Builders

Builders are a ruling member of the Compact of Species.

The Builders as a species were first contacted by the Compact in 3214 ACF, with elevation to ruling species in 4197 ACF, a position the retained to this day. They are also the most recent species to be elevated to that position. Builders in general work as engineers for the Compact.

Description
With an average height around five feet they’re a comparatively small species. They have short legs and a rotund midsection, with arms longer than one would expect for their body. On their wide faces sit bulging eyes, they have several Jacobson’s organs in place of a nose, and large, blubbery lips. In certain patches of their slightly translucent blue, green, and purple skin they also have bioluminescent cells that feature in emoting. Their blood is similarly purple.

Hailed by Compact as having preternatural aptitude for construction and design, Builders are neurologically inclined to improvement over innovation, with the former not precluding the latter; rather they squeeze as much out of a technology as they can before innovating a successor becomes a necessity; for example prop-driven aircraft were ever more refined for two-hundred years before the jet engine was invented.

Builders vision is among the best of any species, they could visualize an object three-dimensionally, even if showed only one side of it and they had mind-bogglingly precise fine motor control with those dexterous little fingers. They are meticulous workers, with an incredible gift for engineering, architecture and technology.

Builders also have a peculiar, idiosyncratic speech pattern with short sentences, repetitions, and affirmations and rejections being a noticeable feature. As a side effect they may come across as happy, regardless of their current emotional state. If built according to their tastes, Builders prefer shifting textures and colours.

Their naming convention calls for three hyphenated names.

Named Builders

 * Otom-ebb-wola – Administrator in Galhemna
 * Nav-am-desh – Faithful on Invida; KIA
 * Juum-ope-cand – Engineer for the Unbound clan Red Hand