User:Hydromancerx/Naucean

=Basic=

Statistics


Name: Naucean

Type: Warm-blooded Bipedal Marine Vertebrate

Lifestyle: Social Omnivore

Habitat: Mangrove-like Wetlands

Size: 10 to 12ft long (females), 8 to 10 ft long (males)

Weight: 300 to 400 lbs (females), 200 to 300 lbs (males)

Diet: Small aquatic creatures, small terrestrial creatures, fruits, seeds, leaves, roots, eggs

Hunt/Forage Success Rate: 50% hunt, 75% forage

Armor: Skin is weak so they make padded armor out of fibers for protection.

Defenses: Strong tail with fluke as well as strong kicking legs. oral tentacles do not hurt but can pull a target into its very sharp beak. Weapons: No real natural weapons but Bronze Age in technology.

Tools: 2 hand on 2 of the 6 tentacles. Each with 2 fingers and 2 thumbs (one on either side of the hand).

Method of Eating: Grab with tentacles and bring to beak to slice. Then into the gizzard to be ground up then digested and finally out the anus on the opposite end.

Lifespan: About 60 years

Reproductive Rate: Reaches sexual maturity at 12 years. Can reproduce at any time of the year.

Gestation: 6 months then lays egg.

Offspring incubation: 6 months until egg hatches after being laid.

Number of Offspring: 1 to 4

Offspring Survival Rate (before age of maturity): 90% they are raised in a family group and everyone helps raise the babies.

Skeleton


As you can see it walks on its knuckles. It had orginally 2 middle fingers and then a thumb on either side. The thumb and finger fused and the closest segment to the knuckle. then the thumb shrunk and the last 2 joints support the weight of the backwards foot. When swimming it can extent out and between the 2 fused finger/thumbs is webbed skin. Normally that webbed part is either walked on or folded up in the knuckle-walking pose.

As for the skull you can snow see the true mouth which is the beak. Out of that are the 2 pseudo-mandibles. The bottom is like a shallow cup in which the tentacles (soft tissue like an elephants trunk) can sit in. The upper pseudo-mandible hold a "melon" like a dolphin has in which it can send out echolocation while in the water. Also like a whale it can produce strange sounds both in its nasal cavity but in the pseudo-mandibles when closed or to amplify its call when open like a mega phone. It has no teeth but digests using a gizzard like birds do.

Since its back limbs are gone now all it has it a hip and the pubic bone. Thus it walks on its front legs and not its back like an ostrich. However with its counterbalance shape like a raptor it can run fast but is still limited by its front heavy head like t-rex had to deal with. When swimming it used both its powerful dolphin-like tail as well as using both flipper-feet in a frog-like swimming pattern. It also close its pseudo-mandibles for best hydrodynamic motion.

Despite its ability to walk on land it still stays by a water source. Its skin dries out easily and is very much like dolphin skin. It must also carry some water in the lower pseudo-mandible to keep it's oral tentacles wet and useable.

The Naucean lays eggs. Even in its whale stage it still came to land like sea turtles and would sit on nests. Unlike sea turtles the males of the colony take turns sitting on the eggs because not all are pregnant at once. They must take turns or the parent will dry out. Nauceans also live in pods of 10 to 20 individuals. Adolescents are raised by the older embers of the pods. Those who are too old to help hunt, fish or gather food.

When a Naucean hits puberty they join the other hunters and gatherers. The females are larger and more aggressive. They hunt small game and fish in the ocean. They also are a blander blue-gray color. The males are smaller but do tent to be more colorful. They tend to gather plants, nuts, berries, roots and other non meat items. Males are very intelligent and are constantly curious about how things work. This is one of the key features of the species. The combination of the strength and cunning of the females with the curiosity and creative nature of the males.

Mating involves an impressive mating dance by the male. They paint their bodies and open their pseudo-mandible wide showing off their oral tentacles. The tentacles can change colors like a squid. Waving these around while dancing around and making deep whale-like calls is quite impressive. Once impressed the female sits and the male mounts. The gestation takes 6 months and then the egg is layed and is incubated for another 6 months. When the babies are born they are more capable than a human baby they can swim immediately but it take them about a year to learn how to walk. Babies are fed by regurgitating food from the mother's gizzard after her hunting or the fathers after pre-chewing gathered food.

