Some Species Ideas

Edwinic - A species of ocean-bound life form that appears as a central Medusa with between 100 and 500 thin tentacles hanging down from the base of the Medusa's rim. In the center are between 20 and 30 thicker tentacles that can be manipulated freely allowing for grasping and use of tools. They live in shallow seas preferably but can survive in deep ocean and freshwater rivers and lakes. To them, the ocean deeps are wilderness and the land an impossibly dry area with strange life. Edwinic communicate using electrostatic chaarges in the water they live in, similar to how fish use electric signals to sense each others locations when schooling. They have the capacity for space travel and have contacted a few other species that are carbon based.

Rinlogog - A species of mammal capable of walking on four or two legs as needed. They live in open plains lands anywhere from the equator north to the arctic circle of their planets. They are very skilled at climbing, and immensely resourceful and adaptable. Rinlogog communicate using pheromones. They have the capacity for space flight and have contacted other carbon life.

Yaruo - A humanoid amphibian with pink-white skin and large flat eyes. They lack hair and have larger, flatter eyes, but are otherwise human(terran) in appearance. They also have gills and webbed feet. They prefer to live in cold snowy environments, not needing any body heat to function. They communicate via the colors of their skin.

Murup - A species of life similar to crabs, but living on the surface of hot dry planets. They can dig with great skill and have large, shovel like legs. Though they lack any form of grasping limbs, they are sapient and use machines to act as limbs for them. They have to specific top, being a rough sphere with legs popping out at random locations. They lack true eyes or ears, being able to sense vibrations and changes in light, but nothing beyond that. However, they have an amazing sense of smell and taste, as well as a startling sensitivity to ground vibrations. This last bit comes in handy as their main method of communication, with tast being a close second.