Iganan
A sentient species that evolved in the Cyseus galaxy.
However, although they reached an advanced point technologically, they have never developed any form of viable superluminal travel. At this stage, they existed millions of years before the HEX Mainframe. However, their civilization has polluted their world to the poit of rendering it uninhabitable.
As such, faced with extinction, the Iganan race constructed many immense starships designed to sustain a large population, before leaving the galaxy behind the HM would conquer it. They managed to build a surprisingly large number of these starships, and sent several to Cobaeus (not knowing the HM has occupied that too), Carina, Aegialus, Aloreus and more. The Hyperion Federation is still unaware this species exists.
Due to launching hundreds of these ships, and the notion that they have not interacted at all (they have extremely rarely interacted), the iganan species have since evolved divergently, and as such their species has diverged into hundreds of separate species. Each starships' onboard ecosystem also diverged, and to further complicate matters, the centrifugal gravity machines have failed on some ships and remained operational on others. This has caused some ships to have gravity and others to have no gravity, causing further evolutional divergence.
Iganans are also a carbon based lifeform.
Basic Information
Anatomy
The original Iganan species was a relatively short, humanoid race. While not actually similar to humans, iganan bodies featured arms, legs and a head. They were slightly stronger than humans.
Genetics and Reproduction
The original iganan race originally had 3 sexes, and one member of each sex had to be present for reproduction to occur. This has caused them to reproduce quite slowly.
Dietary Needs and Habits
They were omnivores but primarily ate meat. The original species had the luxury of having a wide variety of food sources, but those living on worldships were confined to eating whatever was available on the more limited farm space.
Most of the worldship inhabiting igaran species however became herbivores as very little meat grew on their starships outside of cannibalism (which was not performed for obvious reasons)
Biological Cycle
There is no seasonal variation on the worldships.
Additional Information
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
The orignal Igaran race had eyes and ears. They could also touch feel.
Civilization and Culture
History
Although the Iganan species has forgot its origins over the millions of years of space travel, it has been forced to remember the laws of the universe in order to maintain the ramjet fusion drives.
Furthermore, the languages of the various cultures of iganans also changed. Millions of years later, they have changed enough to be unreadable by people of other starships.
The cultures as well have diverged. They are entirely unrecognisable by people of other starships.
Lifespan
100
Average Height
Original Igarans - 1.5 m
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