Atuka'i

The Atuka'i were a semi-aquatic species from the tropical planet of Hanu’wei in the Binary Mala'mau'a System, which orbits the stars Malu'mau'a Alpha and Beta, they are best known for their competitive swimming races ,and love of nature; are part of the Confederacy.

### History

Very early records show that no Ga'n or Zeltura interference was recorded on Hanu'wei and were not directly involved in the Two Centuries War of the Galaxy Wars that followed but a planet on the far edge of their system was used as a way-station and a K'tarn and Majhu vennimite mine and as such the planet was watched and protected from interference by them, however it is now known that the Ga'n did visit the planet in secret to experiment on and sample their DNA long before the Two Centuries War but then left the planet with no evidence of their colonisation aside from one hidden base that was discovered by deep-sea researchers in 2550, and later DNA analysis of the Akari did point to ancient genetic reculmination to influence the Akari's evolution at a time when the Atuka'i were not yet capable of spaceflight.

First contact was made with the Atuka'i in Earthdate 2422 by the K'tarn where they remained independent for almost 100 years while they explored their system and nearby worlds, but, quickly and easily worked to bring their tribal society together so that they may be omitted into the Galactic Confederacy, which they achieved by 2525.

In 3002 the Atuka'i colony Bai'wa'n was quarantined after a Blackrot plague started on the world under unusual circumstances, later investigation using Ix medical research concluded the plague was released through an airborne contaminate of microscopic organisms native to the planet, which quickly caused a catastrophic plague across the world, a separate Confederacy investigation let to the likelihood of the rogue Haze bioscience organisation Gezsi Gron did so partly as an experiment, but may have also been paid by the Gormoc after the Atuka'i destroyed several of their slave-trade outposts in late 3001.

When Atuka'i neo K’ai Asha Kal’au’n was perused by Ken'u headhunters in 3002 after his cryokinetic powers manifested aboard the medical frigate the Nawa'an he accidently sent the ship's engine s dark, causing the ship to float into Kran'n territories, during which time it was already being pursued by a Ken'u vessel and would only help of they handed over K'ai Asha. Frightened the young neo's powers grew out of control and a secret, encoded messages was sent to the nearest Ranger starship; the CRS Blitz responded quickly, helping rescue K'ai Asha and arrest the Ken'u operatives; The later concicquences for Ken'u was that the company was finally shut down for good and Emac Suda arrested.

### Sociology

Atuka'i are a highly compassionate and naturally empathic species and throughout their history have had very little wars and battles for territory, in fact long before they started exploring space the Atuka'i began exploring the concept of a single global government, although initially smaller tribes, nations and communities on the planet wanted to remain independent from the globalisation, fearing it would mean too much change; and today small communities still exist hunting and fishing for their own personal and family tribe support, but the majority are now part of a greater galactic federation known as "Anula’ama", translating as "Islands in the Sky", this union of colonies extends over 24 starsystems.

They are also known for their love of water-sports and swimming events, with their ability to swim by recirculating water around their exogills and out of numerous siphon flaps, their swimming events are much more fast-paced than many other species.

While a naturally caring and understanding species, there is one somewhat corrupt company known as the Ken'u Neoathletic Corporation; originally a sporting company designed specially for neos who wished to exercise their powers in ways that would not hurt anyone in eras before Atuka'i spaceflight, Ken'u became somewhat aggressive in finding new neoatuka'i when their sport declined; to the point where they began finding alien neos and the company became galactic on the reach of hyperspace travel. When the company was overtaken by a new CEO, a Colari man by the name of Emac Suda, who was already a corrupt politician and forced to resign from the Colari's government for accepting bribes, Suda turned the company into a highly aggressive headhunting organisation to bribe, coerce and even bully neos into being sports stars for the company's profit.

The Atuka'i also love nature and have respected it's balance for eons, this led to their societies developing mostly clean forms of technology right off the bat, and Hanu'wei has suffered almost no severe pollution from their industrial revolution, mainly focusing around heating water using passive-direct methods, eventually this led to early solar-steam engines but the early models often required slightly-pollutive tinder-burning heat, but this was used only at the beginning of their industry, and electric power quickly took over;

Out of all the creatures on their planet, they find the A'mo'a, a jellyfish/eel-like creature, to be the most sacrid, these gigantic creatures migrate around the planet seeking foof and in early Atuka'i cultures, many saw the a'mo'a as pulling the suns down into the ocean to cool each night, or to drag the lands from the seas.

### Biology

The Atuka'i are a semi-aquatic bipedal species known for their white or grey skin and wide tail, hey have both a set of internal lungs and an “exogill” system consisting of a circuit of, tubes under the skin connected to the underside of a multitude of flaps known as “ha’wen” enabling them to extract oxygen from water from all over their body or use the system as a jet-population, emitting high-pressure water from the tubes on the underside any of these structures that emanate from the sides of their heads, down their necks and to their chest, their tail also has similar flaps on its top surface, enabling them to minutely change and alter the water pressure around their bodies to aid in underwater propulsion.

When moving fast enough some Atuka’i can create a stream of water across their bodies, propelling them through the water continuously, when this happens the Atuka’i is said to enter a trance-like state and see before them a stream of silvery water pointing to their “destiny”. This state is known by the Atuka’i as an “*a’mai no’a*” although their modern scientific community believe it is a state brought on by heightened adrenaline and blood pressure, and too long in a’mai no’a can cause heart problems.

Atuka'i have remarkable underwater senses and vision, instead of one pupil their eyes are composed of a multitude of tiny chromatophore-like iris-cells that can modulate light input to massive degrees, allowing them to see in near darkness where their eyes turn totally black, or in the bright surface light where they become bright, mottled shades of blue, green or even yellow.

Most Atukai have blue or green stripes of varying hues on their bodies; what colour, how much, where and how bright these patterns are and the shade of underlying skin, may depend on racial attributes.

Female Atuka’i lay eggs and they possess no mammalian breasts.

### Technology

The Atuka’i build ships and vehicles using plasmatter sails, a type of material created by knitting cold-plasma with thin magnetic and gravimetric field layers, by modulating once side of this plasmic material the Atuka'i can generate a propulsion affect that can be used both in an atmosphere against gravity and through space, combined with a bradfeild tachyon generator the Atuka'i eventually learned to travel through the higher dimension of hyperspace.