Illumini

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Illumini
Four Letter Code	ILLU
Federation Status	Member
Planet of Origin	Crysta Alpha
Encountered	Unknown
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	Planetary Development Scale
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Name

• Proper Name: Illumini
• Pronunciation: Ee-lu-mi-naye

Home System

• Quadrant: Beta
• Location: Vorin Sector (coordinates B27-0002-1300 )
• Proper Name: Crysta
• Pronunciation: Cry'Sta
• Star: It has a binary star system with a Pulsar and a White Dwarf star
• Distance from Star: it orbit's the binary stars at approximately 387 million km
• Companions: 2 other planets and an asteroid belt. It is the closest planet to the binary stars

Home World

• Proper Name: Crysta Alpha
• Pronunciation: Cry'Sta Al'pha
• Diameter: 12,749 km (7,968 miles)
• Gravity: ??? standard gravity with a density of ???
• Axial Tilt: ???%, no appreciable tilt and no seasons
• Orbital Period: 212 days
• Rotational Period: 19 hours
• Classification: ??
  • Surface Water: ???%
  • Atmosphere: ??? is a standard pressure with 75% nitrogen, 24% oxygen, 1% trace chemicals
  • Climate: ???
  • Population: Just over ??? million

History

The Illumini are a species about which not much is known. They are a somewhat strange addition to the Federation since they are an isolationist species. Their home-planet Crysta Alpha lies deep within Federation space in the regions nearby Gamma Tauri. Invisible to most sensors and even for the naked eye most of the time, their world is considered quite unique due to this natural phenomena.

The very few humanoids who have 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.

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.

Other than this very little is known about their past. The Illumini prefer to keep a low profile to remain 'unseen'. This mostly has to do with their history with other space-fairing species, who often are afraid by their odd bodily structure and appearance.

Government

While the Illumini are members in good standing of the Federation, there is still much to be learned about this species. This is mostly due to their isolationist society and one of the biggest mysteries is how their government is set up. For some reason they will not discuss it with outsiders.

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Since becomeing members of the Federation they have revealed a little more about themselves than they had before. Not a lot that is true but the one area in which they have made full disclosure is the manner and form of their government.

The Illumini have a two council system of government. The first is the White Council with a total of 153 members and the second is the Black Council with 135 members. The White Council deals with all issues that have to deal with their people and space with in their system. The Black Council deals with any and all issues that fall outside of their system.

Description

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.

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While the Illumini may appear to be some radical form of biped humanoid, that is where the similarity ends. Visually they appear to be genderless and their bodies seem to be formed from a purely transparent diamond like material. They are in reality one of the very few species not composed of any form of biological material. 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.

Physiology

• Breathing Conditions: There are 'none'. The Illumini are capable of surviving without any atmosphere as long as their energy reserves can last. It has been known some Illumini have survived the coldness and vacuum of space for several months, replenishing their energy from stars or any other natural or in-natural energy sources.

• Gravity Conditions: Their tough and hard bodies make them capable of surviving in zero-gravity up to high gravity worlds, limited only by the stress their harder-then-diamond bodies can handle. Their movements will be limited though, depending on the amount of gravity.

• Growth Period: The Illumini are born deep within their planet's cold crust in, what is called by them, the lagoon of life. Unlike most species, the Illumini do not have parents as we know them, no 'mother' of 'father'. They are created by a chemical and natural process within the lagoons and are brought up by groups of people simply known as caretakers. A member of the Illumini race reached adulthood after 18 years, just like the humans. Their lifespan however is many times more then that of a human. Theory proclaims the Illumini should be able to reach several thousand years of age before their capacity of absorbing energy is reduced to zero percent.

• Senses: Very much identical to a Terran, from touch, taste, scent, sight and sound. They possess no enhanced ability with their senses.

• Resistances: Starfleet scientists 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.

Psychology

According to them the Illumini do not suffer from any form of mental instability or social disorders. When asked why not their simple response was that they were not capable of such illogical, biological failures.

Culture

Prior to exposure to other species and cultures they do not seem to have developed any art forms. Even now most of their species considers these arts as a waste of time and resources as they do not seem to create or provide anything useful.

Customs

The Illumini do not seem to have any customs. As a species they tend to have trouble grasping the concept of certain species doing certain things for certain reasons, such as celebrating a birth or a wedding. To them it makes no sense.

Technology

The full extent of their technology is unknown. What little is know and has been confirmed is that they are a warp-capable species. They have a unique method of manufacturing a high quality of dilithium crystals which can boost engine efficiency at least 8 percent. This technology has been used by Starfleet with much gratitude on numerous occasions, especially during the Dominion wars and the construction of the Sovereign class starships.

Due to their bodily structure, the Illumini have had very little need of medical knowledge. Their scientific knowledge of the fabric and traits of the Galaxy however has been named 'impressive' by scientists from all over the galaxy on numerous occasions.

Economy

The Illumini see no need in enriching themselves with currency. They have always worked as a species to better themselves.

Military

While they do not seem to have a military and there are no records or data to confirm or deny this, it is also true that the few times that hostile craft have entered their system they have vanished with no trace or record of what ever happened to them ever being discovered.

Notes

THIS PROFILE IS CURRENTLY BEING RE-WRITTEN BY THE SDC; Species Development Committee

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