Galoi

Galoi are an alien species in the Tinkered Stars Universe.
== Classification ==
H9, hominin with extensive tinkering (level 10 is the highest possible usually can’t leave planet of origin). No longer sapien compatible.
== Appearance ==
Skin: Purple skin tones and hair, the shade of which ranges from lavender to eggplant.
Body hair: No body hair except on their heads. Their hair is thick, tubular and living. Sensitive to touch.
Ears: Larger than humans and pointed, always decorated with earrings. Studded earrings on the left for spouses. Ringed earrings on the right for sexual preferences.
Galoi look like elves to humans similar to mythological anime creatures.They also have pointed teeth. Humans look like an angelic mythological “cloud dwellers” to the galoi, too. Particularly the rounded ears, which they find fascinating.
== Genders ==
===Antiga===
Antiga are the 1st gender. Connecting (social) and inseminating (physical) galoi, who produce and inseminate eggs. They show human-male-like biological sexual characteristics (with a barbed penis), but occupy a matriarchal societal role. Their skeletal structure is smaller than isoga but larger than loga. Their skin comes in darker purple colors. They are addressed by the honorific "Anisoi" and their names end in an "a" sound. Other galoi who like to bond with 1st gender wear a black earring.Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender 
=== Isoga (female) ===
Isoga (female) are the 2nd gender. They are protecting (societal) and child-rearing (physical) galoi. They have a marsupial pouch called an issillib (for the joey) and milk-producing teats (like a kangaroo), plus residual secondary biological sex characteristics of a female. They don't produce eggs, only milk. They have the largest skeletal structure and skin on the pink end of the purple spectrum. They are addressed with the nonorific "Belloi" and their names end in a "b" sound. Other galoi who like to bond with 2nd gender wear a copper earring. Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender Isoga are often protective and nosy. The 5th Gender, Chapter 10
=== Isoga (male) ===
Isoga (male) are the 3rd gender. They are protecting (societal) and child-rearing (physical) galoi. They have a marsupial pouch called an issillib (for the joey) and milk-producing teats (like a kangaroo), plus residula secondary biological sex characteristics of a male. They orgasm, but they don't produce sperm. They have the largest skeletal structure and skin on the pink end of the purple spectrum. They are addressed with the nonorific "Belloi" and their names end in a "b" sound. Other galoi who like to bond with 3rd gender wear a gold earring. Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender Isoga are often protective and nosy. The 5th Gender, Chapter 10
=== Loga (female) ===
Loga (female) are the 4th gender. They are nesting (socia) and childbearing (physical) galoi. They have eggs and a very small womb, plus the residual secondary biological sex characteristics of a female, but they don't produce milk. Their womb is sealed except during estrus and the antiga's barbed penis is required for insemination.The 5th Gender, Chapter 8 They have the smallest skeletal structure and come in lighter purple colors. They are addressed with the honorific "Ooloi" and their names end in an "l" sound. Other galoi who ike to bond with the 4th gender wear a silver earring. Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender They tend to have what human's call sunny dispostions. The 5th Gender, Chapter 9
=== Loga (male) ===
Loga (male) are the 5th gender. They are nesting (socia) and childbearing (physical) galoi. They have eggs and a very small womb, plus the residual secondary biological sex characteristics of a male. While they orgasm, they don't produce sperm. Their womb is sealed except during estrus and the antiga's barbed penis is required for insemination.The 5th Gender, Chapter 8 They have the smallest skeletal structure and come in lighter purple colors. They are addressed with the honorific "Ooloi" and their names end in an "l" sound. Other galoi who ike to bond with the 5th gender wear a white earring.Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender They tend to have what human's call sunny dispostions. The 5th Gender, Chapter 9
==Society==
Galoi are extremely social and group orientated. They tend to eat together in large groups. Grooming and bathing are also cooperative activities. Private residences are mainly for sleeping and the associated pleasure activities of a spousal groupThe 5th Gender, Chapter 1. They get along well with others and make excellent diplomats, but their home planet is extremely xenophobic. The galoi have a small population and are slowly fading away. 
