Xiati
[Originally from Space Empires IV & V, Adapted for Distant realms lore]
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"They are Aggressive and Devious. . .If it's two things you can count a Xiati on is the fact they are always scheming and likely already hacked all your email accounts.We've had to deal with more then half a dozen temporal incursions by their agents and they've only had Temporal technology for a decade."Jeffrey Rin Kalus - I.R.W. Gladiator
Originally, the Xiati were not considered much of a threat to other species. They were intelligent and aggressive, but their technology was a bit dated. That all changed when a group of Xiati scientists discovered the wreckage of a borg vessel on their homeworld. This vessel was one of the temporal spheres the borg deployed in the last great war against the shadows. The new technology surprisingly didnt turn against them and they successfully salvaged many devices, this allowed the Xiati to manipulate time itself and augment their population with reverse engineered borg implants. The empire advanced several decades overnight, combining Xiati creativity with dangerous borg technology they developed an arsenal of devastating cronoton enriched directed plasma weapons and Primitive warheads armed with temporal inversion field emitters, with these Plasma beams/cannons and 'alloy burning missiles' at their disposal the Xiati became a force to be reckoned with.
History
Originally, the Xiati were not considered much of a threat to other species. They were intelligent and aggressive, but their technology was a bit dated. That all changed when a group of Xiati scientists discovered the wreckage of a borg vessel on their homeworld. This vessel was one of the temporal spheres the borg deployed in the last great war against the shadows. The new technology surprisingly didnt turn against them and they successfully salvaged many devices, this allowed the Xiati to manipulate time itself and augment their population with reverse engineered borg implants. The empire advanced several decades overnight, combining Xiati creativity with dangerous borg technology they developed an arsenal of devastating cronoton enriched directed plasma weapons and Primitive warheads armed with temporal inversion field emitters, with these Plasma beams/cannons and 'alloy burning missiles' at their disposal the Xiati became a force to be reckoned with.History
Despite their incredible power, the recent history of the Xiati Empire has been dogged by violent rebellion. Most of the galaxy has heard of the infamous Omicron Theta rebellion, during which 30 million Xiati were bombed out of existence by Xiati's imperial fleet. Rumor has it that only 100,000 miners at the colony were actually refusing to work.
The Xiati are a bipedal race with large heads and no body hair. They have a comparible body shape to humans or asari, and have dull green/brown skin and large black eyes. The Xiati use cybernetic technology to enhance their physical abilities. It is estimated that 30% to 40% of a Xiati’s mass is made up of non-organic technology. They also wear breathing masks to filter the heavily polluted atmosphere of their homeworld.
The Xiati Empire is dedicated to spreading its control across the galaxy, and is ruled absolutely by the current emperor. New emperors come to power only after the current one has aged to ineptitude. The government keeps all of its citizens in line and allows no dissention. There are the occasional rebellions, but they are put down quickly and violently.
Physical Attributes
The Xiati are a bipedal race with large heads and no body hair. They have a comparible body shape to humans or asari, and have dull green/brown skin and large black eyes. The Xiati use cybernetic technology to enhance their physical abilities. It is estimated that 30% to 40% of a Xiati’s mass is made up of non-organic technology. They also wear breathing masks to filter the heavily polluted atmosphere of their homeworld.Physical Attributes
Societal Attributes
The Xiati Empire is dedicated to spreading its control across the galaxy, and is ruled absolutely by the current emperor. New emperors come to power only after the current one has aged to ineptitude. The government keeps all of its citizens in line and allows no dissention. There are the occasional rebellions, but they are put down quickly and violently.Societal Attributes
Xiati Racial/Technological Traits:
Wound point Die: 1d10
Control Modifier: +0
Medical Classification: Group II - Augmented Humanoid
-2 Dexterity +2 Constitution +2 Intelligence
Size: Medium
Base Speed: 30 Feet
Reverse Engineered Body Armor
The Xiati reverse-engineered borg body plating: 2/Armor DR
Subcutaneous Interplexing Communications Implant
Subcutaneous Interplexing Communications Implant
The Xiati may carry on conversations using the S-comms without raising her voice above a whisper; Listen checks made to hear the Xiati suffer a –4 penalty. The tiny speaker implanted in the Xiati’s ear enables her to hear the other side of the conversation, but others cannot, while the primary function of this implant is comms, it also transmits Adaptation Protocols to other Xiati. (see Engineered adaptation)
Type: Internal: Implant / External: Antennae Hardness/Hit Points: –/2.
