Illumini
The Illumini are a species of which not much is know. They are a somewhat strange addition to the Federation since they are somewhat of an isolationist kind. Their home-planet Crysta Alpha lies deep within Federation space in the regions nearby Gamma Tauri. Invisible for sensors and even for the naked eye most of the times, their world is being considered quite unique due to this natural phenomena. The very few humanoids who actually seen or visited the planet nicknamed it the 'Glass Giant' due to its transparent like attributes. Twice during its planetary cycle circling their two stars, one pulsar and a white dwarf, the planet absorbs and reflects the stars' energetic light which makes it seem to illuminate the various planets in their system. The Illumini themselves are curious as well as their transgendered bodies appear to be formed from a purely transparent diamond like material. They are one of the very few humanoid biped species not made from standard biological flesh and blood. Their hairless transparent bodies and lack of detail like colored eyes, lips and flesh are known to have caused several unlucky encounters with species that simply could not understand and reacted in fear, rather then understanding the uniqueness of these peoples.
Starfleet scientist often wonder how such a species could have found life, as Federation biologists are puzzled how their hard bodies can actually move. Even more wondered about is their capacity to absorb energy of various kinds and use it to manipulate their bodies, giving them a temporal but impressive capability of slightly changing shape to one of equal mass, or make their bodies lit up by producing a blinding white light like effect from their inside out. This is believed an ancient and natural defense meganism which was developed millions of years ago. The Illumini can't, however, use this gift very often as it takes a huge toll on their bodies and minds, causing immense fatigue and massive drops in body energy. Despite of their isolationist based existence, the Illumini are considered very wise when it concerns knowledge of the galaxy. Several saga suggest they are not naturally indigenous to our galaxy. This has however never been proven and will remain to be just good bedtime stories or interesting tales of mystery.
(The Illumini are created by a member of SB118 and thus NOT canon, and awaiting approval for acceptance within the SB118 life-form database)
