mardi 19 janvier 2010

KLIBEN


Planet of Origin: Kliben
Kliben are a sentient bipedal species that developed an advanced civilisation with space travel capacities as of the 21st century. They are purple skinned and have a large head with four tentacle like appendages coming out of its back. They possess two pair of arms with thick human like hands.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct

lundi 18 janvier 2010

OUTLANDERS


Planet of Origin: Outlander Homeworld, presumably not that far from Earth
The Outlanders are a race of humans of the Outlander Planet. They are conquerors and settlers. Circa 700 AD, They had invaded and conquered many worlds, including the Moorwen Planet, they use powerfull weapons and armors fabricated with super strong metal.
SourceL: Outlanders Movie

MOORWEN


Planet of Origin: Moorwen planet
The Moorwens are a race of non-sentient or possibly semi-sentient quadruped carnivors that were the main predators of planet Moorwen, a world with no sentient speceis. Due to the bombing of their planet and subsequent hunting down of survivors in the 8th century by Outlander settlers, they are extinct.
After the planet was settled by the Outlanders, a specimen who had managed to survive weecked havok before srowing away on a ship and causing it to crahsland on Earth amidst the Vikings of A.D. 709. It, and an offspring presumably born on Earth, were responsible for much death before being hunted to the caves where they lived by the surviving Outlander and a group of Vikings and killed. Moorwens can produce bioluminescence in most colors of the visible spectrum, most commonly red.This glowing is used to attract prey and seem also to portray feelings such as anger. They have thick skin resistant to fire and invulnerable to damage from common metals. They possess a have long, thin tails sharp enough to cut flesh, skin, bone, and some building materials. They are good swimmers and can hold their breath for a long time. Source: Outlanders Movie

jeudi 14 janvier 2010

MEGALONS


Planet of Origin: Megalon VII
Megalons are a peaceful sexuate humanoid species looking much like humans who developed an advanced space faring matriarcal monarchy as of the 21st century.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct

TALOSIANS / ALEESHA'S SPECIES



Planet of Origin: Talos III (Note: This might be an hommage or a reference to the 1964 Star Trek pilot episode "The Cage", which takes place on Talos IV)
Talosians are a sexuate humanoid species who are believed to have developed interstellar space travel as of the 21st century.
At least some of them possess shapeshifting abilities to some extent, being able to switch between two forms, a social one, which looks much like a regular human with green hair, and a hunting form. It remains unknown if they are able to turn into other forms, but upon being killed under hunting form, a talosian reverses to its social form, which leads to believe that the species has a lycanthropic nature rather than a true polymorphic one.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct.

mardi 12 janvier 2010

MORGO'S SPECIES




Morgo's Species hare huge aggressive muscular humanoids who were in contact with Tanrs and Creons as of the 21st century and may have developed spacetravel.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct, Epsiode Flash

VALA'S SPECIES


Vala's species is a sexuate humanoid species looking much like humans apart from the shape of their upper skull that may have developed space travel or have been in contact with species which had as of the 21st century. They remain somewhat obscure to the rest of the interstellar community. They have telekynetic abilities which enable them to stop other individual's heart. They can also link their powers to that of other psionicists.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct, Epsiode Enforcer

XYRONITES / ZYRONITES


Planet of Origin: Xyron
Xyronites are a humanoid species which had contact with the Tarns and Creons as of the 21st century. Their actual level of civilisation remains incertain. Xyronite refugees were known to try relocate ot other worlds through the help of external agents. Some carried the Xyronite flu which was particularly virulent on Tarns.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct, Episode Protect and Survive

MELAZOIDS


Planet of Origin: Melazoid
Melazoids are a blue skinned bipedal species with two arms and a two meters long prehensile tongue whihc developed a peaceful space faring civilisation as of the 21st century.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct, episode Protect and Survive


CREONS


Planet of Origin: Possibly Altor, in the Epsilon aEridani star system
Creons are a humanoid species who developed an advanced civilisation as of the 21st century.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct.



