Utobitha

Name: Utobitha
Race: Humans
Color: Light Blue
Fluff:
>Basically hivemind humans to who want to uncover the secrets of the universe and shit out research and culture.
Once but long ago a group of scientists and engineers gathered together as the world faced itself on the brink of War. Chaos and conflict ruled the nations, and it seemed like mankind's destructive tendencies would lead to their inevitable downfall.
These scientists got together to solve the problem before it destroyed their world, but where unsure how, until they came up with a vast plan.
They would build a device, a device capable of altering the very structure of the human mind, a device which would transmit the thoughts and information of not only themselves but of everyone else on the planet at once.
So all people see things from the other's perspective.
And upon activation. . .it worked! Once the whole planet realized the severity of the destruction that would be wrought, and how completely pointless it would be, the great nuclear war that would have otherwise engulfed the planet stood down.
With the seeds planeted by these few scientists, they also inadvertantly changed another aspect of their species culture. A strong desire for knowledge, understanding, and to explore the cosmos! Thus, unitied at last on every front, they set to work building roadways into the stars
Government Type: Hivemind Consensus Network
>Basically everyone votes on everything
Everyone retains their individual personality, desires, and wishes, yet is part of the vast hivemind. All decisions are made by a unanimous and total direct vote after a series of telepathic debates which are resolved in mere moments.
The process is relatively simple. A problem or issue presents itself, and is brought to the masses. The collect sum of the information of the planet is brought forth from everyone on the planet, as all sides are able to not only present their case, but recieve the same accurate information from the other side, and thus all sides of any debate see things from "the other's perspective" as well as their own.
Within moments, since all sides share the exact same information and perspective, a unified opinion is formed after much philosophical and analytical discussion, one which is, literally, unanimously chosen by all persons since any dissent have been resolved.
And all of this happening at the speed of thought for every decision ranging from whether we should engage in an international trade deal, or whether that chair ought to be closer or father away from the door.
How an individual handle such vast volumes of information and debate from the entire planet you may ask? Easy. The low level processes are almost entirely handled by the subconscious, rather than conscious thought, thus freeing up the individual to make his own choices for his own tastes. It's the major big things which affect the species as a whole, that require conscious debate.

Economy Type: Hivemind Command Economy
>Basically everyone knows where everything is supposed to go
Thanks to everyone knowing everything anyone else knows, all economic decisions are made in a way that ensures maximum efficiency, and satisfies those involved.
A person who enjoys being a doctor and able-bodied for the task not only has access to the brains and minds of all doctors on the planet, but also gets to make his case that he should perform these actions as he is the most interested and capable of not only performing it, but also advancing the science. Those with the strongest desire tend to get the job, while those who would act lackluster often get introspected for what job they would find the most satisfying, and are given that instead.
Resources are distributed to exactly where needed, when needed, and with no waste with the exception of luxury goods or cultural goods.
Religion/Ideology:
>Basically believe in whatever you want to believe, there are various religions
Varied and diverse, religion, along with food, sex, and other certain aspects, are one of the things not governed or heavily influenced by hivemindism. Although, generally speaking, there is a strong pressure to create a unified sense of morals and goodwill towards all persons.
FTL Method: Absolute Position Intangibility Drive (APID)
>Basically become intangible and stand still while the universe moves around you, then become solid again
Did you know, the Universe is constantly in motion? Not only do planets, solar systems, and the Galaxy itself move but even space expands just as it has ever since the Big Bang. Space itself is expanding and moving.
The Absolute Position Intangibility Drive is by far our proudest scientific achievement. When activated, it does two things at once, it pulls the ship out of real space, not into any pocket dimension or warp space, but by altering the "frequency" of the atomic and subatomic structure of the ship, renders it otherwise "intangible" to the known universe. This allows the ship to pass through solid objects, everything from planets to stars.
Next, with the ship existing in a state "technically" outside the universe, another thing happens. Since the ship is pulled out of the universe, this means the normal forces which affect it are also taken away. Everything from gravity, to heat, and most of all, inertia.
The Ship no longer moves in tandem with the rest of the universe, and slowly starts to lose relative momentum, as it starts to "slow down" until it sits in "Absolute position". Believe it or not, the universe is expanding at an astonishing rate, and pending on your absolute position, expands faster than the speed of light.
Thus, by staying in absolute position while the universe expands and moves around you, the ship is able to "move" at incredible speed (though technically it's the universe moving, not the ship).
As always, no two objects can exist in the same place at the same time, so before deactivating the intangibility drive ship must be located in empty space.
There is no way to properly stress how important that fact is.