alien category staples

name
	origin
	staples
	adv offshoot race

BASIC CATEGORIES
Techo
	organic origins

	adv. schools of thought, hi tech, clandestine activity, physical weakness, powerful items (weapon, healing, scientific, etc), minutia based talent advancement

	Robo
		hi tech origins

		Adapted to meet various needs.

		Machine Symbiosis
			Auto-adapts to survive

	Cryptic
		clandestine + minutia origin

Muto
	organic origins

	diverse xenothropy, adv. digestion and chemical refinement, organic model manipulation

	Imitator
		organic model origins

		Clandestine

	Adept
		organic origins

		various skill
		godlike, streamlined, psychic

Warmonger
	various origin

	Cut from a mold by an upper tiered race. Incredibly adept at retaliation and vanity.  Lack of motivation.

Entertain
	organic origin

	Randomness, Adv. infighting, flaws, obsession.

	Detach
		random origin

		Adv intuition

	Selfish
		war origin, xenokiller

		Obsession with symbols, stories, and death

Lago
	organic origin

	Diplomacy, adv. alien and xeno lore, spiritual beliefs, adv. symbols

	Godly
		spiritual origin

		Spiritual embodiment

	Defile
		symbol origin

		Attachment to and manipulation of symbols.

Elemental
	namesake origin
	Extreme adaptation, power xenothropy, level up adaptation, self weaponry

	Kinetic
		physical adaptation

		Dexterity, body language, technical infighting, physical self weaponry

	Exceed
		energy adaptation

		High energy self weaponry, elemental embodiment

	M-Tap
		magic adaptation

		Magic wavelength detection, weak magic power

Solo
	Unique origin and alien race

Adventurer
	Any alien race origin

	adv. training

Steampunk
	Any origin

	brand appeal in all design

ABNORMAL - reality shifting origin
en (category)
	origin/name is the verse it comes from

	Adv. verse manipulation

	Micro
		blood verse origin

		A blood microverse

in-verse (category)

	Deus Ex Machina
		all tech origin

		techo subversion, physical autonomy demands, resemble Essence in VR, generate robot avatars

	Planetary
		all matter origin

		founds an alien race (sub), delegates for sub, planet-wide control, bound to space or larger, start with planet propulsion

	Starly
		all matter origin

		founding an elemental alien race (esub), empowers esub, star-wide control, controls planetary avatars of a very wide range in space, start with avatar

	Essence
		all reality origin


		Material
			Uncommon fuel

			Exhibit godly energy but lack direction, a greater alien race may harvest them to retain their own power.

		Incorporeal

			Lore: Generates an in-verse sub-race. Wishes to be heralded by all alien races.

			An essence may be present and weakly interact until it receives devotion. Until then it simply generates an avatar based on the host worshippers it wants to gain.

			A deity has godly powers even without its avatar.