Crime is not the same on Gal. There are crimes of etiquette and reproductive choice. There are breaches in professional roles or gender duty. Exile is the only punishment for the worst offense: not going through gamein.The 5th Gender, Chapter 4
Galoi are tactile creatures, always petting, hair entwining - the lie between friend and lover and intimate was not just blurred, it was nonexistent.The 5th Gender, Chapter 11
The galoi are dying out. They have had mass population decrease for almost four hundred years. They are relatively long-lived, but even with gaimen they are steadily losing numbers. Some loga spend their entire adult lives pregnant, producing an endless series of non-viable offspring.The 5th Gender, Chapter 8 
==Homeworld==
The galoi come from Gal. Gal only has two small continents, both on the equator. The other hemispheres are all water and do have some man-made floating cities.
=== Fauna/Flora ===
* Alysigoss - a small white flower native to Gal. They taste bad, but they do not kill. The 5th Gender, Chapter 9
* Shillamith - A plant used in space travel for oxygen production on galoi ships. It's is trumpet shaped, lavender color with spotted other purples. Very toxic. The 5th Gender, Chapter 9
==Other Galoi Terms==
* Cota - The galoi ideal socia/sexual adult relationship and cohabitation unit made up of four individuals - one antiga, one loga, and both isoga.Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender
* Gamein - A priori legal social obligation of galoi antiga and loga to the greater society and culture. It translates to mandated sexual liasions, for the purposes of procreation, between antiga and loga, resulting in a required number of viable offspring. Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender
* Issillib - The pouch possessed by isoga for carrying young.The 5th Gender, Chapter 8
* Mycota - Any sexual/social bonded galoi cohabitation unit from pair to triad comprised of any (culturally acceptable) gender combination. This is consdered less desirable and less stable than a full cota of four, but it is fine as far as the government is concerned. Mycota might be loosely translated as marraige. Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender
* Ootill pouffe - a large cushion primarily used for coitus. The 5th Gender, Chapter 10
* Somate - A person with whom a galoi forms a working sexual and social bond, similar to spouse. Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender
* Zyga - Genderless exiles (by social construct of galoi society), similar to the ancient idea of outcaste. The word "Zyga" is also taken as a last name by galoi zyga, and no honorific is used. Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender Zyga are travelers, diplomats, and negotiators. They are open-minded, understand others, and understand aliens. They are explorers and ambassadors, having purpose even in exile. The 5th Gender, Chapter 8 They are give a hair strand from a galoi who remains as their advocate. So that when the zyga passes, their experiences are passed along to the galoi. The 5th Gender, Chapter 12
== Known Galoi ==
*Anisoi Ureeya
*Belloi Froleb
*Belloi Rissib
*Ooloi Marrel
*Ooloi Plesol (deceased)
*Ooloi Villisol (deceased)
*Zyga Tristol
==Trivia==
*The planet Gal and its bio-formed galoi were once referred to by the Tinkers as the "platypus of the galaxy."Glossary of Alien Terms, The 5th Gender
*Most species also think galoi are cute and unthreatening. Big round eyes, excitable hair, and purple tones apparently conveyed wonder and innocence. The 5th Gender, Chapter 1.
*Galoi had no known food allergies and notoriously resilient stomachs (two of them). The 5th Gender, Chapter 1
*Galoi have no wonder for murder. Instead, when they approached Station X017, they called it "a life had been taken, not by accident." The 5th Gender, Chapter 4
*Saying on Gal: "Words lie, but the truth is in the hair." The 5th Gender, Chapter 5
*Naked ears is slang for both zyga and infants. The 5th Gender, Chapter 6
*Galoi live to about 160 human years.The 5th Gender, Chapter 9 
*When loga travel in space, they are on an estrus bind - a type of birth control to keep from going into estrus.The 5th Gender, Chapter 9
*Testing for pregnancy is a surgical procedure among the galoi. The 5th Gender, Chapter 9
*Galoi always use titles of identity as opposed to job or rank. The 5th Gender, Chapter 10
*Galoi are one of the few races that were tinkered to the point of being biologically incompatible with other tinkered races. Crudrat, Chapter 15
== Quotes ==
* "Galoi do not believe in the existence of altruism. You must trade and barter hard. An isoga would rather die than ask for aid without balance."The 5th Gender, Chapter 3
*"Field observation of galoi (zyga designation) among humans suggests that they are a sexually promiscuous species. Both males and females seem to prefer congress with species that show obviusly male biological sex characteristics. We must assume, for procreative reasons, that there is another gender of galoi males who don't leave the planet, whose preerences is for females. Otherwise the species would die out.The 5th Gender, Chapter 3
== References ==
Appear in: Tinkered Stars Mystery
Category:Tinkered Stars
Category:Aliens