VAEU

documentation regarding species evolution and war involvement of the vaeu Whinndex — 01/19/2022  During the final years of the Precursors rule, the Vaeu antelope were selected as one of the 20 species that would be genetically augmented, and used as an instrument of war. Of the species enslaved in such a fassion, the vaeu saw the most use and abuse on the front lines of battle. Their nimble forms would prove extremely effective at traversing war torn cityscapes, and as such, they were deployed as fast moving shock trooper infantry. Uplifted and biologically modified, the vaeu mind was rebuilt in such a way that it could operate as host for a precursors own thoughts. A Precursor "pilot" could connect their mind to a neural interface, and assume control of a vaeu antelopes body. The vaeu's own mind would remain consious and alert, able to receive all of its bodies sensory input, yet while under the control of the pilot, the antelope would lose all control of its motor functions. Vaeu were piloted like this, living in a waking nightmare, helpless to defend themselves as they were driven into battle like a remote controlled vehicle and forced to fight. When these vaeu were struck and killed on the front lines, their pilot would simply "log out" of that vaeu's neural driver, and log into the next available host, all while remaining safely distant from the fray. . When the war ended, the vaeu found themselves the most broken, out of the 20 surviving species. Even though they had been uplifted, intellectually, the vaeu actually reverted to rather primal ways of life for decades after the collapse. They became nomadic and reclusive, wandering aimlessly across the land, often finding themselves exploring dangerous terrain by accident. It took the intervention of several other species to finally get the vaeu back on their hooves. Nearly fifty years after the fall, the vaeu finally shook themselves free of their troubling past, and soon became one the leading players in the effort to reclaim the world. Emboldened by the other species that helped re-establish their people, the vaeu took it upon themselves to explore the ruins left behind by the precursors, and seek out solutions for the numerous environmental traumas that the bipeds had left in their wake.
 * 1) Common Vaeu antelope are among the median sized species of the homeworld, not considered large, nor small, among the list of other races.  Measuring just over three feet to the top of the shoulder, and weighing in anywhere from 190 to 250 pounds. Vaeu antelope have four nostrils, and three distinct airways.  Like several of the other species of their world, the vaeu are almost completely hairless, and rely on exo-and endothermic chemical reactions conducted within their center mass, in order to regulate their body heat.  Unclothed, a vaeu placed in extreme heat or extreme cold, would not freeze to death, or die from heat stroke.  They would in fact die of exhaustion and biochemical starvation, passing out before the elements could do them in.
 * [6:06 PM] . The vaeu are among the majority of species on the homeworld, that are capable of changing biological gender.  Pheromones in the air released by other vaeu, trigger the change from one gender to the next.  Before their uplifting, the vaeu would simply have spent much of their time, caught half way between genders, only transitioning all the way male or female when the time comes to reproduce.  After the collapse however, the species of the world were able to devise hormone blocking medication that allows an individual to remain unaffected by the natural pheromones the rest of their herd may emit, and remain in the gender of their choosing. (edited)
 * [6:06 PM] . Like many of the other species left on the homeworld, the vaeu are egg laying mammals.  When fully transitioned to female, a vaeu will produce a single egg, and carry it indefinitely, until fertilization.  If the egg goes unfertilized, and the vaeu transitions back into a neutral or male state, they must first expel the unfertilized egg before the transition can commence. Vaeu can reproduce at any time of year, but reproduction is strictly monitored by herd leaders in every species.  As there are no predator species among the survivors of the last war, the remainders run the very serious risk of overpopulation.  Intelligent enough to understand the carrying capacity of their environment, the vaeu, like every other species, maintain an agreed upon maximum population, never allowing their numbers to climb or diminish.  As a result, the vegetation of the world has been allowed to regrow and flourish on the homeworld, where once there was only sprawling urban wastes. (edited)
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Vaeu are given first names, chosen for them by their biological parrents. The name is decided upon, once their egg has been layed, such that the newly hatched vaeu already has a name by the time it breathes its first breath. Vaeu have no middle name, and carry no family name. Their last name is in fact, a title name, and is granted to a vaeu when they have achieved something imporant in life, or if they have been chosen for a specific task in society. The last name Descrier, for isntace, is given to a specific group of vaeu who have been tasked with the searching out and finding of lost things. Whinndex — 03/30/2022 vaeu are born androgeneous, and live completely devoid of any sex organs for as long as 20 earth years, in some cases, before their natural pheromone receptors naturaly select their first gender. At this point, they are encouraged to choose their prefered state of physical being, and are provided with the pheremone blockers that all vaeu take, who whish to remain as one sex or another. All through their childhood, they are raised by their parent herd, as a whole. Often times, more than 6 individual vaeu will act as paternal figures to the young ones. Biological parrents carry some significance and import, but are never the be all and end all of parrenting for new members of the herd, as they ascend from childhood