The The (Theans)

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The The (sometimes called Theans) were a race of alien beings encountered by humans periodically in the millennium following the end of the Galactic Crusades. Gray and mysterious, they remain an enigma to this day.
==Origins and History==
Their race is believed to be ancient, at least 340,000 Solar Centuries old. There is a high degree of uncertainty over exactly how old they were. 
The The were first encountered by humans in the 35th Solar Century. 
===The The Siege of Sapphire===
In the 49th Century (Sapphirean calendar) a small fleet of Thean battle cruisers appeared in the Sapphire system and attacked the planet’s lunar outposts on Hyperion and Ulysses. The Theans claimed that ancient ruins that were discovered on the planet were theirs, from a colony they had established previously, and so asserted a right to the entire planet.
According to accounts from the Governor of the New Cleveland Territories, The The were dissuaded from destroying the colony when they were introduced to the concept of art, which their culture lacked. And, having learned of a creative outlet for their aggression, they left in peace.
This account is widely regarded as a load of crap. More authoritative scholarly analysis hold that The The were a weak and dying culture who had suffered many defeats from Commonwealth forces and were at a tactical disadvantage in the Sapphire system owing to the presence of a Battle Cruiser and two Dreadnoughts from the Commonwealth Fleet.
==Physiology==
Theans were of roughly humanoid form and stature. Their skin was pink; not human, epidural pink, but comething more reminiscent of the hide of young swine. They were hairless, but their high, narrow skulls were capped by a patch of thick, teal skin that formed a kind of beret and a kind of bony protuberance. They had snouts and long sharp teeth. Small rounded ears were set at the backs of their jaws. 
Their arms were comparable to a humans in length and ended in hands with four digits. 
Internally, they were entirely mechanical, being a sort of android. Whether the outward appearance reflected the appearance of the original builders of the androids (The The race) or whether The The had always been andriods are questions history has not provided answers to. 
==Weaponry ==
One known weapon of The The was the 'Thean Battle Staff," a long rob approximately two meters in length that could manipulate local gravitational fields through a device on either tip. This made it possible for a hit from a Thean Battle Staff to have the same force as being hit by a speeding truck. Or, it could be used to hurl opponents (or objects) a vast distance. 
====Book 04: Winter====
General Ziang kept a captured The as a servant in his estate at Habi Zod on the planet Winter. He revealed that The The were a race of mechanoids.
Category:Alien Races