GALACTIC GAMES SPECIES

Several species attended to the Glactic Games of 2006, among them, such as the Cybertronians, the Alcatroids and at least four others (of those 4, all are taller than 4 meters).
Source: Transformers "The Five Faces of Darkness"

TORKULON WARD PATIENTS

Beings from several species were treated in the Torkulon Psychatric Ward. Eight of them were referenced. Apart from the Slugs, most of them were not named or seen very briefly.

• The alien from the frist pic had personnality disorders. He might have been a triple siamese andtherefore is not necessarily physically representative of its species. He appeared to be larger than a human.
• Nothing is known about the gnome like alien
• The ball like alien is morpologically reminiscent of the alcatroids. As nothing much is known about them, there might be dramatic discrepencies among the species.
• Nothing much is known about the red slug like alien apart from the fact that it has a huge tongue and is rather large.
• There is also a representative of a Centaur species.
• A green skinned humanoid species
• An insect species

Let if be known that Quintessons also know of the Torkulon ward.
Source: Transformers "Webworld"

ODESSIXIANS

Planet of Origin: Odessix
Large humanoids (5 to 8 meters tall) who have developped a pacific space faring civilisation. They had dipomatic relations with planet Cybertron in 2006 through their ambassador Inara.
Source: Transformers

THE THERAPISTS / TORKULI

Planet of origin: Unknown
The Therapists are large (at least 4 to 6 meters high) simian humanoids. Most fo their body is covered with blue fur and only their face, hands, feet and tail appear to be bald. They have developped a space faring civilisation and are known to exploit a psychiatric ward on the planet Torkulon. They are pacific, logical people turned toward science. It remains unknown if they are sexuate as all the personel of the ward appear to be male.
Note: As he shares morphological similarites with them, it is possible that the being Primacron may be related to this species.
Source: Transformers "Webworld"

SLUGS

The Slugs real name is not referenced. They are sentient mollusks who had developped a spacefaring civilisation by 2006.
They possess six prehensile tentacles and a rigid shell in which they can retreat in case of danger. The Slugs were in contact whith the Therapists of Torkulon.
Source: Transformers "WebWorld"

ALCATROIDS

Planet of origin: Unnamed planet in the Nerva system
The Alcatroids are a bipedal oxygen breathing lifeform who developped a space faring civilisation. They participated in the galactic games of 2006.
Source: Transformers "The Five Faces of Darkness"

ALIA BUGS / TORKULON

The Alias are an Insectoid lifeform originating from the planet Torkulon. They are eight legged creatures the size of an hippopotamus. Their forelimbs are tipped by large, sharp, probing claws, which have the ability to spin 360 degrees like a drill. They are sentient, able to tap in the mind of other species. They possess an exoskeleton and although they look more like fat green cockroaches than spiders, they can secrete web-like silky strands of organic cicuitry that they weave into neural networks.

This substance is used to absorb psychic energy on which the bugs feed. Prey items are trapped in these webs, at which time the Alya immobilize them, interface with their minds, and psychically consume their intelligence. The webs have been weaved in a way that they have become the circuitry of a so-created neuronic network, therefore giving a form of sentience to the planet. It has developed to a point where it can reshape parts of itself to build structures and move objects around.

The planet is used by the Therapists (also called Torkuli), a highly advanced civilisation of giant simians who use it as a giant living computer for the psychiatric ward they built on it and in which they treated patients from several interstellar civilisations.

In 2010, they tried to treat the Decepticon Galvatron but due to his unprecedented level of dementia, the therapists of Torkulon were unable to heal him. However, merely touching Galvatron's mind drove the planet itself stark-raving crazy. With the planet rapidly losing its own sanity (and the therapists losing their ability to control the planet), Galvatron broke free and traveled to Torkulon's core, which he destroyed.

It remains unknown if this act had permanent effects on the planet’s sentience or if the bugs were able to weave it back online.

