Osirians

Osirians

Union Member species - Andromeda Galaxy -Region 3  -

Member Civilization # 5004

Hexopus - Amphibians TL D  before Union membership

AL 7

First contact made in 5008 - USS Balgak -HALD explorer -Under command of Captain Basir Stoke

An open Contact base was established and the Osirians applied for membership in 5018 and were approved by PUMA

and Assembly in 5020.

Like the Ult, the Osirians started  their civilization under greatest dificulties due to the fact that they were amphibians and

their environment and biological nature was not well suited to develop a tool building society.

It took them much longer to reach TL D than most land based sentient species.

Biology
Carbon Based - Copper in place of iron -

Right Turning DNA and right turning Sugars - Carnivore - Fish diet- (RDRS ) - Procreation: Dual sex male and female -

Female produces 10-20 eggs of which only one or two are fertilized by the male.

Young Osirians undergo two development phases - grub and nymph  -before they are considered sentient members of the species

and receive schooling etc.

Osirians have a natural life span of about 70-80 standard years which has been increased to 90-100 due to Union medicine.

General
The name Osirians is a phonetic translation of the original Osirian term.

Osirians can be found all across the Union but ,mostly on planets with open water bodies or larger space stations and cities with large pool or

recreational lake facilities. Osirians need to connect to water like the Ult but have an added psychological need to be near water, the Ult don not have.

No Osirian has so far signed up for the fleet, but there are Osirians who serve as base personnel

About 9 Billion Osirians exist. . The majority works for Aqua culture companes and fish farms.

[Note: The Osirians were mentioned in  Book 10 - Black Velvet]