=Geography=

Solar System


(Image not to Scale)

Solar System

Here is the Nautiloid Solar System. Its sun Au, is a red dwarf star 1/3 the size of Earth's sun. Not shown (but shown in the Planet Spore Galaxy chart) is a blue giant which is 8,000 Light Years away. To put ti in perspective Since it is so huge it will appear to be 3 times the size of out sun in the Nauceanica sky while the home star Au will appear as only about 1/4 due to its size and distance. Thus most of the solar radiation actually comes from the Blue Giant rather than the Red Dwarf.

This solar system contains 8 planets, 4 terrestial, 3 gas giants and one out rim planet/moon. There are also 21 moon on 5 of the planets. These planets include;

Planets
Vari the closest to Au and the fastest orbit. It is the smallest planet.

Oro is the 2nd planet from Au and is a scorched planet with no atmosphere either. Its is slightly smaller than Nauceanica and has one scorched moon, Fati. However it is very volcanic due to the pull of its moon shifting the molten plates around.

Whrio is the 3rd planet from Au and is a greenhouse planet much like Venus. It has no moons.

Nauceanica is a tropical ocean planet where the Nauceans live. It has two moons, Serina and Sina. The moons make for great tides and the planet its self is moderately volcanic. The moons however are not volcanic.

Quat is the largest planet in the solar system. This takes most of the hits from asteroids and commets that would hit the inner solar system. It has 8 moons but only the largest Hana, Hina and Mahina have been seen by the Nauceans thus they are the only ones named.

Laka is alot like Saturn in that it has huge rings. It also has 6 moons but only 2 have been seen/named, Roua and Tanonoul.

Longo is the smallest of the gas giants. It has one small ring and 4 moons but only 3, Uri, Areop and Keha have been seen/named.

Lastly the planet/moon Po is a small cold iceball which actually melts when it gets closer to the Blue Giant near by. Durring this time it blooms with single cell life. Then in the colder times it is solid ice and the cells go dormant. Sadly nothing beyond single cells can survive here.

Seasons
Due to its weak home sun and huge neighboring sun this creates quite an interesting situation. The season work like this...

1st Quarter of the Year - Hottest Day with 2 suns in the sky, Darkest Nights.

2nd Quarter of the Year - Hot Day Blue Giant, Long Twilight Night, Warm Red Dwarf Day, Short Twilight Night

3rd Quarter of the Year - Hot Day Blue Giant, Medium Twilight Night, Warm Red Dwarf Day, Medium Twilight Night

4th Quarter of the Year - Hot Day Blue Giant, Short Twilight Night, Warm Red Dwarf Day, Long Twilight Night

(Or something like that)

Planet Nauceanica


Planet: Nauceanica

Large Moon: Sirenia

Small Moon: Sina

Naucean is a tropical planet with large oceans. There is one main continent, 3 smaller ones and countless small islands and shallows. The River Tribe is located on the largest continent.

Old World


Here is a map of the Naucean known world (may add more in the Eastern Hemesphere).

Ea Ocean The Global Ocean which is unpopulated by the Nauceans because of such deep water.

Apsu Sea The Naucean "Cradle of Civilization". They are the original tribe of the nauceans and all tribe trace their roots to them. Its a shallow sea full of undersea vents. This is perfect for underwater metallurgy. It also has alot of coral reefs due to its shallowness. These too are keep for toolmaking.

Adad Bay Currently an uninhabited bay that has yet to be populated by the Nauceans. Though the water is a bit deeper than the Apsu Sea. However this bay is rich in natural gas.

Shutu Coast This coast is full of hurricanes and is very windy due to the mixture of the West and East Winds colliding. So much so that the Jungle tribe has moved more inland to the jungle rather than being a coastal tribe.

