Stropadorm

Stropadorm

Space born Union member species

Silicon based, mineral and energy consumers,(photossynthesis) BaPhy 3

Native to Andromeda Galaxy

The Stroadorm are one of the oldest species in terms of continuous existence and development. Research and Stropadorm records indicate that they once were a planet bound species. After their ascent they started to build space colonies and kept adjsting their physiology to the new evironment. trading feet for multiple arms,

and while living in a zero grav environment increased their size. They also changed their eyes how they communicated and their internal physiology. The process was both artificial and natural evolution.

Their home planet was eventually destroyed by their sun as it expanded to become a red giant.

The evolution of the Stropadorm to a true spaceborn lifeform took several billion years.

All connections to a planet bound society were lost, including the ability to built and create technology.

Stropadorm don't age and only die by accidents, lack of nutrition / energy or external force. They know no physical diseases but can suffer from mental diseases especially depression (due to boredom).

They can not travel faster than light and their radio wave based communication is range limited. A Stropadorm traveling to far from others can no longer communicate with others.

A Union HALD explorer made conntact to a drifting colony of Stropadorms in 4889. The Stropadrom were delighted to get in contact with others.

After several month of contact and informaion exchange, Union Andromeda Command agreed to help the Stropadrom to find other Stropadrom groups that have been drifting apart.

Since then about 600 Stropadrom groups have been found (groups ranging from 2 to 200 individuals)

The Stropadrom have no government, some of the groups have leader speakers.

The first initially contacted group became Union members in 4903 and so far all the one found gladly joined.

Their size and environmental requirements exclude them from many Union society activities but not all.

It has been found that Stropadrom love Border Buoy Service and more and more OSBB s are fitted with suitable facilities for the Stropadorm. It provides them with a purpose, allows them to serve the Union, live in space without the terrible boredom they had suffered for eons.

About 800,000 Stropadorm have been located so far. 750,000 of them serving the Union Border Guard.

Several thousand are members of the Explorer Fleet mapping and exploring the Andromeda galaxy while searching for others of their kind (in special Stropa-Explorers )