Viodians
Originating on Viodia, they live mostly underground, due to the surface being subject to frequent terrible storms, and areas of high level radiation (all Viodians possess low level radiation resistance).
Their family structure is clan based, quite often with surnames in Basic that describe them, such as Harmony or Blaze.
Due to the harsh conditions, of Viodia, there are frequent clan wars and conflicts, causing some to leave for other worlds.
The females of this species are all born optically blind, with their other senses heightened to a level that compensates for this, to the point that their hearing acts as a sort of radar sense, letting them detect their physical environment using sound.
They eventually gain optical sight, as they reach puberty or adulthood (the age varies), causing their heightened senses become reduced to a much lower level of sensitivity, but still greater than those of a human--but all Viodians, regardless of gender, will gain a massive increase to their other senses, if they are permanently or long term blinded, for any reason--as a result, there are some Viodian clans and gangs, who deliberately blind themselves to unlock their special senses, knowing they will still possess physical environment perception.
Viodians who have been blinded have the following special abilities:
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Enhanced hearing: William can hear a heartbeat from several metres away, often using this to discern if someone is lying. He can sense his physical environment using sound, with what he calls a "radar sense." He can also hear in ultrasonic and infrasonic frequencies.
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Enhanced senses of scent and taste: He can identify individual beings by scent alone, and can track fresh scent trails, similar to a vornskr hound. He can identify various chemical types, and discern the most minute quantities of ingredients in a meal, that would be normally be undetectable. He can even smell ozone caused if infrared beams, and much more.
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Enhanced sense of touch: Even if faced with something that has no sound or scent, he can feel heat emanation in the air, the slightest change of air currents, read print by touch, and guess at colours based on the heat they reflect. This sense also gives him a greater sense of balance, and allows him to feel the weak points in strong substances, assuming there are any.
As a result of these abilities, blind Viodians are unable to see optically, meaning they can't see view-screens or holograms, except to guess at heat reflected by the illuminated colours, or light affecting air particles.
While they can feel ink on paper, it is more common for them to use digital devices with touch screens, and they can't feel ink on laminated paper--to use most devices, or to pilot a ship, they rely on tactile interface, that forms a three dimensional image, that their radar sense can detect.
While hypersonics won't affect their radar sense, as the sound would only highlight their physical surroundings more, they are still very painful, and diminish their ability to communicate verbally, and at some levels, to concentrate.
With their sense of smell, they are highly vulnerable to pheromone attacks, and some chemicals can hide scent trails, others can cause nausea.
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All Viodians, sighted or blind, possess unique blood, which makes them highly resistant to common blood borne pathogens, blood poisoning and radiation. Their unique blood is composed entirely of leukocytes, that also carry oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Their blood is white, not red, and they are universal donors and receivers.
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