Codex: Galotians/zh-hans

Galotians 是贪婪的蛋白质猎手，但并不真正危险。

名称（单数）：Galotian

Homeworld: Galotia

Height & Weight: Highly variable

Coloration: Highly variable, typically matches the local environs for camouflage purposes

Lifespan: Indefinite. Galotians show no signs of aging or cellular degeneration.

History

Galotians were the first species encountered with any true shape-shifting potential. Discovered during the chaotic second Planet Rush, they were originally thought to be hostile predators. Early explorers fought tooth and nail to stop themselves from being enveloped in the horrifying blobs of goo that rolled out of Galotia’s swamps with little success.

These unfortunate first victims often did not survive the curious creature’s attentions. The galotians did not understand most species’ need to be exposed to gaseous oxygen in order to remain alive. Rather than devour the resulting corpses, the living oozes spat out the lifeless bodies and lumbered away. For no explicable reason, ‘Attacks’ died away almost entirely after the first week of contact with the rest of the galaxy. Plans to declare the planet unfit for colonization were scuttled, and more and more visitors came to the wet, swampy planet, seeking riches amongst the muck.

Galotia was mineral poor, unfit for most kinds of farming, and only rich in diverse, if seemingly useless life. Interest in the planet died down until only a few long-term biological survey teams remained. They observed the native galotians enveloping other creatures, sometimes for hours at a time, then releasing them, seemingly unharmed.

While studying this phenomenon, the scientists made little progress. It wasn’t until near the end of the survey that a massive and unexpected breakthrough finally happened.

一名 Galotian，也就是本土黏团怪物之一，以营地中一位较年轻、身材较好的研究员外形出现在营地边缘。除单色配色和闪亮湿润的皮肤外，它几乎是完美的复制品。Galotian 甚至塑造身体，模仿那名科学家睡衣的外观。

随后，它用蹩脚的ausuri说话，为近一年前杀死一名探索者道歉。

考察队陷入混乱。没有人认为这些看似简单的生物可能具备智慧，而其中一只未经协助就学会核心语言的想法，动摇了关于该行星和其生态系统的一切既有假设。

那名 Galotian 自称 Galos，她的影响为 Galotia 与银河其余地区的互动常态化铺平道路。人们理解 Galotian 的进食习惯、这些黏液外星人也学会如何不杀死自己的“猎物”后，它们成为全银河备受追捧的伴侣。

Galotia 的曲折历史被银河各处作为长期行星调查最初的成功案例而提及，也足以说明应继续资助每一颗可居住热潮行星的研究。

进食习惯

这些智慧黏液生物被广泛视为已知银河中最具共情能力的生命之一。它们并不吞食植物或血肉，而是利用天生可变的形体刺激猎物释放大量性体液。它们将其看作以快感交换食物，是一种自我施加的生物性卖淫。

强奸这一概念是它们作为种族所难以理解的。寻求同意违背了它们的一切基本本能，但只要充分接触银河文化，它们便很乐意只从自愿的恋人身上进食。许多孤独的船长珍视 Galotians 作为船上伴侣，在广阔而危险的银河中提供陪伴与肉体亲密。

Galotians 几乎可以靠任何东西生存：蛋白糊、肉类、植物，甚至骨头碎片。它们不喜欢这类食物，似乎渴望让食物来源达到高潮，几乎和实际收集由此产生的体液一样强烈。

生物学

Galotians 的自然形态是一团单色的无定形黏液。本土个体通常颜色苍白黯淡，旨在融入环境并在进食时突袭水生猎物。生活在更广阔银河的个体已学会摒弃这种微妙思维，从彩虹的各色中选择鲜艳色调为汤状身躯染色，并将自己塑造成配备荒谬丰满特征的女性形体，以更好地取得精液。阴道分泌物的营养密度低得多，不过有些 Galotian 会采用男性外貌与行为举止，追求泌乳丰富或拥有更有用分泌物的种族。

它们的细胞是高导电性的多用途器官，既能轻易传递神经系统讯息，也能转移营养。这些细胞随时准备按需改变用途，在多套 DNA 之间切换，以重建自身来实现新目的。一些更老、更有经验的 Galotians 甚至能完成惊人的自发式生物工程，产生化学和生物鸡尾酒，永久提升性伴侣作为食物来源的实用性。

Galotians are as adept at feeding on their own cells as easily as they are at feeding on anything else, causing them to grow or shrink in accordance with their nutritional needs. This is effectively a double-edged sword for these liquid ladies. Since every cell effectively functions as a neuron, a lack of feeding can lead to a loss in intellect. Starving galotians can become as small as a basketball before temporarily losing sapience. Death typically occurs soon after.

On the other side of the spectrum, extremely well fed galotians can grow as large as elephants. At this size they are at their peak physically, capable of shaping their mass in impressive ways. Oddly, they do not display a marked increase in rational intelligence. The extra processing power afforded by more neuron-like cells seems almost entirely dedicated to bioengineering their own form.

Few galotians ever rise above average intelligence. Most consider them a fairly dim, easily excitable race, unaware of the brilliant bioengineering that they perform at an entirely subconscious level.

Reproduction

Galotians reproduce entirely asexually. Asexual reproduction has many disadvantages, but these ‘goo-girls’ get around most of them by virtue of their own malleability. They only reproduce when they have a large amount of body mass, and it is at this time that they’re best able to alter their own forms, even capable of adjusting the DNA strands in different portions of their bodies.

Every galotian will spawn a half dozen daughters once she accumulates enough body mass, each with her own hand-tailored, evolutionary adaptations. The young galotians emerge fully formed and, with a portion of their mother’s memories, often retaining abilities like speech and literacy in their entirety. The loss of so much mass will bring the mother down to a few hundred pounds of weight, her daughters each easily a little heavier than the average terran.

Keeping a galotian from reproducing is easy. Simply manage her food intake so that she never grows too large. Of course, the chance to feed a galotian can be difficult to turn down, particularly if one has managed to alter your sexual organs or drive in any way.

Place in the U.G.C.

Galotians do not seek traditional jobs or employment. They desire warmth, companionship, and sexual fluids. Invariably, they wind up serving as sexual companions, indentured servants, or sources of cheap genital enhancement. Many serving in long-term jobs soon forget about collecting payment so long as suitable living areas and food are present.

Nonpayment of a galotian indentured servant has been considered a serious felony after the parliament passed the Galotian Rights Act in response to a rash of mistreated goo-girls.

Backlash

The Church of the One God maintains that galotians, and creatures like them, are demons given flesh to tempt us in this mortal realm. Many marriages have collapsed in response to galotian immigrations. Some worlds ban them from securing residency in order to prevent the disastrous effect they can have on monogamy. Others require troubled trios to enter into counseling together. Such treatments are reported to save 90% of marriages, even if the galotian winds up living with (and servicing) both partners.