The level of intelligence of the bugs remains unknown as does the way the web have become sentient and its level of sentience. It is also unknown if this strange sort of symbiosis between the sentient web and the bugs that weaved it is a natural phenonema or an artificially created one, most likely by the Therapists.

Source: The Transformers "Webworld"

SPECIES

Species that either might have developped a civilisation or was designed by some other civilisation for means still unknown. The male moves in a quadrupedal manner while the female is bipedal. Appearing externally humanoid, they are internally quite different and have lots of tentacles and appendages they can extend from their bodies. They are more intelligent, stronger, more resistant and regenerate a lot faster than a human being
History (conjectural): It is claimed by a scientists that the species originated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (called the Magellanic Galaxy in Species II), but no real evidence has been given to that assertion. It is also stipulated that they were a "cancerous" race that visited Mars millions of years ago and annihilated all life on its surface, (which was Earth-like at that time) before leaving a remnant of DNA in its soil. This DNA was intended to be picked up by other visitors so their species could continue to infect other planets in like manner.

Contact with Earth: The first alien of this species encountered by mankind is the result of the SETI program, (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). When scientists received transmissions from an alien source in the 1990ies, it told them about how to create an endless fuel source as well as information about an alien DNA with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. Thinking it might be as beneficial as the fuel source, they spliced the DNA. The effort produced a girl (named Sil) who looked normal (human) but developped into a 12-year old in 3 weeks, was incredibly strong and intelligent with amazing regenerative powers. Upon reaching adulthood, she metamorphosed into a monstrous humanoid lifeform bent on reproducing herself.
Two years later, the first successful manned mission on Mars was infected and took over by the original alien life form, which had layed contained in a Martian rock sample. It transformed the surviving astronaut into the male version of the species and started to look for a new version of Sil which had just been created in a governmental lab. They were killed after they mated and their offspring survived.
Source: Species I, II, III

BOAZANIANS

Planet of Origin: Boazan, the eighth planet of a star cluster which is said to be the seat of the Boazanian Star Empire (Empire of the Horn). In this planet lies the great imperial court that houses all the executive functions of the Empire. Due to the liberal reign of Makron XII, a deceased Baozanian emperor, the planet was able to avoid becoming a mechanized city. During Makron XII's time, Boazan remained a natural world and retained much of its natural life support systems. The planet was divided into feudal zones and sectors. Each member of the nobility had his own administrative function. They also appear in the imperial court from time to time. Boazan has an estimated population of fifteen trillion.

Society : Humanoid civilisation that developed an interstellar empire. The populace is divided into two classes namely the horned and the non-horned. The characteristic of having horns signifies a higher-class status. Such a horned individual enjoys the rights and privileges enjoyed by the nobility. While the non-horned are treated as slaves and should be subservient. The individuals without horns are not free. They are not allowed to have property or other possessions. They cannot marry unless their masters give them permission. These slaves perform 97.3 percent of all manual labor. Most work comprise of agricultural duties but others also work as servants, messengers, and clerks. Boazan is self sufficient but very few industries related to machineries and technology are developed. Thus, Boazania had to rely on imports. However, Boazanina primarily offers many resorts and other entertainment facilities. Its a vacation spot with a rating of 83%, an ideal tourist planet.
History: The emergence of Boazan as a stellar invader came during the reign of Hakkor IV. The development of rocket propulsions enabled the Boazanians to reach many other worlds. But plans for the explorations of space were shelved due to impracticality.
The so-called intra-stellar drive was perfected during the later years of Hakkornian rule. Although still slow and crude, the utilization of Generation ships were affected due to the growing Boazanian population. And it would take decades to reach the next stellar systems. Old Boazanians would have to die while others will give birth to new Boazanians during the journey. But upon the invention of the interstellar drive, a drive powered by light converted into electromagnetic propulsion, everything in Boazan changed.
However, there was a setback. The chrono-spatio development was not applicable to arms and weaponry. So, the Boazanians developed more conventional weapons, progressing along the lines of atomics and nucleic weaponry. Eons ahead of Earth in terms of technology, Boazan's military forces were more sophisticated and prevailing.
The Beast Fighters was the apex of the Boazanians' war efforts. These massive machines are cybernaut warriors that could come to life upon the transplantation of Boazanian minds into the robotic computers. The Beast Fighters made Boazan a great threat to any civilization in the galaxy. A destructive military force in Boazan supported the imperial explorations.
The Galactic Center was finally brought under Boazan's imperial rule. And in the year 2094, Boazan reached the periphery of the Galactic Center where Earth was the first of the outer worlds assaulted. The Imperial war officials supposed planet earth as the easiest to subjugate. However, this was not the case and the Earth force later led the fight back to Boazan, allied themselves with the local revolutionary forces and to helped the enslaved hornless population to overthrow the aristocratic regime.
Sources: Tadao Nagahama, Voltes V
Thanks to the Wikipedia article from which most text and informations were litteraly scavenged: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltes_V

