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species:rixxikor [2019/06/03 05:14] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation species:rixxikor [2020/03/01 18:08] – wes
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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 [[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 [[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 Rixxikor 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_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]].
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 ===== 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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 They're entirely decentralized. They're like internet mobs. They have no leaders, no spokeperson, no home, and no known origin. They're biologically gifted so each, as an individual, are not forced to rely on anyone else and each can raise their own empire, which competes with others for resources. Destroying part of the mob only enrages the survivors. Rixxikor hordes can regenerate and reappear in large numbers not long after even the most destructive wars because, as long as one survives, the species will eventually proliferate again. They're entirely decentralized. They're like internet mobs. They have no leaders, no spokeperson, no home, and no known origin. They're biologically gifted so each, as an individual, are not forced to rely on anyone else and each can raise their own empire, which competes with others for resources. Destroying part of the mob only enrages the survivors. Rixxikor hordes can regenerate and reappear in large numbers not long after even the most destructive wars because, as long as one survives, the species will eventually proliferate again.
  
-==== Yamatai ====+==== Exploited by Kuvexians ==== 
 +Rixxikor have been used by the [[faction:kuvexia:interstellar_kingdom_of_kuvexia|]] as a sort of economic weapon by moving them into enemy space, forcing their enemies to figure out how to deal with a growing Rixxikor population. 
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 +The Kuvexians do not allow Rixxikor to serve in the [[faction:kuvexia:military]]. 
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 +==== A Problem for Yamatai ====
 The Rixxikor are sort of a natural nemesis to the [[faction:yamatai_star_empire]] because Yamatai is a society big on rights, providing for people, and, to an extent, the value of life. Whereas the Rixxikor have no regard for life, will just multiply until the resources run out, and will just take advantage of any legal rights Yamatai gives them. The Rixxikor are sort of a natural nemesis to the [[faction:yamatai_star_empire]] because Yamatai is a society big on rights, providing for people, and, to an extent, the value of life. Whereas the Rixxikor have no regard for life, will just multiply until the resources run out, and will just take advantage of any legal rights Yamatai gives them.
  
-Yamatai could eventually be forced to declare a war just so it has a legal way to deal with the Rixxikor by force before they overtake the population of non-Rixxikor and turn the known galaxy into space-Somalia via economics. The problem is wars are traditionally against governments, not a species, and Yamatai is not looking to be accused of genocide again like it was after [[faction:yamatai:history:the_freespacer_genocide|their attack on the Freespacers]].+Yamatai could eventually be forced to declare a war just so it has a legal way to deal with the Rixxikor by force before they overtake the population of non-Rixxikor and turn the known galaxy into space-Somalia via economics. The problem is wars are traditionally against governments, not a species, and Yamatai is not looking to be accused of genocide again like it was after [[timeline:events:freespacer_genocide_and_related_battles|their attack on the Freespacers]].
  
 ===== Technology ===== ===== Technology =====

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