Cayssix

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND STRUCTURE

Cayssix are vertebrate beings that live in fresh or sea water. They are poikilothermic and reproduce by laying eggs. They have the strangest looking heads of all the races. Their limbs are short and quite muscular. Their hands are webbed and have four fingers while their legs end in a flat stump that a have a great number of suckers.

The head of a cayssix has a strange cruciform-like calcified growth atop it. This is part of their skull and seeks to aid them in being streamline when swimming in water. Their eyes are spaced quite apart and their ears are flat. Cayssix are herbivores. Their skin color varies from sky blue to light gray.

SENSES

A Cayssix has very good eyesight so as to enable it to see into the inky darkness of the sea. Their sens of smell, however, is quite poor (both submerged and on land). Their sense of hearing is equivalent to that of a human.

SPEECH

Cayssix have no trouble speaking human languages or Pan-Galactic. Their own language is a combination of human-type sounds and bubble-like vibrations when in the water.

SOCIETY AND CUSTOMS

Cayssix are hardworking and fiercely loyal. Their communities are large and they mutually support and protect each other. In every community is an appointed leader who does his utmost best to help and to protect the community with whatever means he has. Cayssix love to swim in cool oceans of water but since they moved into space, they have adopted to breathing air. However, they must still keep their bodies moist by submerging themselves in water for an hour every 2 weeks.

Cayssix live in huge modern cities usually located in the deepest seas. These submerged cities are made from fordimite, a very rare mineral that can only be found on their home planet. Fordimite can also be extracted and made into a salve that can then rubbed onto their skin which then gives them a calming effect. Cayssix would a pay large amount of credits to buy fordimite or to gain knowledge of such mineral deposits, even those that are off-planet (though they are and few in between).

In the Cayssix's relatively peaceful history, there was a troubled period when civil war arose because of a frantic rush for fordimite. After the Cayssix joined the UPF, there have been more frequent disputes as Cayssix communities join forces and attack with impunity to get at the dwindling stores of fordimite. The UPF hopes to put an end to this bitter war.

Breathe Underwater

Cayssix can breathe in water and can swim for miles without tiring. 

Pressure Resistance

The cayssix is able to withstand the crushing depths of the sea. More precisely, up to their IM multiplied by 1 km. An IM score of 7 means the cayssix can withstand pressures at 7 kilometers deep.

Ultravision

Perhaps the best gift that a Cayssix could have is that they are born with what scientists have termed "ultravision". With this, Cayssix can see into the darkest area. If it gets too bright, a nictating membrane can cover and protect their eyes by filtering out part of the light. Cayssix rely on their ultravision when navigating in the dark seas of their home planet.

SPECIAL PENALTIES

Water Replenishment

Cayssix must immerse their entire bodies in water for an hour every 2 weeks or suffer the consequences: a -10 penalty to all STR / STA checks.