Species X

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Notes:  Descended from a herd species, X evolved on Y - a world orbiting a highly energetic star situated within an electrostatically charged nebula with a unique blend of radioactive materials.  This combination causes life to develop on Y as radiovores - having no need for a digestive tract, mouths were not evolved - though photosynthetic cells in their tissue absorbing energy from their home sun, X’s bodies also are capable of absorbing other forms of energy. As this means they can absorb energy from other living things, a unique predator-prey dynamic developed on their world, though this has proven capable of draining other species following their expansion into space.
X’s skin has a purple hue due to how their photosynthetic cells evolved to absorb the specific wavelengths from their home star. As such, their ships, stations, and other facilities all are equipped with lighting tuned to replicate this environment. This means they are always feeding, so don’t have to take meal breaks in the middle of their work.
As a side effect and off shoot of their distinctive feeding methods, lifeforms on Y were able to use the same capabilities to evolve psionic abilities in order to defend themselves. However, X’s ancestors managed to figure out more and more tricks with psionics, allowing them to become the dominant species on the planet.
Due to their herder ancestry, X naturally carry a psionic link with each other.
Archeological evidence has found proof Y was visited in its prehistory by an as yet officially unidentified alien species. There are also signs these off-world visitors may have also manipulated the course of evolution on the planet. Still, numerous religions have developed centered around the worship of these creators - though none are official state religions, one is hard pressed to find a member of X who is not a member of one of these religions.
Once they hit their technological revolution and began development of tools beyond manual labor enhancement, X technology quickly began to evolve to either be reliant on their psionic abilities or to enhance or modify them.
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