Nelvins

Created by: Garry Stahl
Appearance: Starbase 600 game
Number of Members: Two hundred million
Nature of Members: Two meters tall slender Humanoids, mammals. The average color is a canary yellow, they are lightly furred over the whole body. it varies slightly between persons. They have muzzles, and four eyes, two low light infrared, two high color focus. Large steerable ears. Hands have three fingers, two thumbs, one each side. Legs are digitigrade with a paw. Females have slight breasts. Males have internal genitals, unless in use.
The Nelvines are deliberately designed to immigrate. The society had stopped sexual reproduction, but built in back in when they realized their decedents might not have the advantages of technology. Depending on it would doom them. So reproductive sex came back, with a few adjustments.
Nelvin lifespan is 400 years. Nevin take 20 years to mature to full sexual and mental maturity. They remain fertile throughout their adult period. 
Organization: Quasi Military ship discipline. 
Government: Crew under a Captain.
Culture: Nelvins are not physically modest. The only thing seen being worn is an Egyptian style collar, there is iconography. It is for rank structure on the ship. It is also a force field space suit if required. They will dress real quick if it gets cold. Theirexpressions of art and music have not been seen yet. 
Game Role: An interesting problem.
World Role: Life finding a way.
Relative Influence: One ark, not world, very minor.
Public or Secret?: Public not well known.
Publicly Stated Goal: Find a new universe and thrive.
Relative Wealth: One really big ark.
Race Advantages: Tech 18 in some areas. 
Special Abilities: Telepathy. 
Race disadvantages: Castaways
Special Disadvantages: No going home.
Relations: They met the Federation.
Area of Operation: To be decided.
Headquarters Location: The Ark: A massive ship with an adaptive warp drive, a form of the Johnson continua drive, and miles of piles of aisles of frozen down living beings and material culture disks.
Public Face: None yet.
Notable Members: Corlee -- Commander of the Ark.
Imsamtat -- The Ark AI. Has some interesting senses.
History of the Race: Nelviens are from a dying universe one estimated to be 55 trillion year of age. So old subspace was breaking down and threatening to strand them on the islands of red dwarfs that themselves are slowing dying. They pulled together a population, built an Ark packed it with as much material culture as they could take, and fled.
Category:Races
Category:Far Sector
Category:Ane Space