TOKARGANS

Planet of origin: planet Torkarga in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud (the Third Galaxy).

Tokarga is quite earthlike and possessed at least a moon until it was (they were?) destroyed by the Mazones and turned into a ring around the planet.

Advanced humanoid civilisation whose development was influenced by the Mazones who settled on the planet in the distant past and kept one of their seeding plants in the planet’s ocean. The planet was destroyed by the Mazones after a insurrection in 2977. Tokargans are sexuate, hairless, slightly smaller than humans, with a greenish skin and no apparent neck.

Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Space Pirate Captain Harlock,

NOOLLBANS / NURUBANS

Planet of Origin: Noollba / Nuruba (Milky Way)
Noolbans are shapeless polymorph sentient forms of life. Although they possess independant thoughts, they are all part of the planet-size shapeless entity called Noolba. They have not developped any technology but are able to mimic what they encounter.
Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Galaxy Express 999

ANTAREANS/JURANS/NIBELLUNG

Planet of Origin: Niflheim / Jura
Advanced civilisation of humanoids form the Antares sector with fantastic psionic powers. Liiving of a strong in alcohol liquid based based diet, they almost do not need to sleep and, unless harmed, are virtually immortal. They have a tendency to glow during their digestive process. They were decimated when their world was ravaged by the Mazones who turned the planet’s vegetation against its inhabitants so they could transform the place in a garden world for their queen. The exact date when that happened is not documented but it most likely happened at least some 180 000 000 years ago. Only two of them survived.
Source: Leiji Matsumoto, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Harlock Saga: The Ring of the Nibelungen.

MAZONES / SYLVIDRES

Planet of origin: Mazone Homeworld (somewhere in a now dead galaxy further away than Andromeda from the Milky Way)
An ancient intergalactic civilisation of highly advanced vegetal sentient lifeforms.
While they can change their shape and meld with some other more primitive vegetal lifeforms, most mazones look like thin women with a white skin and long flowing green hair. While they can breathe underwater and lay dormant for untold ages under cold climate, Intense heat makes them burst in flame. Unless harmed, Mazones have incredibly long lifespans and a possibly immortal.

