Sechifil

The Sechifilluy (//, singular Sechifil) were a sentient species from the world of Plorgitz.

Biology and appearance
in configuration, the Sechifilluy were noticeably thinner than most other sentients, resembling s and in their builds. They had long, dextrous fingers, and skin in various shades of purple, from lilac and lavender to shades almost black. Their eyes came in a variety of colors, though shades of yellow and green were the most common.

Sechifilluy had extensive control over their eyes, evolved to deal with harsh winds on Plorgitz. They could extend their eyes until they bulged past the lines of their skulls, or retract them deeper. They could also sharpen or generalize their vision, allowing them to perceive in minute detail things as close as centimeters from their faces or as far as a hundred meters. They had two sets of eyelids; one was translucent and merely rendered the surrounding environment slightly blurry, while the other was thicker and full opaque.

Also in evolutionary response to the winds and sandstorms of home, Sechifil could lack their jaws shut and seal their nostrils. They could go up to two minutes without breathing. Locking and unlocking jaws made a distinctive clack sound.

Female Sechifil carried their young for over a standard year before giving birth, almost always to one at a time. Sechifil could live upwards of eighty standard years.

Society and culture
The Sechifil were often viewed by other species as perfectionists; their evolutionary ability to perceive detail was gradually translated into a cultural attention to detail. They were also regarded as geniuses of improvisation and adaptation. Their need to scrounge their homeworld for supplies produced a species able to invent and create useful things with much more ease than most other sentients. Sechifilluy educated in the sciences were often sought for research and design positions.

As a culture, the Sechifilluy acquired a reputation for having oily manners, preferring finery over substance. They could become lazy when not challenged by their work, and often appeared temperamental and uncommitted to others.

History
The Sechifilluy evolved in Plorgitz's harsh conditions, and natural selection favored those with both the physical ability to spot small, useful things and the mental flexibility to adapt to difficult situations. Xenobiologists found a statistically insignificant number of sentient species which evolved in conditions similar to those on Plorgitz, especially in the numbers of the Sechifilluy, which became a source of species pride for them.

The Tetrarchy of Mezlagob acquired Plorgitz some time after Synno, around the second century before the. Though the planet was a vassal world, some Sechifilluy prospered offworld as designers and engineers. Competition became extreme for the few spots at the University of Chorrdo afforded to citizens of vassal worlds.

The Golden Empire captured Plorgitz as part of its Capture of the Vall`to sector, and the majority of Sechifilluy did not bother assisting the Tetrarchy in its attempt to repel the invaders. Instead, they reaped the benefits of the Empire's greater equality among member worlds, and Plorgitz experienced something of a brain drain as its native children sought to employ their intellects offworld. Those who remained used their newly available imports to rapidly develop new technologies onworld, developing an industrial think tank on their homeworld.

In the galaxy
Zawimo Wehthem was a Sechifil engineer and weapons designer who eventually headed up Coprakim Armaments's Special Arms division.