lundi 11 janvier 2010

TARNS


Planet of Origin: Possibly Altor, in the Epsilon aEridani star system
Tarns are a oviparous humanoid species who developed an advanced civilisation as of the 21st century. Tarns are light green skinned with three eyes, one nostril between them and two pointy ears. They possess telepathic and telekynetic powers.
Source: Gerry Anderson, Space Precinct.




mercredi 6 janvier 2010

RAXACORICOFALLAPATORIANS / SLITHEEN / BLADEREEN


Planet of Origin: Raxacoricofallapatorius, a paradise planet with burgundy seas and four polar regions. Its twin planet is Clom.
Raxacoricofallapatorians are eight feet tall humanoids with long forearms and powerful claws who have developed a space faring civilisation as of the 20th century. Theyhave large blakc round eyes with a nictitating membrane instead of eyelids. Their highly-developed sense of smell makes them able to track a single target across a few city blocks. Females can produce poisons which they can use for attakc or defense. Known methods of delivery include a poisoned dart that is formed in the finger and then fired and exhalation of poisoned breath. Skin color can vary from green to orange.
They are vulnerable to acetic acid, which reacts explosively—and fatally—with their bodies. One of the Raxacoricofallapatorian methods of execution is the lowering of the condemned into a cauldron of acetic acid, which is then heated to boiling. The acidity of the solution is formulated to dissolve the skin, allowing the internal organs to drop into the liquid while the condemned is still alive, reducing them to "soup" and resulting in a slow and painful death.
They are known to disguise themselves by fitting into the skins of their victims, using compression fields created by a collar worn around their necks to squeeze their huge size into a slightly smaller space.
Source: Doctor Who

lundi 4 janvier 2010

VOGONS


Planet of Origin: Vogsphere, orbiting Vogsol
Vogons are three meters tall greenish bipeds who developed a highly bureaucratic civilisation in the distant pastr and then entered evolutive stagnation. Upon discovering the principles of interstellar travel, they migrated to the Megabrantis cluster, the political hub of the galaxy. They now form the powerful backbone of the Galactic Civil Service.
Source: Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

USURIANS


Planet of Origin: Usurius
The Usurians are a fungous species looking like a small handful of green kelp in their natural form but which is able to assume the shape of other species they interact with as long as they expose themselves to certain radiation. Shock can force them to revert to their natural form.
The Usurians have developed an advanced interstellar civilisation. They abandoned military conquest in favour of economic conquest.
In the future, they enslaved humanity after their engineers made Mars suitable for human habitation, humans having depleted the Earth's resources. Once humanity had depleted Mars's resources as well, the Usurians engineered Pluto so that humans could inhabit it. They created six artificial "Suns" around it and installed the Collector to oversee the collection of taxes from their human workforce. They intended to abandon Pluto and leave humanity to become extinct once the humans had exhausted its resources, there being no economically viable planet to relocate humanity to once more. The humans on Pluto revolted against the Collector and seized control of Pluto before relocating to Earth as it has in fact regenerated in their absence.
Source: Doctor Who Universe (DW: The Sun Makers)

dimanche 3 janvier 2010

PRAWNS


The prawns are an arthropod-like extraterrestrial species of unknown origin who developped advanced technology and space faring capacities. A ship containing a leaderless group of one million individuals came ot Earth in the first decenny of the 21st century. It became stranded over Johannesburg, South Africa after a command module separated from the ship and dropped to Earth, nowhere to be found.

Note: Prawn is not the species real name, but the surname given to them by the humans as their real name remains unknown.
Source: Neil Blomkamp, Teri Tatchell, District Nine.

mardi 29 décembre 2009

NA'VIS / PANDORANS / ALPHA CENTAURIANS




Planet of Origign: Pandora, a lush, Earth-like moon of the planet Polyphemus, in the Alpha Centauri system. Pandora itself has two moons. It was briefly colonised by humans in the 22th century but soon abandonned after an all-out revolt of the natives in 2154.
The Na’vis are a paleolithic species of blue skinned sapient humanoids with feline characteristics standing around 3 meters high. Their civilisationj is based on harmony with their ecosystem under a tribal structure. They live in large Hometrees and worship a mother goddess called Eywa. The Na'vis have tails whihc can be used as organic interface to bond with other lifeforms of the planet.