Mazones can reproduce either by germination from a seed or by budding (in the only recorded example of these, the "mother" was in a tate of dormancy. It is not kwown if active mazones can reproduce this way). Some examples of sexuate reproduction with members of other species have been reported but in the absence of further examination, this could be camouflaged budding. Either by choice or for bological imperatives - it remains unknown - they can enter period of dormance that can last for several million years during which time they meld along the regular flora. There is evidence that they either can also manipulate lower plant forms or have at their disposal some more primitive species to do their biddings, like was demontrated on the Antarean/Juran/Nibelung homeworld where giant plants litteraly wiped out the local population under the control of the Mazones. The exact nature of these thralls remains unclear.
Although each Mazone is a complete individual, their social structure seems follow the structure of a hive, with everyone following blindly the wills of their charismatic and undisputed leader, Queen Lafressia. Their use of the word "Queen" seems to refer more to its Hive definition than to that of a monarchic leader, as there appears to be no nobility around her, only the military hierarchy of which she seems to be the ultimate commander.
Mazones settled in several galaxies of the Local Group and installed seeding plants on several worlds and influenced (or as they claim, created) the evolution of the lifeforms they felt was better suited to take care of the planet as they flet it should be. Among such world are Earth in theMilky Way and Tokarga in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud (the Third Galaxy). Mankind and the Tokargans are supposedly examples of mazone-bred cattle lifeforms. Mazone Seeding plants are usually recognizable from the outside by their Pyramid shapes. The pyramids, though, are only gateways to pocket universes with their own physical laws, whch are filled with Mazone seeds in suspension in nutrient fluids, waiting to be brought to the real world to germinate.
Mazones in the Solar System were known to be active on Venus and Earth some 80 000 000 years ago. A black sphere beacon set to land on Earth in 2977 is equipped with the necessary equipment to emit a signal to awaken the dormant Earth Mazone population. They might have have other awakened period in between, but as Mazone individuals have a tendancy to meld with the human population, this information remains unknown and undocumented.
The Mazones possess a base on Venus, and on Earth in the Bermuda Triangle. Some other Mazone sites include the Nile Valley, the Amazone and the Asian South-west.

SOurce: Leiji Matsumoto, Space Pirate Captain Harlock

MI-GO

The Mi-go are an ancient interstellar civilisation. Theyare large, pinkish, fungoid, crustacean-like entities the size of a man. They are made of a form of matter that does not occur naturally on Earth. About 5 feet long, their crustaceous bodies bear numerous sets of paired appendages. Their head looks like a complex set of antennae like appendages changing colors constantly, which is used for communication. They also possess a pair of membranous bat-like wings which are somehow used to travel through space.

Their religious beliefs seem to have relatively minor importance compared to their scientific interests. Their moral system is completely alien, making them seem highly malicious.

Mi-Go have visited Earth for more thant 150 millions years, mainly for mining reasons, and have a base of operation in the outer solar system on the word called Yuggoth, which is beleived to be Pluto.

Source: H. P. Lovecraft, "The Whisperer in Darkness" (1931).

BYAKHEE

There flapped rhythmically a horde of tame, trained, hybrid winged things ... not altogether crows, nor moles, nor buzzards, nor ants, nor decomposed human beings, but something I cannot and must not recall.
—H. P. Lovecraft, "The Festival"

Byakhee are sentient creatures that live in interstellar space but are known to come to Earth from time to time.

CINRUSSKIN

Planet of Origin: Cinrus

Cinrusskin are sentient insectoid empaths who are member of the same interstellar civilisation at some point in the future. They are extremely fragile; their six legs are long, bony and pencil-thin with many joints, and their four arms end in tiny manipulatory "hands". They have four large iridescent wings, not quite atrophied, and prefer to hover when eating.

Their conversation consists of trills, clicks and buzzes; their mouths are beak-like, and their eyes large and triple-lidded. Although their exoskeletal bodies look awkward they move quickly. They can cling to walls and ceilings, or fly if necessary, but they have very little stamina. Because they are so fragile they are very cautious around others.

Their main defensive weapon is a powerful empathic ability, which lets them know what those around them are feeling. This has a down-side, in that unpleasant emotions such as anger or pain affect Cinrusskin severely, causing them to tremble and feel faint. However, they are experts at making those around them feel good; they are kind, considerate and friendly, always polite and non-controversial, lying if necessary to make people happy. This makes them very popular, and those who know them are extremely protective.

