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species:rixxikor [2018/06/08 10:50] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation wesspecies:rixxikor [2019/06/04 21:44] – ametheliana
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 In the past the [[faction:black_claw_star_empire]] saw them as pests and attempted to exterminate them but simply could not locate off all of them. They have also encountered the [[species:essai]] in the past, and were eventually banned from the Essai Dreamworld for hooliganism. In the past the [[faction:black_claw_star_empire]] saw them as pests and attempted to exterminate them but simply could not locate off all of them. They have also encountered the [[species:essai]] in the past, and were eventually banned from the Essai Dreamworld for hooliganism.
  
-After a period of population recovery, the Rixxikor started showing up on the frontiers of the [[faction:yamatai_star_empire]] in [[calendar:YE 36]]. Naturally, they are already causing problems.+After a period of population recovery, the Rixxikor started showing up on the frontiers of the [[faction:yamatai_star_empire]] in [[timeline:ye_36]]. Naturally, they are already causing problems.
  
-In late [[calendar:YE 36]], the [[stararmy:star_army_of_yamatai]] gunship [[stararmy:starships:yss_eucharis]] encountered a crashed starship full of Rixxikor on the third planet of the [[system:splorfin|Splorfin system]] and made first contact. It did not go well. The Rixxikor, demanding a ride, invaded part of the gunship. In response, an away team member detonated explosives around the crashed ship, killing thousands of Rixxikor, and the ship left the survivors still marooned. Now the Rixxikor, in general, hold a vendetta against Yamatai.+In late [[timeline:ye_36]], the [[stararmy:start]] gunship [[stararmy:starships:yss_eucharis]] encountered a crashed starship full of Rixxikor on the third planet of the [[system:splorfin|Splorfin system]] and made first contact. It did not go well. The Rixxikor, demanding a ride, invaded part of the gunship. In response, an away team member detonated explosives around the crashed ship, killing thousands of Rixxikor, and the ship left the survivors still marooned. Now the Rixxikor, in general, hold a vendetta against Yamatai.
  
-In early [[calendar:YE 37]], [[stararmy:starships:yss_eucharis]] found that unknown, hostile starships were depositing Rixxikor on planet Higaflan in the [[system:Higaflan|Higaflan star system]], and that the Rixxikor had set up colonies on the breadbasket world and that their numbers were skyrocketing. Local defense forces got into a firefight with the Eucharis after it was forced to land due to damage.+In early [[timeline:ye_37]], [[stararmy:starships:yss_eucharis]] found that unknown, hostile starships were depositing Rixxikor on planet Higaflan in the [[system:Higaflan|Higaflan star system]], and that the Rixxikor had set up colonies on the breadbasket world and that their numbers were skyrocketing. Local defense forces got into a firefight with the Eucharis after it was forced to land due to damage.
  
 Later that year, [[stararmy:units:task_force_82]] encountered a Rixxikor colony ship in the [[system:nougfran|Nougfran System]]. The Eucharis sent over an away team to speak with Ruxxles, the self-described "Lord Supreme Royal Commander of Emperors of the Rixxikor Collective." Later that year, [[stararmy:units:task_force_82]] encountered a Rixxikor colony ship in the [[system:nougfran|Nougfran System]]. The Eucharis sent over an away team to speak with Ruxxles, the self-described "Lord Supreme Royal Commander of Emperors of the Rixxikor Collective."
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 //"We have no idea where we are from. We come from far beyond, hundreds of light-years away from here. I hatched on a great machine world, but there was not enough food there. Then I was transported to a plentiful planet, but we ate everything there and soon it was crowded. Someone told me that there was a sector full of habitable planets, and many were unclaimed, so I ended up on this ship. And we have been many places since then. The last place we visited was a military space station..."// -- Ruxxles //"We have no idea where we are from. We come from far beyond, hundreds of light-years away from here. I hatched on a great machine world, but there was not enough food there. Then I was transported to a plentiful planet, but we ate everything there and soon it was crowded. Someone told me that there was a sector full of habitable planets, and many were unclaimed, so I ended up on this ship. And we have been many places since then. The last place we visited was a military space station..."// -- Ruxxles
  
-In [[calendar:YE 38]], Ruxxles had the YSS Eucharis stolen and then sent a large group of Rixxikor hitmen after [[character:Hanako]] and her crew while they were stranded on [[planet:UX-1 I]]. During the attack, the Rixxokor destroyed the planet's [[stararmy:lighthouse]]. The crew escaped by taking the hit squad's shuttles and tracked their ship to a [[species:Graxlat]] scrapyard where Rixxikor colony ships were being constructed. The Eucharis crew devastated the shipyard and recovered the gunship. +In [[timeline:ye_38]], Ruxxles had the YSS Eucharis stolen and then sent a large group of Rixxikor hitmen after [[character:Hanako]] and her crew while they were stranded on [[planet:UX-1 I]]. During the attack, the Rixxokor destroyed the planet's [[stararmy:lighthouse]]. The crew escaped by taking the hit squad's shuttles and tracked their ship to a [[species:Graxlat]] scrapyard where Rixxikor colony ships were being constructed. The Eucharis crew devastated the shipyard and recovered the gunship. 
  
