VAEU


 * 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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