About this user
The Praan-blug have only recently been classified as sentient creatures. It was less than 300 Spans ago that scientific thought regarded them as merely "vicious, mindless beetles to avoid near the Sargasso Nebula." This ignorance of their true nature can be attributed to the inaccessible and remote nature of the Sargasso. It is due almost entirely to the ... that they are regarded not as "mindless beetles" but in fact as one of the Four Primary Races today.
In fact, the ... had no small hand in the evolution of the Praan-blug. Sometime in the third decade of the 35th century Galactica, the ... in a move typical of their intellectual arrogance, altered the collective genetic code of the Praan-blug in an attempt to "jump start" their evolution. This, of course, is the primary source of the tremendous animosity that the Praan-blug have for the ... Science Council: The Praan maintains that they were deliberately kept from evolving into a much superior being. Their true nature before the ... Intervention is still unknown to this day.
The Praan-blug are insectoid in nature, covered with a remarkably strong Exo-Skeleton which can sustain them, even in the vacuum of space. Over time they have learned to modify this external shell to accomodate all manner of weaponry, even energy-based weapons, as extensions of their bodies.
Their government is modeled very much after the Hives that are the Praan-blug homes. The Praan Government, which is still centered in the Sargasso Nebula, goes through certain Gender Cycles, or Seasons. In a Masculine Cycle, all Praan subjects will report to a central King, who will then have up to a thousand Queens. In a Feminine Cycle, there will be a Central Queen who will have up to a thousand Kings. The end of a Cycle occurs only when one gender is able to dominate the other through conflict.
Little is known of their religious beliefs; indeed, since the Praan-blug are such a young Race (at least in this form), they may still be formulating their spiritual doctrine.
