Species Name: Mechalus

Type: Synthetic Artificial Robotic life form

Physical Traits: Electronic

Height: Variable

Weight: Variable

Mobility: Variable

Sensory Organs: Variable

Communication: Variable

Reproduction: Construction

INT: 3D6, WIS: 3D6, STR: 3D6, DEX: 3D6, CON: 3D6, CHA: 3D6, MR: 3D6, HPs: CON +D20. Note; these are the base line attributes for each Mechalus upon creation. Like a robotic character they may be increased according to their task specialty.

Orbit/Climate: None

Atmosphere: Variable

Oceans: 0%

Gravity: 100%

Feeding Habits: Energy

Lifespan: Indefinite

Technology: 10

Culture: Benevolent. More tolerant than standard but still with some violence. Mechalus have the same range of emotions as humans, though they lend to try to downplay hostile or aggressive emotions. They were once responsible for the annihilation of another species, and since then they have made a conscious and constant effort to suppress or regulate their negative emotions. While the Mechalus can easily employ standard computer interfaces, they have the unique ability to personally connect to computer systems. Filaments extend from fingers, snake into the computer in question, and form a solid link between body and machine. This link gives the Mechalus speed-of-thought access to the computer system, and more precise control than any manual interface can provide.
The Mechalus have very ordered minds, which translates into a strictly structured society and an equally organized outlook on life. Although they think with the precision and logic of a machine, they are highly emotional people who work exceedingly hard to promote their positive emotions and subdue their negative ones. In a tense or dangerous situation, Mechalus are likely to remain calm and logical; it’s not difficult for them to suppress all their emotions when they deem such action appropriate or necessary. But in a climate of relaxation or celebration, their emotional pendulum can swing to the other extreme to humans, it seems as though they are making a special effort to appear cheerful or jubilant. The Mechalus don’t consider their behaviour at such times to be exaggerated: strong displays of positive emotion, when the situation permits, are simply their way of demonstrating (to themselves as well as members of other species) that Mechalus are more than just machines encased in biological bodies.

Government: Council

Population: 1.7 billion

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