Creature:Raptorian

The end result of an ancient alien race's experiment, the Raptorians are actually a mutated, genetically enhanced hybrid of Dinosaur. Back during Earth's Mesozoic era, an ancient alien race known as the Lentor's had discovered the Earth. Interested in what humans would dub "Theropods", The Lentor's wanted to experiment on the genes of small theropod dinosaurs such as Velociraptor, Troodon, Dromeosaurus, etc, and would eventually decide to make a sentient dinosaur.

Lentor Technology was limited, and it would take eons for them to even successfully manipulate the genes of the many dinosaurs they abducted. Finally, the end result was complete, and a super-intelligent dinosaur had been engineered thanks to the Lentor's revolutionary find of "Artificial Genes". About 1/6 genes in the Raptorian DNA is artificial, since many genes that could potentially be harmful or unnecessary to the Raptorian Product. The main flaw however, would be that about only half would actually be sentient, while the other half, as intelligent as they were, could not comprehend things such as technology or speech. The two different Raptorian's would be considered Subspecies later on, even though the intelligence would be passed down through dominant alleles.

Ready to populate earth with a sentient being, the Lentor's headed back to Earth only to find that Dinosaurs had gone extinct, and furry creatures were rapidly evolving and taking the niche's of the dinosaurs. Feeling that their experiment was a complete waste of time and effort, the Lentor's abandoned the Raptorian's, both sentient and non-sentient on random planets across the galaxy that could support life.

The Raptorian's themselves, despite being abandoned without choice, are actually quite calm and forgiving. After figuring out their past, the Raptorian's attempted to contact their creators, only to find that their empire was destroyed long ago by the Grox. Unsure what to do next, the Raptorian's adopted the lost technology of the Lentor's and began experimenting on themselves.

After finding that a fraction of their DNA is artificial, the Raptorian's decided to play around with their genome. An artificial gene that is dubbed "S.H.D.W." was discovered alongside another gene they called the "S.I.N." gene. When combined, both genes can mutate the Raptorian's offspring in the egg into horrible creatures known as ShadowRaptor's.

All seven species of ShadowRaptor are the result of Raptorian experimentation on their own gene pool.

As an empire, the Raptorians prefer to colonize moons and planets in binary systems. Their motives behind it still remain a mystery.

When it comes to war, the Raptorians often send out their elite Tech-Soldiers and their version of Spartans. They also use the genetically mutated ShadowRaptor's as living warfare. They are currently in a war with the Necrovore Empire.