human before being delivered via through the still attached phallus and out of a unique birthing channel. due to the immense size of the offspring, the rapid growth of the fetus and often gestating multiple children can be extremely taxing and on an individual. If the size of the womb starts to exceed the limit of a given species, the Kreeg host has been observed to 'create room' inside the womb using it's psionics, maintaining and even increasing this effect even during birth to allow for a safe delivery. After a five years the Kreeg will grow into a fully sized adult, usually a bit larger than your average Leithan. A Kreeg that has recently given birth will usually allow the ''guest'; time to recover before expelling them in a safe location.
On rare occasions, if a Kreeg has a 'guest' of the same species multiple times in a row, no less than six, it may gestate a infant of that species. Though these are always female and have no genetic markers denominating it as anything related to a Kreeg. After further study, it seems that the child is a genetic amalgamation of DNA sampled from previous encounter. When, the sampling takes place, how the genetic information is sampled and stored along with what prompts this process and when is still unclear.
While this bizarre reproductive system is surprisingly effective, it also holds a secondary use. If a Kreeg is injured or ailing from an illness, it will seek out a female immediately for aid. While the result is virtually the same, instead of gestating a child the Kreeg will cause the ''guest'' to gestate large amounts of stem cells and uses these cells to rapidly repair damage to itself. If it is already carrying a ''guest'' when it is injured and the 'guest' has yet to become pregnant, it will switch to this mode of stem cell gestation. Also, certain species being carried as ''guest's' have caused notable effects on the host Kreeg, such as enhanced perception, speed, strength and agility, usually in correspondence with the ''guest'' species.
Once gestation is complete and the ‘guest’ is expelled in a safe location, the Kreeg will usually present them with some item of perceived worth, usually food, in an attempt to entice the female to eventually return. Sometimes small stone carvings and talismans are given out to returning mates.
For a species that so rapidly reaches maturity they are fairly long lived, reaching 150 through 200 years. However, after their initial growth spurt they slowly but constantly grow over that time, with Elder Kreeg reaching the sizes comparable to small star ships. As a result they are required to use their space bending powers to hold an increasingly massive infrastructure and pump massive amounts of blood.
Since this ability ceases to function upon death it has the side effect of causing most Kreeg to effectively explode upon death beyond a certain age. Young Kreeg simply swell beyond the capacity to function as their organs now take up more space than their rib-cage can handle. While this will not kill them outright if Anti-Psionic measures are employed it is extremely uncomfortable and renders them immobile. Adult Kreeg find this incredibly painful and will often die due to acute organ failure if medical aid is not applied.
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