VIRAS

A space faring civilisation from a system not too far from Earth. Grey colored, Virans somewhat resemble six tentacled squids that are able to stand up right and walk on the ground. They have head with a pair of foreword-facing eyes, an owl-like beak and three additional tentacles with razor sharp points sprouting from their head. Amphibious by nature, they can breathe as well in Earth's atmosphere as underwater. As a special defense, If need be, Virasn have the uncommon ability, when a group gathers for that purpose, to fuse together into a larger version of themselves. The limitations of that fusion are not known but fused virasn have been known to be as tall as 50 meters high. They can also clasp together and stiffen their head tentacles into a solid, razor sharp point.
Virans have the abilities, acquired on innate, to merge together into a giant specimen.Viras civilisation made two unsuccessful attempts at invading Earth in 1968. It is their only known recorded contact with mankind.
Source: Gamera vs. Viras (ガメラ対宇宙怪獣バイラス, Gamera tai Uchu Kaijū Bairasu?, Gamera Versus Space Monster Viras)

BALTANS

Planet of origin: destroyed

The Baltans (or Baltan-Seijins) are microscopic creatures who developed space travel as a mena to escape their world when it was destroyed while they were doing some nuclear testings. Aboard their ark spaceship, 60 600 000 000 Baltans came to the planet Earth in 1967, when they experienced trouble with their spacecraft’s engines. After searching for components to repair their ship at a Japanese science facility for a while, they decided to claim Earth as their own. They can unite to form larger versions of themselves up to 50 meters tall (for a weight or 35 000 tons). Under their giant form, they were destroyed, along with their ship, by an Ultran agent stationed on the planet.

The Baltans can fire either an explosive white beam or a repelling red beam from their giant claws. They can also project multiple projections of themselves in the mind of their opponents and hypnotize or possess human beings and use them as translators for communication. By disassembling, large Baltans can teleport over short distances, rearrange into a undamaged formation when they suffer enough damage and fuse and defuse into one of more larger or smaller sized Baltan form.

Source: Ultraman (1967)

KRENS

Planet of Origin : Kren (around Fomalhaut)

Feathered Humanoids. They developed a space faring civilisations. Standing roughly at 1.5 meters, they have long legs and arms that used to be wings. Their feet and hands are clawed.

Source: The Return of the stars(Edmund Hamilton)

H'HARN

Humanoid species. They developped a civilisation in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which they called Amambarane. Weak and stupid, they and were used by another species which settled on their homeworld before they discovered they had powerful telepathic abilities, and, after strengthening those power by selective breeding took, the reconquered their planet and then over the entire Amambarane. In the 13e and 20e millenaia, they tried to conquer the Milky Way but were repelled on every attempt.

Physically, they stand about the height as a kneeling adult human, and hide their bodies in robes when dealing with other species.Their body is glistening, moist looking with gray-green flesh which seems to writhe and flow as their limbs move with boneless fluidity. The head are small and spherically shaped. The face is blank with a small and somehow pretty mouth, two hole instead of a nose, and two big, filmed over, dull, obscurely opalescent eyes. They speak in sibilant whispers which change to a high whistling pitch when they are angry.

Intellectually, H'harn are quite intellectually inferior to most other space-faring species. They viewed all other sentient creatures as tools they can manipulate dominate with their power of mental compulsion. While this power is almost unmatched, it is limited in range, and cannot be used against many creatures at once. Its force can be used in such a way that the victim and those surrounding it are unaware of the control, but full possession makes the control obvious through the blank face of the victim.

Source: Return to the Stars (Edmund Hamilton)

DRAZI

Planet of origin: Zhabar

Reptilian humanoid species. They are hermaphrodites and have a green scaly skin and thick skull bones. A pouch in one of their armpits is where their reproductive area is located.

They developed an interstellar civilisation roughly at the same time as mankind. Very fervent traiditonnalists, their whole civilisation enters a ceremonial civil war state every six years. Allegiance of each individual is decided arbitrarily by choosing a coloured sash, green or purple, which is then worn around the torso and take part in a series of usually non-lethal contests. As ancient Drazi used to live outdoors, only sleeping inside at night. Drazi houses are constructed with large balconies and small interiors. City streets are narrow and labyrinthic, reflecting their long history of warfare.

Contact between the Drazi and manking happens in the future. In the 23rd century they become members of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds and then of the Interstellar Alliance

Source: Babylon 5 (J. Micheal Straszinsky)

SHIVVANS

Species that evelopped an interstellar civilisation and occupied Tschai some 7 or 8 millions years ago.

