Creature:Sinchori

The Sinchori are a space-faring race who came from the planet Vinheria. Parts of their bodies (such as their mouths) have remained through their entire evolution.

Early Evolution
The Sinchori emerged from a meteorite fragment as a carnivorous cell. When they emerged they were red, but quickly evolved and became blue instead. They also evolved filter mouths on the side of their heads, making turning them into Omnivores. They had eyes on stalks on the sides of their heads. Soon after they evolved electric shockers on their rears, giving them the ability to shock other cells attacking from behind (which had killed one of their kind previously). They also evolved poison parts on their sides, poisoning the water behind and to the sides of them (also for rear defense).

Creatures
Shortly after the Sinchori grew legs. They lost their poison parts, and their herbivore mouths moved to their face, joining with their carnivore jaw. Their eyes remained the same. When they arrived on land their skin turned into blueish gray. When they had settled into their land nest, they quickly killed off their two closest neighbors, and evolved with their parts. They then killed another creature, but did not extinct them. After that encounter, the Sinchori grew more intelligent. They then evolved again to have spikes protruding from the electric nub on their rears (now used to charm). They then allied a species and killed another random animal. After they decided to move to a new nest. There a pack was formed. However, the Sinchori - even then - valued personal survival and after an attack on a nest the pack member was left behind and killed. After this the Sinchori killed several other species, and lost a pack member several times. On one expedition the Sinchori pack was discovered and killed by an Epic creature. Later this would cause the Sinchori to hate epics. Shortly after this the Sinchori evolved wings. With this new ability they traveled far from their nest, and killed several species. They also allied one group of animals that the pack leader decided were too much of a threat to attack. After a little while the Sinchori moved to a new nest, for even with their increased travel range (with wings) they had exhausted all available food resources. Shortly after moving their brains grew again, except this time enough to make them sentient.

Tribe
Just before forming a tribe, the Sinchori evolved majorly: they lost their wings, the front of their bodies raised into a sort of head, their arms moved forward to just in front of their legs, instead of behind, and the large spitting glands on their shins moved up to their knees. They also changed color from blueish gray to all blue. After the adaption, the pack leader while the Sinchori were animals (now called Chieftain Jamon), formed the tribe. They then created a tribe outfit. The tribal Sinchori didn't wear much. They wore rectangular wood plates on their shoulders and a grass skirt between their legs. After establishing the tribe, the Sinchori collected some food. With the increased resources, they invented spears and wooden horns. Shortly after several other tribes popped up on their continent. The Sinchori used their proximity to the ocean to their advantage, collecting 55 fish so they could grow their tribe and attack the Brown Village, which had shown hostility to the Sinchori. The attack was unsuccessful, most likely because they were inexperienced in tribal combat, and the Brown Village became the Sinchori's eternal enemy. After having more babies to make up for the deaths from the attack, the Sinchori attacked again. This time they were successful, killing 26 Brown Villagers. Brown Village was defeated. After the defeat, Pink Village began to dislike the Sinchori, possibly due to an alliance with Brown Village. Because of this the Sinchori adopted a strategy of killing any Pink Villagers who came near the Sinchori Village. After this occurred for some time, only two Pink Villagers remained. The Sinchori decided to take advantage of this, and attacked with their entire tribe (excluding the Chieftain; this later became their strategy … attack in mobs). The two Pink Villagers, and their main hut, were quickly destroyed. Using Pink Village technology, the Sinchori discovered Maracas. After this they destroyed Green Village, for the simple reason of Green Village having technology the Sinchori needed. After this defeat, the Sinchori were dismayed to discover that a very hostile, and extremely powerful, Lavender Village had emerged. The Sinchori decided to prepare for a final assault of this village. To gain all available technology, the Sinchori allied a Cyan Village that had been near them for some time, but been neutral. After the alliance, Cyan Village gifted the Sinchori with the art of using torches to burn buildings, as well as Healing Rods, which greatly helped the Sinchori, who often suffered extreme losses in battle. They accidentally discovered Stone Axes as well. While walking past the ruins of Pink Village, they found several sticks with sharp rocks attached to the top, lying next to the skeletons on the tribe members. After showing them to their Chieftain, they managed to reproduce the weapons. The Sinchori then created an army: Mainly Axe Fighters, 2 spear-armed snipers, two Healers, and a torch-wielder. With their new army, the Sinchori approached Lavender Village. They waited until nightfall, then stormed the village, killing the lone guard. However, the sounds of the weapons awoke the rest of the tribe. A deadly battle followed. The Sinchori Healers managed to keep almost all of the Sinchori alive during the conflict, resulting in the Sinchori killing all tribe members. The torch-bearer immediately attempted to set fire to the main hut, while the rest of the tribe returned to their village and grabbed torches. While they were gone, however, the Lavender Village Chieftain, who had remained in the hut, came out and killed the Sinchori burning the hut. When the others arrived, they were armed with torches, which were very ineffective against tribesmen. However, by sheer numbers (mob strategy), the Sinchori managed to kill the Chieftain. With all tribesmen carrying torches, the main hut was burned very quickly. When the Sinchori's Chieftain examined the remains of Lavender Village, he discovered pictures of "huts that could move and spit fire", as well as  "great villages" the size of a Volcano. Upon further investagation, he also found pictures of "a great fire that could destroy a forest", and a drawing showing that the other drawings had been found inside a  "great metal monster" that had fallen from the sky. Most likely Lavender Village had discovered the wreckage of an alien spacecraft, which had contained blueprints of a city, a military vehicle, and nuclear weapons. After carefully examining the pictures, the Sinchori decided they could reproduce the devices if they worked hard enough.

