Vaathkree

The Vaathkree are a race  seemingly made  out of  stone or metal, averaging between 1.5 to 1.8 meters tall. Essentially a loosely grouped band of traders and merchants, they are fanatically interested in haggling and trading with other species, so much so that thier religion is roughly translated into 'The Deal'. The Vaathkree have an unusual metabolism which allows them to form extremely hard compounds, which deposit on the outside of the skin to form scales or plates. These amiable aliens wear a minimum of clothing, usually limited to only belts or  pouches to carry goods and tools. Vaathkree are  long-lived  beings,  with  300-350  standard years forming an average life cycle. They begin their lives as 'Stonesingers', small mobile  nodes  of living  metal  which  inhabit  and roam  the deep crevasses in the surface  of the Vaathkree's  volcanic homeworld. At the beginning of it's life, the Stonesinger is non-sapient, but at age 9 or so begins to develop some rudimentary thought processes.

Stonesingers take  two  full  decades  to  develop  into a mature Vaathkree. During this time, the  evolving  alien  must pick a 'permanent form'. The alien decides on a form and must concentrate on retaining that form. Eventually, the growing Vaathkree is no longer capable of altering it's form so it must pick one that it finds pleasing. The Vaathkree almost always select a humanoid form. The Deal, the code of trade and barter that all Vaathkree live by, is the focal point  of a Stonesinger's  education and the centerpiece  of Vaathkree culture. Vaathkree language is also adapted well to trade, but is clouded with subtleties to provide advantages in trade situations. Thus, the basic Vaathkree language is not difficult  for an outsider to  speak, but it's convoluted nuances can be very difficult to understand.

When RP'ing a Vaathkree character, keep in mind that the Vaathkree race tend to be amiable and good-natured,  almost to the point  of  being rather over-friendly. However, they are certainly not naive. Vaathkree will be found almost exclusively as traders, merchants, or cargo handlers. They are fanatic hagglers. The Vaathkree homeworld, being of little or no resource value,  has  been  largely ignored  by the Empire. The Vaathkree government has  no strong  political leaning,  although the  New Republic seems to respond much better to price-haggling.

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DEXTERITY KNOWLEDGE  MECHANICAL PERCEPTION STRENGTH   TECHNICAL Min Max   Min  Max   Min  Max   Min  Max   Min  Max   Min  Max 1D+0 3D+0 1D+0 4D+0  2D+0 4D+0  2D+0 5D+0  2D+0 4D+2  1D+0 3D+1