United Council Species

The United Council is, and was, home for many species in its hundred million year history.

## Induction Process

### Discovery

Usually, a species is discovered when they seek for more life in the Universe, broadcasting their position with radio, or by visiting neighboring systems.

### Gentling

After the induction of a neo-sapient species, Lanaktallan Overseers gradually genetically modify the client species to reduce aggression, creativity, intelligence, and many more traits to "gentle" a species as it becomes "civilized". Omnivore and carnivore species are typically converted into herbivores over the course of millennia. Late stage gentling brings total stagnation of a species' civilization, and the civilized race regresses to a non-sapient form within generations once the process is complete.

Following examination of the genomes and DNA of the neo-sapient, near-civilized, and civilized races, the Clone Worlds Directorate issued an information review on Lanaktallan gentling, noting extensive DNA modification for the following effects:

* **Aggression**: Reduced to a nearly non-existent factor. In some cases aggression was lowered to the point that the species cannot carry out their own desires.

* **Innovation**: Curiosity and innovation have been lessened

* **Intellect**: An estimated 20-40 Standard IQ Points have been removed from their intellect, with corresponding lowering of other types of intelligence, including emotional intelligence.

* **Reproduction**: Reproduction has been lowered dramatically.

* **Individuality**: Altering of neural DNA has resulted in less individuality as well as lessened neural plasticity.

* **Submission**: Fight or flight has been adjusted to submit or flight.

The full version of the review may be found here.

## Classifications

The Neo-Sapients are all species that evolved on a planet after the Mantid-Lanaktallan Precursor war, there are almost two dozen of them. The Near-Civilized species number fourteen in total, six of them evolved after the war while the other eight are all former Mantid food species. The six Civilized species, with the exception of the Lanaktallan are all former Mantid food species. Here is the list of known UCS species.

### Neo-Sapients

Right after the discovery, and at the beginning of their gentling process. Often their home worlds were recently stripped of predators, for easier exploration and exploitation, albeit with long-term consequences for their natural ecosystems. Often sunk into debt, as a species. Another name is "feral intelligence", often used by Precursors.

* Akltak
* Carikan
* Frestilek
* Gulmisavian
* Hakanian
* Hikken
* Ikeekik
* Leebawan
* Maktanan
* Pukan
* Telkan
* Tukna'rn
* Ulvinstren
* Welkret

### Near-Civilized

If a species manages a functioning, secondary colony it reaches near-civilized status.

Species wide debt supposed to be cleared? Is this when the weather machines come in?

* Cemtrary
* N'kar
* Phrewicken
* Tnvaru

### Fully Civilized

This section is a stub.

* HiKruth
* Lanaktallan
* Shavashan
* Vuknaraa

### UnUnified Species

Some of the species are known to have rejected membership of the Unified Civilized Races. Rarely considered civilized by the rest of the species, but outside of the ever present rules, laws and regulations of that eons old organization.

* Akltak
* Hamaroosan

## Former Members

Not until the arrival of the Terran Confederacy has there been record of a species leaving the Council, but some species have left or been emancipated.

* Hamaroosan (Left after the death of Sandy)
* Hesstlin (Liberated by the Terran Confederacy)
* Telkan (Emancipated by Terran Lawyers)
* Akltak (Emancipated by Terran Lawyers)
* Shavashan (Currently in Rebellion)
* HiKruth (Currently in Rebellion)