Source: Planet of Adventure: The Pnume (Jack Vance)

CHELONIANS

Hermaphroditic Reptilian bipedal species. They developed a warlike spacefaring civilisation. They use cybernetic implants to enhance themselves. Contact between them and mankind happened in the future.

Source: Doctor Who novels, The Highest Science, Zamper, The Well-Mannered War, The Hungry Bomb, Fegovy (Gareth Robertst)

Note: They look remarkably like the Laserblast Aliens.

FOAMASI

Reptilian bipedal species. They developed a peaceful space faring civilisation. They won a 20 minutes nuclear war against the sworn enemies the Argolins in 2250, they have hollow and collapsible bones and have a high resistance to radiations. They communicate through series of clicking sounds they emit with their mouth.

Source: Doctor Who, The Leisure Hive (David Fisher)

TERILEPTILS

Planet of origin: Terileptus

A Reptilian humanoid species. They developed an advanced space faring civilisation with a high aesthetic sense and some mild warlike tendencies. Although they can breathe oxygen, they cannot survive long without breathing soliton gas, which is highly combustible when combined with it. They are known to employ androids and to prefer forced labour (mainly in the tinclavic mines of the planet Raaga) to the death penalty.

In 1666, a group of Terileptil prison escapees took refuge on Earth in the London area and attempted to use a genetically enhanced version of the Black Plague to destroy humanity. This plan was thwarted and their lab in Pudding Lane destroyed but the event nevertheless caused the Great Fire of London.

Source: Doctor Who, The Visitation (Eric Saward)

RATOIDS

Bipedal species that is part of an advanced interstellar civilisation using a network of stargates to traval through the Milky Way. They look like man-size rat standing on their hind paws and using their forepaws as heands.

Source: Waystation, Project Pope (Clifford Donald Simak)

ALIEN WITHOUT A SOUL

Nothing is known about the social structure of that species (nor its name) and, based on the information gathered from the specimen whose existence is recorded, he might as well be a unique one. It is a highly intelligent creature that has the ability to teleport itself on the interstellar scale. Roughly man-size, it looks like a shapeless mass of worms always in motion and often changing colors. It can communicate telepathically with other species given they have some psychic compatibility. According to its saying, it is self-sufficient, which is quite vague but can lead to believe that it feeds on its direct environment, possibly through photsynthesis or direct absorption of cosmic rays and surrounding matter. It comes from a world located somewhere in our galactic arm or nearby. Although fairly versed in spiritual matters, it does not know the concept of the soul.

Source: Clifford Donald Simak, A choice of Gods

ULYSSE's SPECIES

Real species name not know - Peaceful species that is part of an advanced interstellar civilisation using a network of stargates to traval through the Milky Way. They arer hairless humanoids with a skin coloration reminiscent of cruel clown, with an almost rainbow colored face. They have sharp jaws, an almost lipless mouth with wide black eyes. The only known conctact of this species with mankind is when its representative working for the Stargate network came to visit Earth’s Stargate cartaker.

Source: Clifford Donald Simak, Way Station

Illustration: Philippe Caza

LASERBLAST ALIENS

Bipedal Reptilian aliens who developed a tehnologically advanced interstellar civilisation. They do not wear clothings but do use some apparatus they attach on their body. Not much is known about these creatures as their only known contact with mankind occurred in 1978 when they came to Earth to hunt down another alien in possession of a laserblaster. The weapon was not destroyed at the same time as its user and found by a teenager and as he started using it, the weapon began to mutate him. The reptilian aliens came back to correct their mistake and left immediately afterward. It is not known if the weapon is meant to change its bearer into the form most suited for its use or if the teenage’s transformation was a side effect of the use of the weapon by a human.

Source: Laserblast (Directed by Michael Rae on a screenplay by Ray Frank Perilli and Frances Schacht. US, 1977)

UNAS

Planet of origin: P3X-888

The Unas are a race of large and primitive reptilian humanoids that live on P3X-888, the same planet as the sentient Goa'uld parasites. Unas are an exceptionally tough and hardy species, and significantly stronger than human beings.

Source: Stargate SG-1 “Thor’s Hammer”, “The First Ones”, “Beast of Burden”

Note: Unas bear strong ressemblance to another reptilian species the Green Chasch.

