Nacrean (Universe 3008)

## Nacrean

**Nacreans** (alternatively known as **Nacreanites**) are a species of armored pill-bug-like aliens from the seashores of Kiusana in the Andromeda Galaxy.

## Appearance

Standing at 9 feet tall. nacreans have four legs, two arms, a tail, and a large mouth. Their eyes are found on opposite ends of their heads, giving them binocular vision. Most of their body is covered by a hyper-durable exoskeleton. They range in the color of their shells from gold auburn to red blue and brown although white is considered to be the most rare and attractive color among them.

## Biology

They have wide bulb-like eyes situated on each side of their heads and lack a tongue and nose. They are immune to most kinds of toxic gases due to their incredibly complex respiratory system which prevents them from overheating. They have two arms, four legs and a stubby tail with which they can knock back various assailants. They suit a set of bony-sharped teeth formed from their outer exoskeleton which they use to chew prey.

## Reproduction And Life-Cycle

Nacreans reproduce by laying eggs. The eggs are buried in sands that are close to bodies of waters where marine waves can splash the sand on top, regulating the temperature for the eggs. After 58 weeks (ET) baby Nacreans run around and play on their own and can consume (most) foods without aid from their parents. They reach sexual maturity around the age of 22 (ET) and can live up to 300 years and even more.

## History

Due to their exoskeletons, the Nacrean fossil record is one of the richest fossil records on Kiusana, signs of early Nacrean ancestor species start some 925 million years before the present day.

There once used to be multiple Nacrean races, but they all died to one reason or another. The only Nacrean race remaining are the Corr, who, due to their relative uniqueness, their races' name came to be concomitantly used with the monkier Nacrean, making the names Corr and Nacrean interchangeable.

## Culture

Nacreans live simple lives as hunter-gatherers. They all share one common language with very little variety depending on the region, Corrish.

## Habitat

Nacreans dwell along the coasts and seashores of Kiusana, burying themselves in the warm sand heated by their system's two and a half suns. After a good warm-up they like to bathe in the crystal clear waters of Kiusana's oceans and seas, playing and hunting with other members of their group.

## Diet

Their diet consists of plant roots and various marine animals that live near Kiusana's seashores. Said critters are usually swallowed whole and slowly digest in their stomachs.

## Powers and Abilities

* Nigh-Invulnerable Exoskeleton - Their exoskeleton is invulnerable to almost all kinds of attacks.
* Echolocation - While in sphere form they can sense vibrations through the ground around them.
* Spheroid Curling - Similarly to Tortugans, they can curl themselves into a ball-like form that can also house other individuals within.
* Enhanced Digging - Nacreans can dig at high speeds through most terrain be it in their normal or spheroid form.
* Strong Tail - They can use their wide tails to knock off their enemies of their feet.
* Heat Resistance - They can endure high amounts of torrid heat with no problem due to their natural cooling mechanism.
* Hyper-Resistance - They are not that unprotected in areas without armor such as several limb-joints or even when they are not curled, as they've shown to be able to be hard pounded and fall from rather high distances without much of a hassle.
* Vertical Surface Scaling - They can scale the most steep of terrain with no problem and even scale completely vertical terrain in their uncurled form.
* Surface Attachment - They can fix themselves in their curled form on any kind of terrain making themselves particularly lucky in situations such as avalanches and mudslides.
* Enhanced Bite - Although not as powerful as that of other life forms such as Volanns, Nacreans suit a powerful jaw made of bone aligned with parts of their exoskeleton overlaping their mouths which can do severe damage to those unlucky to find their hands (or themselves as a whole) in their jaw. They can also rip thru various materials and bust doors and locks.
* Poisonous Gas Resistance - They can put up to various gases that would otherwise be lethal to other life forms due to their complex respiratory system filtering any potentially dangerous airborne compound.
* Limited Electrical Resistance - They can resist electrical attacks although not with ease as they may still harm them if the current is persistent or it is at a high enough voltage.

## Weaknesses

* Below-Average Speed - They can quickly get outrun by most other species.
* Ineffective Digging - Despite being proficient diggers they cannot dig through very hard materials such as various metals.
* Uncurling Restrain - While in spheroid form they can be restrained from turning back to their base form.
* Mobility Disadvantage - While in spheroid form their movement is restricted to digging downwards and can only move ever so slightly from side to side. Neither does their hyper-resistance prevent them from just being lifted up and tossed away if the terrain or material on which they fixed themselves onto is also lifted up, tho this rarely happens and requires a special kind of strength to do it.
* Vulnerable Eyes - Their angle of vision is rather limited and their eyes are not covered with the same kind of hyper-resistant natural armor making their eyes their primary weak hotspot.
* Vulnerable Joints - Their joints lack any kind of protective armor posing a drawback for them during situations of combat where an opponent might aim for them.
* Anosmia - Nacreans lack anything functioning as a nose in the conventional way and thus they are unable to detect smells such as those of smoke from a fire.
* High-Voltage Electricity - They cannot resist persistent electric currents from high-voltage sources.

## Notable Nacreans

* Shellhead (The Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Nacrean)
* Shellhead's DNA donor
* Corr tribesmen

## Etymology

The name Nacrean is derived from Nacre, an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some mollusks as an inner shell layer (it is also the material of which pearls are composed).

## Trivia

* Nacreans hardly make bonds of any kind with others that are not of their own species. A Nacrean's friendship and trust is considered to be something extremely valuable and special as it is said they only befriend those pure of hearth.
* There are approximately 300 million Nacreans.