-In [[calendar:YE 39]], the Star Army tried to limit the spread of Rixxikor by using such measures as [[faction:yamatai:nodal_command_2719]].+In [[timeline:ye_39]], the Star Army tried to limit the spread of Rixxikor by using such measures as [[faction:yamatai:nodal_command_2719]].
 ===== In Popular Culture ===== ===== In Popular Culture =====
 A popular meme among humanoids is that Rixxikor were once a band of humans, but they were such a pest to the ancient, godlike technocrats that they were cursed to roam the galaxy forever as insects. This idea is based on the Rixxikor's trolling behavior, use of [[language:trade|trade language]] and on anti-insectoid racism. There is no evidence this idea is actually true, but that doesn't stop people from spreading it. A popular meme among humanoids is that Rixxikor were once a band of humans, but they were such a pest to the ancient, godlike technocrats that they were cursed to roam the galaxy forever as insects. This idea is based on the Rixxikor's trolling behavior, use of [[language:trade|trade language]] and on anti-insectoid racism. There is no evidence this idea is actually true, but that doesn't stop people from spreading it.
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 Rixxikor have short lifespans of just ten years and they have extremely high rates of reproduction and are hermaphrodites. They lay a clutch of about 3-5 eggs nearly every hour while they are awake. The eggs are fertilized by any Rixxikor around by a sex organ that sprays a foul-smelling sperm mist. The Rixxikor will spray this mist frequently even when there are no eggs around to mark territory or for emphasis in conversations, making them a nuisance. It takes just one month for a Rixxikor egg to reach the adult stage, and during that month they exist in a sort of sticky maggot form that burrows in the ground or lurks in urban sewers, consuming any organic material it finds. After an additional three months, they will have grown to full height. Rixxikor have short lifespans of just ten years and they have extremely high rates of reproduction and are hermaphrodites. They lay a clutch of about 3-5 eggs nearly every hour while they are awake. The eggs are fertilized by any Rixxikor around by a sex organ that sprays a foul-smelling sperm mist. The Rixxikor will spray this mist frequently even when there are no eggs around to mark territory or for emphasis in conversations, making them a nuisance. It takes just one month for a Rixxikor egg to reach the adult stage, and during that month they exist in a sort of sticky maggot form that burrows in the ground or lurks in urban sewers, consuming any organic material it finds. After an additional three months, they will have grown to full height.
  
-If Rixxikor lays about 4 eggs an hour for 8 hours each day, one Rixxikor could birth 720 offspring in 30 days. When those offspring start laying their own eggs, the growth may start becoming exponential. By 60 days, there will be an estimated 252,000 Rixxikor descendants of the original Rixxikor. By day 70, there could be over a million and by day 79, more than ten million. But this assumes a 100% survival rate, which is uncommon because Rixxikor abandon eggs they way that sea life does, just leaving them strewn wherever conditions look "acceptable." This is a species with fairly selfish instincts. They may eat sometimes eat eggs of other Rixxikor (or maybe even their own) when other food options are unavailable. In general, Rixxikor that don't have known offspring want to create lots of offspring, and Rixxikor that do have known offspring get reckless and want to fight people. When a Rixxikor thinks all his kids are probably dead, his instinct is to go back into egg-spamming mode.+If Rixxikor lays about 4 eggs an hour for 8 hours each day, one Rixxikor could birth 720 offspring in 30 days. When those offspring start laying their own eggs, the growth may start becoming exponential. By 60 days, there will be an estimated 252,000 Rixxikor descendants of the original Rixxikor. By day 70, there could be over a million and by day 79, more than ten million. But this assumes a 100% survival rate, which is uncommon because Rixxikor abandon eggs the way that sea life does, just leaving them strewn wherever conditions look "acceptable." This is a species with fairly selfish instincts. They may eat sometimes eat eggs of other Rixxikor (or maybe even their own) when other food options are unavailable. In general, Rixxikor that don't have known offspring want to create lots of offspring, and Rixxikor that do have known offspring get reckless and want to fight people. When a Rixxikor thinks all his kids are probably dead, his instinct is to go back into egg-spamming mode.
  
 Curiously, a Rixxikor's off-spring seem to inherit much of their parent's language, personality, and most important memories via some kind of genetic memory. Curiously, a Rixxikor's off-spring seem to inherit much of their parent's language, personality, and most important memories via some kind of genetic memory.

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