Triceraton

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Triceratons refers to the alien race, resembling anthropomorphic Triceratops dinosaurs.

They have advanced technology, a strong government, and gladiatorial battles.

It is noted that they do not breathe oxygen, but actually respire a mix of oxygen and sulfur. Outside of their native environments, they wear protective face helmets to provide them with necessary atmosphere.

The Triceratons are one of the major galactic superpowers of the TMNT unniverse, in perspective they possess an empire that covers the entire central region of the Milky Way Galaxy, a huge interstellar domain consisting of many thousand square light years of territory. They are saurian creatures, possibly genetically similar to the Earth species of dinosaur, the Triceratops. Triceraton folklore would even suggest that the very origin of the species ishares a terrestrial connection to Terran life. Tough and aggressive, they are entirely herbivorous (plant eating), and have a high sense of loyalty to their race.

TheTriceraton Republic was a glorious empire whose warriors were following a strict code of honour. But when Prime Dictator Zanramon took over, the Republic soon began to regress into a dictatorship, with few warriors left to follow the true path of honour. Over a dictatorship lasting many decades, a cou was launched against Prime Dictator Zanramon spurred by radicals in the Triceraton millitary, who was succesfully overthrown and imprisoned, the Triceraton People bacame a Republic once more. The Republic was once a society of honor and glory, but with Zanramon takeover, the Republic lost the sense of their warrior's history. But thanks to the Triceraton radicals, the old Republic virtues were restored.

Their homeworld was destroyed by an unknown cause (whatever the reason, the Triceraton appear to have played some part in the catastrophe) leaving Triceratons to rely on mobile homeworlds which are large flying stations that incorporate cities within them, becoming the mobile homes and battle stations of the Triceratons, which travel between and patrol their remaining territories. Whilst the Triceratons territory is soo large, their colonies are strewn few and far between those small number of naturally inhabital planets with a sufficient nitrogen-sulphur atmosphere. The empire is deceptively afluent, but a superpower none the less. With over 100 systems at its command, and those worlds not populated can always be mined and expoited for resources.

Anatomy, Reproduction and Biology
Their skin seems to be scaly like a crocodilian's, but also soft and leathery like an amphibian, similar to a frog or salamander.

are adapted to hot climates, and can allegedly withstand temperatures up to 70°C (158°F).

the average height of males is two and a half meters (eight feet and two inches). As with humans, height varies among different individuals, females are typically much smaller never usually exceeding heights above two meters.

The Triceraton anatomy is especially rugged and resistant to high levels of damage.The skin color has many variations, ranging from brown-reddish colors right through to bluish-greenish colors. The large variety of colors and patterns likely came about when the Triceraton began to settle on other planets.

The Triceraton skeleton is stronger and more robust than our own, although it is made mostly of Calcium, which our bones are constructed of as well. The skeleton is stronger due to its firm build. The bones are much denser than our own, and are heavier. Due to their Sulphur-Oxygen rich bloodstreams Triceratons do not appear to possess the health risks associated with calcification, a process that makes bones more fragile over time.

This also allows the bones to reinforce their structure naturally and also because their body uses more carbon in making the bone, which makes it just as flexible as, and stronger than, human bone tissue, but about 3-4 times more dense and 5-6 times more heavy.

Their Sulphur-Oxygen rich blood is a luminous green-yellow colour. This alternate nutrition chemical composition offers neither disadvantage of advantage to the triceration biology over that of a human: if anything is probably less efficient. The Triceraton has simply adapted to its planets chemical enviroment. However the Triceraton respiratory system has nearly triple the capacaty of a humans due to their larger muscle and metabolism requirements. Due to adverse climates and terrains on their home world, they have developed a cardivascularitory organ capable of saturating with enough nitrogen and sulphur to sustain the Triceraton for many minutes without breathing.

This allows them to survive in adverse climates on many worlds with limited supplies. Also, due to a larger lung capacity, as an average, Triceratons can hold their breath for up to 15 minutes before losing consciousness, whereas an average human would be unsconcious in only two (although free divers can hold for much longer than that). Thus, a supposed maximum of time before a Triceraton would need to breathe again would be just under 45 minutes.