Beletseri Desert The dryest part of the planet. This region gets very little rain despite it touching the Apsu Sea. This is however the home of the desert tribe. They live only along the river that comes down from the North.

Ninsun Plains This is the home of the Grassland tribe. They are always at war with the River tribe, Desert Tribe and Mountain Tribe over this precious farmland. It is not to hot like the jungles or desert but are not to cold like the Mountains.

Ennugi Forest This is the home of the popular River tribe. It is full of temprate palms and tall bamboo-like grasses. However it is to luch for large scale farming like the grasslands. Despite other tribes living by rivers this tribe is the only tribe to actually have home in the river. Which is why they are not called the Forest tribe, though they could be.

Tammzu Jungle This very lush and wet jungle are so extensive that the jungle tribe has only populated only a faction of it. The deeper you go the smaller the Jungle tribe gets in height.

Dumuzi Swamp This is home to the swamp tribe. Due to no solid land or completely clear water they constantly build mud homes. Despite their love of the earth they are still very much aquatic like the river and ocean tribes.

Amurru Mountains This is home to both the Mountain and the Cave tribes. The Mountain tribe lives above on the icy land while the Cave tribe live deep within the caves full of water and glowing lichen. The cave tribe originally came from the Mountain tribe but went underground after the Grassland Tribes worst battle. Those who stayed are the current Mountain tribe.

Tribal Lineage
I. Ocean Tribe

IA. Desert Tribe IB. Swamp Tribe IC. Jungle Tribe ID. River Tribe

ID1. Grassland Tribe ID2. Mountain Tribe

ID2a. Cave tribe

New World


Naucean is a tropical planet with large oceans. There is one main continent, Upelluri and 3 smaller ones Adapa, Island of the Swamp Tribe, Ninkasi a small volcanic island in the middle of the Ea Ocean, and Utu a large island in which is colonized in the Imperial Age. Utu has jungles, plains, swamps, mountains and even a desert like Upelluri but is about half the size. However unlike Upelluri it is full of untapped resources. This abundance is the driving force for the Nauceans to travel here, especially by the industrial revolution when the Old world becomes polluted from dirty industry.

Population


(Too big to post on here as an animated picture)

Dark Blue = Ocean Tribe Yellow = Desert Tribe Green = Jungle Tribe Brown = Swamp Tribe Light Blue = River Tribe Orange = Grassland Tribe White = Mountian Tribe Magenta = Cave Tribe Red = Plantation Tribe Black = Slavery Tribe Gray = Robot Tribe

=Creature Stage=

Evolution
=Tribal Stage=

Bronze Age
=City Stage=

Naucean Android


Here is a Naucean Android from the UFO age. These Androids can do most of the functions a Naucean can do. They can walk, use tentacles and even swim by unfolding their flippers on the back of the foot and using their dolphin-like tails just as a real Naucean would. The difference is they are much stronger, faster and smarter than a Naucean and are used for manual labor, cleaning, helping the young, old and sick, as well as being used in war. However the war-bots are a bit more equipped with war gear than these. Like all robots they must follow Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics;

1. A robot may not harm a Naucean being, or, through inaction, allow a Naucean being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by Naucean beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

As you can see these are the perfect obedient servants for the Nauceans ... or so they think.

Nano Age
=UFO Stage=

Abduction


In the Galaxtic Age the Nauceans visit the Kazea's planet during their Modern Age and abduct their animals for genetic research and their own zoo planets. They do not bother the Kazea because they are sentient but it the Kazean's now develop conspiracy nuts saying their are UFOs, while the Kazean governments deny any such thing exists. The Nauceans hope that someday they will be advanced enough to become allies. However until then they plan to prod and probe their livestock, as seen in the picture above where they are abducting an Imizin.

Crop Triangles


Here is you surprise huggkruka. :) (I was not sure if you had crops or not so i made field of those green leafy things you had on your food chart).

The Nauceans are taking samples of Kazean crops which leave their famous River Tribe symbol (the one thats on their poncho) of triangles in a line representing the river. However the Kazea do not know this and call them "Crop Triangles" thus bringing another piece to their UFO phenomenon.