Slienn

Slienn Headshot

> If I have to choose between war or a one-on-one fight with a Slienn, I'll choose war.
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> Ghost

**The Slienn**, Warts or Boneheads sometimes wrongly called Sleen are known for their militaristic culture and hostile attitudes. The Slienn protected their home system with aggression upon first contact with other civilisations, but eventually relented when messages managed to be send through binary, after several other attempts of communication.

They are one of the three founding members of the Interplanetary Coalition. The second most populous of the IC species, the Slienn offer the biggest portion to the ICN (Interplanetary Coaliton Navy). They are often entangled with pirates and hostile species and offer their military advice and planning first and foremost. Despite their militaristic culture and the original hostilities, they are often seen as the friendly protectors, even if this is partially due to their xenophobic believe of being better than others when it comes to their biology. They are awkward socially and especially when it comes to jokes and are generally reserved when it comes to other species.

During the era one could compare to early Roman in human history, a woman by the name of Shidalaria rose to power through military conquests of other tribes. Rather than eradicate said tribes, she had recruited and integrated them. In her lifetime, she managed to conquer all of Slardini, despite being larger than Earth.

This was partially done by using trusted generals, who had the utmost loyalty to her, to go to different corners of the world. The world was explored and conquered in one foul swoop. Near the end of her conquest and the end of her life, as she was 127 (an incredible feet in this era with less medicine being around), she had declared a Military Junta on her passing. She had no children, for she had not had time nor interest in this, knowing they would attempt to take her Empire upon her death. Instead, by offering her most loyal \*and\* worthy of generals pieces of land, making a decree that they each rule their own region but convene together in a council, she knew they would work together in her vision.

This astounishing feats and those of her generals (those who followed her creed) brought for a new religion in all of the tribes, kingdoms and empires of the old world with her as chief deity and the generals who had not rebelled after her death being other deities. While there were ofcourse rebellions throughout history, her actions were always looked up to. The Slienn were united and worked in sync. Despite having no big need for it as their world was unified, the Slienn kept military teachings and trainings an ongoing affair, in veneration to their old Empress, now turned Goddess.

It was this unification that allowed earlier and easier colonisation outside of their home planet.

## Biography

Slienn are very humanoid in form, except for having three fingers and three toes, and a thin, grey skin covered in thick, wart like scales and a thick external growing bone on their head that they had as a primitive species. These external growing bones can in most cases grow in random places on their body too, offering a sort of exoskeleton. Slienn live roughly twice as long as humans, but their 60s to 110s are considered mid-life and they do not mature physically, only mentally, during this time.

Slienn do not differentiate between men and women when it comes to any kind of status. The only difference for them is attraction and procreation. Despite being mamallian, the Slienn do not have milk glands or breasts, instead men and women both have chest plates of the same bone carapace as their faces do. Slienn produce a sort of bile that both men and women can 'vomit' to feed their youth.

### Additional Notes

* A 'fun fact' that is well known, is that the Slienn military is large enough to take on the rest of the Coalition forces and still have a fair chance. (This does not take Eldrae or Qra'nrr into consideration)
* Slienn have only one in a million potentional of psionics, seemingly being extremely resistance to whatever causes it to appear in living beings.
* Sleen have incredibly robust bodies and minds, which is what allowed them to colonise so many worlds so easily. Their adaptive nature allowed further exploration of each world, including their home, for science and research.
* It is unknown whether the Slienn learned to accept military rulership through years of living under it or whether being so accepting of it is what allowed them to thrive.