Source: James Cameron, Avatar

lundi 21 décembre 2009

LAMETALIANS / RAMETALIANS




Planet of Origin: LaMetal. 
For millenias, the planet Lametall orbited the dark sun Ra. Ra followed an extremely large elliptical orbit which completed a revolution around the Sun in a 1,000 year period. Its orbit brought it, after a long journey in the far reaches of the outer solar system through the system's ecosphere. As far as it can be traced, by a capcrice of celestial mechanics, Ra was always hidden by Lametal from Earth's point of view. 
Circa 1999, the planet passed nearer to the Earth than it ever did before. Its atmosphere extended like a tail and fused with Earth’s atmosphere. This phenomenon, called the “Atmospheric Bridge” was short lived as  the “bridge” collapsed and disappeared 48 hours after LaMetal had started to move away from Earth. Their proximity to the Sun then slingshut Lametal and Ra out of the Solar system, heading toward the Andromeda galaxy.
Lametal is a planet with an air pressure, gravity, and atmospheric components which are roughly the same as Earth’s. However, it is much bigger. Observations vary as to its exact size. Some sources talk of a diameter of 109,404 km -about nine times Earth’s size- while other observations gave it only three times the size of the Earth. Those discrepencies in observations might be the result of visual distorsion caused by Ra's gravity well. It is known to be hollow with a moon-size core at its center. Its speed of rotation is 48 hours 22 minutes 43 seconds. 
The surface of the planet is usually covered by a thick layer of ice with a maximum extent of 3,000 meters. It is a bitterly cold world with a surface temperature of -280°C. 
During its time in the Solar System, each time it was coming near enough to the Sun, the ice melted, seas were born and cities buried underneath the ice began to appear, among them, the capital, Miyu City. The planet then knew a brief summer before its orbit brought it back toward the colder outer solar system. As it did, ice began to cover the planet again, starting at its poles and moving toward the equator.
After its departure from the Solar System, an orbital artificial sun was enginneered. It lasted  a thousand years before dying out. Then began the mechanisation of Lametal's population to ensure they could carry on in the depths of interstellar space. A civil insued, culminating with the destruction of the planet's outer shell. Luckily this happened as the planet was entering Euphrates, a binary star system locked in a fixed position halfway between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. the inner core on which survivors had found shelter soon stabilised around Heavy Melder, one of the system's planet and became its moon.
Lametalians are humanoids looking much like Earth's humans but have much longer lifespans. They used to put themselves in hibernation while their planet was in the outer solar system, awakening only during their spring, as the planet was entering the inner system. At each passage of their world in the inner solar sytem, they had sent emissaries to Earth and had their planet not left the Solar System, they planned upon resettling on it. After its departure toward Andromeda. A plan was put in place to gradually transform the whole population into cyborgs in order for them to be able to survive in the intersideral void. When the planet's core put itself into Heavy Melder's orbit, the organics stayed while the mechanized ones continued toward Andromeda where they established themselves. 
It should be noted, as Lametal presumably gave birth to at least to a viable ecosystem and maybe a intelligent life (although it is dubious that human looking lifeforms would develop in parallel on both Earth and Lametal without any common origin whatsoever) that the planet was most probably in a much stabler orbit around the sun at one point, most presumably in the inner solar system, from which it has been torn at some point in the past.
It should also be noted that it took about a thousand years for the wandering Lametal to journey the 1,3 million light years separating the Solar System from the Euphrates star system which is halfway from the Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy; something that is physically impossible unless the planet was travelling faster than the speed of light or using shortcuts from point A to point B.
The two aforementionned points may be related to the presence of the black sun Ra in the vicinity of Lametal.

Lametal's Core, now orbiting Heavy Melder.


Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Queen Millenia TV series and film, Maetel Legend, Space Symphony Maetel.

dimanche 13 décembre 2009

NOO



The Noo is a consciousness that developed just after the Big Bang during Plank Time and encompassed all the universe until is was sealed outside of it by the laws of physics. At the dawn of the 4th Millenium AD a scientific expedition journeyed to the Hourglass Nebula and discovered the gate of Yedar, a passage leading to the dimension where Noo was bannished. The scientists were possessed by the Noo, which enabled it to interact with our universe. Its ultimate goal is to fully return to our universe by reclaiming a part of its original body-in this case, the Earth itself. The possessed warped the planet into an alternate dimension using a Density Serial Cannon. The space pirate Harlock tricked the Noo into shooting its ship the Arcadia with the weapon, allowing him to meet it on its own ground and restore the Earth.
Noo's influence on our dimension lies in creating fear in sentient beings and thereby enslaving their wills and driving them against one another.
Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Leijiverse, Endless Odyssey

samedi 12 décembre 2009

FESA

The Fesa are an advanced alien species which developed space faring capacities some at some point between 1 and 10 million years ago and established themselves on Tschai, chasing the Gjee who had previsouly settled on the planet. They are said to have then fled the light of the red star Hsi (although it remains unclear what is meant by this assertion.)
Source: Jack Vance, Planet of Adventure, The Pnume

GJEE

The Gjee are an advanced alien species which developed space faring capacities some at some point between 1 and 10 million years ago and established themselves on Tschai where they founded eight empires beofre being expunged by the Fesa.
Source: Jack Vance, Planet of Adventure, The Pnume.

vendredi 11 décembre 2009

MONGOVIANS

Planet of Origin: Mongo, a rogue planet that passed through our solar system in 1933. Mongo is an inhospitable planet, with various extreme climate zones. Travelers to Mongo must pass through a "Death Zone" on the way, described as being "a zone devoid of any force". Mongo has at least two recognised moons, one of them being the planetoid Lunita. Mongo is approximately one of the diameter of earth but has a gravitational density that is only slightly less. It is a relatively young world with towering mountains not yet worn smooth by time and many areas of volcanic activity. Its vegetation is still limited to isolated areas of botanical giants.
Mongovians are humanoid looking much like Earht humans, with some subspecies having some morphological particularities such as lionmen and hawkmen.
In 1933, the mongovians were living under the control of a dictator, Emperor Ming. The people of Mongo had progressed scientifically beyond Earth. According to Ming, "the reason for our success is that we possess none of the human traits of kindness, mercy or pity! We are coldly scientific and ruthless!" The capital of Mongo is Minog City, also known as Nascent City. The main currency is the gold mingol. The area around the Emperor's palace is desolate and devoid of vegetation. Giant dragons live in the nearby caves. Other vicious animals of Mongo include monkey men, orangopoids and white-striped, bear-like animals.
The oceans of Mongo are home to giant sea life, including eels, sharks, water dragons and octosaks.
The planet is socially and geographically divided in several realms and the major ones are:
* Arboria is a forest principality governed by Prince Barin
* Frigia, a frozen kingdom ruled by Barin's cousin, Queen Fria,
* Coralia is an underwater kingdom beneath the Sea of Mystery. It is located east of Arboria and is ruled by Queen Undina,
* The Land of the Lion Men also borders the Sea of Mystery, and is ruled by King Jugrid and Prince Thun,
* The Magnetic Mountains are located east of the Land of the Lion Men and became the base of operations for Ming, after he was deposed
* The Sky City of the Hawk Men is located north of the Magnetic Mountains, and the leader of this realm is King Vultan,
* Tropica is a continent of forests. It is directly east of the Sky City. Queen Desira rules Tropica.
* The Fire Lands are located on the east coast of Tropica.

jeudi 10 décembre 2009

EUTERPIANS

Planet of Origin: Euterpe in the Milky Way Galaxy
Euterpians are a humanoid species of songsmiths who once travelled the Universe in ships piloted by sound waves. They became an space faring civilisation 150 millions years ago and became extinct about forty thousand years ago.
Source: DOctor WhoUniverse, Invasion of the Cat People

