Translations:Codex: Leithans/7/en

Combat

Unlike many advanced species through the galaxy, the Leithans began as prey creatures on their homeworld, and have over the millennia developed several defensive adaptations to ward off the very large, unintelligent predators that attacked them. The first feature most people notice about a Leithan is her natural armor: while the tauric lower body is completely covered with thick, leathery scales (befitting the species’ reptilian origin), the flanks, arms, legs, and tail are protected by a chitinous secondary layer. Leithan armor is thick enough to stop most low-caliber bullets, and even deflect low-grade laser fire at range; more importantly for the species, however, it is capable of withstanding the enormous pressure of most titanic predators’ crushing maws, giving Leithans some defense against their native hunters.