Rotorial

The **Rotorial** are race of mammalian bipeds native to the moon of Rotor. The Rotorial's sense of beauty is the opposite compared to most cultures. Originally developed for hiding from predators, Rotorials prize stench and filth. The Rotorials most noticeable trait is their large trunk, which secretes a foul smelling, viscous substance that's used for constructing nests.

## Biology and appearance

The Rotorial are race of mammalian rodent, bipeds native to the moon of Rotor. Like all bombids, Rotorials possess a bipedal stance, with two legs, two arms, and a head. The Rotorial's tail is skinny and hairless. Rotorials typically weigh 78 kilograms and stand at 1.2 meters tall.

The Rotorial's lumpy head is bald, with only occasional rough patches of fur. The head's front is mostly taken up by the Rotorial's large trunk. The trunk is thick with multiple fat folds, ending with two nostrils. The trunk constantly secretes a foul smelling, green-colored, viscous substance that can stick to surfaces. Underneath the trunk is the Rotorial's mouth, with 18 teeth, and black colored lips and tongue. The two eyes are lined under a large, hairless brow, with heavy lids and a single pupil that can come in a variety of colors, though it is most often amber colored. The Rotorial have two large, fan-like ears that stick out from the sides of their heads that are sensitive to heat.

The Rotorial's hands are hairless with black colored palms, and four fingers with dark brown nails. The feet are also hairless, possessing two long apposable toes with colorless claws. Though the Rotorial's skin is peanut colored, almost their entire body is covered with a scraggy, brown coat of fur. The fur is easily tangled and capable of ensnaring objects. Rotorials are capable of walking on two legs or running on four and can squeeze through any hole they can fit their heads into.

Rotorials are capable of reproducing quickly, giving birth of up to twelve live young at a time. Rotorials usually live for 60 years, maturing at the age of six. Like most mammalian species, female Rotorials possess six enlarged mammary glands and female reproductional organs whilst males have male reproductional organs and more body fat. Thanks to their digestive tract, Rotorials can survive on nearly anything, being capable of ingesting multiple indigestible materials with both their mouths and their trunks.

## Society and culture

The Rotorial has a bizarre sense of beauty originally developed for hiding from predators. Rotorials prize stench and filth, often covering themselves in waste materials to be considered "attractive". This gives Rotorials a poor reputation throughout the galaxy as a disgusting species.

Rotorials use the fluids and slime from their trunks to construct ramshackle nests out of anything they can find. This, combined with the Rotorials opposite sense of beauty, makes Rotorial cities appalling to most other species with no sense of form and being dirty with piles of trash and waste on the streets. Rotorial culture is mostly operated by board of executive of the Roto Corporation,

Rotorials prize collecting, often becoming hoarders of useless objects. Despite their nature, Rotorials are capable of seeing beauty in things most others would cast aside, making Rotorials very good at positive reinforcement despite their fervor.

Rotor was able to develop space travel at a normal level, letting the Rotorials use their average technologies to access the Oubdissians. The main language spoken by the Rotorial is Rotish, a surprisingly complicated language that is commonly used in the underground.

## History

The Rotorial first evolved on the moon of Rotor from a pack scavenger creature. The Rotorials were able to develop sentience and begin to create their tribal society when Rotor's planet, Roto, was hit by a wayward comet, bathing the nearby moon with clouds of dust for millennia. This event almost caused the extinction of the Rotorial, forcing them to develop their culture as a way to hide against desperate predators.

Upon their creation of space travel at 200 YAO, the Rotorial created a colony on Roto. Soon beginning trade with nearby races. Soon, around 300 YAO, the Roto Corporation was bought and inducted to the Oubdis Alliance, making the Rotorials the third species to join.

Since then, the Rotorial have spread across the alliance and into the Unclaimed Regions. The Roto Corporation, and by extension the Rotorials, still have a Shareholder in the Oubdis Alliance Board. Most notably, two CCOs have been Rotorials, with one, Tymander Sprocteen, headlining robot development in the Oubdis Alliance and Outer Galaxy Coalition in 450 YAO.

## Rotorials in the galaxy

Due to their habits, Rotorials a poor reputation throughout the galaxy as a disgusting species. Despite this, Rotorial are common throughout the Oubdis Alliance and Unclaimed regions due to their political prominence. Rotorials can still be found in the OGC, though they much rarer, with some even participating in the government.

Unfortunately, most Rotorials are stuck in poverty and forced to work in the underground, further cementing the species' poor reputation. It is common to find Rotorials working in criminal jobs or as scavengers. Rotorials that work in more well-respected jobs find jobs as doctors and engineers. The Rotorial's language, Rotish, is often used as an underground, with many words from it becoming commonly used code phrases.