Alkerre

## Alkete Race

The Alkete Races are the comprise the principle constituent population of the Federation of Alkataha. The species originates from their homeworld on the planet of Olhotala in the Eltsara Sorority. It has since expanded it's numbers into hundreds of trillions as they spread across the Eltsara Group.

### Appearance

The Alkerre average seven feet tall with slightly taller males due to dimorphism. The Alkete torso rests on a **Base** supported by four legs which reach a half meter or so above the Base forming knee like joints then returning to the ground. The torso itself is around seven feet in height. On either side of the torso are large arms with a gap between the biceps and triceps giving the appearance that each arm is comprised of two smaller arms before joining at a bulky hand which posses three fingers and a large pair of pincers.

Olqele are slightly smaller than Alkerre averaging six feet tall and interestingly have females slightly larger than males polar opposite to that of their progenitor race. Olqele are generally stronger, faster, and more aggressive than there Alkerre counterparts, but suffer from less resilient immunities and therefore a shorter average life span of 110 years.

The Esruta and Rtelek are always thrown in as a kind of after thought. They are the only other strains of the Alkete race, so far, that have proven viable and were not plagued by horrible defects or who did not simply die out after a few generations to completely unknown causes. They are sometimes referred to as the "final island of stability" among the Alkerre genes. Despite the fact that they are considered viable, they still have drastically shorter life spans of only seventy to eighty years. However in the case of the Esruta, their young do mature at slightly faster rate compared to the Olqele or Alkerre, reaching adulthood at fifteen, and the final stage of mental and bodily development by twenty-five.

The Esruta are taller and larger than the Alkerre, Olqele and Rtelek, and have the more typical dimorphism with larger males. They also have exceptionally keen eyesight but are generally lacking in most other areas such as intellect, strength, speed, and immunity compared to their relative strains.

The Rtelek are a special case, and are despised by all other Alkete strains. Often depicted and despised as the bastards of Alkete, even by the Olqele and Esruta. The strain was designed to live in the depths of a world requiring less nitrogen to breathe have more acute senses of hearing, smell, touch, and balance. The creatures take on a more monochromatic appearance and are more heavily plated than the other strains.

### Classification

The **Alkete Races** are classified as **Sapient** **Entomoids** along with taxonomic similarities to the **Komter**, the **Mener**, the **Kakhle**, and the **Forlerre**.

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