Incipias

The Incipias are a species in the early stages of expansion into space. They have not yet developed a system comparable to a Hyperdrive and are therefore still confined to a single system. They are located in the northern edge of the galaxy, near the Wanderers and directly above Kor Sestor Space.
== History ==
The Incipias appear frightful, and you can't help but see them more as prey than predator. They flee at small, unknown changes in their environment. Interestingly, the Incipias' ships are unrivalled in vertical movement, which makes sense. If you were prey, you would most definitely want excessive mobility to escape danger. 
The Incipias evolved from a stagnating Incipian generation of low development. Though they were intelligent, the Incipias had no way to construct anything of use using their knowledge. However, at some point in their species' life, a new generation was born that held the ability to create a natural synthetic material, the one they now build cocoons out of. Using this material, they began to create homes, or as much of a home as a cocoon could be.
From that point on, the Incipias became a culture of science and innovation. But there was a major hindrance in their growth - the amount of metals they had access to was very limited. In fact, all the metals they possessed came from the innermost parts of the rings of their planet, making them very difficult ( and very dangerous), to harvest.
Because of the aforementioned lack of metals on the planet, most of the Incipias' population concentrated around the belt where the rings of the planet resided. Though they faced limitations, they used their intelligence to learn unique techniques to combine their synthetic material with metals, creating powerful and resistant fabrics.
Sadly, as happens most of the time when resources are limited, wars started between multiple factions. However, instead of outright fighting and the creation of new weapons, it was a cold war, with tensions very high. Mainly because the Incipias only reproduce at the end of their lifespan. Therefore, if one of them fell in battle, there were no children that could replace them. The risk was too high for a reward to be obtained from a physical war. This cold war continued for one and a half millennia before weapons similar to atomic bombs emerged. The incipias knew the immense destructive potential these weapons held and deemed it too dangerous for use. To prevent any use of them, all of the major parties gathered and attempted to form a peace treaty. The most powerful groups founded a system that should regulate the access to resources. As time progressed, more of the smaller groups joined this system. At some point the system became a government. It was somewhere between a democracy and an aristocracy. The wars settled down and a period of half a millennium of peace followed.
In the last century of this period of peace they started to research space travel. Soon results were achieved and they were finally able to mine the entirety of their planet's rings, instead of harvesting resources from the outer rings only. With this advancement, resources were suddenly available en masse. They called this short period of time the Joyful Years.
They proceeded with researching space travel, but a catastrophic event occurred that destroyed one of their largest and most profound cities. An experiment of an independent group was the origin of this. The government made a decision that should change the history. They forbid any research that was not controlled by them and increased control of their citizens in every place. They became more and more of an aristocracy and less of an democracy.
Of course, a lot of Incipias did not like this new directive, especially some larger corporations that wanted to continue their research to reach new technological heights. They formed a group called the Hicemus and secretly continued research until their power was far superior to the old government. They revealed their power in an instant. The old government had no choice but to surrender to them. But instead of removing the old government, the Hicemus decided to leave them in charge of the home planet. They started to build a giant space station that they made their headquarters. Heavy weapons were installed on this space station that always threatened the old government. They also forbade all research of the old government.
The player meets the Incipias now.
== Attributes ==
The Incipias resemble jellyfish. They communicate through pulses of ultraviolet light and body movements. Colors such as green are a sign of peace of relaxation, while red shows signs of stress or anger.
== Technology ==
Because the Incipias have not left their system due to a lack of hyperdrives or any comparable technology, their current technology is based around dealing with the challenges present in their home territory. Redias, their homeworld, lacks metal deposits and to counter that, the Incipias focus on asteroid mining equipment to better acquire precious materials from the rings of their home planet. This is shown via their technological focus on tractor beam and plasma mining weaponry. The Incipias also have shield technology and generators, as opposed to the majority of the more advanced Gegno.
As a result of internal tensions between the old government and the Hicemus, the Incipias do have some military capability. They can use Star Tail Launchers to barrage enemies, and Plasma Dischargers or Stagnation Beams for more direct engagements. The Incipias also have formidable hand-to-hand outfits, Cloud Piercers, to defend their ships in case of boarding actions.
For both military and civilian purposes, the Incipias rely on hydrogen technology for power; the Gas-Class Shield and the Metallic Hydrogen Cell are examples of this. Such a unique approach to energy production sets their technology apart from the nuclear and plasma based energy generation used by other races.
Due to not having left their home system, the Incipias do not have Hyperdrive capabilities, and most of their ships have low fuel capacities because of this. However, all ships produced by the Incipias have gaslining. This attribute makes the ships much more versatile for exploration purposes once they have been equipped with a Hyperdrive and some fuel capacity upgrades. That is, if they ever learn how to mass manufacture them.
=== Ships ===
Transport
* Gero
Light Freighter
* Nimbo Cirrus
Utility
* Nimbo Stratus
Medium Warship
* Nimbus
Heavy Warship
* Venta
=== Outfits ===
Weapons
* Plasma Discharger
* Stagnation Beam
* Star Tail Launcher
** Star Tail Cell
** Star Tail Storage
Turrets
* Horizon Grappler
Systems
* Gas-Class Shield
* Liquid-Class Shield
Power
* Metallic Hydrogen Cell
Engines
* MH Blue-Class Thruster
* MH Blue-Class Steering
* MH Green-Class Thruster
* MH Green-Class Steering
* MH Red-Class Thruster
* MH Red-Class Steering
Hand to Hand
* Cloud Piercer
Licenses
* Hicemus Conflict License
== Interspecies Relations ==
Being the youngest known alien race in the galaxy and marooned in their home system, the Incipias have never contacted another species. If the player visits Dom'us, they will be the first contact they will ever have.
* Humans: The player is the first ever alien the Incipias encounter. They're initially unable to communicate due to language and technology differences, but they can obtain a translator device from the Quarg.
* Quarg: The Quarg have a couple of colonies in Cura Dic, a few jumps away from Dom'us. Unlike with other species, they haven't built a ringworld to observe the Incipias yet, as they've only recently started colonizing their own system. While wary of the player's presence, they give them permission to meet the Incipias as long as they don't share any advanced technology with them, as the results would be extremely unpredictable.
* Drak: The Incipias are under the protection of an Archon that lives in the nearby system of Il'le. It considers them beautiful as they're a flower yet to bloom.
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