Sources: James White, novels of the Sector General Universe

John G. Wood at: http://www.elvwood.org/Gurps/SectorGeneral/Cinrusskin.html

HUDLARIAN FROB

Planet of origin : Hudlar

Hudlars are a sentient species that will be member of the same interstellar Federation at some point in the future. Massive, they ressemble two-ton armadillos. They are oxygen-breathers but can go without air for long periods and can work comfortably in the vacuum of space. They can survive radiation doses that would kill many races. Their skin is flexible but extremely tough and with very few orifices: temporary ones form for mating and giving birth. Hudlarian eyes are deeply recessed and protected and speech is via a bellowslike cock's comb flap on the back of the head, which they also use for hearing. Breathing, eating and excreting happen through different areas of the skin, in some places pitted with thousands of tiny slits.

They have six thick tentacles, which end in hardened pads that form "knuckles" for them to walk on, and manipulative clusters of four, hard-tipped specialised digits which curl inward for protection.

Hudlar's home gravity approaches 4G and the atmosphere is a thick, semi-liquid soup with a pressure of 7 atmospheres. This provides them with all the nourishment they require; offworld they spray themselves with nutrient "paint". Many Hudlars work offworld; the planet is poor, with no mineral resources, fabricated items, or tourist attractions, so the inhabitants sell their labour. They need to eat frequently, but can go for long periods without sleep.

Young Hudlars are prone to a number of spectacular diseases which are only life-threatening when they combine, but adults are virtually immune to disease and very hard to injure. Their immune systems are so efficient that transplants require it to be artificially suppressed, after which the recipients may no longer come into contact with others of their kind or they may die. Problems also arise in old age, when the two hearts can no longer maintain the high metabolic rate. This leads to a number of unpleasant effects including necrosis of the limbs, failure of the food absorption mechanism on their flanks, distortion of the speaking membrane and loss of control of the underside waste elimination area. Aged Hudlars often go insane as their bodies let them down.

Hudlars mate for life, and only share their names with their life-mates and close family. After giving birth the female gradually becomes male and her partner does the opposite. Death is never mentioned, and the bodies of the deceased are ignored. Hudlars are frequently gentle, inoffensive and self-effacing.

Their music sounds like whistling moaning.

Sources: James White, novels of the Sector General Universe

John G. Wood at: http://www.elvwood.org/Gurps/SectorGeneral/Hudlars.html

VISITORS

A black rectangular shape, from 12 to 15 meters in height by 60 to 76 meters in lenght. Its interior is composed of cellulose compressed to an incredible extent and can witstand struscutral stress of several tons per square centimetre. Its exterior is a cellulose/silicon polymere coating that is able to convert kinetic energy in potential energy and to convert it according to its need. The composition of this skin somehow allows the visitor to manipulate gravitic flux either for attraction or repulsion. The visitors reproduces by budding and are able to modify their offspring’s structure so they will better adapt to their new environment. They are also able to modificy theur structure to extend thin prehensile tentacles to bring other creature inside them in order to communicate with them telephatically.

The Visitors came to Earth toward the end of the 20th century.

Source : Clifford D. Simak, The Visitors

THE TEAM

The team are two representatives from an unamed non technological interstellar civilisation. They look like large globes about two meters in diameters, with eyes moving on their surface. They are peaceful, very intelligent and able to move in air and through space. The extent of their capacities remains unknown. The only known recorded contact of this species with mankind is when the team visits Earth in 3952.

Source: Clifford Donald Simak, A Heritage of Stars (1977)

STRIONS

Planet of origin : The Green Planet

Strions are the leading form of life of the so called Green Planet, a word orbiting around a green sun. Standing a bit higher than a human does, green, vaguely squid like and translucent, they have four limbs that can both be used for locomotion and prehension. Their body has about the same mass as one of their limbs and on top of it is a mouth and two yellow eyes with ared pupils. A xenophobic monarchic society, they possess an advanced technology but have not yet ventured into interstellar space as of 3000AD.

The only recorded contact of humanity with the strions was when the earth ship AragoX-001 landed on the planet by accident.

Source: Jean Image, Pluk le Naufragé de l’espace