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The Un'oit (unwa) are a sapient species native to the void beyond the central Cosmoria galaxy. The species originated deep in the void near the dying star of Tegrelis. Its supernova drove them from their home world to settle the Nocturne system, within which most reside to this day. The Euphony Civilization formed as roving Un'oit tribes and pastoralists united under Compositrice Euphemia. Stretching from the frigid rogue planets beyond Florathel to deep into Aylathiya at Ynnud, the Un'oit became very widespread. Preferring the low gravity of dwarf planets, however, restricts them to space habitats and asteroid settlements. Currently, the Un'oit remain populous across Aylathiya, Nocturne, and around many rogue worlds.

Their sister species, the Scargass—whose status as a different species is dubious—mostly reside in Florathel. Both have greatly influenced the other culturally; few species can meaningfully live with the Un'oit due to their large size. The Un'oit also prefer cold temperatures given their alkane-based makeup.

Physical Description

The Un'oit have forty legs, two large mandibles, and two flayed tentacle-like appendages for grasping objects. With legs three meters long supporting four and a half tonnes of mass, the Un'oit require harnesses to survive on high gravity worlds. On low-gravity worlds, their great momentum makes them fearsome creatures. They sport a thick fur coat along their backs keeping radiation away and heat in.

The Un’oit are mostly carnivorous but can sustain themselves on plants if the need ever arises. A hard beak-like structure covers the mouth when not in use, creating a vacuum-tight seal. Within the mouth lies three rows of sharp incisor-like teeth with which the Un’oit can tear through even the toughest hides. On the sides of their head are two compound eyes, unusual for predators the universe over.

Their principal sense organ is another one uncommon for apex predators, sound. With poor vision and an even poorer sense of smell, they have evolved precise hearing both in their ears and their legs. They can form a reliable three-dimensional map of everything happening around them based on this. When in an airless environment, the map becomes two-dimensional. The Un'oit can survey the environment by lying flat and releasing infrasonic vibrations.

Reproduction and Life Cycle

Female Un'oit are intelligent and males are not. Although, it is better to describe an Un'oit as a very large female surrounded by a host of smaller males which are genetically identical to them. When left without a mate, the Un'oit female produces drones. These drones are usually infertile, but a small number are and, if they reach a critical number, the female begins pursuing a mate. The fertile drones around an Un'oit are deeply unappealing as per natural selection, so they must find someone else. Courting entirely involves the females and the actual process usually involves both as well.

After hatching, the young Un'oit spend as much time as possible eating. When not eating or sleeping, they play, accumulating a rich knowledge of sound from a young age. After nearly a decade and a half, they enter a cocoon. The males only speed a few weeks undergoing metamorphosis; their existing brains are good enough and all they need to do is reach sexual maturity. Females undergo a rapid brain development phase, blasting through reasoning, planning, and judgment that other species slowly develop. After nearly a year, they emerge and face their next task, learning the complex language of this species.

Communication and Language

The Un'oit can create three distinct classes of noise, wind, string, and percussion. While immature Un'oit respond to the whistles of the twin tubes atop their heads, the adults respond to the entire range of sounds.

Wind: By expelling air across a reed-like organ, the air is split down a tube. The tube has various openings on it which can contract and open, changing pitch. Wind sounds convey simple commands.

String: Forty strings lie in parallel and four fibrous muscles rest perpendicular to them. Through contracting muscles within their throat, they can vibrate these stings at nearly any frequency they like. The result, a "quartet" of different styles of speaking. The strings convey the emotions behind a sentence, how the speaker feels about the words, how the speaker thinks the receiver feels about them, or how the originator of the information feels about them. It is a complex system that varies from culture to culture.

Percussion: Further strings exist beneath the mandibles underneath two slits. These slits can open to reveal them but usually remain shut in airless environments. Muscles can pluck these strings and can expand or contract the volume of their compartment to amplify or mute them. These strings convey the actual meaning of the words, similar to how text can convey words devoid of intonation.

