Post by Kuri on Aug 13, 2010 2:36:23 GMT -5
Technology Level: low-intermediate weapons technology, advanced flight and space craft technology, extremely advanced computer technology
Skill Bonuses: DEX+3, CON+2, acrobatics+2, athletics+2
Feats:
Detect Life- RR/0 -sense, living creatures up to two yards from character. perception+2
Appearance: They are bipedal, tall standing people. A typical Estrez is about 6 to 8 feet tall, with white body hair, skin color ranging from golden to white to grey. Usually Estrez women have narrow shoulders and narrow waist while men have usually bulkier with wider shoulders, larger feet and hands. Both genders have four fingers on their hands, including an opposable digit, they have no toes or extremities on their foot. Ears are pointed, and higher on the side of the head than a humans ears, a common sign of aging is elongated ears or rounded ear tips. All their teeth, except the front two, are incredibly sharp. Their skin is rough feeling, but very sensitive to electric impulses and currents. So sensitive they can often detect other creatures movements from the electric signals the brain gives off. Their eyes are narrow and slightly almond shaped. Although not usually aggressive, they can get extremely combative when they or their mate are threatened, harmed or deeply insulted. When angered or defensive the sclera of the eye becomes black and the iris becomes darker. Usually the sclera of the eye is a grayish color, the pupil is black and the iris can be any shade of blue, yellow or red. They also have long (3-4 ft.) prehensile, whip-like tails with a spade shaped point at the end. The spade tip is incredibly hard. They are quite flexible and nimble creatures.
Culture: Estrez are intellectual individuals, but as a race are united by mutual respect and common beliefs. All Estrez believe they are sacred beings and thus, feel that they must treat each other with equal respect - unless they have lost their ultiscar, or honor. Their belief system does not focus on a God, or omniscient being. They believe they themselves are the ultimate anomaly of the universe - the perfect outcome. All of the other intergalactic races are, in their eyes, ‘lesser outcomes’ or Icata. They believe that their race is the result of the best possible cumulation of cosmic events that could occur and create a planet with sentient life thus making them “Pure Ones” or “The Chosen Beings”. This claim has yet to be proven, but the Estrez take it very seriously. Because of this widely held belief most Estrez are highly prejudiced against other beings, and look down upon them.
The Estrez appear only to be split into two distinct communities, which are perhaps better described as castes. As an honor based society, those who have not compromised their integrity remain a "Pure member of the Chosen Race" which is the definition of the word Estrez. Estrez consider themselves equals although there are those who have more authority or have performed feats that earn great respect. Overall though they consider themselves equals as a race and attempt to treat one another as such.
The only thing that separates "the chosen" or Estrez from "the disgraced", or Istrez is honor. The disgraced are not born so, unless they are Icatrez meaning "of impure blood"/half-breeds. Other ways one becomes one of the disgraced:
1. They could have betrayed the Estrez people in some way.
2. They could have killed or attempted to kill another Estrez.
3. They could be infertile or unable to produce healthy offspring., ect.
These are the most common reasons for an Estrez to be disgraced. The disgraced are treated as second-class citizens, which means they have limited rights. Some are imprisoned or killed. All of these disgraced are looked down upon, and most often ostracized.
Life mates are chosen carefully, for once they have consummated with their mate they are bonded for life. The Estrez however, even with their extremely long lifespan, do not fear commitment. The reproduction rates for Estrez are low. An Estrez female can only give birth only once or twice during her life. The Estrez seem to be creatures that socialize often but prefer to live in solitude or with their mate. Long periods of isolation do not do much to effect the mentality or mental fortitude of the Estrez. They like having space in which to live and think, and their pods are usually large enough to host many people but house only one or two. Pods are joined together in large, often tall buildings giving each inhabitant both the opportunity to live in solitude and the opportunity to socialize with their neighbors if they so wish.
The Estrez have one central government, the Council of Minewet. The planet is split into several regions and each has a handful of representatives that convene for two months every year and discuss. They provide regulations for business and control the army and planetary military of Zerasine. Zerasine is a planet that needs very little government interference in the daily life of its people. There is not much crime, such as murder or theft, but the Minewet Council does struggle to keep violence against the disgraced caste under control.
History: The history of Estrez existence is recorded in the most prized possession of the Estrez people: the Zerafay. From the moment the Estrez became self-aware - discovering the powers of the mind, psionics - they began to document their history. The written language of the Estrez is a fairly new invention. The ancients created a living rock, one that could absorb and record the thoughts and feelings of those who passed their knowledge to it. Every generation since has added to this giant collection of memories. Telepathy has become a specialty of the Estrez people. It is the first way they learned to communicate and to this day the Estrez commonly use telepathy to 'speak' with one another. They pass images, sounds, tastes, scents and emotions to each other through telepathy. This type of telepathy is strongest with touch, it is almost always necessary for two Estrez to be touching or at least close, if they have a strong emotional bond, to communicate with each other.They do not have to be touching each other directly to speak, five Estrez could be sitting in a row and holding hands and all of them would be having a "conversation". By touching each other they are opening a section of their mind to the other Estrez allowing free communication. The Estrez mind has natural mental blockades that allow them to communicate only what they want the other to see. When they do speak aloud it is to say something of importance, or to speak with someone they cannot touch. The written language of the Estrez began with face painting rituals and was developed into a new way of recording things.
Many of their traditional weapons seem archaic by galactic standards; in the past they've only needed weapons such as jagged swords and large scythes. Weapon technology has not been significantly developed on their planet because of the centuries of peace and prosperity on Zerasine. Only recently have they felt the need to become a more militarized planet due to the rising tension in the galaxy. They have adopted high tech weapons in the military, seeing the advantage of having guns and plasma weapons to use against combative planets. Their use of armor is minimal although this too is beginning to change. The Estrez prefer to use personal kinetic shields to use against guns, and other firepower.