GRELD

The Greld were a sentient insectoid species which developed an advanced civilisation. They specialised in arms dealing. They had six legs and two pairs of crab-like claws, mottled dark red shells, four stalked eyes, and leathery wings.
They started a space faring civilisation about 150 millions years ago and participated in the Millennium War. (PDA: The Quantum Archangel)
In 1587, the Greld came to Earht in Virginia and implanted mind-control devices in the colonists who lived in there. In 1609, they used their mind-controlled humans in an attempt to destroy the Armageddon Convention, but were defeated. (MA: The Empire of Glass)
Their homeworld was destroyed by the humans in the late 2900ies (NA: Original Sin)
SOurce: DOctor Who Universe (See links above)

mercredi 9 décembre 2009

GREENIES / MEGARANS / DENEBIANS / JOVIANS


Planet of Origin: Megara, a world orbiting around Deneb / Denef
The Greenies are a sentient bipedal batracian species. They have developed an early industrial level civilisation.
They are about four feet tall, brown or green skinned with webbed hands and feet, round heads with large globulous eyes, either black or yellow. Source: Edmund Hamilton, Captain Future, Captain Future and the Space Emperor (L'Empereur de l'Espace), Magic Moon (Silence, on tourne !)

mardi 8 décembre 2009

M SPACE HUNTER NEBULA ALIENS / M宇宙ハンター星雲人, M UCHUU HANTA SEIUNJIN


Planet of Origin: a dying Earth-like planet in the M Space Hunter Nebula.

The M Space hunter Nebula Aliens are an insectoid species looking much like human-sized cockroacheswhich developed sentience and civilisation after the fall of the previous owner of their homeworld disappeared, leaving behind a dying planet, long plagued by pollution. It remains unknown if those previous inhabitants left the planet or became extinct but they were said to have been much closer to humans than the insectoids are. It also remains unknowns if they themsleves developed space faring technology or if they inherited it from their predecessors .

The insectoids made a desperate attempt to invade Earth in the 1970ies, disgused as humans and using the alien monsters Gigan and King Ghidorah they controled via technoloigcal means but their attempt was thwarted by the earth mutant monsters Godzilla and Anguirus. They later formed a deal with the seatopian human subculture living under the earth and showed them how to control the Gigan cyborg but with as disastrous results. The exact nature of their deal remains unknown.

Source: Toho Universe, Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972), Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973).

lundi 7 décembre 2009

UNIDENTIFIED ALIEN TEAPOT / UFO

DORCONS


Planet of Origin; Dorca, in another galaxy of the Local Group, the same as Psychon.
The Dorcons are a humanoid species looking much like humand who have developed an expansive advances civilisation. They are conquerors who have built a vast interstellar empire. They have been known to have attacked Psychon in the past and use Psychon brain stem to achieve immortality.
Planet Entra and its lunar penal colony Ellna are probably part of the Dorcon empire.
Source: Space: 1999

PSYCHONS


Planet of Origin: Psychon (in another galaxy of the Local Group). Psychon had one moon, similar to Earth's one. As of the end of the second millenium, the planet has become geologically unstable.
Psychons are humanoids looking much like humand who developed an advanced civilisation and some space faring capacities. Some psychons are known to have developed psionic powers allowing them molecular transformation and/or mind control.
After attempted invasions by the Dorcons who abducted numbers of Psychons, the planet was left unstable. Either to find an new home or escape their aggressor, most of the inhabitants of the planet had left it by the beginning of the third millenium, leaving only the scientist Mentor and his daughter on the planet, trying to stabilise it with a biological computer named Psyche. Some escapees made contact with the Croton civilisation. Their insertion was complicated by the attempt by one of them to seize power through mind control.

