Clades and Species of the Terragen Empire (A1-0)
The following is a list of all major clades within the Terragen Empire, divided based on their origin.
Terragen Clades
- Humans
- Aurelphins: uplifted dolphins.
- Corvijnee: uplifted crows.
- Pahrvanots: uplifted parrots, now fully capable of articulate human speech.
- Octoperyors: uplifted octopi.
- Gigorwheil: uplifted whales.
- Emhiants: uplifted manta rays.
- Simiiforumai: uplifted monkeys. (duicova chimps + ohlramann orangs)
- Silvestrines: uplifted cats.
- Dewclaao: uplifted dogs.
- Nuur’iigs: uplifted pigs.
- Apoipters: uplifted bees, either living as social hive minds or as single individuals.
- Formykoll: uplifted ants, either living as social hive minds or as single individuals.
- Suzeiphants: uplifted elefants.
- Ryffin: uplifted rats.
- Yewanis: uplifted hyenas.
- Uvours: uplifted frogs.
- Ourobors: uplifted snakes.
- Jellusina: uplifted jellyfish made of biological transparent computronium.
- Polyreefers: uplifted corals creating interconnected minds as aquatic biological computers.
- Dindelseids: uplifted mobile trees which use symbiotic beings to percieve and interact.
- Virtuals: AIs and uploaded consciousnesses living within a vast cybercosm of virtual worlds.
- Sapiostructures: sapient structures, ranging from simple buildings to starships.
- Nemblash: sapients made out of bionano or nanotech foglets, usually with no fixed shape.
- Bushbots: fractal moravecs consisting of a flexible branching structure resembling a bush.
- Polyhedrid: polyhedronal moravecs capable of living in and travelling through open space.
- Gell-onics: moravecs made of self-reconfigurable gel-like computronium.
- Deucubles: aerostatic, bubble-like moravecs known for their extreme patience.
- Heavenjellies: starfaring moravecs resembling giant, kilometer long jellyfish capable of FTL.
- Kjatasps: disc-shaped hexapodal moravecs specialized for first-in colonization.
- Thalopegrad: colorful, bioluminescent, ocean-dwelling tetrapodal neogens.
- Kilmantsi: large, colorful neogens partially resembling the earthly praying mantiss.
- Bul’ghum: rubbery, gelatinous neogens with multiple eyes and no fixed shape.
- Humorvens: fully synthetic humanoid moravecs.
- Lumminons: metamorphic sapients with extremely efficient bionano optical computers.
- Seinraphies: flying moravec species capable of both atmospheric and space flight.
- Mandeloops: giant space-dwelling neogens consisting of fractal cavities arranged in loops.
Xenosophonts Clades
- Xelmonerenes: exotic sapients existing in the metallic hydrogen core of a gas giants.
- Neunevunn: exotic sapients living inside the superfluid outer core of neutron stars.
- Imbrians: hexapodal sapients with both bird and insect characteristics.
- Baskipirs: small radially simmetrical ocean-dwelling xenosophonts.
- Jhar’ord: symbiotic sapients consisting of a mobile plant-like hive and flying bug-like drones.
- Eurekt: bioluminescent beings living in geothermally heated underwater oceans of icy moons.
- Zyloxin: intelligent colorful crystals that communicate through complex music-like patterns.
- Sheulsarr: hexapodal sapients descended from aquatic cephalopod-like organisms.
- Verticenes: large aerostatic sapients using electromagnetic minerals and gas pouches to fly.
- Velupyota: a sapient swarm of interstellar terraforming organic seedships.
- Tihumuuh: low temperature, crab-like xenosophonts inhabiting Titan-like worlds.
- Peehhpep: low temperature gelatinous sapients, uplifted by the Tihumuuh.