PNUMES

Pnumes are the main aborigenous lifeform of Tschai. Their cilisation goes back from 7 to 10 million years in the past. They are insectoid beings about the size of a human. Their face looks much like a horse’s skull, or ivory color. They are completely expressionless with a complex of small organs dedicated to shredding and mastication aroud their mouth. Their legs are articulated reverse to that of a human and their feet possess three very mobile toes. They are troglodytes, living in mazes of underground galleries and wells. They consider themselves the living memory of Tschai which they see as a living organism. They possess in their cave a statufied specimen of every species that has set foot on their world. They all wear long black cape hiding their body’s true shape and also use humans taken from the Dirdir to act as servants and representatives. Their means of reproduction remains unknown.

The Phung are a nomadic, more savage and much larger (2m30) subspecies of the Pnumes.

Soruce: Planet of Adventure – The Pnume (Jack Vance)

Illustration: Caza

WANKHS

Wankhs are large amphibious roughly humanoid figures who have developed an interstellar civilisation. They are larger than humans with a massive and imposing torso, short legs and long arms with webbed hands and feet. Their morphology, streamlined for swimming, makes it impossible for them to sit. Their head is small and squarish with black lense like eyes that beat at regular intervals. At the base of their skull is a sonic organ with which they emit harmonics through which communicate. They have a scripture based on rectangular ideograms of different sizes which represent different harmonics and, apart from high dignitaries who may have golden leggings and medallion on the,, they do not wear any clothes or apparatus on their body.

The only recoreded contact of Wankhs with mankind is on planet Tschai where they established an outpost of strategic importance in their war against the Dirdir. That war, which started over ten thousands years ago has come to a stalemate following the Tschai truce. On Tschai, Wankhs also use some of the humans that were brought by the Dirdir that they have trained as servants.

Source : Planet of Adventure – The Wankh (Jack Vance)

Illustration: Caza

CHASCH

Planet of origin: Godag

Chasch are an old bidedal reptilian species that traveled the stats through slower than light means and settled on several worlds. Through time, they have evolved in several subspecies. The ones that look closer to the original are the old chasch. The only recorded contact mankind had with the CHasch are on the planet of Tschai, where old chasch, Blue Chasch and Green Chasch coexist but there might be other Chasch subspecies on other worlds.

The Old CHasch arrived on Tschai about a hundred thousand years ago. They are ivory colored with silver-plated eyes that can move independently from one another. They are the smaller of the lot and their aspect is somewhat grotesque.

Ten thousand years later, a second wave followed: the Blue Chasch, coming from a planet colonized in remote times by common ancestors, arrived on Tschai and started a conflict with the Old Chasch for the dominion of the planet. Both groups hired Green Chasch as mercenaries. As the conflict resolved itself in a stalemate, the Green Chasch also settled on the planet where they formed nomadic hordes in western steppes.

The Blue Chasch look much stronger, they are covered with bluish pointed scales. They have have chitinous armoured shoulders that curve backward to form a dorsal shell, and their skull is crowned with a bony edge. Their nasal apparatus is quite complex and they can distinguish people and emotion through their scent.

The Green Chasch look much like green version of the Blue ones but much larger, as they tower at about 2.5 meters. They are telepath and communicate between themselves only through that channel.

Something common to all the Chasch, in addition to hatred which they feel for the other varieties of their race, is their very particular sense of humor, a sense of humor that can often be fatal for anyone they capture.

Like the rest of the alien species who have settled on Tschai, they have selected to the humans during thousands of years that physically and psychologically resemble them to serve as their servants, the Chaschmen.

Source: Planet of Adventure (Jack Vance)

Illustration: Caza

Note: Other reptilian species bearing ressemblance to the Chasch include the Unas.

