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The Chenjesu were a race of silicon-based, crystalline beings native to the Sapphire World of Procyon II. Possessing vast intellects and advanced technology, It is once mentioned by a time traveller that a fixed point in Chenjesu history yet to happen is when they welcome the Mmrnmhrm to their homeworld to merge into the single Chmmr species.
Physiology and culture
Physiology and culture
Unlike most other sentients, the crystalline Chenjesu are photo/chemovores existing on electric energy and have neither natural predators nor need for prey. Another distinguishing feature is the electromagnetic energy fields that they naturally produce, which create the characteristic Chenjesu crackling noise from minor corona discharges. However, when experiencing strong emotions, Chenjesu have been known to cause visible and audible electrical breakdowns in air, which often interfere with nearby electronics. Along with these innate electric fields, the Chenjesu can produce sustained, controlled electrical discharges. They also have highly sensitive, natural HyperWave receptors and transmitters, which gave them the first inkling of the Ur-Quan invasion. While silicon-based, they are not at all like the Taalo — Chenjesu are crystalline rather than rock-like.
Due to their unique niche in their native ecosystem, they are naturally non-hostile, preferring instead to engage their vast intellects in philosophical discussions and other pursuits of knowledge. Their culture's greatest achievement, a philosophical text, is The Book of Bzzbezzu Kzaaz. Avid explorers, their star charts of HyperSpace are the standard for many races. Their rare physiology, advanced sentience and peculiar evolutionary path leads some to speculate that they are the product of an ancient, peaceful culture. An alternate explanation is that they are mostly software, interacting with their environment through some kind of field manipulation mechanism.
Their technology is electrical and crystalline in nature, similar to their own physiology. Images of the Chenjesu captains imply that they interface with their equipment through creating controlled electrical discharges. Their starship, the Broodhome, possessed more raw power (and raw material) than any other Alpha Quadrant ship, even if, in general, it was not the most effective in combat. Some of their technology bears similarities to late Precursor technology (namely the Utwig Bomb).
Their rare physiology, advanced sentience and peculiar evolutionary path leads some to speculate that they are the product of an ancient, peaceful culture.
An alternate explanation is that they are mostly software, interacting with their environment through some kind of field manipulation mechanism.
History and relations with other races
The Chenjesu are one of the oldest of the space-faring races, and so have had interactions with a number of the other alien races in this region of the galaxy. A little less than a 800 years ago(1200AD), the Chenjesu established amicable relations with the nearby and recently arrived Mmrnmhrm. Part of this relationship was a defensive military alliance due to tensions being caused by the Ur-quan species.The Chenjesu have also been knowledgeable about, if not in contact with other, more primitive races. For example, they were aware of the Umgah and the technologically-primitive Ilwrath, and had occasional friendly encounters with the Spathi (while on missions of exploring the coreward regions) They also apparently had come into contact with the Zoq-Fot-Pik and the Pkunk, Most notably, the Chenjesu were the first race to officially contact Humanity.
Examples of Naming/Notable Individuals
Bzrrak Ktazzz
Tzzz-Tzer-Tzak
The Process
As mentioned before the Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm share a fixed point in time that has yet to happen, however it has already begun as the two races have decovered the possibility of 'the process' and once on the Chenjesu homeworld, the two races will begin a synthetic hybridization of their species. The reasons for this are fairly clear for the Mmrnmhrm, as that race had lost the ability to reproduce on its own. The motivations of the Chenjesu are still unclear. The Chenjesu likely decided to undergo this transformation because they felt that their culture had become so advanced that it had stagnated entirely, and they hoped that the modification of their species into a trans-Chenjesu synthesis would reinvigorate their society. Their motivation also was an attempt to defeat the Ur-Quan. Eventully the process will begin and end and the Chmmr will emerge as one of the one of the most powerful races in this region of space.
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