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My Idea for a New Race.

Tucked quietly away in the lifeless Quintus System drifts the gaseous planet of Galvatrius Major and its moon: Galvatrius Minor. The larger of the two, Galvatrius Major is cesspool of energized gasses as it releases and absorbs the nebulae around itself. No organic matter can withstand the constant tides of electrical energies surging through the atmosphere of the planet, of which such powerful storms can be observed breaking the planet’s surface. Oftentimes stray bolts of high-energy particles are released and find their way across the system resulting in the utter annihilation of all other viable planets which have accumulated the attractive opposite charge within the sector, which explains the lifeless state of Quintus. Interplanetary travel through the sector requires energy shielding and charge repulsion to avoid attracting a loose electrical flare. Ship instruments passing by the planet must also face the considerable electromagnetic force which may cause power fluxes and be dampen appropriately. Thus the Quintus sector is generally avoided for such reasons.

However it is the same volatile nature of Galvatrius Major which had created sentience upon its moon. For eons, the storms raged on and with each exhale of super-charged gaseous nebula some plasmic gases managed to be caught within the gravitational pull of Galvatrius Minor. Despite sharing the same base electrical charge as the planet, which keeps the smaller satellite from being destroyed like others in the system, Galvatrius Minor is locked in the gravitational pull of its larger neighbor and the electrical repulsion just barely keeps the pair from colliding into each other. Only a few hundred thousand kilometers are between the two titans, but that is enough of a distance for the nebula clouds to form around the moon and create a pseudo-atmosphere. Eventually the accumulated nebula began to discharge into isolate spots on the moon which attracted the energy. And from these strikes of cosmic lightening: the Valis were born.

The Valis or “Stormwraiths” are a cosmic mystery in the form of a mote of sentient electrical energy.  Though they lack true definite physical forms, they possess an inner core of energy from which they extend themselves. They are not quite necessarily alive in the sense of organic creatures, though should one expend all the energy they were born with from its core, it will cease to exist. They can sustain themselves by feeding on electrical energy to prolong their pseudo-lifespan of which generally last for a human millennia or a million Galvatrian Cycles without supplementation. While they retain a “Charge Trace” which splits the species into either blue or purple energy as an analogous property “gender”, the race is unable to procreate as two Valis of opposite traces would eventually destroy each other as their cores exchange energy and explode. Thus they have turned to the manufacture of new generations of Valis. The Valis can collect nebula and coax the storms to strike the moon on which they live on in an attempt to create new Valis, however there is no certainty any would be produced or those produced would survive longer than a few decades without supplemental electrical energy. 

Despite their inability to spawn using artificial means, their technological advances tend to surpass those of other races due to their quiet existence in needing nothing such as food, water or rest to sustain themselves. They were able to construct vast cities which moved through the moon. Although they did get a jumpstart from the wreckage of past galactic races, which were caught off-guard by Galvatrius Major and the Valis were able to use the ancient technological treasures. The Valis have the innate ability to “Possess,” as the humans call it, electronics. From the most basic of holodisplays to the most advanced starship systems, the Valis are able to enter their energy-bodies into them and quickly learn how to control them. This was especially useful for robots as this allowed them to gain physical forms to change their lunar home and create more advanced “hosts.” Upon a first contact with humans, the Valis were thought to be advanced robots until they encountered the Valis outside of their Hosts. 

After which, the Valis created Projection Sphere, technology which allowed the Valis to house their cores within an encasement which produced an electromagnetic field and as the name suggests, allow the Valis project their electrical energy into human-like forms. The Valis have also introduced the concept of energy dual-phase shielding to make travel slightly safer in the Quintus sector, as well as advance electromagnetism technology. Although some racial tension does exist on the grounds of humans abducting Valis to harvest their energy cores, the Valis have so far been on good standing terms with the rest of the intergalactic community. Perhaps it is because they had thought no other life exists outside of their sector, or maybe because they still believe in a cosmic peace which can be established.

@The Grey Dust

Very interesting and very cool. I'll move it to the races tab on the first OOC post as soon as I can.

is this still open to apply?@Crazy Doctor

Sure is. First IC post will be on Sunday so try to get your character created by then.
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