Source: Space: 1999

dimanche 29 novembre 2009

GALMANS / GAMILAS / GAMILONS / ISCANDARIANS


Planet of Origin: Galman, distant of about 20 000 light years from Earth,
The Galmans are a humanoid species looking much like blue skin humans which developed an advanced interstellar technology a long time ago near the Milky Way's core.
At their height, they had expanded throughout the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds. However, as the Galman Empire waned, they lost control of their territories and were reduced to a few scant planets near their devastated homeworld. When the Bolar Union rose in power, they overtook Galman space and subjected it to severe living conditions. Of the scattered colonies outside the Milky Way, only the ones estalished on the twin planets of Gamilas / Iscandar managed to survive and prosper.
Circa 2200, Dessler, its leader, saved the Galman from complete destruction by freeing Galman from the grip of the Bolars. The Galman-Gamilas expanded into the Core region, the sagitarius and Orion arms. Their independance war from the Bolar Union resulted in the destruction of more than ten worlds, with the Bolar’s Planet Berth being the first casualty. Both sides used Planet-Destroying Missiles and Warp Missiles. Galman was laid waste by the arrival of the black galaxy phenomenon circa 2205.
Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Leijiverse, Space Battleship Yamato

DINGUILS


The Dinguil civilization originated near the Orion Arm of the Milky Way. They were a philanthropic race that developed interstellar travel.
10 000 years ago, learning that waterworld Aquarius was approaching Earth, they came to conduct a massive rescue effort. The Dinguil saved many people from the flood. However, the humans they brought back with them eventually conquered them and wiped them out.
In 2203, The surviving Dinguil humans tried invade Earth after Aquarius flooded their home but failed.
Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Space Cruiser Yamato

jeudi 26 novembre 2009

ILLUMIDAS / HUMANOIDES


The Illumidas are an aggressively militaristic humanoid species that developed an interstellar civilisation in the 2900ies, at which time they invaded the Earth. They have a large space fleet and move through space planet by planet, seeking to subdue and exploit other worlds. They are green skinned and only males of the species were ever seen.
They were wiped out by the Arcadians after an attempt to misuse the powere those had betwoed on them.
Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Space Pirate Captain Harlock universe in "Arcadia of my Youth" movie and "Endless Road SSX" TV seies.

vendredi 20 novembre 2009

STRANGULOUS STILETANS OF JAJAZIKSTACK / JAJAZIKSTCKANS

Planet of Origin: Jajazikstack (now destroyed)
The Strangulous Stilletans were an aggressive sentient species who lived some billions of years ago. They were wiped out by the Silastic Armourfiend of Striterax.
Source: Douglas Adams, The Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

STRENUOUS GARFIGHTERS OF STUG

Planet of Origin: Stug (now destroyed)
The Strenuous Garfighters were an aggressive sentient species who lived some billions of years ago. They were wiped out by the Silastic Armourfiend of Striterax.
Source: Douglas Adams, The Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

mardi 17 novembre 2009

ALIEN PICTURE OF THE DAY: ALIEN POKER

TRITOVORES


Tritovores are green-skinned humanoid insectoids with heads resembling those of flies. They communicate by clicking these mouth parts to produce sound and have simple, three-digit hands. They eat the faeces of other species. As of the 21st century, they have developed a peaceful trading space faring civilisation. They have developed telepathic translators allowing easy exchange with other species.
Source: Doctor Who Universe. (DW: Planet of the Dead)

FLOOD

The Flood were a viral species of unknown origin which as been sealed in the martian glacier by the reptilian ice warriors at some point in the past. Under this trapped state, they existed on the planet Mars until 2059.
Flood infects other lifeforms through exposition to liquid. Once a lifeform has been infected, it constantly produces water; the liquid dribbles out of the host's mouth and soaks through their clothes. It can produce further water to break through barriers and locks, and blast high-pressure sprays from their mouths and arms. The infected hosts show parched, cracked mouths, blackened teeth, and, after a while, faded blue eyes. Infection takes place quickly, but the Flood can cover up the physical symptoms for a short period of time.
Flood infecting different individuals maintain telephathic communication and emit high-pitched screams, capable of cracking open ice.
Source: Doctor Who Universe (DW: The Waters of Mars)

