Smaktu (SMKT)
Genotype: Molluscs
Technology: Entirely organic, growing their own parts from flesh, synapse, and exoskeleton
Overview:
The Smaktu are by far the best biotechnologists in the galaxy. They grow their spaseships as autonomous organisms; neural tissues act as computing devices, ganglia and nerves as external sensors, and digestive processes as propulsion.
While they have declared themselves “willing slaves” of the Fslak-Tuembao, protecting the brainships with their lives in return for strategic guidance and support, the truth is they enjoy a close partnership – they are of the few alien species who live under similar environmental conditions, and can truly work side-by-side as a result.