Perkean

The **Perkean** are a strange race of scyphozoans originating from the planetoid Midosea Minor. Unlike other scyphozoan species like the Lecti, Perkeans can survive in almost any environment, including space. Perkeans are capable of floating anywhere and lack any language, instead communicating telepathically. Perkeans can use their tentacles to invade the minds of other beings. This ability to dominate others leads to many Perkeans becoming slavers.

## Biology and appearance

The Perkean are a strange race of scyphozoans originating from the planetoid Midosea Minor. Perkeans have one large body with various tentacles. Despite having a homeworld, most Perkean spend their lives in space, inhabiting the asteroids located throughout the Mideo System. The Perkean's body is hardy, being able to survive the most rugged of conditions. The only organs a Perkean has is the brain and an organ called the "stercum". The stercum emits gases that give Perkeans propulsion, allowing them to fly in space or hover in atmospheric environments. Unlike most scyphozoans, the Perkeans are large, floating at 2.6 meters in height and weighing 72 kilograms on average.

The Perkean's head consists of the brain surrounded by a translucent bell. At the top of the bell there is a spiked spine flap. There is also four sensory antenna on the the bell, allowing Perkeans to "see". These antenna also serve as the means for a Perkean to "broadcast", meaning that the brain emits wave that let the Perkean communicate telepathically with other beings. Perkean can only broadcast their thoughts and only can read minds with their tentacles.

Perkeans have five tentacles. Three of the tentacles are rounded and bulbous, and serve as the Perkean's means of moving around. The two other tentacles are much more operative and possess a greater degree of flexibility as well as two digits that can grasp objects. The larger of the two digits ends with a spike-like construction that, if the Perkean will to, can be inserted into the head of other beings to invade their minds. The insertion is painless and protrudes directly into the brain. This action gives the Perkean access to the memories and allows them to control the actions of the individual. The Perkean's entire body is various shades of pink, with lighter colorations on the lower bell, and a darker coloration on the spine flap. The tentacles are usually white or pale blue in color.

Perkeans reproduce by emerging from eggs attached to the interiors of asteroids. The young Perkeans continuously grow until they reach full maturity around the age of 80. Adult Perkeans are long-lived living 300 years at average. Perkeans lack any biological sexes, with most individuals looking nearly identical to one another.

## Society and culture

Most Perkeans spend their lives around Midosea Minor either drifting around the asteroid fields, or tending the aquatic farms on the surface. Even though Perkeans possess advanced technology, it is mainly repressed for use in the farms. The farms serve as the Perkeans means of producing food and as the living area for Perkeans on their homeworld. The farms raise and harvest creatures like the Saare for their food, often calming the creatures before they are slain.

The ability to invade minds is not only used on creatures. Various subsets of Perkeans travel out to the greater galaxy and use their abilities on other sentient species. This causes the slave trade to be dominated by Perkean slavers, which gives the entire race a poor reputation.

Perkeans lack any kind of language, instead communicating telepathically with other individuals. This telepathic ability extends to other species as well, with the Perkean being able to speak nearly any language in the galaxy. Since they lack the ability to express outwards, Perkeans seem like a soulless race to many other species.

## History

The Perkean first evolved from an aquatic lifeform on the planetoid Midosea Minor. Perkeans first gained sentience around 80,000 YBO, and developed their telepathic abilities 10,000 years later. Because their spacefaring abilities, the Perkeans didn't develop space travel until they first contacted other races, instead drifting through the cosmos in asteroids for centuries.

In the times since, even though they are aware of the major governmental powers of the galaxy, the Perkean remain unaffiliated. Perkeans have spread across the entire galaxy, unfortunately mainly due to the many Perkean slavers. At 260 YAO, a particularly large group of Perkeans attempted to overthrow the OGC after becoming allies to the Hakkan criminal empire. This led to the war between the OGC and this group of Perkeans called the Perkean Conflicts.

## Perkean in the galaxy

Thanks to their longevity, the Perkeans have managed to spread across the entire galaxy, unfortunately mainly due to the many Perkean slavers. Perkeans are most common in the Unclaimed Regions, being most rare in the OGC thanks to their strained relations due to the Perkean Conflicts.

Most of the peaceful Perkeans remain on Midosea Minor as farmers. Asides from that, peaceful off-world Perkeans commonly work in psychology. Sadly, most off-world Perkeans work in the slave trade as slavers, making them common throughout the underground.