Indrogeno

From the ocean planet Aigua, the Indrogeno are an eel-like species that cannot survive outside of water like some aquatics.

Indrogeno males are slimmer and longer than the females, with darker skin and a significantly longer illicium. Historically, the illicium were used to lure smaller sea-dwelling creatures, much like the Earth anglerfish. Over the last few hundred years, as the Indrogeno developed more efficient methods of food production, the luring of prey has gradually ceased to be part of the species’ day-to-day lifestyle.

All Indrogeno starships have to be filled with water, which initially led to very few of their kind venturing out into the wider galaxy. The difficulty in building and launching such a ship from the ocean was such a mammoth engineering challenge that very few ships were built. In more recent times, contact with other galactic species, and eventual admission into the GSF, has allowed to Indrogeno to contract out the construction of their ships.

Some Indrogeno interact with the greater galaxy in mechanised bubbles, but most find this an undignified and awkward way to conduct oneself and therefore very few are seen to do so. The only known Indrogeno to use the bubbles serve on the SCS Galileo as members of the science team. There are only 3 entirely Indrogeno crews in the Space Corps aboard the SCS Ura, Voda, and Akvo; each ship has a relatively small ‘dry deck’ to cater for non-Indrogeno visitors.