lundi 16 novembre 2009

SILASTIC ARMOURFIENDS OF STRITERAX / STRITERAXIANS

Planet of Origin: Striterax (now destroyed)
The Silastic Armourfiends were a sentient species who lived some billions of years ago. They were so aggressive that without adversaries, they were could resort to automutilation until they become unconscious. They wrecked the surface of their planet, forcing the surviving population to live in bunkers deep below the surface.
During one of their wars, they asked the great computer Hactar to design them the ultimate weapon. Hactar created a hand-held bomb which would connect the core of every major sun via hyperspace, destroying the entire universe. They attempted to use the bomb to blow up a munitions dump, only to realise that Hactar had built a dud weapon since it could not conceive of an occasion when the use of such a weapon could be justified.
Eventually, after defeating the Strenuous Garfighters of Stug and the Strangulous Stilletans of Jajazikstack, they wiped themselves out.
Source: Douglas Adams, The Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

mercredi 11 novembre 2009

BANE


Planet of Origin: Bane World (now destroyed)
The Bane are large, beige, vaguely cephalopod-like creatures who developed an aggressive space faring civilisation. They have 7 ambulatory tentacles; 3 on each side and another on their end; a large, single eye on their head and rings of tentacles around their mouths. There are pads on the undersides of their seven tentacles which allow them to walk across ceilings and floors, and a turtle-like shell on the back. They have the ability to read and rewrite memories on others. Born in eggs, they are the spawns of a much larger organism known as the Mother bane. When individual Bane failed, they are eaten alive.
A Bane group that survived the destruction of their world tried and failed to invade Earth in 2008.
Source: Docto Who Universe, (SJA: Invasion of the Bane, (SJA: The Lost Boy)

VEIL


The Veil were a reptilian humanoid species which developed a space faring civilisation. They are known to have conquered several worlds long before humans appeared on Earth. At some point, the Veil homeworld was turned into a ball of ice when their sun was extinguished
They had scaly skin and horns of various size protruding from their head and shoulders. They also had a long tongue which it could flail and retract at will. They had special biological powers that allowed them to hide in the bodies of other beings and stun them as well through simple contact. The veil species has no genetic reference to the Earth's reptiles.
Source: Doctor Who universe. SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon

ANCIENTS / LANTEANS / ATLANTEANS / ANCESTORS / ALTERANS / ANQUEETAS


Planet of Origin: unknown in another galaxy
The Ancients are an advanced humanoid race who developed an intergalactic civilisation millions ago and eventually ascended to a state of pure energy on a "higher plane" of existence. They are best known as the builders of the Stargates networks found in the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxy.
Millions of years ago, a philosophical division emerged among them. Some grew more and more fervent in their religious belief, while others adopted a more scientific and rational outlook. Ultimately, the two groups split apart and began to oppose each other. The religious ones, aka the Ori, decided to destroy the non-believers who, rather than to fight them, left for what they called Avalon, the Milky Way.
There, they built an impressive empire, a vast network of stargates linking all their colonies and sent ships to spread Stargates to other galaxies. Among the planets they settled was Earth. As the planet's original Stargate in Antarctica was the oldest gate ever encountered, Earth was probably one of their more important worlds and the departure point of their stargate spreading ships. Eventually, they were afflicted with a plague tailored by the Ori. Most fled. Those who remained in the Milky Way galaxy either ascended or died out.
Those who fled to the Pegasus Galaxy settled on a planet they named 'Lantea'. Finding Pegasus devoid of sentient life, they seeded it with humans and Stargates. At some point they encountered a leech-like organism called the 'Iratus bug', which possessed impressive healing and immunological capabilities. Through feeding on humans, this organism absorbed genetic information from them and eventually evolved into the vampire-like Wraith.
The Wraith developed into an advanced but violent hive society while avoiding the attention of the Ancients until they felt their number big enough to confront them. Despite the Ancients' technological superiority, the Wraith overwhelmed them. The Ancients fled back to the Milky Way throught the Antarctica Stargates. Some stayed on Earth, spreading out to distant lands and helping to populate them, Others departed the planet, to live out their days on other worlds and allied themselves with the Nox, the Furlings and the Asgard. The remainder chose isolation in which to meditate and seek enlightenment. This would eventually lead to a spiritual ascension for some.
After their ascension, the ancients continued to oppose their former nemesis, the Ori, who had also reached Enlightenment. Although the two factions were deadlocked in strength, until, in 2007, a superweapon designed by the ancients was used by humans to destroy the Ori.
Source: Stargate TV series

lundi 26 octobre 2009

KIWI / KIRWIN


Planet of Origin: Kirwin
The Kiwi are a bibepal species whihc developed a peaceful space faring civilisation as of the 21st century. They are allies of the Andorians while being very much their opposite; whereas the Andorians are a highly technical society and coolly logical people, the Kiwi are very "down-to-earth" and emotional.
Source: Galaxy Ranger

