Creature:Valdrecino

The Valdrecino are among the galaxy's best assassins and contract killers. If they come for you, it's already too late; someone really wants you dead.

Anatomy and Physiology
Valdrecinos are members of the Bipodicae family of megbrachian hemiinsectans. Their armor is relatively light compared to other megabrachians, but functional, protecting their head, chest, and limbs. The Valdrecino eye is large and capable of seeing in low-light conditions. Valdrecinos can perceive the whole visible spectrum, plus parts of the infrared and ultraviolet spectra. The long limbs are characteristic of Megabrachiae, and allow the Valdrecino to move comfortably on two or four limbs (they are actually faster as quadrupeds). Valdrecinos are much stronger than they look thanks to their unusual musculature (a hemiinsectan trait). Valdrecinos are omnivorous but seem to have a preference for meat.

Valdrecinos are very long-lived and can remain physically active throughout the majority of their lives. The oldest recorded Valdrecino claimed to be 596 years of age. Valdrecinos are oviparous.

Origin
The Valdrecino planet of origin is Valdra, a warm T1 world orbiting a red star. It is likely they originated in a volcanic zone, which would explain their coloration. Like the War Gorgops race to which they are very distantly related, the Valdrecino are a product of the Kurotsuchi Empire; the Kurotsuchi discovered the Valdrecino early in their journey to sapience and began to modify them physically and genetically. They served as the Kurotsuchi's stealth force, performing reconnaissance, "retrievals," and assassinations. Valdrecinos accomplish these tasks using their exceptional agility and acrobatic ability, afforded to them by their long limbs and wiry builds. When the War Gorgops overthrew the Kurotsuchi, the Valdrecino, now free of their masters, returned to their former homeworld of Valdra. The modern Valrdecino sell their services as assassins, contract killers, hitmen or bounty hunters.

Most living Valdrecinos were born during the rule of the Kurotsuchi and bear their cybernetic augmentations. The Valdrecino attempted to copy this technology with some success, and have developed their own variations that rival the Kurotsuchi technology in effectiveness. These augmentations include the characteristic "hidden blade" in the Valdrecino's right wrist, their most infamous killing tool, as well as improvements to mental capacity, speed, stamina and toughness.