Hey, guys, Ruisetsu here with a new monster idea, since there are some great ADD agents and SFA girls that I'd love to play with! I've been kicking this around for a few weeks now, based on a piece of art I saw:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2814668/ (My avatar is horrible, I know. But I only have MS Paint on this computer!)
I haven't really seen any concepts like this in the monster section, with a big group rather than just one or two characters, so I hope it works alright! If anybody has any thoughts, I'd love to hear it.
History: The minor planet Kaburaki was once home to two sentient species. There were the Goldfeathers, a race of stunningly beautiful bird-people, technical geniuses but lacking in imagination. And there were the Silverbeasts, a tribe of fierce warrior poets thought to be evolved from the planet's version of sharks or dolphins. These two species had been at war for longer than any of their people had lived. Neither side could win a truly decisive victory, so they held a sort of bitter equilibrium... until outside forces decided to interfere.
During a period when the Goldfeathers had taken a large swath of territory, the Archanius Alliance contacted the Silverbeasts offering technology and resources. We can only guess at why the Alliance chose to butt in, but the prevailing theory is that they wanted the beautiful Goldfeathers as an easy source of slaves. For a brief time, the Silverbeasts pushed their enemies back across the map. But soon the ADD and other coalitions opposing the Alliance learned of the situation, and they threw in their lot with the Goldfeathers immediately. Between their technology and what the Goldfeathers already had, the tides turned yet again. The Silverbeasts were gradually pushed back entirely, trapped on all sides within their capital city, and the Alliance pulled out, knowing a lost cause when they saw it.
In desperation, the Silverbeast Emperor enacted a plan that had been in the works for several months. In the time the Alliance had worked with them, the race's brightest minds had picked up engineering at a remarkable pace. A squadron of spaceships had been prepared to carry as many of their people away as possible. Each ship had room for thousands of people, with replicators, resources, libraries of the Silverbeast histories and fiction, and even cloning devices and stored Silverbeast DNA for the worst-case scenario. The army launched a final suicidal assault to distract the Goldfeathers from the launch. The citizens filed into the escape ships. And the Helios, a scout ship and fighter with a skeleton crew, blasted out of the atmosphere to chart a course to safety.
Then the unthinkable happened. A rogue general in the Goldfeather army saw the scout ship launch. He panicked and sent an immediate order to bomb the Silverbeasts' city. Before any of the other ships could take off, the bombs were dropped and the entire city was leveled.
The crew of the Helios could only watch in horror. There had been four million Silverbeasts left. Now there were forty. In the span of a second, they had become the last of their race.
The Helios managed to escape, hiding away in the darkest reaches of the galaxy. They had a cloning device taken from the Alliance, and enough DNA to form a stable breeding pool and revitalize their race.... But using the cloning device would draw from their repidly dwindling fuel reserves. They had no resources, and more importantly, they had no planet. The captain of the ship, Kovar, now found he had become the new Emperor by default. His duty was clear: He had to return the Silverbeasts to their former glory.
And so the Helios set out on their mission. The Silverbeasts now travel the galaxy, performing jobs, mostly illegal, to gather money and resources. Their eventual goal is to take Kaburaki back from the Goldfeathers, or failing that, find a new planet suited for their race. They have their talons in the smuggling and slavery rings, and though Kovar doesn't particularly like it, there is nothing he won't do for the revitalization of his race.
Race: Silverbeast
Gender: all male (but they have female DNA stored)
Age: between 18 and 42 Kaburaki years
Height: average of 7 feet when standing upright, 4-5 feet when running on all fours
Weight: average around 275 lbs
Eye Color: varying shades of white/very pale blue/green
Skin Color: pale pink with a gray tint
Skin Texture: rubbery and smooth, like a dolphin
Fur? a thin layer over the entire body, with a thick "mane" covering the chest and tufts on the elbows and calves
Fur Color: varying shades of blue-gray
Body Build: highly muscular, slightly endomorphic in some cases
Cock Size: generally in the range of 5 to 10 inches
# of Cocks: 1
Clothing: none, although leaders often wear ceremonial jewelry or other accessories
Special Attributes: very sharp teeth, a slightly prehensile tongue, clawed hands that resemble one large talon when held ready to attack
Capabilities: massive strength, toughness, and a seemingly inborn talent for melee combat
Weaknesses: absolutely no magical, psychic, or otherwise "special" powers
Miscellaneous: Certain "alpha males" have several variations on the above stats: darker fur, thicker manes, and stockier, stronger builds. (See the figure in the background of the picture linked above.) These males are generally considered better suited to leadership positions. In stressful situations a regular Silverbeast can gradually grow into the alpha male form, but it's unknown exactly how that metamorphosis takes place.
That's the basic outline! There are 40 Silverbeasts on the Helios, and different RPs might involve a large group of them or just one or two. Hopefully tomorrow after I catch up to Ruisetsu's RPs, I'll have time to do personality profiles of some of the important Silverbeasts on the ship. Captain/Emperor Kovar, the usual away team, and anybody else I think of.
Again, I'd love to hear what you all think! Good concept? Think it'll work for the ADD forums?