Ko'rr (Local Universe)

Template:Species TemplateThe Ko'rr are a late type one species of humanoid feline organisms native to planet Ri'Vanni in the Mid Arm of the Ambrosia Galaxy that existed from 19,800 BCE to the present year.

General

The Ko'rr at first glance may seem to be an unimpressive species, thanks to them barely escaping their home world, bogged down by thousands of years of religious oppression, fighting amongst themselves for all of their recorded history, as well as several other factors. The truth however, would be that they would serve as the lineage of a once extremely powerful space faring species that held control over many worlds of the Ambrosia Galaxy after the Etymology's famous destruction. These aforementioned beings would be known as the Katya, and they would be spread far and wide across the galaxy's regions.

Their history is colored by constant conflict and strife over the northern most ice cap of their respective home planet of Ri'Vanni, an area that holds major significance in all aspects of Ko'rr culture and society. In fact; each and every single major event in their history before their integration into the Ambrosia Alliance of United Systems had something to do with the ice cap.

This existence would be forcefully interrupted by the Ambrosia Alliance of United Systems, when they discovered the species in 10,489 CE, being one of the few intelligent species being annexed in the Ambrosia Alliance rather than being offered to join. The reason for this is due to the personal views of the two leaders of the respective species that formed the original Ambrosia Alliance, feeling that it was affront against the common decency of intelligent life, in blatant violation of the: "Contact Directive" they are legally forced to operate under.

Because of this, and the odd cultish nature they operate with, many of the other intelligent species of the Ambrosia Alliance treat the Ko'rr with disdain, a practice that is unfortunately extremely common across Ambrosia Alliance controlled worlds.

Physical

The Ko'rr's physical appearance very much resembles the: Felis catus × Prionailurus bengalensis, or: "Bengal" breed of house cat native to planet Earth. Their bodies are covered in a thick layer of skin, with thousands of strains of fur across it. Their fur universally has a white-coloring across the entire species. This is due to the low light that their parent planet of Ri'Vanni receives from its parent star.

They have four limbs like most humanoid species, having two arms and two legs. As well, they have a long ringtail located on their posterior. These tails assist them with balance, making it extremely difficult for one to be knocked over. It's also was used to attract a mate, with thicker and bushier tails being desired over thin ones. They are also white in color.

On each of their paws they have five toes each, equaling eighteen toes in total, helping the Ko'rr climb on nearly any surface. On each toe they have long, extremely sharp claws. Allowing an individual Ko'rr to strike up to forty thousand PSI, easily breaking steel. The reason for this would be that the keratin making up the claws is extremely durable, with a tensile strength of around six hundred megapascals, leaving them almost impossible to beat in hand to hand combat for many other intelligent species. In fact; the Ko'rr rely on physical combat more often then using other methods. This is the most prominent resemblance they have to their ancestor species.

They are very short in stature, only standing at an average height of around four feet tall. However, though being short, their legs are extremely powerful, allowing the Ko'rr to run at speeds up to a hundred kilometers an hour, as well as allowing them to leap extremely high, jumping up to forty eight feet high in the air.

On their faces they have two front facing eyes, a front facing nose, and whiskers on their cheeks. At the top of their heads, they have two ears sticking upwards. Their eyes are very adaptive to both high, and low-light enviroments, with them being able to see at practical ultraviolet levels. As well, they have a sight range of up to forty three feet, with a full two forty degree radius. While they can smell specifically targeted objects or individuals up to three kilometers out, allowing them to locate things very easily. However they are practically deaf compared to other humanoid species, with them ignoring sounds that would normally be extremely loud to others. Their whiskers also assist them in balancing.

Their diet is exclusively made up of both the solid matter, and the liquid produced by the endless giant fungi native to their home planet of Ri'Vanni. This prevented them from expanding too far from their home planet, only having permanent colonies on Ri'Vanni's moon of, Thi'Vanni. After they joined the Ambrosia Alliance, they were able to import food from Ri'Vanni, as well as growing it on various other worlds.

Both male and female Ko'rr are easy to tell apart, with males normally having a bulkier builds, with larger arms and usually standing slightly taller. While females have a more slender figure, and are usually shorter. As well, males will typically have larger whiskers compared to females, while females will have longer tongues then the former.

The Ko'rr speak in exclusively through vocalization, more commonly refereed to as: "Meowing" by others, with the tone in which the vocalize depending the emotion the Ko'rr is feeling at the time. This may lead one to think that this makes it difficult for other intelligent species to communicate with Ko'rr, but the emotion they're trying to convey is very easy to figure out using simple understanding.

Government

Before their joining, each Ko'rr would be a member of four factions that constantly competed for control of the holy walled city around Ri'vanni's ice cap known as: "Murum"