The Boxer is adapted to heavy labor and hand-to-hand combat.
The Brain is adapted for high intelligence and memory.
The Centaur is adapted to industrial work and carrying heavy burdens.
The Cielioid Grey is adapted to sanitation and waste collection.
The Philosopher is adapted to mindfulness and logic.
The Pilot is adapted to the operation of spacecraft.
The Poet is adapted to make leaps of intuition.
This subspecies of Cielioid has a larger than usual brain, and typically lacks reproductive organs. After reaching maturity, Philosophers often undergo elective surgery in order to cripple themselves in some significant way, as learning to accept limitations is seen as beneficial to the contemplative life. For this reason, it is common to see this subspecies without eyes, or legless, or without vocal apparatus, or deaf, or without arms.
Philosophers tend to command positions of high respect and authority. Many are high-ranking bureaucrats, leaders of the Official Schools of Philosophy, priests, or advisers to the Imperial Court.
Philosophers tend to live longer lives than most Cielioids, with an average lifespan around 250 years.
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