Giga Bacter



Giga Bacter

Sentient Bio Form of Planet Vodanass

There is no shortage of unusual and unique lifeforms within the Union. However the Giga Bacter of Vodanass ( Small Magellan Cloud ) are certainly one of  that can be called unusual.

The tubular shaped 10-15 meters long entites are in a biological sense, bacteria.

However Union science classified them to be of Bacteria origin. As they have evolved over eons into gigantic flagelants with a nerve cluster that akin to a brain gained sentience.

Vodanass is a water world without dry land. The oceans have a rich biosphere completley based on bacteria and alage. No invertibrates or other higher life forms have ever developed in the

mineral ladden water. Vodanass water has a high acid and salt content and has an average temperature of 40 to 50 degrees, with large ocean areas where the  water temperature hovers at the 80 degree (C-Scale) mark.

The planet being at the innermost radius to its star where liquid water can occur. The world is also tectonic very active with a great number of underwater volcanoes.

The Giga Bacter simply grew in size as size appeared to be the best defense against other organisms.

First Contact was made during a Union Survey of the planet. A waterworld no mater how extreme always seen as a valuable place for a possible colony was closley surveyed. Of course the large  bacteria discovered became a scientific criosity for the Xeno Bio Department of the science council.

A member of a Bio survey team having psionic abilities, detected sentient thought patterns.

Telepathic contact was established.

The Giga Bacter having no sensory organs at all did not know there were others like them. (the procreate via Cell division) and had no concepts of race, species,us, we

They, not being telepathic gifted themselves had no way of communicating with others.

Since they are no community whatsover, no single Giga  Bacter could speak for all and thus apply for Union Membership.

Membership, being part of something and the whole concept of what the Union is are not yet understood.

A permanent research and contact station has been established on Vodanass and the planet declared a Union protectorate.

Current research is performed to create a technical solution for contact, as the neural clusters have no points where a wet link could be established or have the ability to process any kind of sensory information.

However the individal Giga Bacter that have been contacted are eager for a more permanent contact.

There is also no unified language or words / expressions of conditons that have the same meaning to all Giga Bacter