The Triceraton muscle system is slow but amazingly strong, possessing nearly all slow twitch muscle fibres. Triceraton strength is due partially to the fact that the muscles have a much more efficient nutrient and waste product transport, as well as the much higher gravity on their home planet, and that the muscle fibers are prismoidal and triangular, as opposed to a human's round muscle fibers. This allows more muscle to fit in the same amount of space, and due to the larger size, attributes to the greater strength.

The greater strength is also created by the higher percentage of muscular tissue per KG of body weight and the fact that Triceratons are typically stronger build than humans.

The nervous system is almost a replica of human nerves and functions in all similar manners except from its impulse velocity. The triceration nervous system is markedly slow, it functions at around 110-140ms-1 compared to the average human impulse velocity of 370ms-1.

Unlike humans, who reproduce the whole year round, the Triceraton seem to have a mating season. This social arrangement does not seem to be written in stone, as both males and females are capable of reproducing outside the mating season (similar to humans, although humanity's 'mating season' is simply the females' ovulation cycle). Normally, creatures who have a mating season can only reproduce during the mating season.

Mating season is a 30 day period which occurs roughly every 600 days. During the mating season, the males try to mate with as many females as they can. The high ranking males will attract enough females, simply because of their status. The males that are lower in rank, however, will have near equal opportunity for reproduction outside of the dominant males' manipulation strategies. This behavior is likely millions of years old. Triceraton horns grow gradually over time, and is probably a symbol of the males fertility and status. Whilst now it seems to be common practice for male Triceratons to file their horns, it appears that physical responces of attraction are visible of females (hormone and chemical wise) when confronted with a male of large horns, and in their past would have been a symbol of a males survivability and combat prowess.

An older triceraton is of no less desirability than a younger one, and triceraton males keep their fertility almost indefinitely within their species' two century long lives.

The average life expectency of a healthy male triceraton is around 215 years, whilst a females is markedly higher, coming close to the 300 mark.

Females are usually capable of preducing up to 6 egg broods within their early lifetime (first half century) broods consisting of around 10-30 eggs each season.

The females position is society as well as being millitary and administrative, they are expected to serve in the triceraton hatcheries, these nersuries house millions of triceraton eggs and it is these female matrons duty to protect and nurture the eggs, and to raise and educate the young after theyve hatched.

Triceraton newborns develop quickly in the first three years, growing to around 70% of their final size, then slow dramastically. The triceraton will fully develop by their 23rd year.

Millitary Society
The Triceraton Republic was a glorious empire whose warriors were following a strict code of honour. But when Prime Leader Zanramon took over, the Republic soon began to regress into a dictatorship, with few warriors left to follow the true path of honour.

Prior (and sucessing) to these darker times, The Republic was once a society of honor and glory. The Triceratons have a proud and continued warrior history, with 30% of of every new male generation(and now females inside of scout organisations) expected to serve the triceraton millitary at some early point.

Up till most recently, the triceraton millitarry consisted majorily of the Triceraton warrior - poorly trained but fierce and stubborn conscripts made up the Republic's billion strong armies, supported by elite formations of close combat specialists called gladiators, and professional veterans known as Longhorns. The infantry was supported by numberous vehacle formations of well drilled crewmen. like a slegehammer, the Triceraton millitary was unwhieldy, but otherwise unstoppable. The Triceraton way of war was direct and brutal, where the infantry was expected to enter into honourable close combat during the battle after brief and cumbersome fire-fights where blade and muscle could do its work.

The Triceraton Space navy/Air force was organised primarily around the large colony ships made up from the Triceratons lost and shattered homeworld, supported by smaller pilot ships connected to the colony dreadnaughts on giant metal clamps, the main forces were supported by a small number of escort frigates and commerse vessels and by numerous fighter and bomber squadrons.

In recent years however, after many humiliating wars and continued unsuccess against new foes the Triceraton Millitary has been going under major revolution. Whilst mass conscripted Warriors are still commonplace, these bulk numbers are now supported by much superior and modern proffessionals. The backbone of the proffesional Triceraton war machine comes in the form of the marines, whilst considered skulky by the older generations of warrior, the marines exibit an extremely successful form of war. Gone are vast infantry charges into enemy gun lines and kill zones. Made up of the best of the Warrior formations and specially trained recuits, they are masters of urban and covert warfare: Acting as commandos, conducting raids behind enemy lines and acting as the spearhead for later offensive assaults these well diciplined and brave troopers represent a revolution in Triceraton war ethos.

