HaRoNa
Neogenic centauroid species created by the Power Manteos in 2587 to be: 'Keepers of songs, tellers of tales, guardians of art and culture'.
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HaRoNaNeogenic centauroid species created by the Power Manteos in 2587 to be: 'Keepers of songs, tellers of tales, guardians of art and culture'. |
HaRoNa resemble reptilian centaurs with a tough scale like skin,
four-toed feet equipped with powerful digging claws and strong arms
ending in six fingered hands. Their heads are long with a large
brainpan and a cluster of tentacles completely surrounding a beak like
mouth similar to that of a Terran turtle. Vision extends into the near
infrared and ultraviolet. On average HaRoNa stand about 2.5 meters
tall. They are able to survive, if not necessarily thrive, in a huge
range of environments including vacuum, high radiation and high
pressure and tget can go several weeks at a tune without food or
liquid. They do not sleep.
HaRoNa are living recorders with a large mass of bionano molecular
memory growing along their secondary back under the spine. They have
virtually perfect memories and spend lives travelling around the Nexus
picking up stories, songs, myths, craftwork skills and any other bits
and pieces of non-technical knowledge they can find. Periodically a
group of HaRoNa will gather to mate and exchange memories via a process
of molecular fluid transfusion thru specialized organs in their
tongues. Children gestate in either individual for 15 weeks before
being born (HaRoNa appear to have no gender). The compulsion to gather
new information is hardwired into the races' genetics and within 2-3
weeks after birth, the new HaRoNa recorder is ready to set out on its
own.
HaRoNa appear to be virtually immortal and reproduce only rarely. They
have no population centers but can appear at random virtually anywhere
in the Wormhole Nexus. Estimates on their total population are sketchy,
but generally hover around 300 billion across the entire Nexus.