ANDORIANS


Planet of Origin: Andor
The Andorians are tall and distinguished humanoids who have developed a highly technical and cool logical peaceful spacefaring civilisation as of the the 21st century and invented the andorian hyperdrive and are allied with the Kiwi. They avoid violence and often protect themselves with a personal force field. However, if imprisoned or caged, they loses control of his emotions and undergoes a de-evolution to a savage beast.
Source: Galaxy Ranger

mercredi 21 octobre 2009

UNNAMED ALIEN OF THE DAY


Unamed alien produced as a toy in the eighties by english toy company Britain's.

NEPTUNIANS


Neptunians are advanced humanoid who communicate telepathically. As of the year 2100, under the rule of their leader Tyro, they have been known to kidnap human colonists on their way to Pluto to use as slave workers as their own bodies have atrophied.
Source: Space Patrol (Planet Patrol in USA) 1962 UK TV series by Roberta Leigh.

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EMERALDIANS

Planet of Origin: Emerald, Milky Way galaxy
Emeraldians are humanoids who developed a peaceful advanced civilisation. They were wiped out by chemical gas by the Zelans when they refused to subject to them in the 1970ies.
Source: [大空魔竜ガイキング] Daiku Maryu Gaiking (Gaiking) Episode 40 - Fuji TV, Asahi Tsushinsha, Toei Animation, Dynamic Planning [大空魔竜ガイキング] Gaiking Daiku Maryu (Gaiking) - Fuji TV, Asahi Tsushinsha, Toei Animation, Dynamic Planning. This entry was possible due to the informations found of the fantastic site Encirobopedia.

ZELANS

Planet: Zela Sigma, orbiting the star Zela, 6000 Light years from Earth in the constellation of Cyngus. Zela was destroyed by a nearby balck hole in 1977. Zelans are humanoids with green skin and pointy ears who developed a peaceful non-expansionnist advanced civilisation who developed space travel. They built a computer to manage their society. The machine, named Darius, took over when the planet was menaced of destruction by a black hole and established a dictatorship. The population was moved to underground dwellings as planetary surface was deteriorating and mesures were taken to relocate on another planet, namely Earth. Large chunks of the population was brainwashed and transformed into birdmens, the stormtroopers of the zelan army. Dissidents, mainly pacifists, were stigmatised but tolerated and kept alive for future use. In the end the civilians were abandonned on Zela as it was about to fall into the blakc hole while the army left the planet for an all-out attack on Earth, near Mount Fuji. The Zelan attackers will be destroyed and the civilians will escape the destruction of their world in one of their underground city turned into a makeshift spaceship. Source: [大空魔竜ガイキング] Daiku Maryu Gaiking (Gaiking) - Fuji TV, Asahi Tsushinsha, Toei Animation, Dynamic Planning [大空魔竜ガイキング] Gaiking Daiku Maryu (Gaiking) - Fuji TV, Asahi Tsushinsha, Toei Animation, Dynamic Planning. This entry was possible due to the informations found of the fantastic site Encirobopedia.

ABERNAXIANS

Planet of Origin: Abernax, Milkwy Way galaxy
Abernaxians are a species that developed a peaceful advanced space-faring civilisation. While non expansive, they sometimes visit other worlds as discrete obervers.
Abernaxians' upper body is vaguely reminiscent of an human's one but much leaner, with a noseless face that looks that of an antique doll. Their lower body seems to be a robe like limb on whihc they hover above the ground. Their lifespan appears to be extremely long as one representative was present in ancient Greece and still on Earth around 12000 AD.
Source: Clifford D. Simak, Cemetery World