Sic-Six

Species: Sic-Six
Home Planet: Sisk

Attribute Dice: 11D
DEXTERITY 2D/4D
KNOWLEDGE 1D/3D
MECHANICAL 1D+1/3D+1
PERCEPTION 2D/4D+2
STRENGTH 1D/2D+2
TECHNICAL 1D/3D
Unlike several other arachnoid species, Sic-Six were known to wear clothing.

Special Abilities:

Hearing: Sic-Six have incredible hearing and get a +3D bonus to any Perceptionchecks involving hearing. However, Sic-Six are extremely susceptible to loud noises: any explosions within 20 meters of a Sic-Six cause upwards of 6D sound damage to them.

Poison: Beings injected with Sic-Six poison must make a Moderate Strength roll or be paralyzed for 1D+2 rounds.

Sight: Sic-Six can see in the ultraviolet and infrared ranges, and therefore can see in all conditions except complete darkness.

Webbing: Sic-Six can make very fine webs, which they often use as "prey detectors": they are strung across a lair, or between trees (in wilderness; they sometimes string them across corridors). A being must make a Moderate Perception total to notice the webbing. If the being fails the check, it may blunder into the web, which is very light and will give, but the vibrations on the web will alert the Sic-Six if it is still attached to the web strand.

Story Factors:

Poison: The poison of the Sic-Six is extremely popular in the galaxy and can often command prices higher than that of the best Corellian spice. Because of this, crime lords often on the lookout for Sic-Six who they might be ableto "employ." A Sic-Six will get many of these offers, some of which will be "impossible" to turn down.

Move: 10/12
Size: 1.2 - 2.1 meters tall

History

The Sic-Six were a species of intelligent arachnids who could produce webbing and use it to detect nearby presences by hearing the vibrations of the threads. Their proportionally large tympanic membranes, which covered most of their bodies, made this possible. At the same time, this made them vulnerable to loud sounds. Sic-Six had other important sensory organs, including four pairs of eyes, each adapted to see a different part of the spectrum.

Sic-Six generated a natural poison that, while toxic to the fauna of their native planet of Sisk, only acted as an intoxicating drug to organisms from other planets. Several Sic-Six, such as Trix-sor, left their planet to earn a living as "fangers," individuals paid to bite and inebriate customers. This lifestyle suited the species well, as the arachnids disliked the company of fellow Sic-Six.

Biology & Appearance:

The Sic-Six were sentient arachnids who could grow from less than one meter to more than two meters in length. Each individual had three body segments: head, thorax and abdomen, all covered by a hard, chitinous carapace.

The head had four pairs of eyes, all of them red and evenly distributed between the front and sides of the head. Each pair of eyes sensed a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum, giving the species a much wider visual spectrum than most species, ranging from infrared to ultraviolet. Nevertheless, they could not see in total darkness.

The Sic-Six mouth had two pairs of mandibular pedipalps that gave the arachnids an advanced sense of smell. The pedipalps were also used to interpret the environment. The mouth sported two fangs, which were used to inject venom into prey. Although this toxin killed animals from Sisk, it only had a paralyzing and mildly intoxicating effect on a wide variety of offworld species. The Sic-Six could also inject the poison using a stinger. In at least some cases, Sic-Six had a high-pitched voice, even when speaking the language of other species. A Sic-Six named Trix-sor, who was a refined polyglot, tended to infuse his speech with superfluous screeches and cheeps no matter what language he was speaking.

The thorax segment was the largest of the three body parts. It had eight legs attached, each of them with six joints. This allowed the Sic-Six to move at a higher speed than other creatures of the same size; however, this also meant that the species lacked any appendages capable of fine manipulation.

The short, fat abdomen was connected to the thorax by powerful muscles and tendons, despite seeming to almost float behind the rest of the body. It included four posterior spinnerets used to create fine webs. Sic-Six commonly laid webs among trees or in closed spaces to detect intruders: anyone stepping on the web would probably break it, but by doing so, that trespasser would make enough noise for the Sic-Six to notice. Sic-Six webs were seen in docking bays through the galaxy, where they spun webs that, in that position, were apparently a nuisance or a danger to pilots.

Sic-Six had highly sensitive hearing. In fact, their whole bodies acted as tympanic membranes. They could notice faint sounds that originated from hundreds of meters away. Unfortunately for the Sic-Six, this made them highly vulnerable to sonic weapons—even loud noises could seriously injure them, and the mere sound of a explosion from 20 meters away could be fatal.

Society & Culture:

Sic-Six were solitary by nature, particularly with regard to their own species: they only spent time with other Sic-Six to mate, and even then they were uncomfortable. As a result, their native planet Sisk had almost nothing in the way of a central government. Nevertheless, Sic-Six did not shun the company of sentients of other species. Sic-Six were also insecure and afraid of anything that fell beyond their control. This trait had been caused as a result of the quick climatic changes of their planet that sped up the rate of their evolution.

As the Sic-Six disliked uninvited presences, they used their webs to cover their surroundings, so that anyone trying to sneak up on them would be detected.

Although the Sic-Six were unable to stand each other, they managed to develop industrial-level technology on their own. However, that same personality trait stopped them from developing assembly lines. Sic-Six were proud of their own technological achievements, considering themselves superior to other species.

Sic-Six were known to enjoy music, theater and other forms of art. They commonly gravitated toward the humanities and often became scholars of such fields. Sic-Six-layer cake was a traditional dish from their homeworld; the confection's coloration was tailored to Sic-Six visual organs, a fact that made the cake vibrant to look at. The Sic-Six were by and large a wealthy people, because the venom they produced was exported as an addictive stimulant. However, certain unscrupulous entrepreneurs of the drug industry kidnapped and enslaved Sic-Six to make use of their drug-producing capacities.

Source:

Galaxy Guide #4: Alien Races 2nd Edition p.81-82 & Wookieepedia (For the Sic-Six Description)