Vosee

The non- Vosee (//, singular also "Vosee") were a sentient species native to Vos Khamida in the. Though technologically undeveloped and considered primitive by many other species, the Vosee were intelligent and able to communicate with the leadership of the Golden Empire. They were responsible for the farming of on their homeworld, which received a massive influx of wealth from the government's regulated sale of  and allowed the Vosee to import construction and servant droids for themselves.

Biology and appearance
The Vosee had no bones, but had bag-like bodies and numerous lightly muscled legs. Their shape was supported by internal fluids. They could regulate the flow of fluid into different portions of their body, allowing them to flood legs which were bearing their weight while draining others to allow easier mobility. Injured limbs would be drained of fluid so as not to leak it, but Vosee could generate more fluid internally over time. Because their forms provided so little edible material, Vosee were not widely preyed upon; when they did encounter predators, their bodies allowed them to evade at unusual angles or ensnare attackers.

Though they lacked distinctive eyes, the Vosee were able to perceive their surroundings by registering infrared radiation in their immediate surroundings. They could alter the temperature of their fluid-filled limbs; a combination of subtle temperature variations and complex sign language comprised the Vosee language.

The Vosee consumed a combination of gases and nutrients in the soil of their homeworld; the gases were absorbed through their main bodies, while the ends of their muscled legs could open up to suckers which absorbed minerals from the ground.

The Vosee were asexual. Vosee reproduction involved at least three participants. Any Vosee could deposit genetic material; left alone for a sufficient period of time, the material would harden into an egg or eggs. However, genetic material deposited on eggs would be absorbed, mixing the DNA of the initial donor with that of the second. The contribution of a third set of genetic data would trigger the production and development of an embryo, although if multiple donors deposited their genetic material within a sufficiently narrow time frame, they might all be incorporated.

Vosee eggs were either initially deposited or subsequently moved into aquatic environments. Infant Vosee developed underwater for the first year of life before migrating to land. They reached sexual maturity within five years, and had lifespans extending up to thirty years.

Society and culture
Vosee tended to move and live in clusters, a leftover instinct related to surviving predation. Though capable of existing aquatically, many Vosee preferred to live on land, away from the substantially more lethal predators of Vos Khamida's oceans. Large families sometimes formed clusters of their own, but many unrelated groups often grazed and moved together.

Because their physiology prevented them from building major structures or manipulating heavy tools, most Vosee preferred to take advantage of natural shelters, such as caves and foliage. After the arrival of the Golden Empire, they began incorporating more technology into their daily lives, including rapid transport and larger, more permanent shelters.

The last Vosee to assist the fertilization of eggs usually took responsibility for the education and rearing of the child. The Vosee developed a rich mythology based largely on animism, and storytelling was a common method for teaching children.

History
The Vosee evolved as an aquatic species, but eventually became amphibious. The migration of Vosee to the surface was considered by xenobiologists to be an evolutionary adaptation to the ongoing "arms race" among Vos Khamida's aquatic predator species, all of which were becoming more dangerous to one another, and any of which could have easily killed packs of Vosee at once.

Vosee existed on the surface for millennia, working collaboratively to build simple settlements, tend crop nutrient fields, and defend themselves from surface predators. When the Golden Empire arrived, its leaders were startled to discover that one of the nutrient crops was, an essential medium for the growth of. Queen Rin Sakaros immediately annexed Vos Khamida, but gave the Vosee the production and distribution rights for their cash crop.

The enormous influx of funds into Vos Khamida allowed the slightly bewildered Vosee to import all the technology they desired, and many clusters hired offworld contractors to build them fabulous cities. Some Vosee preferred to remain more pastoral, although all took seriously their duty to produce alazhi in mass quantities and fund the welfare and defense of their world.