Species: Diathim
Home Planet: Millius Prime & Iego
Attribute Dice: 12D
DEXTERITY 1D+2/5D
KNOWLEDGE 2D/5D
MECHANICAL 1D/4D
PERCEPTION 1D/4D
STRENGTH 1D/4D
TECHNICAL 1D/3D+1
Special Abilities:
Flight: The Diathim are winged and are capable of flight, capable for flying at the speed given below in their move both in atmosphere and in space.
Vacuum Breathing: Diathim can survive in the Vacuum of space without breathing, however they weaken losing 1D of strength for every 6 hours they spend in Vacuum.
Aura of Kindness: Diathim have mild telepathic abilities, which allow them minor hypnotic abilities (+1D to Bargain, Con and Persuasion).
Story Factors:
Fascinated by Starships: Diathim are absolutely fascinated by Starships, and must make a moderate Willpower test to avoid having to closely examine any starship they encounter.
Reputation as Navigation Menace: Diathim have a reputation for mobbing starships, and are regarded as a menace around navigation lanes. They may be banned from starports and authorities may have orders in place to kill them rather than allow them to endanger vessels.
Move: 10/12 (15/20 Flying)
Size: 2-3 meters tall
Background: The Diathim, also referred to as Angels, were a mysterious species of winged sentients who inhabited the planet Iego and Millius Prime, the largest of its many moons. The Diathim were reputed for their beauty, and the way in which they appeared would vary depending on the beholder. They shared their habitat with the Maelibi, who lived below the ground. When the young Anakin Skywalker first met his future wife Padmé Amidala, he compared her natural beauty to that of the Diathim.
The mysterious species whom the University of Sanbra xenobiologists called “the Diathim,” otherwise known as “the Angels,” seemed to be made of blazing white light tinged with a yellow aura which suggested they were beings of pure energy. At any rate, their intense radiance made it difficult to make out their biological details. Most accounts depicted them as slender, 2 to 3 meters tall feminine anthropoids with six blade-shaped wings protruding from their backs. One particular individual appeared in front of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, two Human Jedi, as a tall woman of their species with wings, milky white skin, blond hair, light blue eyes, a tiny nose and long limbs. Some other witnesses described the Angels as more androgynous, while many non-Human observers portrayed them as mysterious and fascinating variants of their own species. Whether their wings were physical or not, the Diathim could fly and glide freely. They could even fly in the vacuum of interplanetary space without the assistance of a protective suit or life support. They also had natural hypnotic abilities.
The Diathim gave off an aura of kindness, and they were consistently described as benevolent by those spacers who propagated the legend of the Angels. They described themselves as a peaceful people. However, the Diathim were fascinated by spacecrafts, which often prompted them to mob any ships that found themselves in the vicinity of their homeworlds, Iego and Millius Prime. Because of their hypnotic abilities, those curious Diathim had a tendency to provoke accidents, causing the mesmerized observers to plunge their vessels into violent crash-landings. For those reasons, they were still regarded as dangerous entities.
Since the Diathim were only seen when they gathered in flocks to welcome arriving ships, knowledge of what their habitat looked like remained hidden to outsiders. Although they had no apparent language of their own, at least some of them were capable of speaking Galactic Basic Standard, the common language of the galaxy.