Sytran

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Pacifists by nature, the Sytran have fascinating elemental abilities and are adepts of blending in any society to further improve the bonds, attain knowledge, or otherwise spread word of their own people. With their ever growing and spreading populace across the galaxies, it is unlikely this species will come anywhere near extinction. or concern of extinction.

Physical Aspects
Denizens on planet Yriama, Sytrans were considered alien lizards by other races, specially humans, however said assumption is incorrect. While most are lizard-like, Proto-Sytran (a sub-race developed artificially) and a good number of Sytrans have a skin similar to that of salamanders, an amphibian, and there are also cases of mixed traits (example: Nyca, who inherits both smooth and rough scales), and coloring is widely varied. Their bodies easily adapts to new environments, but usually a form change is the fastest and safest way to adapt, as it will eliminate any potential issue. Due to their changing nature, genetic or digestive incompatibility is rarely an issue, most of the times resulting in a small "allergic reaction" to certain substances that will rarely threaten their health (In example: most Proto-Sytrans develop a reaction to a fruit, like getting drunk from eating apples).

Another curious aspect is that they may or may not undergo pregnancy and birth labor, as a normal trait of this race is to reproduce similarly to lizards, where eggs are deposited in a nest, even if they are not fertilized. The cycle of a female normally lasts about six weeks, after which an oviparous female will lay between 1 and 3 eggs. During their period, the female may get increasingly annoyed or aggressive, but some are lucky to remain with their behavior intact. The average lifespan of a Sytran is estimated to be a bit above 150 years, but may change based on genetic pool. The normal height and weight of an adult Sytran or Proto-Sytran is 2.50 meters and 80 kilograms.


Supernatural Traits
While widely regarded as supernatural by some kinds, Sytrans and Proto-Sytran's form changing and manipulator nature are common traits that have existed for unaccountable years. Their so-called Gods could do even more, able to use all five manipulations and change form without sampling a genetic material, however such thing did not carry over into what soon became the main breed of Sytrans. The main breed of Sytrans are born with a single manipulator role and a need to sample a genetic material (blood preferred) in order to change forms, even then the form change doesn't grant any special ability from the species they "copy", just physical aspects at most. However this doesn't limit them, for they can develop more manipulations and effectively maintain a large genetic pool for the many forms they need.

The the basic descriptor of manipulator roles are as follow:

• Soil - Shapes minerals based on their knowledge. Often gain knowledge of a mineral through prolonged contact.
• Coolant - Moves the liquids, normally water, but can extend to almost ANY liquid given dedication to this manipulation.
• Heat - Allows generation and dispersal of fire, as well as many types of energy generation (electricity, micro-sun...), making them most suitable for combat.
• Atmosphere - They weave the air with a single breath around them, being able to even decrease or increase air pressure and create lightning with proper training.
• Life - The rarest role and often feared. Most Life Manipulators pursue the medical career, because they can sense one's vital signals better than any machine ever could or heal small wounds with minimal contact, and an advanced manipulator can stop one's heart with a snap or mend flesh and bone as if it was fresh clay.

Manipulators are classified in three main rankings, from lowest to highest: Omega, Beta, Alpha. As they master a role, their rank in that increases. In past, there was a Gamma rank between Omega and Beta, but that has been deprecated due to it having no significant improvement other than range extension. Proto-Sytrans are coded with a manipulator role prior birth, but Sytrans themselves don't have any way of knowing until a couple of years after birth, and in uncommon but not rare cases they may never develop a natural Manipulator Role.

A Proto-Sytran's ability to speak with computers comes from a surgery performed in early embryo stages, due to it having a 0.001% chance of complications and absolute 0% chance of death, as any day after birth would mean a 28% chance of complications and 81% chance of death. As such, the surgeries cannot be legally performed on anyone that has already been born. The Technopathy is normally limited, requiring that they actually talk in order to make a computer respond, but advancements can be made to further improve this ability: they can learn to interact with machines through thought and even force them to do what they want. However those trainings are reserved to Proto-Sytrans that are willing to continue military career after their initial dismissal.

The form changing has no restrictions for a Sytran, but there are traits, such as eyes and colors, that are carried among forms. So, if you see a human with natural cyan hair and purple eyes... Get suspicious. VERY. An old myth is that the number of odd-colored scales or spots on a Sytran's skin defines how many forms they gained, but that is false, as some have over 60 forms in their genetic pool and not a single change to their original form. Even with form-changing, they are most comfortable with a native form and their own form, but not using a form for too long may result in the genetic data being discarded by their body. In Proto-Sytrans, there is a limitation: They only have their Sytran form and can only store one other form. However, if a Proto-Sytran is dismissed from their duties and has not gained a second form, a sample of a true Sytran blood will give them the ability to take into many other forms and retain their Technopathy.



Culture and Technology
Sytran lore dates far back from Egyptian, when Yriama, the Goddess of Creation of their kind whose name is also that of their planet, birthed many children. However their mischief and aggression toward one another has led her to imprison and expel them from home, as a form of punishment for their destructive behavior was ruining their home, their lives. The planet where they landed was Earth.