Civilization
So the Sinchori set to work building devices like the strange objects. One thing they found they were greatly lacking was a fuel for the machines, or the tools to make them. A Sinchori Healer came up with the idea of putting together plant oil and powered wood. It made a fuel, although it was very weak. With this new development, vehicles and cities were quickly made. The Sinchori tore down their tribal area and everything around it, then set to work building a wall, and a large building. Then something happened the Sinchori didn't expect. Several people in their civilization did not want to use the war machines, but instead wanted to build vehicles that carried products, and buy cities peacefully (if any other cities emerged). Others wanted to make a religion (which the Sinchori didn't have), and convert other cities to their religion. Others didn't like the Sinchori emperor, and just wanted to split, but still be combative. These people left the main Sinchori. When they left, the Sinchori took away all their technology, hoping they would go back to being in tribes, and not be a threat. Form tribes they did, which the Sinchori sometimes destroyed with a tank. They didn't do this all the time, because they had found a new, powerful fuel they were eager to mine: Spice. They had discovered recently the type near them exploded very well in safe bursts. So, they sent out all their vehicles, putting up as many spice derricks as possible. To be finished

Abilities
Sinchori have both social and combative parts, although their attacking parts are used more often. Although armed with weapons, Sinchori soldiers are completely able to kill a creature with the spit glands on their knees, if necessary. Sinchori try not to bite while fighting, but if necessary they will. But, they consider their spit glands "natural projectiles". They also swim. The Sinchori are telepathic to an extent (see Anatomy), although they can't control what they broadcast, and broadcasting only occurs when one is about to die. Because of this, the Sinchori are telepathic, they just can't control it.

Anatomy
Probably the thing with the Sinchori most different than other animals is that they don't actually swallow their food. Instead, they crush the food up with their jaw (which is outside their body, a remnant from cell stage), and then snakelike nutrient extractors (their herbivore mouths when they were cells) move in and around the food and extract all nutrients. They do this in under a minute. Then the Sinchori spits the food out again. Their breathing holes are tiny and located just behind the eye stalks, so swallowing for a Sinchori is actually impossible, as the parts of their mouth enabling speech are way too small to eat anything with. They drink by inserting their mouths into a liquid body and holding still. Tiny holes in their nutrient extractors suck up the liquid, and filter it. Because of the latter Sinchori can drink filthy water and not get sick, although they don't like to. Because of the lack of a stomach, intestines, a throat, and all other eating organs, the Sinchori are very skinny. However, they have a Memory Organ. This organ stores important events in the Sinchori's life, and when the Sinchori is about to die, it telepathically broadcasts the memories around the Sinchori. Any other Sinchori in range will pick up the memory and store it in its memory organ, although it will be able to view the memory any time it likes. Because of this, a modern Sinchori might have a memory from a creature Sinchori, if their ancestors have passed it on all the way. This greatly helps Sinchori historians, and is also probably the reason of Operation: Epic Kill (See Trivia). In the event a Sinchori is killed suddenly (if it is shot, for example), the telepathic broadcasting will still take place while the Sinchori is dead. The parts of the Sinchori's brains controlling sight in each eye is located in the eye stalk, giving the Sinchori a very large brain. Sinchori lay eggs, which grow fairly quickly (one and a half months). They are not required to be incubated, as Sinchori have a very large heat (and to a small degree cold) emitting organ while in their eggs that keep them the proper temperature. The organ dissipates over time out of the egg, so young and middle aged Sinchori will be able to regulate body heat to an extent, although old Sinchori will be unable.

