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The Engineers, also called Pilots, Space Jockeys, Ossians or Mala'kak, are an ancient extraterrestrial species of unknown origin. They possess some of the most advanced technology in the entire galaxy, with special emphasis placed on their skills in Genetic Engineering.
 Physical Characteristics: The Engineers are extremely pale-white, hairless and humanoid due to their subterranean nature, with two arms and legs, and said to have staring, "dead seeming" eyes. The veins underneath their skin are visible, and their pupils are in the shape of oblong plus-symbols. The Engineers are between 2.4 meters and 3.1 meters tall and breathe oxygen just like human beings, but are also able to survive on LV-223′s surface.
 Culture: Though not much is known about the Engineers, it is shown that the Engineers have displayed advanced forms of culture that exist within their society, such as language, visual arts, music and clothing. The Engineers' writing system is strikingly similar to Mesopotamian cuneiforms that can be found in the middle-east, and their hieroglyphs are identical to what is found in Egypt, Mesoamerica, and other places on Earth. The engineers created three very powerfull bio weapons Black Liquid, Trilobite, and Xenomorphs.

-**ENGINEER SPECIES TRAITS**-

• • +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, +4 Intelligence, +2 Wisdom, -2 Charisma: The Engineer are much larger, stronger, and more intelligent than an average human.

• • Engineer Speed: Engineer base land speed is 20 meters.

• • 1 extra feat at 1st level, because Engineers are quick to master specialized tasks and varied in their talents. See Chapter: Feats.

• • 4 extra skill points at 1st level and 1 extra skill point at each additional level, since Engineers are versatile and capable. (The 4 skill points at 1st level are added on as a bonus, not multiplied in; see Chapter: Skills.)

• • Automatic Languages: Engineers, sign language. Bonus Languages: Up to 5 additional languages. The Engineers have a verbal language of clicks and chirps and are capable of mimicking other verbal languages to a degree. They do pick up languages quickly, however without formally studying the language as a secondary skill.

• • Human Subtype: This trait meas that Engineers are considered human for purpose of determining weather the character is susceptible to certain diseases that only effect humans. Additionally Engineers are considered human for purpose of determining weather the character qualifies for racial templates that require the character to be human, and Advanced Classes that require the character to be human.

• • Darkvision (Ex): Engineers can only see in one spectrum of light, infrared. Engineers can see in the dark up to 20 meters. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and Engineers can function just fine with no light at all.

• • Large-Size: As Large creatures, Engineers recive a -1 penalty to attack, and defense class, they have a fighting space of 2 meters by 2 meters, and recive a -4 penalty on Hide checks. As large creatures Engineers have a natural reach of 1 meter.

• • Level Adjustment +4