Crawling Earth for years with no end, their body has become that of chimeras, mixing forms of different animals they consumed, until they came to meet civilization. There a folk has started to adore them, worship them, for within their prison they had chronicled thoughts that flowed fast in their minds, in their obsession to one day return home. Machines for renewal of body, for creation of life, for passing of knowledge, many others, all rested in Pyramids that faced away from the Heavens they couldn't return to. In retribution for such devotion, they discarded most of their chimerical nature, becoming closer and closer to humans.

Their rivalry and mischief began to fade, as they saw the struggles of their own mother become their own, humans who they have sworn to protect, care and guide would fight among one another. He who was called Anubis, she who called Maat, have come with an idea to punish some, bless others, depending on how much they have hurt, sinned. To instill fear, so they would no longer stray. Effective it has been to a degree, and peace was restored for years, until new Gods of Egypt sprung, using the names humans have given them.

For their heart had long calmed, the new Gods encountered no difficulty in taking their rightful place, as the Children of Yriama had reached harmony and decided to leave Earth together in a ship the humans helped conceptualize, shaped partially like lion, partially like a man, partially like an eagle. Taking the skies, they left behind the ships, buried far under the pyramids, Sytran technologies that would be untouched by age, sleeping, eternally.

With the knowledge they gained from their now harmonious existence, they all helped their mother in creating new life, but one partially equal to the creatures they have met, and each carrying a tiny bit of the gifts of the Mother and the Children. Those became the Sytrans, guided similarly, however with a bond they failed to explain for millennia.

By desire of Mother and Children, they pursued to unite the entire universe, with minimum force usage, a quest that continues to this day, often having frequent meetings with ambassadors of different planets to resolve their conflicts and offer the Sytran Alliance, as a form of protection of one another.

Meanwhile, the technological advancements varies, Yriama relies on technology that is better described as something out of fiction, but there are those who live off of the soil in farms and small towns. The society isn't much split, except when it comes to the debate on whether or not the 3rd Children should be accepted as a proper living being.

The 3rd Children, known as Proto-Sytrans, are formed from a replica of the Creation Machine, mass produced to replace CPUs in their first few generations, but in later ones they are simply regarded as "organic robots" until their 16th Earth Year of life, which is not far off from Yriama Years. Due to that, there is some discord in the society, and frequents debates are made but a conclusion has yet to rise.

Due to the Creation Machine being just a replica, it is possible to create as much individuality as one would want, as well as limit their aspects, genetic or otherwise, and even lock their mind into a lasting dream state, during which their waking body will behave no different from a robot. However that presents some issues: because the production requires tampering with something as delicate as the thought process, it can create what they simply refer to as "Flaw".

The "Flaw" is a "crack" in their dream and wake state, in which they may clash with the reality before they are supposed to, collapsing their mind eventually and, should the collapse reach a critical point, they may develop murderous intent and self-destructive powers. A Fix for the Flaw is to use hypnosis to induce the mind into believing it was all just a bad dream, while the other way to fix the Flaw involves them suffering something as traumatic as or more than what has caused the Flaw to show itself.

A common practice for the "retirement" of a Proto-Sytran is adoption. Whether by their commander, master, or by individuals of other places, planets included, who have signed up and passed the proper evaluation. Such process is to protect their status as the 3rd Children and allow them to not only retain their purity but also live a life of their own.

Common techological developments that are partially accessible to the public are the use of an alloy they call "Soul Steel" to produce self preserving plating that repels metals they are not forcibly bonded to and the creation of a 6th Manipulator Role via artificial means for those who cannot be a Manipulator naturally: The Aether Manipulator, capable of weaving cosmic energy to transport things to a digital storage deck unit circuit that is surgically placed behind their heart, and those are incapable of "ranking up" naturally, instead requiring surgical procedures to upgrade it.

It is well known that Sytrans usually sends medical motherships to other planets, to help in treatment that would normally be deemed impossible within narrow reality, and also capable to make advanced diagnosis within a few minutes. Contact with other universes is however severely limited, and usually done so when they have contact with a reliable proxy in that universe and restrict access only to their own folk provided they have a civilian spaceship to travel through the portal between universes.

Multiverse Contrast
Of course, this data pertains to the original universe they were conceptualized for. In this universe, some key differences exists:

• They do not actively pursue unification.
• Military forces exists for their defense.
• Proto-Sytrans are only made for couples who cannot have children by any means.
• Due to Proto-Sytrans being made on request, they carry traits and genes of their original race and their parents'.
• The Flaw does not exist as they are made without the mental lockout, letting them develop as normal individuals instead.
• Merchant convoys going to and from Yriama are common, but rarely comes to the Solar System.
• In rare cases, they abduct people for treatment in a medical mothership (cloaked, of course), those abducted assumes it was just a dream.
• Their Gods may or not have been to this Earth.

Common Magical Items
Masked Serpent Armlet
A silver armlet with red gem for eyes, automatically adjusts to the wearer's arms and prevents their true nature from being witnessed in the narrow reality. Those in the narrow reality will never be able to see the armlet, no camera can capture its image, thus becoming perfectly camouflaged. It was conceptualized and developed by their version of Thoth when he and his siblings desired to visit Earth to further study Humans.

Gene Stimulation Ring
Crystal ring that was made from the blood of their main Goddess, it is usually clear but turns red when the wearer is using their original form. Its sole purpose is to prevent the body from wasting the first alternate species genes the user has absorbed.