Elcor

The Elcor are a Citadel species native to the high-gravity world of Dekuuna. They are quite massive creatures, and stand upon four muscular legs for increased stability. They move slowly, which was an evolved response to an environment where even a fall could be lethal. This sluggishness has inserted itself rightly into their psychology as well, making them deliberate and conservative.

Physiology
Having evolved on such a high-gravity world, the Elcor are slow but incredibly strong. All four of their limbs have been dedicated to support and balancing their massive bodies, and they therefore seemingly cannot properly manipulate objects, making it somewhat of an enigma how they build their weapons and other technologies. Their immense, heavy bodies are incapable of quick movement, but they utilize a rather imposing stature along with their immense strength, and also have a thick, tough skin which allows them to shrug off many attacks.

Very deliberate by nature, their speech pattern is heard by most species as a flat, ponderous monotone. However, they rely more upon things such as scent pheromones, extremely slight body movements, and subvocalized infrasounds to convey shades of meaning that make a Human's smile seem as subtle as a fireworks display. Because this subtlety and monotonous speech pattern can easily lead to misunderstandings amongst other species, the Elcor have resorted to going out of their way to clarify when they are being sarcastic, amused, or angry.

Trivia

 * The Elcor won the "Best New Species of the Year" award from the official Xbox magazine.