Personality
The Sinchori are curious, to the extent they will enter a hostile planet's atmosphere and risk death, or all out war, simply if they find something interesting on their satellite scans. They also do not ever forgive, and if you attack them they will try to kill you for the rest of their existence. However, if they think you're a threat, they will give you a bunch of money so you won't attack, and then once they've got the resources, they will completely destroy you. That being said, all of the Sinchori's greatest allies were once at war with them. This is thought to occur if the other empire apologizes enough (perhaps offering monetary compensation), and seem uninterested in war. Or, the Sinchori might just think it's funny. Although they are adapted to violence and often use it, they are not like The Grox! If it suits them, they will use trading, or simply bribing someone else to evacuate a city. However, they think of religious conversions as difficult and with bad results, although this might be because they don't actually have a religion. They don't get along very well with empires that are either Zealots, or ones that are  Diplomats. In general, Sinchori don't like empires that demand money, or are needy often. For example, if you get attacked and ask them for help, they will probably ignore you or, occasionally, help the attackers. As mentioned above, the Sinchori value self-survival, with the exception of space explorers and soldiers; both of whom value the survival of their race more than individual survival. When the Sinchori met other intelligent creatures for the first time, their self-survival liking was increased to the point that they will often take allied ships on a mission to a hostile planet, just to use the allies as cannon fodder. Although they have completely wiped out two empires and have driven a third into hiding (yes, all three insulted them and demanded money), they currently have no enemies. They were at war with the Imperial Guard Empire (a major threat), but they have now allied them, again showing their strange liking of allying former enemies. Some Sinchori are calling for a severing of this alliance, simply because the Sinchori do not believe in Spode or any other deity, and especially do not tolerate followers of Spode, due to their extreme hostility. One strong ally with the Sinchori is the scientific Duckulon Empire. They are probably friends because they don't demand much of the Sinchori, and the Sinchori think their studies are important.

The Sinchori and the Grox
The Sinchori first became interested in the Grox when their friends the Duckulon Empire (see above) refused to show the Sinchori their scientific files on the Grox, claiming "That information is horrible enough to drive you to war with the Grox, which you will not win." Interested, the Sinchori government asked a diplomat empire near them to set up a meeting with the Grox, but the diplomats said that was impossible, they had no way of contacting the Grox, who would probably refuse anyway. Finally, the Sinchori offered their space program's only Captain §25000 to find the Grox. After a large amount of getting lost, the Sinchori captain located a Grox planet. He contacted their empire. Their meeting was short, ending with the Grox ordering the Sinchori captain killed. With Sinchori consciousness transferal technology the captain was revived, and the Sinchori decided not to bother the Grox again. This decision was tested, however, when the Sinchori heard the Duckulons speak of a "Staff of Life" in the Galactic Core, which they later denied existed. The Sinchori revisited the Grox, and managed to negotiate being allowed to complete a mission for them. Although the Sinchori were paid a large sum of sporebucks for helping, the Grox refused to allow them to travel to the Galactic Core, and forcibly transported them back to Vinheria. Now, the Sinchori visit the Grox occasionally, for the sole reason they are paid large sums of sporebucks for doing Grox missions.

Clothing
The Sinchori don't wear very much. Most wear some sort of covering between their legs, and rectangular plates on each shoulder. Although these plates were used as armor in Tribal Stage, they are now unnecessary, but still worn. Government clothes are given to each Sinchori, although they are not required to wear them. Most Sinchori fashions and uniforms focus around the shoulder/between legs idea.

Military
The Sinchori have a very powerful military, due to the fact that they rarely use other forms of capturing a planet. Their main attack strategy is to attack in large numbers, and they often pretend to have decided to become friends with the empire they're attacking right before the attack. When attacking a city, they usually send in vehicles first and then soldiers to finish the job. In areas unlike a city (open country or an indoor facility), they send in both soldiers and, if possible, vehicles, at the same time. With vehicles, the Sinchori try to coordinate the moment their vehicles fire and at what, so that a single target is hit by several projectiles at once, and is too damaged to fight back.

Command
The Sinchori command structure in a battle is quite simple, although a complex award system exists. Sinchori Commanders control groups of soldiers of any size, and issue commands for accomplishing tasks within their area. Sinchori Battle Leaders, on the other hand, are in charge of the the success of the entire operation, like a general. With the exception of massive operations involving the whole planet, there is usually only one Sinchori Battle Leader present at a battle. They rarely engage in combat.

Units
Sinchori Soldier Sinchori Soldiers are the main troopers of the Sinchori Empire. They are equipped with two moderately powerful rocket launchers and have small amounts of armor.

Sinchori Trooper Sinchori Troopers are semi-commandos. They are basically Sinchori Soldiers equipped with a health regeneration device. They also receive more advanced training.

Sinchori Commando Sinchori Commandos are trained and equipped to operate in small but deadly groups. They are equipped with the most effective cloaking devices available, making them perfect for operations requiring stealth.

Sinchori Medic Sinchori medics are trained and equipped to heal injured Sinchori in a battle. They are often followed by an escort to defend them.

Vehicle Units
Sinchori Tank Sinchori Tanks are the land vehicles used by the Sinchori. They are equipped with missiles to take out targets, and the crews inside are equipped with a portable missile launcher so they can still fight if the tank is disabled.

Sinchori Warships Sinchori Warships are also equipped with missiles, although they are more powerful. They are painted blue, and are effective at sneaking up to an enemy instillation at night. They are especially effective at firing concentrated volleys.

Sinchori Airplanes The Sinchori have aerial vehicles as well. They attack in enormous swarms segregated into groups, and each group fires at a different target. They are used often to attack enemies before ground units arrive, and/or to provide cover fire for ground units.

City-Based Missiles
The Sinchori are also capable of launching city-based missiles. They usually use these just before ground units arrive, so the enemy's defenses are already weakened. They will also occasionally use them just after ground units have retreated.