NYILLS

Ruthless conquerors, enlightened nomads, space pirates, "man's best friends"... the Nyills are many things to many people. They are in fact complex beings, always caught between honoring the past, living the present and preparing the future. In many ways they resemble humans, sharing their sense of destiny, posterity and adventure; this connection was recognized as early as the first meeting between them, on Tau Ceti. The Nyills are carbon-based, oxygen-breathing humanoids, often described -- by humans -- as a cross between a man and a dog or jackal, akin to the ancient god Anubis. Nyills are sexuate, being divided into two sexes, and viviparous. Omnivorous, they usually follow high-protein diets, rich in red meat and meat substitutes. Nyills average 2.2 meters and 120 kg, with little differences between male and female. Most Nyills are covered with a short gray to reddish-brown fur. Their senses are acute, especially their vision and smell; their particularly delicate nostrils are protected with one or two skin flaps. Their four-fingered hands, capable of complex movement, have non-retractable claw-like nails protruding from the first knuckle. Average life expectancy for male and female Nyills is 125 and 112, respectively. Nyills communicate in a manner similar to humans, by exhaling air through vocal chords situated at the base of their throats. The original Nyill home world, Hyen, is a rather desolate place by human standards, dominated by vast, dry steppes and severe seasonal change. Temperatures can rise as high as 40°C in the summer, and as low as -50°C during the dark winter. Originally descended from pack hunters/chasers, the Nyills have almost invariably kept a thoroughly nomadic lifestyle. They have continued living as nomads on the planets they colonized, first with STL generation ships, then through FTL technology stolen from Vulcrons. The notion of clan is central to Nyill society; it is the most important unit in Nyill society, perhaps more so than an individual's immediate family. Numbering in the hundred of millions -- sometimes billions -- they often span lots planetary systems and offer a multitude of opportunities for the adventuresome young Nyills, who are expected to go learn about the universe as soon as they're finished formal education. The 35 traditional clans were already clearly defined at the beginning of the Nyill-Hemenor wars, which started around 2,000 years before year zero of the Bash Nyill's calendar (roughly -44,000 BC. ). The legendary wars are said to have lasted more than 1,500 years, as Nyill might and cunning clashed with the technology and careful strategies of their diminutive genetic cousins. The wars ended in a near-apocalyptic ecological catastrophe, as new weapons of mass destruction threatened the already-delicate balance of the planet. In order to survive, the two related races had to learn how to appreciate each other's strengths and abilities. The emergence of the mysterious religious figure known as the Hyeannaeh is often associated with this coming together of the two species. Now the great majority of Nyill planetary societies are based on peaceful cohabitation with Hemenor (and sometimes human) sedentary populations, who handle most administrative matters. Clans keep on continually struggling from prominence, fighting traditional enemies with the help of traditional allies.

Source: Earhbound (Ghislain Barbe & Elie Charest)

Illustration: Ghislain Barbe

ATAVUS

Planet of origin: Atavus / Tealon Homeworld

The Atavus species as a whole encountered the Kimera at some point 8 to 10 million years ago. They probably gained access to interstellar travel technologies through their extermination of the Kimera.

The Kimera allegedly altered the Atavus, transforming most of them by merging their genetic material with them. This change ultimately lead them to a split into the Taelons and Jaridians sub-species.

The original Atavus were energy vampires, able to drain other creatures of their life essence. They inherited form the merge the Shaqarava organ. For the Kimera, Shaqarava was powered by ones life essence and embodied the totality of self. They used it for communication, sharing memory, thoughts and spirits with one-another, healing, to assume the form of others and exchange genetic information, to create defensive force fields and as a weapon creating destructive energy blasts strong enough to vaporise an unprotected opponent.

Source: Earth Final Conflict

ATAVUS - TEALON SUBSPECIES

Planet of origin: Tealon Homeworld

Tealons are members of the Atavus race altered by the Kimera were cultists who devoted themselves to the pursuit of immortality and spiritual perfection, which led them to shed most of their material envelope to attain a state of existence as pure energy much like that of the Kimera. The first Taelon used their energy draining capabilities enhanced by the shqarava to take a significant portion of the life energy of another of his race.. Other members of the cult followed this practice, eventually becoming beings of pure energy. Their actions sparked the war between the Taelons and the remaining Atavus. This divergence led to the speciation of the Atavus to split into two sub-species, Taelons and Jaridians. The action of the tealons having shortened Jaridian lifespans by two thirds, while Taelon lifespans were extended by a factor of 200. The final split between the two is believed to have occurred roughly eight million years ago when Jaridians fled their homeworld to re-establish themselves on Jaridia in the 61 Cygni star system. Tealons lifespans possibly can possibly be counted in thousands of years while Jaridians’ is shorter than that of mankind.

Taelons appear as tall hairless humanoids of a slender build. They are androgynous and although they are now sterile, they evolved into asexual reproduction. They are mainly composed of energy with a material skinlike façade they can alter to mimic to ressemble that of other species upon sampling their DNA, a trait probably inherited from the Kimera.

To maintain their spiritual perfection state, the tealons have developed a partial collective consciousness, known as The Commonality which links them all to one another telepathically. It does not directly control individuals, nor allows them to view the thoughts and actions of another immediately but prevents them to act directly against the collective will, even if they feel that the majority is wrong. The Commonality also help them to stay in their Taelon state and should one become disconnected from it, he would revert to they Atavus state.

Source: Earth Final Conflict.