Skill Bonuses: DEX+3, CON+2, acrobatics+2, athletics+2
Feats:
Detect Life- RR/0 -sense, living creatures up to two yards from character. perception+2
Appearance: They are bipedal, tall standing people. A typical Estrez is about 6 to 8 feet tall, with white body hair, skin color ranging from golden to white to grey. Usually Estrez women have narrow shoulders and narrow waist while men have usually bulkier with wider shoulders, larger feet and hands. Both genders have four fingers on their hands, including an opposable digit, they have no toes or extremities on their foot. Ears are pointed, and higher on the side of the head than a humans ears, a common sign of aging is elongated ears or rounded ear tips. All their teeth, except the front two, are incredibly sharp. Their skin is rough feeling, but very sensitive to electric impulses and currents. So sensitive they can often detect other creatures movements from the electric signals the brain gives off. Their eyes are narrow and slightly almond shaped. Although not usually aggressive, they can get extremely combative when they or their mate are threatened, harmed or deeply insulted. When angered or defensive the sclera of the eye becomes black and the iris becomes darker. Usually the sclera of the eye is a grayish color, the pupil is black and the iris can be any shade of blue, yellow or red. They also have long (3-4 ft.) prehensile, whip-like tails with a spade shaped point at the end. The spade tip is incredibly hard. They are quite flexible and nimble creatures.
Culture: Estrez are intellectual individuals, but as a race are united by mutual respect and common beliefs. All Estrez believe they are sacred beings and thus, feel that they must treat each other with equal respect - unless they have lost their ultiscar, or honor. Their belief system does not focus on a God, or omniscient being. They believe they themselves are the ultimate anomaly of the universe - the perfect outcome. All of the other intergalactic races are, in their eyes, ‘lesser outcomes’ or Icata. They believe that their race is the result of the best possible cumulation of cosmic events that could occur and create a planet with sentient life thus making them “Pure Ones” or “The Chosen Beings”. This claim has yet to be proven, but the Estrez take it very seriously. Because of this widely held belief most Estrez are highly prejudiced against other beings, and look down upon them.
The Estrez appear only to be split into two distinct communities, which are perhaps better described as castes. As an honor based society, those who have not compromised their integrity remain a "Pure member of the Chosen Race" which is the definition of the word Estrez. Estrez consider themselves equals although there are those who have more authority or have performed feats that earn great respect. Overall though they consider themselves equals as a race and attempt to treat one another as such.
The only thing that separates "the chosen" or Estrez from "the disgraced", or Istrez is honor. The disgraced are not born so, unless they are Icatrez meaning "of impure blood"/half-breeds. Other ways one becomes one of the disgraced:
1. They could have betrayed the Estrez people in some way.
2. They could have killed or attempted to kill another Estrez.
3. They could be infertile or unable to produce healthy offspring., ect.
These are the most common reasons for an Estrez to be disgraced. The disgraced are treated as second-class citizens, which means they have limited rights. Some are imprisoned or killed. All of these disgraced are looked down upon, and most often ostracized.
Life mates are chosen carefully, for once they have consummated with their mate they are bonded for life. The Estrez however, even with their extremely long lifespan, do not fear commitment. The reproduction rates for Estrez are low. An Estrez female can only give birth only once or twice during her life. The Estrez seem to be creatures that socialize often but prefer to live in solitude or with their mate. Long periods of isolation do not do much to effect the mentality or mental fortitude of the Estrez. They like having space in which to live and think, and their pods are usually large enough to host many people but house only one or two. Pods are joined together in large, often tall buildings giving each inhabitant both the opportunity to live in solitude and the opportunity to socialize with their neighbors if they so wish.
The Estrez have one central government, the Council of Minewet. The planet is split into several regions and each has a handful of representatives that convene for two months every year and discuss. They provide regulations for business and control the army and planetary military of Zerasine. Zerasine is a planet that needs very little government interference in the daily life of its people. There is not much crime, such as murder or theft, but the Minewet Council does struggle to keep violence against the disgraced caste under control.
History: The history of Estrez existence is recorded in the most prized possession of the Estrez people: the Zerafay. From the moment the Estrez became self-aware - discovering the powers of the mind, psionics - they began to document their history. The written language of the Estrez is a fairly new invention. The ancients created a living rock, one that could absorb and record the thoughts and feelings of those who passed their knowledge to it. Every generation since has added to this giant collection of memories. Telepathy has become a specialty of the Estrez people. It is the first way they learned to communicate and to this day the Estrez commonly use telepathy to 'speak' with one another. They pass images, sounds, tastes, scents and emotions to each other through telepathy. This type of telepathy is strongest with touch, it is almost always necessary for two Estrez to be touching or at least close, if they have a strong emotional bond, to communicate with each other.They do not have to be touching each other directly to speak, five Estrez could be sitting in a row and holding hands and all of them would be having a "conversation". By touching each other they are opening a section of their mind to the other Estrez allowing free communication. The Estrez mind has natural mental blockades that allow them to communicate only what they want the other to see. When they do speak aloud it is to say something of importance, or to speak with someone they cannot touch. The written language of the Estrez began with face painting rituals and was developed into a new way of recording things.
Many of their traditional weapons seem archaic by galactic standards; in the past they've only needed weapons such as jagged swords and large scythes. Weapon technology has not been significantly developed on their planet because of the centuries of peace and prosperity on Zerasine. Only recently have they felt the need to become a more militarized planet due to the rising tension in the galaxy. They have adopted high tech weapons in the military, seeing the advantage of having guns and plasma weapons to use against combative planets. Their use of armor is minimal although this too is beginning to change. The Estrez prefer to use personal kinetic shields to use against guns, and other firepower.
