Citrakayahs are cat-like aliens from the planet Chalybeas.[1]
Biology[]
Anatomy[]
Citrakayahs are feline-like humanoids with blue fur, eyes that sometimes lack pupils, black mask-like fins around their eyes, triangle-shaped noses, sharp or straight teeth, and glove-like hands and boot-like feet that have either spike-like blades or visible clawed fingers and toes.
Powers and abilities[]
Similar to Kinecelerans, Citrakayahs possess superhuman speed and can jump to great heights while running. They can also accelerate while running, giving them a speed boost.
Citrakayahs are fairly strong, being able to carry Human-sized aliens without losing any speed. Technically speaking, Citrakayahs are physically stronger than Kinecelerans.[2]
Citrakayahs are durable enough to withstand being thrown against a stone surface.
Citrakayahs can recover quicker than most other species, being able to immediately return to their feet after either hating a hit or missing whatever target they were jumping after.
Citrakayahs possess enhanced dexterity, being able to carry a multitude of objects in their hands.
Citrakayahs seem to have an exceptional level of balance, as they could easily run out of a running car without falling over and stay on their feet.
Being a speed-based species, Citrakayahs has an enhanced sense of direction, allowing them knock down enemies in seconds while running in a variety of patterns ranging from sharp zigzags to circles.
Although this has never been proven, it is speculated that the spikes on a Citrakayah's arms and legs can be used as melee weapons.
Weaknesses[]
Being a speed-based species, Citrakayahs share weaknesses with Kinecelerans. For example, Citrakayahs have difficulty running on slippery surfaces.
Opponents with good reflexes and reaction time can counter a Citrakayah's speed and land a blow on them, including Chimera Sui Generi, Transylians, Tetramands, Vulpimancers, and Arburian Pelarotas.
Unlike Kinecelerans, Citrakayahs have a limit as to how fast they can run. Consequently, they are not as skilled at controlling their speed.
Despite their enhanced speed, Citrakayahs are physically slower than Skidmarx's Species.[3] It is also implied by Kevin Levin that Citrakayahs are slower than Kinecelerans.
There is a limit to both a Citrakayah's durability and recovery, as an explosion can easily knock them out.
Similar to Appoplexians, Citrakayahs can be controlled by a Metahuman with the same powers as Nyancy Chan, though this depends on how prevalent their feline attributes are.[3]
Unlike Kinecelerans, Citrakayahs are not completely frictionless,[4] meaning that their running speed is not as smooth.
Culture and society[]
Citrakayahs wear jumpsuits with thunderbolt-shaped patterns on their chests and triangle-shaped patterns on their backs.
Notable members[]
- Fasttrack: An Omnitrix transformation used by Ben Tennyson.
- Fastcat: An alternate version of Fasttrack used by the Ben Tennyson of Dimension 23.[3]
- Negative Fasttrack: An alternate version of Fasttrack used by Albedo.
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Notes[]
- Citrakayahs resemble the DC Comics superheroes Nightwing and Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes), as well as Marvel Comics superhero Wolverine.
- A Citrakayah's abilities are based off both the Flash and Sonic the Hedgehog.
- Derrick J. Wyatt thinks of Citrakayahs as the lamest and most boring species possible because they are so redundant and too similar to Kinecelerans. He also states that Citrakayahs are less interesting with a generic human design and compares being a fan of them to "being a fan of watching paint dry".[3]
- When attempting to incorporate Fasttrack into Omniverse, the crew was unable to come up with a way to make him more interesting compared to what was shown in Ultimate Alien. One concept design would have depicted him with wheeled feet inspired by the Wheelers from Return to Oz. However, this idea was rejected because it made Fasttrack look too similar to XLR8.[3]
- Another concept design would have depicted him with yellow fur, a green uniform, and webbed toes in an attempt to make him different from XLR8, though these were later revealed to be a joke.[3]
- In 2021, Wyatt released a full-color model of Fasttrack's hypothetical appearance in Omniverse.
- During the production of Omniverse, the crew never put any though into Citrakayahs, such as how they would look and whether they can come in different colors.[3]
- It is confirmed that the Omnitrix from the Ben 10 reboot contains Citrakayah DNA.[4] Therefore, Fasttrack is one of the countless aliens whose DNA pod was glimpsed in the episode "Innervasion Part 5: High Override".
- Fasttrack was among the aliens considered to physically appear in the reboot but was unable to make the cut,[4] presumably to avoid confusion with XLR8.