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Post by tachyon on Apr 6, 2007 8:40:19 GMT -4
Name: Xacio 555 Species: Vailen (alien humanoid) Age: 54,000,000 (spent it in stasis, was revived 21 years ago) Occupation: Bounty hunter, mercenary, assassin, general gun-for-hire. Personality: Merciless, cunning, intelligent, he prefers his own company and fights by his own rules. Xacio observes the strict warrior code of his people, and it is never clear if he fights on the side of good or evil, or for something else entirely. Abilities: Telepathic control of all electrical devices, limited control of computer systems, limited control over robots (think Jedi mind trick). Hightened situational awareness due to senses, eg: infrasonic hearing (humans hear sound between 20Hz-20kHz, Vailen 0.01Hz-15kHz) ability to see in ultraviolet as well as visual light, hightened sense of smell. In addition Xacio is a fully capable soldier proficient in armed and unarmed combat, vehicle operation and military tactics. Weaknesses: Immune system is not capable of fighting off the bacteria and viruses of this galaxy, even a cold would kill him. His psychic abilites dont work on biological organisms or cyborgs. He's not bulletproof either...
Xacio 555 is the last of the Vailen, an alien species from the galaxy NGC-4472 in the Virgo Cluster, who were destroyed by a cybernetic offshoot of their kind. (a/n: he was my character in TRS, but I have since moved him here after its deletion. more on his history later)
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Post by tachyon on Apr 9, 2007 3:00:11 GMT -4
Vailen: Species Overview. Reminder: This report and it's contents remain the property of Cirtech Industries Medical Research and Development Department and is deemed classified under section Alpha-1-23 of the company R&D policy laws. Any attempt to record or reproduce this document by any means, electronic or otherwise, without prior authorization will result in individuals being punished to the full extent of the law. The following is a report detailing the physical characteristics and traits of the alien species known as Vailen. It is to be noted that there is only one known specimen of this species, a male designated CL-U5-EX555. This species is therefore to be considered as functionally extinct. Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cingulata Carnivoria (?) Family: Mustelidae (?) Sub Family: Mustelinae Vailen (?) Species: Vailen Internal Systems Vailen are postulated to be placental mammals, though no female specimens have been studied. Respiratory system differs little from that of humans, but it appears that the Vailen breathed an atmosphere with a slightly higher Flourine content. The lungs themsevles appear to be much more complex than a human's though. Circulatory system is very complex. Vailen hearts have eight chambers and 3 aorta, and are much more efficent than human hearts. Vailen are able to absorb more oxygen into their bloodstream and rapidly send it around their entire bodies making them extremely fit and powerfull. The blood itself is highly coagulative outside the body; minor wounds will scab over within seconds. High copper-based hemocyanin content gives Vailen blood a dark-blue colour. Of special notice is the skeletal system. Vailen appear to have evolved from, as some members of the research teams put it, a "bipedal, predatory armadillo". Subdermal armour plating is present on the back, sholders and forehead, though in the latter case all that remains is are thick ridges above both eyesockets running the length of the frontal cranium. Small epidermal plates run the length of the spine form the 3rd thoratic vertebrae into a short, highly muscular tail. Sensory Vailen appear to have retained many of the animalistic senses from their predatory past. To what end is unknown, however observations of CL-U5-EX555 show that it is prone to aggressive behavior, and what little has been translated shows that the Vailen were perhaps a war-like race. The sense of smell is more powerfull than a humans, but is nowhere near as good as an animal's. Tests have shown an ability to identify individual components in complex mixtures of chemicals through scent alone, though some humans are know to be able to do this too (perfume makers, chefs and pyrotechs being prime examples). Sight is no more weaker nor powerfull, however the Vailen eye's visual spectrum stretches into ultraviolet. This would allow an individual to see bloodtrails and other stains not visible in normal light, and afford limited night vision. Vailen hearing is interesting. Normal human hearing extends to sounds between 20Hz-20kHz. Vailen, however, hear only as high as 15kHz, but hear in the infrasonic range as low as 0.01Hz. An individual with this ability could hear a heartbeat, footstep or breath from a distance, and be able to sense earthquakes or even incoming artillery. Combined, these abilites lead to a creature extremely well adapted for the hunt. Higher Brain Functions The most interesting aspect of the Vailen specimen is it's highly evolved brain. Estimates, based on this and their technology, place them at least 2 million years ahead of human beings. This is best shown in the specimen's psychic abilities. Though humans have been known to possess various mental powers the total number compared to the rest of humanity is tiny (2% of humans have psychic powers of some sort, 0.7% are powerfull enough to use them effectively). By comparison it would appear that all Vailen possessed psychic powers. While humans use 10% of their brains, and psychic humans as much as 10.8%-11.2%, studies on CL-U5-EX555 have shown peaks of 12.9%. Fortuantly, it would seem that the specimen is unable to use any powers detremental to humans or indeed any living organisim. It has shown no ability to read or influence the minds, nor any telekinetic, precognitive or extrasensory (with the exception of it's hearing) abilities. This being said the speciemen can manipulate any device with an electric current running through, and is extremely dangerous to any robotic lifeform. Abilities include remote operation, abillity to rewrite core programing, rendering itself invisible to sensors, overiding code locks and destroying circuitry in devices. In the case of robots the specimen finds it difficult to influence more than one at a time, rewriting core programing, sensor invisibillity and destroying circuits is virtually impossible. What does emerge is something different, an abillity to tempoarily confuse and influence a robot in a manner that has earned the moniker "Robo-Jedi mind trick" from the older scientists in the team. Conclusions It would seem that the Vailen are an interesting species. Amazing physical and mental powers, technology far more advanced than anything seen in this galaxy, a culture seemingly built around fighting, if they were still alive they may have posed a great threat to all sentient life. It is recommended that at the conclusion of study the specimen be destroyed immediately.
This is the only know file on Xacio 555's physiology. Shortly after this report was compiled the Cirtech research facility in which he was housed was vapourised. There were no survivors. The reason given in the official report was cited as a "critical failure of the particle accelerator durring experiments on the properties of antimatter". Within a month Cirtech was bankrupt, it's assesets sold and it's CEO dead from aparently self-inflicted wounds...
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