Lampyrians are all-female humanoids from planet Lampyria, known for their extremely brief lifespan.

History

All Lampyrians descend from the union between Harpies and Zeus.
They were the youngest and fastest-growing race in the Olympian Galaxy, until their planet was moved by Noriko Null into the Middle Galaxy.

Physical appearance and anatomy

Lampyrians superficially resemble human females with blue skin; they lack a nose (it’s unknown if they have a sense of smell) and have large bat-like wings coming out of their backs. The wings are functional and the Lampyrians are capable of flight, also thanks to their light bones.
Despite their clearly alien appearance, they are widely considered very attractive by most humans.
All Lampyrians are very similar to each other and it can be hard for a non-Lampyrian to distinguish two individuals.
Nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, is extremely toxic to Lampyrians.
Despite being physically weaker than humans, Lampyrians boast an incredibly efficient immune system and are able to survive in a much wider variety of environments.

Lampyrians can use Drylon devices and are among the very few that can do so without negative effects, since their lifespan results in their death before they can feel the damage to their minds.

Reproduction

Technically, all Lampyrian are clones: an adult female gives birth to an exact replica of herself in a process called gynogenesis or pseudogamy. The egg develops into an embryo without any inheritance of genetic material from anyone but the mother.

A Lampyrian pregnancy lasts one week; the child is adult within a month, at which point the parent will already be able to conceive again.

Lifespan

The most notable characteristic of Lampyrians is their short lifespan. A Lampyrian reaches adulthood within one month of her birth and will keep her youth until she’s close to her death. Lampyrians living longer than two years are considered extremely rare.

A medical treatment was created by Noriko Null and Hermes to extend the lifespan of a Lampyrian to 10 years; the cure was widely distributed across the Olympian Galaxy and eventually on Lampyria itself.

 

Society

Due to their very short lifespan and persecution from humans, Lampyrians living outside their home planet don’t have a distinctive society and typically live with humans.

They can learn much faster than any other known species, but because of their limited lifespan and their fragility when compared to humans they are mostly employed as prostitutes, especially in the Aphrodite sectors. Some Lampyrian families have extensive political powers, like the Elater family in the Artemis sector.

Because they are often beneath suspect, the Mortal Liberation Front frequently used Lampyrians as spies. Alexer Syzar also founded an all-Lampyrian terrorist group known as the Blue Rose.

Religion

Lampyrians typically worship the god owning the planet they’re living on. A large number of Lampyrians worship Aphrodite as their benefactor, since her sectors are some of the few places where there is no persecution against them.
Following her invention of the lifespan serum and her actions saving them from Apollo, a majority of the Lampyrians living on their home planet now worship Noriko Null.

Names

Lampyrian names are rather similar (adding to the difficulty in telling them apart) and seem to follow a similar pattern. Known names include Elytra, Lysia, Lyrhea, Etyra and Elyla.

Family names are not universally used. Elater and Elosia are among the few known last names.