Most Peloran are the slightly-alien but obviously human beings that most of us have contact with. Stronger. Faster. Harder to kill. But still indefinably human. The Albion wanted to build something better though. More specialized. Capable of surviving in environments that would kill humans. Low temperatures. Low air pressures. Environments where mere sunlight became a weapon. So they created specialized Peloran who could live in sub-zero temperatures without any insulation. Who could walk in vacuum as easily as we walk to the store. And with special eyes designed to filter out sunlight glinting off white snow. Or could look straight into a sun from an airless hunk of rock.
We all have a mother. Some of us are blessed with getting to see her every day. Some of us never see her.
This weekend, we take time to say what we should be saying every day.
Thank you.
I love you.
I wouldn’t be here without you.
The little things.
The things that matter.
Now Mother’s Day Monday comes. Yes, that means flowers and cards and discount price. It also means you have another chance to treat her like it is Mother’s Day all over again. Tuesday as well. And Wednesday. Heck, let’s pick every day of the week to treat her like she matters. Maybe make every day Mother’s Day.
What do you say?
The most important thing to keep in mind when dealing with one of the classic homeworlds Peloran is that they will do nearly anything to avoid violence. They are courteous, careful, and observant of every cultural custom they are aware of. They are quick to apologize if they have accidentally given offense, and giving purposeful offense is unthinkable. That is how the Albion designed their supersoldiers. To avoid violence at nearly all costs. They do not play football or box with each other. Instead their most famous sports include mild-mannered Peloran dueling with their minds in games akin to Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune. They particularly love trivia games that can challenge their near-eidetic memory, and they congregate in a yearly Knowledge Bowl where they compete in teams for the honor of being the most advanced collection of minds in the known galaxy.
The Peloran that made Contact with us get cut and bleed just as easily as most humans. They just heal really quick. But most Peloran have thicker skin than that. Literally. Well…maybe denser is the better word. Definitely stronger. Firmer as well. Peloran skin actually acts as a kind of low-grade armor, you see. It’ll shrug off the kind of things that normal humans live in fear of. Low-caliber bullets. Paper cuts. Legos. That’s one of the reasons so many of them look just a little bit different than us. They were designed for war, and didn’t disappoint one bit by the time they were ready to field. I still remember the day I first saw a battalion of them march unto the landing field at Sunnydale. God that was an amazing sight.
The Peloran are far stronger than most Earthborn humans. They were genetically engineered with stronger muscles, denser bones, and better immune systems. They almost never get sick. And they heal far more rapidly than Earthborn humanity. Scratches and cuts usually heal in seconds to minutes. Cracked bones can take a few hours. Broken bones can heal within hours or days depending on how extensive the damage was. They can even regrow limbs if they are completely amputated, though it can take up to weeks depending on how much of the limb was lost. Basically, any wound that doesn’t kill them on the spot will heal in time and leave no physical hint that it ever happened. That’s a powerful ability for a soldier.


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