Melanon

The Melanon are a species native to the Milky Way Galaxy.

Biology
Melanons were small, one meter high bushes with yellow branches, blue leaves and a gray trunks. They were photovores and consumes sparse photons for sustenance and were able to endure being in a vaccum for several minutes.

For movement they use a lodestone they grip with their taproots allowing linear induction levitation above metal surfaces. The repulsion is actually generated using electricity generated by small metallochemical photocells in their leaves to first polarize the stone, then induce a high gauss field. While acting as individuals Melanons are part of a mind gestalt linking to a parent Tree that is hosted in a given area where their kind dwell. Using the combine minds of others the species in groups can achieve amazing feats to technological sophistication.

Culture
The Melanon are questors that seek answers to every question. According to one specimen they have Archived Answers only from the 33rd to the 47th Florescence of the galaxy. They are quite curious, especially about why entropy seems to favor the animal phylum over the plants when it comes to selecting for sapience. The species developed a renewable, non-polluting energy source for personal transport, taking free energy from the ceiling light radiators.

The species is a relatively old race and are one of the few races that remember the ancient Kokseen and hold a near worship for the precursor race, doing their part to keep their memory alive.