Marines are well drilled, and make use of more advanced battle dress trading halberd-blades for firearms and dressed in brilliantly designed camoflage.They maintain a strict ethos of duty and honour and a devotion to the Republic that is impressive that goes beyond that of the older conscripts. the standard Marine is looked up to with favour and respect by the other memebers of the Triceraton regiments.

These co-operating organisations are now supported by updated Longhorn veteran regiments, warrior shieldmaidens who operate inside the covert sout regiments and rough-riding Triceraton Outriders who are well practiced in the usage of their energy shielded jet-bikes.

The Bread and Butter of this new millitary however is that of the Stormtroopers.

The Triceraton Stormtroopers represent the very best the triceraton millitary has to offer, they take the best of all the warrior diciplines and in addition the best war technologies the Triceratons can preduce. The wargear of the Chapter is maintained with painstaking precision.

They are the warrior elite - made of marine proteges and ancient longhorn veterans, they are armed with advanced weapon systems,inpregnable carapace armour suits and imposing excecutor class combat battlesuits worn by the Stormtrooper Primes - the best, of the best, of the best.

With next generation suport vehacles, and a newly revised Navy and Airforce, the triceratons are now utilizing great and manuverable space cruisers as well as their newly refitted colony dreadnaughts and pilot ships.

With Particle cannon, Mass driver cannon, missile and EMP-like Ion cannnon for their navy, new battleships to repace the weak frigates and unsuitable commerce vessels, new fighter/bomber designs for their airforce - plama rifle, particle sniper, and next generation blaster rifles and corrosive disruptor blades for their warrior and marines, the Triceraton millitary is now the force the Republic always wished to possess, and with an ever widening score of victories (with near to no losses) the pride and reach of the Republic grows ever greater with each passing year. Much to the dismay of their once victorious enemies.

One of their most predominant advances is their developments in autonamous warfare. The Triceratons posess a number of highly advanced battle droid types - with remarkably advanced programming [so good that it actually mimics true Artificial Intelligance] with a number of notable classes Praetorian (common battle humanoid), Defiler (advanced support Humanoid), Vulture (support fighter/walker), Grevious (super battle-droid), Destroyer (Support Crab Droid), Sidewinder (Advanced Jetpack Humanoid).

All capable of autonomously waging war, only lacking the basic enginuity of living infantry - but fearless utterly relentless combatents. So whilst a living soldier will always best his robotic component, the prospect of fighting many dosen your own number more than makes up for this.

Whilst the Republic only possesses a small Cadre of these robotic soldiers, the threat posed by to her enemies via the potential ability to engineer an army of trillions is a...daunting prospect for the enemies of the Triceraton Republic.

Technology
Triceraton technology is quite advanced, employing anti-gravity vehicles and man portable energy manipulation systems on a regular basis, they are easily a Tier 2 civilization (see halo wiki for reference on forerunner technology tier classifications).

A notable trademark of Triceraton tech is the common triangular or pyramidical design on many vital systems, such as power cores and blasters.

The Triceraton civilization is markedly becoming more advanced. Currently they are one of the more higher of the species in the galaxy, this is marked by a recent development of stable FTL (faster than light) travel in the form of the Hyperdrive, sophisticated ion and anti-grav drives, advanced droids, personal energy weapons such as laser blasters and plasma rifles, superb metalurgy, and efficient industry. Sophisticated devices of communication and dataprocessing marked by quick dispersal of information to all inhabited planetary areas and even between plantetary systems within the empire - also in development is a form of communication capable of instant communication over dosens of light years. One technology which is anathema to the Triceratons is that of the Transmatt - the triceraton scientists have never been able of unlocking the power of teleportation.

Most of the Triceratons more advanced technologies are evident in its millitary hardware, but the republic also possesses a magnificently efficient agricultural system and whose autonamous technologies are wonders in themselves (The few dosen Triceraton Botanic Planets are capable of supporting trillion number populations many times over!).

The only notable limit of Triceraton technology is their gross lack of Terraforming technologies, and of current they possess almost none [save of rumdimentory enviromental control systems use to reverse the effects of small scale industrial pollution]. This is why the Triceratons territory is so large, their colonies are strewn few and far between a small number of inhabital planets with a sufficient Sulphur-Oxygen atmosphere. The empire is therefore only deceptively powerful, but a superpower none the less, with over 100 inhabited systems at its command, and those worlds not populated can always be mined and expoited for resources.