Stror

The Stror is a sapient avian-like species native to Patelar.

Biology
Stror appears to be a bipedal avian-reptilian species with an omnivorous diet, but a preference towards meat. The physical difference between the male and females of the species is rather pronounced with males having more colourful fur, smaller but stronger while females are larger, but have much more powerful psionic abilities.

The adult Stror are over 2 metres tall with two arms ending with four clawed fingers, two legs, a noticeable plume-like tail, and the third set of limbs as wings that allowed them to fly earlier in their evolution. Despite their evolution, they can still use these wings for very short bursts of aided flight but largely vestigial. The limb set of wings on females often possess social rankings. Underneath their feathers, scales reminiscent of reptilians over their bodies, most notably on their tail where their plumage is located. Stror possesses two functioning hearts and two pairs of lungs. Their body cavity is heavily armoured by a number of rib sets.

The natural lifespan of a Stror is several thousand years. They commonly enter a form of hibernation during their long lives only to be awoken when they are needed. As of 2***, there are more Stror in their slumber than there are awake and moving about the galaxy. Female Stror gives birth to nearly twenty eggs a year during the scheduled mating season of the world they reside on.

Psionics
One of the few intelligent species who possesses any form of psionic abilities, the Stror can easily defeat most other combatants in a fight by simply reading their opponents minds, frying their brain or any other number of their abilities. Stror, when using their power of psionics in large groups, can warp reality to an extent to create objects from Void energy such as shields, ships, weapons, food and more. The elders of the Stror can use their powers to seemingly teleport from one location to the next or phase out of reality.

Society
Both genders have different roles to fufill in their culture: female Stror are the politicians, corporate CEOS, managers and landowners while the males act as military leaders and scientists, although it is not uncommon for them to switch positions. To maintain their status, males would master the art of combat, while females could often be found raising up grand structures and mastery of the mind.