HORIZON Manual - Steam

Transient races are believed to have originated from another dimension. Theseraces have an innate understanding of temporal physics and can open timecorridors in the space-time vortex for their ships to travel through. This allowsthem to ‘jump’ in relative safety from one point in the galaxy to another in a veryshort time.IMMATERIALThere are beings in the galaxy that exist in non-corporeal forms. Some evolvedfrom primitive energy-based life forms while others, through evolution, haveshed their bodies -no longer needing them. Those of corporeal origin may stillappear in their old humanoid, or other body forms, as they have the ability toshift between different forms of energy and matter. Immaterial beings areextremely difficult to destroy and die VERY explosively, releasing their full energyin all directions.QUASI-IMMORTALThere are rare races who are naturally born immortal or who have advanced tobecome so. These beings have extremely robust health and are immune todiseases and aging effects, such as the deterioration of body organs.WARRIORThese races have a culture that promotes the embodiment of the perfectwarrior. From childhood they are taught, trained to honor and live the life ofwarriors. This makes them highly disciplined, yet at the same time, constantlyneeding to prove themselves, making them easier to provoke.FANATICALFanatical races once devoted to a cause or idea become motivated with suchzeal that they tend to outperform all others. The negative side of this is that theycannot stop themselves or be stopped easily when in such frenzy.ECO-ADAPTIVESome races have the ability to subsist on harsh, inhospitable worlds. They haveorgans that can adapt to most atmospheres and extreme temperatures. This is agreat advantage to space-faring races in a galaxy full of hostile planets.17