Xiati Adapted Regeneration Nanites
Xiati Adapted Regeneration Nanites
Adapted from Borg technology these nanites perform repairs on technological and Biological Xiati components, granting them Fast healing 1. These nanites are also capable of interfacing with borg technology and halting the assimilation process indefinitely, allowing xiati to add borg technology to themselves without fear of being linked to the collective, a captured Xiati can still be forcefully assimilated, or manually assimilated as the collective referred to it as.
Free Item: Xiati Rebreather
Free Item: Xiati Rebreather
This Rebreather is used to filter out air toxins from the Xiati homeworld, it does not provide oxygren, just filters out polutants and any airborne poisons. The Xiati are so used to using them they rarely remove them, and a dirty or damaged Rebreather is looked on poorly by other Xiati.
+4 bonus against toxins/poisons etc that are transfered through the air.
A new Rebreather costs approximately 2,000 credits (500 on a Xiati planet or vessel)
Reverse Engineered Adapation - Tier 1 (Ex):
Reverse Engineered Adapation - Tier 1 (Ex):
The Xiati, like the collective they stole the technology from are able to adapt their shielding to new attacks, rendering them ineffective.
Whenever they receive damage, roll 1d20. On a roll of 20, the Xiati (as a society) will have now adapted to that attack and will no longer suffer damage from it, every time a Xiati is struck by the same damage type, the threat range to adapt increased by +1 to a maximum of 10-20, Xiati can be resistant to 1 thing at a time per tier of Adaptive shielding the Xiati possesses.
The attack is a specific type (e.g. phasers, or disruptors). This does not apply to normal physical damage of the piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning type, but it does apply to Chakra attacks as a elemental whole, in other words the Xiati CAN and WILL adapt to excessive use of electrical or fire chakra for example, using non chakra elements against them does not trigger activation(throwing magical fire could cause adaption but locking them in a room with non-magical fire would not.
It is possible to reset this resistance to a specific attack by spending a 5 control points(if a ability) and/or a full round action (if ability or device) in which case the attacker will "cycle the frequencies" or something similar.
Xianet
Xianet
While not nearly effective as the borg's hivemind the Xiati have the ability to request and recieve information from their society, as a result they are incredibly knowledgeable about various things, and while normally temporal mechanics would be beyond them, they store this data in the Xianet.
Xiati treat all standard knowledge skills as class skills.
They gain a +2 racial modifier on knowledge skills.
Additionally Forbidden knowledge: Temporal is eligible for this effect,
but the Xiati still take Sanity penalties for each rank in Forbidden Knowledge: Temporal.
[This chart exists for Internal Balancing purposes]DM-RP: 22 (Lightly restricted)
Free Item: Xiati Rebreather <0 RP> (hybrids do not get one for free)
Subcutaneous Interplexing Communications Implant <1 RP> <linked> Reverse Engineered Adapation - Tier 1 <4 RP>
Reverse Engineered Body Armor: 3 RP
Xiati Adapted Regeneration Nanites: 6 RP
Xianet: 8 RP [Shards of the past: advanced]
Note: Subcutaneous interplexing communications implant, Reverse engineered adaptation, reverse engineered body armor and Regeneration nanites do not use Implant slots.
Development note: Xiati Plasma beam weapons would be the combination of Na'kul and Borg Plasma technologies[procs]
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