Leviathan, Species

'''Evolving on a Gas Giant, this species took a distinctly different evolutionary path compared with the Bellebees. While the Bellebees became, essentially, bags of gas that could expand or contract as needed, Leviathans developed dense outer armor to counter act the intense pressures within the various layers within gas giants. Feeding off of ions, charged particles, and a single-celled organism, they developed into large manta ray shaped lifeforms. Distinctive of this species is it’s extreme ability for self manipulation, due to it’s dispersed nervous system.'''

'''After plateauing, evolutionary speaking, they came into contact with the Pree. Through their brief interactions the Leviathans learned enough to begin attempting to try and leave their gas giant home which they succeeded in doing and expanded to the other gas giants in their system. At around the same time period that the Seenians began to take center stage in the Milky Way, the Leviathans were testing their organic FTL systems. It wasn’t until the fall of the Seenians that they were successful and began to move out into the Triangulum Galaxy creating “colonies”, groups of their species, amongst the gas giants that met their needs.'''

'''Physically, the genders appear identical, although females tend to be much larger than the males. Their society developed into one in which the females remain in their home systems, unless it becomes overpopulated, and the males make the journey between stars. This journey could sometimes take years in which the male hibernates. Mating occurs when the male releases small genetic pods, which the female then gathers. These pods are stored until use, which could be years later. Gestation is a lengthy one and is prolonged as the female carries the young for additional time as it learns to manipulate it’s internal structures. Multiple offspring are carried simultaneously, usually from different males. While there is no physical limit to the number of offspring carried in this manner, as the female can simply grow larger to accommodate more, the strain on the mother can be quite heavy and usually no more than 4 are carried at once.'''

'''The child can sense the outside world and communicate with the mother while still in the womb. This interaction is crucial as they child is not born with the necessary instincts or knowledge to immediately survive on it’s own. However they are capable of remembering a vast amount of information. While not a perfect memory is it nearly such.'''

Possible Changes

'''The species is more accurately a hive species. With the queen/king commanding a small army of tiny drones which do the actual internal changes.'''