Biology

in Arcverse

Life is a fundamental concept in this universe which happens to be teeming with it. The types of life present in the known universe are as myriad as the stars which fleck the night skies of every world in the galaxy, ranging from common and familiar cellular chemical-based life to the extraordinarily rare and ethereal radiobeings. However, the broad concept of life can be broken down into two rather distinct categorical types: sophonts and non-sophonts.

Sophonts

A sophont is defined as a being that possesses a base reasoning capacity that demonstrates the core characteristics of sapience. Sophonts of the known universe are incredibly diverse, both in life basis and in intelligence type. At present there are around one hundred known species of sophont (not counting the vast range of ICIs).

Nonsophonts

The sheer volume and variety of nonsapient life in the cosmos renders the act of compiling a database of every known lifeform inside humans' current CES-format information network impossible. As such, only lifeforms of particular note or those mentioned in the published canon of the Arcverse have pages here. Refer to Life by Planet to further narrow down your search.