Raydee, as individual/culture
Rr'yaydyininrr Ark'k'k'nibukt’rn (The Clans League), as interstellar collective
THIS ARTICLE IS A STUMP | Last updated January 16th 2026
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COLLECTIVE SUMMARY
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Oldest traces of Raydee presence across the Dominion's borderlands (~154ly) date from 14,000 CE, and earliest Chelok records note on their homeworld from about 12,000 CE, which means they somehow went from beating rocks underwater to reaching the Dominion's borderlands in about 1600 years, an impressive feat.
They maintained a brief connection with a dispersed humanity from between 15,000 and 17,400 CE before ultimately stopping actively interacting with the human Dominion because of the Arrene.
Origin
Once known as HD 117207, Lltlot (-595, -90, 419) is the Raydee home system, 733ly from Argost. Only the Chelok Empire has this information.
Known locations (within the Dominion) include Fibir (136, 8, 89), around 163ly from Argost.
The Raydee as a species are very intimate to water, they seek oceanic worlds with shallow and vast oceans to rest their fleets due a certain cultural significance. Otherwise, highly mobile/nomadic in between stars.
Description
Being commonly between 4’6” and 5’5” and weighing 80kg, the Raydee are oviparous amphibious hexapods, walking like quadrupeds and having a middle smaller pair of arms to perform precision tasks. They have large salamander heads and a cephalo-torax which occupies the bulk of their upright form. Their posterior arms are particularly strong and developed to be used for walking, running or carrying heavy objects. Their speech is made for pressurized environments, sounding to most dry-species like cat and dolphin calls. Possess exceptional dark vision and a lack of sensitivity to the color red, making all their luminous technological assets a bright green or blue color.
The Raydee are separated biologically in at least three castes or types, drones which are the majority of them, royals which are larger and stronger and more intelligent, and queens, which can be the size of a school bus. Queens seem to operate whole armadas of ships in what is referred to as a clan or fleet, royals are often the direct descendants of the queen and the drones and their clones serve the fleet as they are commanded. A raydee fleet can be any size between 1 and 20-ish ships, typically less than 7, after which the royals must pick a partner and start a new fleet else internal friction ensues. The Raydee are organized in a League of the biggest clans, which moots every 950 years.
Spacetravel
Unknown method, probably hybrid fusion / A-M/AM drivers, pulsed kugelblitz drivers or semi-Alcubierre solutions. Their ship size is incompatible with conventional methods of travel, possibly use some kind of spacetime bending device to accelerate/decelerate. Certainly capable of γ~10+ (?).
Relations
Non-aligned interstellar power. Territorial, eusocial, paranoid, fragmented, noble, cautious, xenophobic.
Unknown fleet size.
Unknown personnel size.
Unknown objectives.
Mixed relationships to everyone else, seem fond of the Chelok.
Unknowable degree of historical interference.
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