Creature:Ramjetine

The Ramjetines (Nemoramjetia inexpectata sapiens) are a race of sapient dinosauroid reptiles originating on the planet Ramjetania in one of the outer arms of the galaxy. They are characterized by their unique white and red scales, large feathers on their arms that form vestigial wings, tailfeathers, and a comb of feathers on their heads that resemble hair.

Ramjetine Religion
Ramjetine religion originated in the tribal era with the worship of the sun, the moon, and two other planets as major deities. During the Ramjetine Bronze Age, these were celestial bodies were named after their deities. Additionally, there are dozens of other gods and their servants that Ramjetine astronomers identified with a large number of stars and planets surrounding the Ramjetine home system.

Another element of the Ramjetine faith are the Chariots (which scientists later determined to, actually, be space ships). Two are known to have vistited Ramjetania in the past, and the most famous was identified by Ramjetine tribals as just the Ramjetine syllable equivalent to the human letter G.

Ramjetine Science
The Ramjetines are avid scientists, and have, since their ascension to space, spread to dozens of planets in the surrounding solar systems in the pursuit of knowledge. Nearly all Ramjetine-inhabited planets have their own native life, much of which still remains to be properly studied.

Proobably the most famous Ramjetine scientific leap is the terraforming of Ramjetania's moon, which has since been turned into a resort and wildlife sanctuary with a large, artificial sea. The moon is also intended as a preserve for Ramjetania's remaining native life; scientists are intending to completely rework Ramjetania's ecosystem to resemble rumors of a planet that have been whispered by traders: Earth. In particular, the scientists are fascinated by a group of creatures that had been known on Earth as dinosaurs, which were remarkably similar to the Ramjetines in origin. They plan to genetically engineer new fauna for Ramjetania while borrowing flora resembling Earth's to fill out the rest of the planet:


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 * (small tree)
 * (large tree)
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 * iguana
 * tapir
 * gharial
 * camel
 * Megaloceros
 * Mosasaurus
 * ground sloth
 * Iguanodon
 * Megalosaurus

These are simply the basic ideas that the Ramjetine scientists have based on Earth's fossil record. These animals will be introduced to Ramjetania for a new ecosystem, but explorers are constantly searching for the Sol system with the intent of transforming it into a nature preserve, at which point they would repopulate the Earth with new life forms as well.

Galactic Preserves
Another rather ambitious project of the Ramjetines is to litter nature preserves throughout their empire, also in the pursuit of knowledge. Several planets are already up as candidates for nature preserves, such as the planet Zores, which is being terraformed to include one central continent surrounded by a large sea littered with smaller islands.