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Physiology: Very little is known about their actual physiology,
as it is concealed beneath their shielding body-armor. Only this is known:
the Hel are communal organism that exists on different planets, and and
as a composite being feed off of solar energy, which generates a life-force
aura ('Hel Presence'). This aura overpowers any non-Hel living organisms
exposed to it, placing them into a comatose state. It is only in this state
that any true communication can be established with the Hel, as those overpowered
by their emanations enter into a sort of mind meld with them. (more accurately
though the outsiders mind becomes a part of the Hel mind, and it is this
relationship that allows outsiders to in a sense understand the thought
processes of the Hel. Not really being compatible, this state allows the
visitors subconscious mind to interpret the alien thought processes in
the form usually taken for a dream. Ie. there is the perception upon waking
that one HAD understood it all, but with waking it slips away, with only
the most basic concepts remaining. This is of course a natural offshoot
of the minds natural instinct to protect the conscious mind from ideas
and information it can't handle. This most commonly results in nightmares
when this hidden truth isn't well enough shrouded in symbols and secrecy
by the subconscious, thus causing us to wake from this stressful state
before the conscious mind totally unlocks the puzzle and inflicts psychosis
upon itself. Similarly, visions from the Hel-state are also comprised of
symbols, though not to shield the mind, but actually due to the mind finding
the closest representations of a common point of reference. When adorned
in their shielding suits of armor, the Hel are limited in their communication
to simple 3 colored light displays on their face plate-red for no, green
for yes, yellow for untranslatable/no common point of reference. They are
capable of assuming a myriad of forms on the Hel planets, and wear armored
suits to protect those around them from their life force when off-Hel.
Those that leave the Hel planets, do so for trade, and to spread the Hel
to lifeless planets.(when traveling outside Hel-Space, they customarily
bring a liaison/interpreter to facilitate negotiations.these liaisons will
usually meld with the Hel on a regular basis to be able to better represent
them with other species.most commonly these liaisons are Xenopaths in training,
and to be assigned to one of the Hel is considered the greatest honor,
and most coveted of all assignments for any xenopath!)
Diet: Inapplicable. On their birthworld, they feed collectively by solar energy absorption (in a manner somewhat akin to photosynthesis, but apparently more efficient), but off-Hel they subsist on their personal store of energy, replenishing from the life energies of their Hel Gardens.
Habitat: HelWorlds can be found throughout the Pan-Galactic Concordance, and they are one of the species that gives the Y'Qwyth the least-or more accurately- NO trouble, though it must be mentioned that they are not a member species of the Pan-Galactic Concordance;they occupy the same space, and there are never any conflicts between the Hel and their neighbors, but the Hel still remain a reclusive and mysterious race.
History: in 18,245AD Humon sophontologist Dr.Miguel Ozymand 'discovers' the Hel race on worlds previously classified 'wild'. Formal relations between the Hel and the other Known Races begin soon after.
Trade: Mechazoa technologies, and 'Elixirs': chemical matrixes which restructure brain pathways to create artificial experience and skill. They use them for an instant transmission of information between shielded Hel when they are off their homeworlds. It's become a common sight, that of their dispensing devices, appearing like black metallic hummingbirds, constantly attending the Hel when they need information on all the alien concepts of non-Hel. Within the HelPresence, the transmission of information is instantaneous, as all Hel think as a whole.) The Hel for their part, scan other species to gain biological templates for bio-diversity for their race. (they don't use DNA, thus they merely look for templates to mimic the forms and functions of.)
Psychology: as communal organisms, they do not have an individual identity -even when an 'individual' leaves the HelWorlds to explore and trade in Known Space. All that varies is the information possessed by each individual part of the whole -all of which is shared with the group mind at the first opportunity.(in some way, on a planetary level, all HelWorld sentiences are linked across space.This link does not carry over to separated individuals, or to HelGardens.
Culture: Inapplicable/Unknown
Helscyon: when scanning other species to gain biological templates, they will on occasion (if the recipient is the bearer of young to it's species-ie., female, etc.) request to impregnate that sentient by their exposure to the Hel presence, to form a Helscyon. Helscyon are sentients that are physically the young of the recipient mother, but are mentally compatible with the Hel -and thusly able to enter into the Hel presence consciously. (Helscyons are most often Liaisons to the Hel for it's parent race, and/or the Xenopaths.)
Hell Gardens: Comprised of non-sentient Hel organisms, these 'gardens' appear to be the equivalent of a life-support system; not only to they passively collect solar energies, but they appear to help maintain the connection of those Hel travelling off-Hel to the rest of the group-mind.