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The Keereechikik
Cultural Age: 5 (race has had FTL tech for 20 - 50 years)
T1: Arachnid Race - Carnivore --- RDC - 60 points ---
CUL001 - Cultural Intolerance (-10 pts) --- GCr - 600 GCr ---
MAG001 - Basic Magery (150 GCr) --- Physical Description --- Within the last 50 years, an arachnid race has appeared on the galactic scene. They stand roughly 4' tall at the shoulder and are 5-6' long. Their lower six legs are used for mobility, while their upper two limbs are clearly fine manipulators. Their lower six legs are tipped with strong grippers, that, though they have little combat use, give them an excellent climbing ability. The species physiology has a strong exoskeleton that protects them from harsh energy radiation in addition to physical shock. --- Cultural Notes --- The Keereechikik are able to use magic, which is not at all understood by a lot of outsiders, who view the whole matter as the "evil worship of the Ridiculously Arcane". For some reason, psi-able races do not share this prejudice. While the use of magery is viewed with skepticism in some quarters, what REALLY gets under people's skin about the Keereechickik is their beliefs, customs, and attitudes toward business and economics, as described below... --- History --- During their race's industrial revolution, the Keereechickik made great technological strides at the expense of the environment on their homeworld. By the time they had advanced to space technology, the atmosphere of the planet was completely ruined. Being highly adaptive, they put the situation to their advantage and found methods of extracting viable materials from a non-viable atmosphere. The average mentality of a Keereechickik is that of a sly businessman. They are always looking for ways to screw the competition and to get the best possible deal for themselves. Each and every Keereechickik has its own personal agenda, and the only thing keeping the race from falling into complete economic anarchy is the fact that the Queen rules with an iron claw, making rules for her "children" to play by. The "religion" of the Keereechikik is looked at with extreme skepticism by all alien races except those that openly exhibit psionic talents. The Keereechickik in turn, look upon these unbelievers with raised eyebrows (well, they would if they had eyebrows...) The Keereechickik realize their situation and begrudgingly continue to trade with outsiders in the hopes that things might change. They view other races as considerably annoying, but a necessary evil as they go about trading and collecting resources for their own ends...whatever they might be. ---
Submitted by Raleigh Love
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