The Jasede
The Jasede are a highly-evolved, ageless race of crystalline structures which reproduce rarely and asexually, favoring solitary lives of contemplation. They prefer to spend entire centuries meditating upon ideas and thinking about religious, moral and philosophical questions. They act only when forced to and make every decision with the greatest deliberation, weighing pro and contra earnestly.
In appearance, they occur as a myriad of different crystal shapes, each Jasede having a unique configuration that consists of a broad range of colors and shapes, most commonly in hues of emerald and ruby. They wear no clothes and enjoy little to no physical comforts.
* Slowly evolve through years of contemplation and self-modification, rearranging their neural, crystalline networks through glacially-slow force of will.
* Have trouble understanding the motives of organic species and suffer diplomacy penalties
* Can't get money from trading as they require little
* Slow research, but with significant pay-off
* Gravity & electrical-based weaponry, high AoE and single target damage, but extremely high charge times / time-units costs
* No shields by themselves, but tough crystalline based armor and gravity-based defenses (repel ships & missiles); crystalline armor can be countered by researching harmonic waves
* Solitary and unlikely to contact other races
* Have a small faction that constantly wishes to gain organic bodies to experience all the things "normal", organic races experience - a longing for the flesh. Prosecuted severely and outcast by and large in Jasede society.
* Slow to reach conclusions and decisions, but when they do, consider their conclusions the absolute truth, contrary to all evidence that wasn't directly procured by themselves.
If you are looking for ideas for races, I always thought Ascendancy had particularly creative ones. Here is a link:
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