Creature:Kalleron

The Kallerons are a strange race that have been found on only a select number of planets, especially habitable planets with a source of sulfur and phosphorus readily available somewhere on the surface or in shallow water. Kallerons have only been seen on sunny planets; never a planet orbiting a red dwarf or an orange dwarf planet without a nearby, large, and reflective moon.

"Blasting Off?"
Kallerons have been described as having the capability to blast off at a very high speed, and cause immense pain at a focused point to even some armored creatures from a short distance (with knockback to the Kalleron,) indicating the capability to fire ions at extremely high speed very accurately at a target. Multiple hypotheses surround this behavior:

Unbound Kalleron Theory: The Kalleron ability to blast off combined with something much like an ion backfirer spacefaring engine leads some to believe that Kallerons are at home in outer space, but it is unknown why some worlds (which are otherwise perfect candidates) have absolutely no Kallerons in the 20 pc radius around them. This theory lines up with witness testimony, but it is unknown how they would survive after that (probably large "photon wings" that are black and absorb all light, but only a few explorers have "seen" them.)

Clever Fight-Or-Flight Theory: The Kalleron ability to blast off to a very high height may be unique in mechanism, but it is not unheard of on other planets (most notably the O'Zantin Methane Plants of Velorum III, used for anti-air firebombs.) This could easily get them away from predators. The ion beam is explained here as just what it seems to be at first glance; a clever long-distance and very destructive method of self-preservation.

Parea Hypothesis: The Parea hypothesis extends off of the Unbound Kalleron Theory, but it states that Kallerons are from another universe where a powerful repulsive force blasts apart massive dead stars, and black holes cannot form. Some observers of Kallerons have said that they eat nebular material and scrape organics (including ethanol) from interstellar molecular clouds. This hypothesis also notes how Kallerons are also in other galaxies, and has stated also that the Kallerons can reach fractions of light speed and enter a dormant state.