Shuumar


Homeworld:

Shuua

Other Worlds Inhabited:

Lyeber, Oroc, Sruk, Neros

Appearance:

The Shuumar are a fairly short and squat species, bowed by the heavy gravity of their homeworld, whose gravitational pull is 4.5x times standard. They stand around 1.5 meters tall, and nearly as broad, with powerful muscles covering their entire frame. They are hairless, with green iridescent scaly skin covering their entire body, except for a yellow iridescent patch on their head and chest area.

Leaders:

The Shuumar are currently ruled by a direct democracy, which appoints a military commander for five year terms, and an ambassador to the Confederation Council, for an equal term.

World View:

The Shuumar are phlegmatic race, known for their relative lack of emotion. However, when they decide that a course of action is the correct one, they will not hesitate to act upon it, with little or no fear or hesitation. This is perhaps the reason that the Shuumar's Rebellion was successful, as the Imperium officials judged them to have been completely cowed by Imperial might,and were unprepared for the violence and intensity of their revolution.

Temperament:

The Shuumar are philosophers, who tend to move slowly and contemplate every possible course of action. This is one of the reasons that their decision not to join the New Republic or the Yaeger Nation has been considered so important. If the Shuumar think that total independence is the best option, it very well might be.

History and Culture:

The Shuumar are a heavy gravity race that has recently broken the yoke of Imperial control. Having cast off one overlord, the Shuumar feared immediate absorption by one of the other powers of the sector. The Shuumar treated the offers of alliance by the Yaeger and the New Republic with equally serious consideration. However, they decided to strike out on their own. During their rebellion, they captured three Victory class Star Destroyers. With these ships as the nucleus of their fleet, the Shuumar and several other independents formed an Alliance, known as the Confederation of Unaligned Worlds. The Shuumar have recently developed a high powered fighter that maximizes their natural abilities. Using this Wulfen superfighter, the SDs, and the ships of their allies, the Confederation has held off the Empire, the Chakh alliance, and the occasional Yaeger pirates.

Tech Level:

High Space. The Wulfen ships outperform any other ship currently available, Imperial, New Republic, or other. The Shuumar have designed a Heavy Cruiser that would possibly be the most powerful warcraft in the Galaxy, but this project has been repeatedly sabotaged.

Shuumar in the Sector:

Shuumar are known as being sagacious individuals with a clear grasp of complex situations. However, they are known for their accuracy of thought, and not for their quickness of thought, and fast talking con-men often see Shuumar as easy marks.

A Quote:

"Upon consideration, we have decided to accept your offer."

Spaceships:

Before the Empire came, the Shuumar had no need for warcraft, as the planets they live on are very high gravity worlds, and are of little interest to most races. The Rhiom class transport is a standard Shuumar ship of that period, having some defence mechanisms, but is far from a warship. The Wulfen superfighter is the primary ship of the Shuumar's new age, designed by Shuumar, with Questran aid.

Stats:

Attribute Dice: 11D
Attribute Min/Max
Dexterity: 1D/2D+2
Knowledge: 2D+1/4D+2
Mechanical: 1D/3D
Perception: 2D/4D+2
Strength: 3D/6D
Technical: 1D/4D
Move: 5/9

Special Abilities:

Heavy Gravity Homeworld:
As the gravity of Shuua is 4.5x standard, they have a remarkable resistance to the effects of the pressures of acceleration. They treat 9g as 2, and so on. In addition, they move on the surface of standard gravity worlds in powerful bounding leaps that cover a remarkable amount of ground.

Swimming:
The Shuumar's high density muscles and bones makes it impossible for them to swim no matter how much training they have. In fact, they sink like a stone in liquid H2O, and will drown if not rescued.

Story Factors:

Lifespan:
Shuumar are long lived, with an average life-span of around 500 standard years. They mate for life, and have an average of 7 children over their entire lifespan.
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