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:The Pandronians are one of the most unusual species in the galaxy as they are in reality a plant colony which requires seven individual subspecies to combine together to create a single humanoid individual.   

*Thinkers: This is the head portion of the body. The thinkers were originally the most intelligent of the species, with the best senses and reasoning. Usually one exists per colony, its role is to be the center of the hive mind and to collect sensory input through eyes, ears and nose.  This section has the only full brain of the subspecies, though it cannot provide enough power to use it unless connected to the rest of the body.  Also the location of the vocal cords.

*Graspers: These are the arm and hand portions. These creatures developed great dexterity and strength and so they became the workers of the colony.  There are usually two per colony, one of each gender.

*Walkers: As their name suggests, these are the leg and feet portions of the body. Built for speed and endurance, they support the rest of the colony, though they provide little in terms of intelligence. Each colony typically has two walkers, usually one of each gender.

*Thumpers: The chest of the Pandronian colony. This is the powerhouse of the body, and also the reproductive section. Rather than blood, the Pandronian colony uses a type of thin sap to transport glucose and carbon to the different extremities. The thumpers house a large heart to pump the sap through the body. Either Male or Female.  One per colony.

*Grumblers: This is the abdominal section, and it holds the colony's digestive system. A large mouth sits where a human naval would be, directly connected to the stomach. Sugar and Water are pulled out of the food and turned into sap, which is pumped through the body by the thumper section. Non-gendered section, and there can only be one per colony.

Pandronian reproduction is very strange to most humanoids. The strange mix of genders can be confusing to outsiders and is a very private thing in their society, so it is rarely discussed. It takes two full Pandronian colonies to create a "bask", or group of offspring. A typical bask is 15-20 eggs.

There are technically six Pandronian genders, though only two are necessary for reproduction. Walkers and graspers hatch as either "lefts" or "rights", and thumpers as either male or female.  Thinkers exist on a much more fluid gender plane, one without any chromosome difference, and grumblers have no gender.

The thumpers control the reproductive aspect of the Pandronian biology because they are the only section to have sexual contact with another body.  The nature of reproduction is very much the same as any sexual reproduction in the galaxy.  After conception, the female delivers the tiny fertilized eggs, which are then incubated and cared for by the community.

Walkers and graspers have a different sort of gender. They require more compatibility than the other sections of the colony, so they are usually a mated pair. The two walkers and the two graspers are connected to each other directly to ensure faster communication.

These seven distinct parts of the whole can be disassembled and reassembled with other parts over and over again to create a new colony collective each time. This effectively ends the existence of the previous unique Pandronian.

Young Pandronians are referred to as "egglings".  

 

The individual organisms of a Pandronian were autonomous to a large extent. Each individual part could be completely mobile on their own, through some form of levitation. When combined together they walk like any normal bipedal humanoid.  

As colony creatures, Pandronians existed as cooperative beings made up of discrete organisms. Consequently, the concept of an individual holds a unique meaning for Pandronians, who referred to the colony as "this one" instead of the more expected "I" used by most humanoid species. The separate organisms that constituted a unique Pandronian may have also, over the course of time, "disassembled" and reassembled with other creatures creating a new colony and effectively terminating the existence of the previous unique Pandronian.  

Due to the unusual nature of their collective mental functions not much is known about any mental health issues that they may suffer from. Some experts believe that since they can replace a damaged part of the collective with a healthy one that they may do the same if there are any signs of mental health problems.  

Each individual part of the Pandorian collective can assemble and disassemble at will. When doing so each part can levitate in order to move slowly from one location to another. This seems to be a natural mental ability developed with in the primitive brains of each section through evolution.     

Each separate part of the Pandorian collective has its own mental thought process and primitive brain. While nowhere near as intelligent as most humanoids in this form they can solve easy problems and ensure their own survival by obtaining the basic necessities of life.  

However when they join together into a single individual all seven of these brains meld together to create a unique individual, one with a personality, intelligence and knowledge that is an unusual combination of the entire collective. When joined together into a single individual they lose the ability to levitate. Most experts believe that each individual section can only use one of its two special abilities at one time. Either combine into a hive mind or levitate around.