Prometheans (also known as 'Prommies') are a race of intelligent slime originating from NanoTransen Xenobiology labs. Having just being made in the past few decades, the young species still tried to find their place in the galaxy.
Biology
Physicality
Prometheans are rather complex organisms, made entirely out of slime their body only has six organs in total, all located inside their upper body. These organs, one of which is their core, all work to help the promethean stay together no matter what shape they are in and are responsible for their regenerative powers. The core however is the far most important part, this being the very Promethean itself. While the core of a Promethean is very strong, if it is destroyed or lost there is no known way to revive the Promethean after. If a Promethean's body is destroyed and their core is exposed their core will need to be injected with forty units of liquid Phoron to bring the Promethean back. When they return, they will only regrow their torso and their other inner organs. Grinded up food and nutrients will need to be injected into their body via syringe for them to regrow the rest of their limbs themselves.
Prometheans possess a unique ability, commonly referred to as absorption. A Promethean's body may change or adopt new characteristics depending on the food and drinks that they frequently digest. For example, a Promethean who smokes heavily may become cloudy, and exude a strange odor. Prometheans who have a favorite drink will often smell and taste of that same fluid. This phenomenon has been observed to occur for both alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, as well as some foods. Related to this ability, Promethean's appear to possess an as-yet unidentified ability to detect whether a fluid will be assimilated, digested, or rejected by their body. Interviews and extensive study suggest this is akin to an unconscious immune response.
Prometheans can reproduce, however rare of an occasion it may be. When two Prometheans combine their cores, both feeds the other a special type of slime found only in a Promethean core. This slime begins to grow inside of each Promethean's core as a new offspring, perfect clones of the parent who injected the slime. Although it does not share all of the parent's memories, the new slime learns from everything the 'host' Promethean does while they grow inside of the core. When the parent is ready and the new Promethean is grown, the two split and a new Promethean takes slime from their parents to form their new body. This forms a fully adult Promethean to live it's own life with the knowledge from their 'parents'.
Mentality
Prometheans generally take after the people that raise them and the ones they are around, over time copying the ones they love or are commonly around to a certain degree. I.E. A Promethean living with humans would generally take a human shape and follow their beliefs while a Promethean living with a Skrell would copy the Skrell's general shape instead.
History
On 08/30/41, Promethean mass production was legalized in the Orion Confederation. The cores were shipped by NanoTransen to employees and other companies to keep as pets. On 05/13/43, Prometheans were declared a sentient race and the practice of selling them as pets was deemed illegal. They then spread around the galaxy, looking for a propose and place in the vast expanse of space.
Origin System
Prometheans have no known system of origin, only that they were created from the Sapphire A Macrolimbus Vulgaris.
Homeworld
Prometheans have no real homeworld, instead they flock to various worlds and systems throughout the galaxy, finding a place to live and generally settling there. Some work in station owned by NanoTransen and other companies, always on the move.
Current Racial Status/Government
Prometheans have no government of their own, instead they are part of whatever government they settle down in with no clear unity to form their own party or government.
Technological Advancements as Understood by NanoTrasen
Prometheans have, on their own, made very little advancements without the help of other species. Though most discoveries come from their place of work in the science field, they have no technology to claim as their own independent making.
Culture
The Typical Promethean Experience
Prometheans vary in many different ways. Each one is unique in personality and experiences. Most Prometheans are artificially created in labs through the process of xenobiology. When a Promethean is made, they are shipped off to a trustworthy caretaker to teach them until they are smart enough to live their own lives. From here, some explore the galaxy to carve their own path, while others are content to stay with their handlers and settle down.
Naming Conventions
Prometheans are often given names by their caretakers which most stick to. However, some Prometheans will name themselves once they leave the care of their handler or even take names given to them by friend they find later in life.
Relationships With Other Species
As Prometheans learned how to function in society and even claim jobs, other societies grew interested in where they stand. The Orion Confederate welcomed the new species with open arms, hiring plenty of the slimy folks for odd jobs such as cashiers, store workers, dock workers, and much more. As they grew more well known, special slime resistant clothing began being shipped out for Promtheans and their caretakers. While not every Promethean stayed close to where they were made or shipped out to, many chose to stay with NT working in various departments and helping further the knowledge gained from their smaller simpler cousins in xenobiology labs.
The Vikara Combine had rather similar views on the rise of the new species, welcoming them into the galaxy with open arms and watching with interest as they grew in number. Due to the Skrell's wet environments, Prometheans would find more homes among the Vulps and Teshari. Becoming slimey neighbors and friends with the more dry species in the Combine. When they did find homes with the Skrell, it was usually among the space fairing kind where their environments could suit both species without conflicting with each others needs.
On the other side of known space is the Hegemony, indifferent to the rise of the Prometheans and their new place in a galactic scale. Although rarely ever happening, some Promtheans do travel along the hyper lane to join the empire and fewer being let in. Those that do stick to a rather normal life living among Unathi and Naramad's. Even if they are accepted Prometheans cannot become members of the Knights of Verkihar, Counter Espionage division, Diplomatic Corps and High-Ranking Military Officers. Some decide to join in with the Zaddat Corporation, living in the underground cities of the nuclear wasted worlds.
Rumors and Speculation
There are rumors of a second kind of Promethean however, one made before the rise of the lab grown species. Numen'Hadjim, also known as 'The Skinless'.
Officially, the Numen'Hadjim are a boogeymen in the hegemony, monsters that steal someones skin to replace them.
"Go to sleep Vathar, Or the Numen'Hadjim will come for you"
- Common scare tactic for children in the Hegemony
Unofficially, though, the Numen'Hadjim are a result of a failed genesplicing experiments, resulting in shapeshifters indistinguishable from standard Prometheans. Utilised as infiltrators by the Moghes Hegemony, they are assumed to have been created before the current prometheans, with the Confederation and the Combine discovering discrepancies in new arrivals to their regions, Nonexistant humans and skrell were observed to be walking amongst the common populace in their respective Empires. Naturally, the Hegemony Denies the existance of the Numen'Hadjim, with nobody having any solid proof to confirm their existance
"Would you believe me if I told you how many Numen'Hadjim were on this planet? Three. Just three. And look at the havoc we've wrought."
- Handler codename "Sandman" convincing the Director of the Counter Espionage Division that Numen'Hadjim are a neccessary evil.
OOC Notes
Etiquette Guide for Prometheans:
Prometheans are squishy creatures, having a small buff for brute resistance however their limbs are very easy to break. When a limb break, it will explode into a shower of goo and you will need to regrow it. Prometheans can survive with only being a torso, not needing a head to see or look around. They do not need oxygen, but they do need a voidsuit still for any EVA activity.
Important Racial Terminology: Glomp - A glomp can mean two things. It can either mean to hug and show affection or it can also mean to hit and attack like a gooey punch.
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Authors: VPB, Lord Papalus