TEXT: Aesceti
     Tall, slim, and scholarly, the Aesceti are a non-aligned humanoid race native to the Alpha 
  Quadrant.  They can be found almost anywhere starfarers congregate.
  Personality
     As a whole, the Aesceti cultivate a cultured, 
  educated demeanor which conceals an innate 
  good nature, a deep cultural sadness, and an 
  abiding curiosity.  They find wisdom and 
  enlightenment in selflessness and service to 
  others- and are often good-natured to a fault. 
  The Aesceti tend to be patient and forgiving, 
  but are not easily taken advantage of.  They 
  excel at research and teaching others, and are 
  often found working as educators, archivists, 
  librarians, historians, and entertainers.
  Physical Description
     The Aesceti are humanoid, standing slightly 
  taller and slighter than human average.  The 
  Aesceti have long thin limbs and digits, and 
  large, widely-set eyes in a comparatively wide, 
  compact skull.  They generally have little facial 
  or body hair, and skin tones range from dull-
  brown to a pumpkin-like orange.  Because 
  they evolved in a comparatively warm 
  environment, the Aesceti find more common 
  humanoid habitats to be chilly, and adorn 
  themselves in heavy, concealing robes (much 
  like Vulcan ceremonial garb).
     Aesceti biology is fairly resilient, with two 
  hearts, and the usual assortment of organs.  
  Their biochemistry, however, is incompatible 
  with most other humanoid life-forms and they 
  can neither give nor receive blood or most 
  transplants across species lines.    
  Culture
     The Aesceti tend to live either in isolation or 
  in small enclaves among their host population, 
  and  have no unified culture as such.  Outside 
  of a few core tenets and practices, the Aesceti 
  tend to adapt to the customs and mores of their 
  host society.  
     As a general rule, the Aesceti are highly 
  cerebral- scholarly, studious, and intellectual.  
  They tend to live austere lives, eschewing 
  material wealth in favor of abstract knowledge 
  and intellectual vibrancy.  Conversely (and 
  when properly primed), the Aesceti can 
  indulge in surprisingly sybaritic vice (with the 
  attendant physical and emotional hang-overs).
    Most major spaceports will boast an Aesceti 
  presence, ranging from a single individual to a 
  small enclave in the thousands.  The Aesceti 
  are nobody's fools and tend to avoid worlds 
  and populations that might exploit or oppress 
  them.  
     Where the Aesceti do congregate, they tend 
  to organize themselves around family units 
  (with many generations living under the same 
  roof).  Wise elders are generally given 
  deference, and loose tribal or village councils 
  tend to make decisions for the community as a 
  whole.  The Aesceti do not (generally) 
  discriminate based on age, but there is a 
  cultural bias towards age and experience.  
  Language
  Aesceti Common, Federation Standard, Any
  Homeworld
     Delta Aescet II is a Class M world in the 
  Alpha Quadrant, and the original home to the 
  Aesceti people.  Warm, pastoral, and largely 
  fertile grasslands, Delta Aescet II was good to 
  its people- until rampant overpopulation, wars 
  over increasingly scarce resources, and 
  generations of (both deliberate and inadvertent) 
  pollution turned the world against them.  So 
  began the Aesceti Diaspora.
     Two hundred years before the founding of 
  the Federation, the Aesceti took to the stars, 
  trading their knowledge and scholarly talents 
  for passage to other worlds.  As their world 
  became increasingly unable to support their 
  people, this trending became common place, 
  and within one hundred years more Aesceti 
  were born off-world, than at home.  
     Today, Delta Aescet II is largely empty and 
  nearly forgotten.  While many of the ecological 
  wounds have healed, the planetary ecology is 
  still fragile, precluding large scale 
  recolonization.  The remaining population act 
  largely as gardeners, zoo keepers, and 
  archivists, safeguarding their heritage until the 
  world can be fully reclaimed.
  Interstellar Relations
     The Aesceti are generally on good relations 
  with most friendly, open powers, though they 
  eschew tend to eschew martial, autocratic 
  regimes.  As a people, they are particularly 
  fond of the Jyn Faisha and are frequently found 
  traveling on their city ships and working in 
  concert with their goals. 
     Although not Federation members (due to 
  their lack of a homeworld and unified 
  government), many Aesceti are Federation 
  
  citizens and serve in both civilian and 
  government venues.  A select few Aesceti are 
  also members of Starfleet- most often in the 
  Sciences.
  Technological Summary
     “Native” Aesceti technology is generally 
  Tech Level 5/6- though in practice, they enjoy 
  technological parity with their host society.
  Favored Profession
     Scientist, Starship Officer, or Diplomat.  The 
  Aesceti can take up almost any profession, but 
  as a whole, the species trend toward scholarly 
  pursuits as educators, advisors, and archivists.  
  Species Adjustment
  +2 INT, -1 STR, -1 VIT   
  Species Abilities:
  Bonus Edge: Cultural Flexibility:  With no 
  homeworld of their own, the Aesceti 
  live among aliens all their lives and 
  learning to accept the differing cultural 
  customs, practices and mores.   As a 
  species, the Aesceti gain a +2 bonus to 
  Social tests involving species other than 
  their own.  
  Bonus Edge: Eidetic Memory:  The Aesceti 
  focus on intellectual and academic 
  pursuits has rendered the Aesceti 
  memory a well-toned “muscle”.  
  Academic tests with a TN or 5 or less 
  are automatically successful.  When 
  making tests with a higher TN, the 
  Aesceti enjoy a +2 bonus to their test 
  result.
  Bonus Edge: Thinker:  The Aesceti gain a 
  +1 species bonus to Academic tests.
  Notes
     The Aesceti are available for use as Player Characters with Narrator approval. Stats by Roger 
  Taylor.
  
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