Acata

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The Acata are an intrauniversal (class XI) species from the Empyrean universe.

Physiology

Acata males and females are very different, these differences surviving to this day. This sexual dimorphism includes their size, dexterity and even mental faculty.

Females are larger, reaching four metres long. They are quite ponderous, with pillar-like legs ending in large claws. There are two elbows and two knees, and the shoulder is essentially the same structure as the pelvis. They have long necks, around 50cm in length, and narrow skulls. The brain itself is combined with the spinal cord into one structure, which extends down to the shoulder.

Their eyes are mirror- rather than lens-based (so different to almost all Terran optical organs). This gives them low resolution and colour vision, but the size of each eye (around 15cm in diameter) means that they do have good eyesight.

Females have three types of teeth- hooked incisors, serrated canines and flattened molar-plates. They have powerful hearts and are ectothermic.

Males are substantially smaller, and are quasi-bipedal rather than quadrupedal. They are faster and more active, being endothermic. Their arms are shorter and thinner than their legs, and the claws are reduced in size.

Males have far smaller eyes, and mainly rely on smell and hearing. Their ears are very large and floppy. Also of note is their ability to sense magnetic fields and so navigate, using grains of magnetic materials in their brains. Their brains are far smaller than those of the females.

Diet

The Acata are omnivorous, able to eat both meat and vegetable matter.

Reproduction

Acata reproduce sexually and viviparously. Male offspring gestate for five months, and females gestate for ten months. A female can hold many young in her womb at a time, and over a dozen have been recorded to be present in a single female's womb.

Augmentation

Intelligence

The Acata females are sapient, and highly intelligent. The males are non-sapient and, while intelligent for animals, require direction from the females to carry out complex tasks.

Society

Acata society is imperialist and pacifist, attempting to expand into new regions and assimilate all other civilisations into their culture, taking only useful technology and ideas. There is an exception to this in their joining the Urrun League.

Culture

The Acata have art, including literature, paintings, sculptures and virtual environments.

Government

There is a ruling Matriarch who heads the Acata government, and has the final say over all decisions made by a parliament of elected females in the

Technology

History

Relations with other races

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