Lurg Prawn

Being biological organisms by themselves, the Prawns were the method of hiding for the Lurg from their pursuers. Back then when they encountered their enemies, the Lurg used their hosts to pretend as harmless sub-sentient space creatures, therefore avoiding conflict and detection.

In a course of thousands of years, the Lurg have seen no need to leave their unhappy lobster hosts. In fact, they only have refined their semi-biological technology to allow them take their prawns out of their natural habitat, forcing them to live as long as possible to provide the most benefit. As the Lurg put it "The Prawn is a lower lifeform, genetically altered... designed by us to survive in the void of space."