Spaceborne Habitat

History

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Culture

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-{{!Species|title1 = Un'oit|homeworld = Most likely [[Torlak]]|average_height/length = 2 meters|average_weight = 160 kg|average_lifespan = 10,000 years due to advanced medicine|environment = Tropical|diet = Omnivorous|intelligence = |social_structure=Tribal}}
+{{Infobox Species|title1 = Un'oit|homeworld = [[Sethri]], [[Tegrelis]]|average_height/length = 20 meters|average_weight = 4600 Kg|average_lifespan = 300 Years|environment = Prefer atmosphere but can do without|diet = Omnivorous|intelligence = |social_structure=Tribal|image1=Un'oit Sketch.png|type_of_reproduction=Sexual}}
+The '''Un'oit''' (unwa) are a sapient species native to the void beyond the central [[Cosmoria]] galaxy. The species originated deep in the void near the dying star of [[Tegrelis]]. Its supernova drove them from their home world to settle the [[Nocturne]] system, within which most reside to this day. The [[Euphony Civilization]] formed as roving Un'oit tribes and pastoralists united under [[Compositrice Euphemia]]. Stretching from the frigid rogue planets beyond [[Florathel]] to deep into Aylathiya at [[Ynnud]], the Un'oit became very widespread. Preferring the low gravity of dwarf planets, however, restricts them to space habitats and asteroid settlements. Currently, the Un'oit remain populous across Aylathiya, Nocturne, and around many rogue worlds.
-The '''Un'oit''' are a sapient species native to somewhere in the region now controlled by the [[Un'oit Collective]] in [[Via Lacrimosa]]. While their exact home-world is unknown, they most likely originated on the planet [[Torlak]]. As carbon-based organisms, their biochemistry is not particularly out of the ordinary. They are likely the most ancient still-living species within the galaxy, likely evolving sometime around one million BCE.
+Their sister species, the [[Scargass]]—whose status as a different species is dubious—mostly reside in [[Florathel]]. Both have greatly influenced the other culturally; few species can meaningfully live with the Un'oit due to their large size. The Un'oit also prefer cold temperatures given their alkane-based makeup.
 ==Physical Description==
+The Un'oit have forty legs, two large mandibles, and two flayed tentacle-like appendages for grasping objects. With legs three meters long supporting four and a half tonnes of mass, the Un'oit require harnesses to survive on high gravity worlds. On low-gravity worlds, their great momentum makes them fearsome creatures. They sport a thick fur coat along their backs keeping radiation away and heat in.
-The Un'oit are centipedal organisms with the 8 front legs capable of grasping objects with smaller digits affixed to them. The Un’oit are mostly carnivorous but can sustain themselves on plants if the need ever arises. They eat through a large circular mouth located underneath their head. This mouth is covered with around three rows of sharp incisor-like teeth with which the Un’oit can tear through some of the tougher prey on their planet. Atop their head are 8 eyes with two principal eyes in front. The two principal eyes have no irises and instead rely on a telescope-like approach in which two lenses are in the eye. They can alter the angle of this internal "telescope" to focus on objects. The other eyes have much poorer vision, but more or less grant omni-directional vision.
+The Un’oit are mostly carnivorous but can sustain themselves on plants if the need ever arises. A hard beak-like structure covers the mouth when not in use, creating a vacuum-tight seal. Within the mouth lies three rows of sharp incisor-like teeth with which the Un’oit can tear through even the toughest hides. On the sides of their head are two compound eyes, unusual for predators the universe over.
-They speak through the use of four muscles located inside their mouths. These muscles vibrate rapidly to produce a wide array of sounds ranging from near-ultrasonic to well into the common frequencies used in sound-based communication.
+Their principal sense organ is another one uncommon for apex predators, sound. With poor vision and an even poorer sense of smell, they have evolved precise hearing both in their ears and their legs. They can form a reliable three-dimensional map of everything happening around them based on this. When in an airless environment, the map becomes two-dimensional. The Un'oit can survey the environment by lying flat and releasing infrasonic vibrations.
-The Un'oit have two sexes, male and female. Males, however, do not qualify as sapient and are, instead, more akin to pets taken care of by the females. They are biologically expendable. Males are essentially just smaller versions of their larger female counterparts, except they have much less intelligence, are fairly shiny (with the intent of drawing away predators), do not live for as long, and mature much quicker.
+===Reproduction and Life Cycle===
-The baseline Un’oit are capable of surviving underwater for an entire local day before needing to resurface for air. Many subspecies of Un'oit spend the majority of their time underwater and have become far more amphibious, the same has happened in reverse, with similar numbers opting to survive in more terrestrial environments.
