Xi'Dec

The Xi'Dec were a highly variable insectoid species from the planet Stic. As a direct result of the variable conditions of their homeworld, the Xi'Dec evolved into a variety of specialized forms. Though these appeared to many outsiders to be different species, each Xi'Dec form was actually a different sex of a single species. Xi'Dec social organization was based on extended family units, with the most influential and prosperous families being those containing the largest variety of sexes. The Xi'Dec preoccupation with their family's diversity and prosperity affected their interactions with the rest of the galaxy, either by ignoring off-world politics unless it affected their families, or by proposing marriage to non-Xi'Dec, which they mistook for members of rare Xi'Dec sexes.

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