Katsoja

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Katsoja are a race of humanoid sapients originating from Kasata, a planet in the Valka Galaxy.

Biology

They are no longer a fully organic race. They appear to be blue-skinned, but it actually consists of small steel 'scales' that are strong and resilient, yet flexible. It is believed they have a regular skin beneath this, but nothing has been proved. They have two glowing 'eyes', but actually see through a single, mechanical eye, embedded slightly above and in between the other two. The eye is wired up to an organic brain.

They smell through receptors hidden beneath the scales, which are also wired up to the brain.

All the internal organs remain organic, and they still feed by eating and drinking through an organic mouth. Often, teeth are replaced with sharper, metal ones.

They stand about two and half metres (eight feet) tall, and have two arms which end in clawed hands. Each hand has an opposable thumb, which is not clawed. The claws are made of obsidian, carefully chiselled to make a razor-sharp blade. The toes are also clawed.

Katsoja in the military normally have some form of machine gun attached to one or both arms.

Intelligence and Psychology

They are not deliberately warlike, but maintain a large military in case they are attacked or forced into war. Most starships are also armed for the same reason.

They have a goverment chaired by a 'Supreme Councillor'. Below the Supreme Councillor are the other council members, usually 10-20. Beneath that, each town has a mayor, and sometimes its own council, if it is a large town. When at war, they have designated lieutenants that take command instead.

Below these ranks are normal citizens, or troops. All Katsoja cities are democratic, and even the Supreme Counciller can not overrule the general public.

Culture

Religion

Katsoja believe in their own gods, instead of the Supreme Creator. They have many gods, very few of which are gods of war-like topics. They believe that their God of Creation, Luominem, entrusted them to protect their galaxy from hostile species from both within and outside it. This may have been the origin of their military, despite their peaceful nature.

They are encouraged to pray to the God of Life once a day, but this is not completely necessary. Those who do not pray are believed to live shorter lives.

They believe that after death, you will travel to the realm of Eternal Peace of you have lived an honourable life, or you will be reincarnated in another body if you have not, to give you another chance to reach Eternal Peace.

Entertainment

The most common form of entertainment is a theatre. The only recognised genre shown in theatres are 'inspirational' films. These often tell of brave quests or honourable deeds of legendary Katsoja, and are always based on the truth.

They also have travelling acrobat performances, similar to the circus.

Technology

Weapons

Katsoja military have a variety of weapons to choose from, some of which can be armour-mounted.

  • Machine Pistol: The standard machine pistol has a rotating magazine that can hold up to fifty bullets and fire them at a rate of around three per second. It has a range of about sixty metres, and can be fired one-handed.
  • Razor Pistol: This pistol can hold twenty bullets at a time, and can fire at a rate of about one per second. The bullets have small, spiked 'fins' pointing outwards at eight different points around the circumference of the bullet. These help stabilise it in flight and deal extra damage upon impact.
  • Double-barreled Shotgun: The commonest type of shotgun, it has two barrels, each of which can carry fifteen bullets, and fire at a rate of around one bullet per second. It has a relatively short range.
  • Rapid-fire Machine Gun: They have large magazines that contain one thousand bullets, and fire at a rate of around eighty per second. It has a long range and is the most used gun in warfare.
  • Shock Gun: This is a short, chunky pistol that fires a single bolt of electricity, guided by an electrolaser. It has a large handle unit, where power is stored. It also has a 'socket' where it can be plugged into an electrical source to charge up. The gun has three settings: 'stun', 'med' and 'high'. High is often enough to kill small or unarmoured creatures.
  • Sniper Rifle: This rifle has a range of around three hundred metres and can hold around twenty bullets at once. It has telescopic sights, and a bipod stand that can be folded against the base of the gun.

Armour

Military rarely wear armour, as their 'scales' provide sufficient protection, but if this is not the case, they have armour for most body parts, composed mainly of kevlar and titanium.

Starships

They have very few varieties of starships, but each has its own special features.

  • Warship: Warships can be up to sixteen kilometres long, and have armour made of nanotubes. They are also protected by a forcefield of cold plasma, circulated around the ship. This also prevents some communication using radiation.
  • Fighter: They are five kilometres long, and also have armour made of nanotubes. They have cold plasma forcefields, though they are generally smaller and weaker warship forcefields.
  • Cargoship: They can be up to fifteen kilometres long, and are only lightly armed, though their armour is still made of nanotubes, with cold plasma forcefields.

All ships are armed with rapid-fire mass drivers, and most carry hydrogen bombs. They also have highly powerful lasers that can cut through large asteroids. Some cannons fire spiked missiles resembling larger-scale Razor Pistol bullets.

They can enter Hyperspace and travel through the Crossverse.

KDDs

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KDDs, or Katsoja Destruction Droids, are robots often used by Katsoja to fight on the front line, as they are large, durable, and replaceable.

They are cubes made up of six, thick plates of hardened steel, melded together to make the shape. Inside is a generator, which creates a repulsor field around the robot. The cubes are six metres all dimensions.

The cube moves around on caterpillar tracks, one on each side. A variety of weapons are mounted on the front of the KDD; a large cannon that fires an explosive laser is the main weapon. Below that are four automatic machine guns, and near the bottom edge is an electrolaser. Just inside the metal plate is a generator for the electricity.

Interaction with other races

Styhacians

The Katsoja have been fighting a war across the galaxy with the Styhacians for many years, as the key beliefs of their religions contradict each other.

Caltans

Caltans are often caught in the crossfire between the Katsoja and Styhacians, and their homeplanet Caltas is frequently fought over. Even so, neither race has really sought to communicate with the Caltans.