+Female Un'oit are intelligent and males are not. Although, it is better to describe an Un'oit as a very large female surrounded by a host of smaller males which are genetically identical to them. When left without a mate, the Un'oit female produces drones. These drones are usually infertile, but a small number are and, if they reach a critical number, the female begins pursuing a mate. The fertile drones around an Un'oit are deeply unappealing as per natural selection, so they must find someone else. Courting entirely involves the females and the actual process usually involves both as well.
+After hatching, the young Un'oit spend as much time as possible eating. When not eating or sleeping, they play, accumulating a rich knowledge of sound from a young age. After nearly a decade and a half, they enter a cocoon. The males only speed a few weeks undergoing metamorphosis; their existing brains are good enough and all they need to do is reach sexual maturity. Females undergo a rapid brain development phase, blasting through reasoning, planning, and judgment that other species slowly develop. After nearly a year, they emerge and face their next task, learning the complex language of this species.
-== History==
-The first Un’oit are thought to have evolved on Torlak, but this is not confirmed. Since at least 500,000 BCE, they have existed across hundreds of thousands of star systems. For most of their history, they existed in dozens of disunited nation-states ranging in size from space stations to hundreds of star systems. As the galaxy came under the control of the [[Triumvirate Civilization]], the Three leaders noted their existence, but did not bother taking their space due to its low value. As history went on, they were interfered with very little, in fact, they were unaware of the existence of other species in the galaxy until about 1,507 BCE. They were invaded shortly thereafter in 1,301 BCE by the [[Yohjan Confederacy]]. After the invasion failed, they remained united in the Un'oit Collective rather than splitting apart.
+===Communication and Language===
-When the [[War of the Ancients]] began, the Collective was hit hard by the [[Celestial Plague]], forcing them to become much more involved with the rest of the galaxy. They joined the Confederacy shortly after the war began, however, due to their relative insignificance, only a handful of skirmishes happened within their borders. They remain in the Confederacy to this day.
+The Un'oit can create three distinct classes of noise, wind, string, and percussion. While immature Un'oit respond to the whistles of the twin tubes atop their heads, the adults respond to the entire range of sounds.
+[[File:Unoit_Audio_Samples.mp3|Select audio of the Un'oit language]]
-==Beliefs==
-<s>Those who practiced Yav’iina were under the belief that they (read: [[Un'oit|Un’oit]]) were the superior race among the life on their planet and later the universe. Upon the discovery of other sapient lifeforms in the galaxy, the Dendrons, religious leaders of Yav’iina, declared that other alien life who claimed to be sapient was an affront to their ancestor-gods the Yav.</s>
+;Wind
-<s>It was taught by those who practiced this religion that those less than them were to be either exterminated of brought “Into the fold” as they called it. It was this belief that led the Un’oit Collective to enslave many other different races.</s>
+:By expelling air across a reed-like organ, the air is split down a tube. The tube has various openings on it which can contract and open, changing pitch. Wind sounds convey simple commands.
+;String
+:Forty strings lie in parallel and four fibrous muscles rest perpendicular to them. Through contracting muscles within their throat, they can vibrate these stings at nearly any frequency they like. The result, a "quartet" of different styles of speaking. The strings convey the emotions behind a sentence, how the speaker feels about the words, how the speaker thinks the receiver feels about them, or how the originator of the information feels about them. It is a complex system that varies from culture to culture.
+;Percussion
+:Further strings exist beneath the mandibles underneath two slits. These slits can open to reveal them but usually remain shut in airless environments. Muscles can pluck these strings and can expand or contract the volume of their compartment to amplify or mute them. These strings convey the actual meaning of the words, similar to how text can convey words devoid of intonation.
+===Spaceborne Habitat===
+== History==
+WIP
+==Culture==
+WIP
+[[Category:Sapient Species]]
-<s>The believers of Yav’iina believed that their religious leaders, the Dendron, were capable of contacting their ancestor-gods and communicating with them. From these communions the many rules and practices came about.</s>
+[[Category:Scope: Cosmoria - Aylathiya]]
-== History (will be redone)==
-[[Category:Species]]
+[[Category:Martial Space]]
-[[Category:Via Lacrimosa]]
+[[Category:Author: Duodecillionaire]]
-[[Category:Races of the Via Lacrimosa Galaxy]]
-[[Category:Alejojojo6]]