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Description
This particular alien was named Arundina by human observers. She's part of a team assigned to study space probes sent by the human race. She's known to others of her species for her inquisitive and thoughful nature, making her a good choice for making contact with humans. Her torso is symmetrical from front to back, only broken by the hivelike structure and the manipulation tendrils.

Her species continually spawn male offspring, up to a few hundred, which live in the hivelike structure attached to the torso. These flying, mothlike males have nearly no intelligence, and are directly controlled by the female via chemical means. Possessing no eyes or any other sensory organs suitable for longer distances, the female depends on the males to relay visual information to her. This relatively slow process means that the female mainly relies on smell, touch and hearing for survival. The eyelike structures in the center of the head are actually ears.

Moving around is relatively difficult for the females, so they use the mobile forms to communicate with one another and to manipulate and transfer distant objects. A female may accept the males from another individual, which then take up residence in the hive structure on her body. A female may have up to a dozen male forms for mating living in her body, and she breeds other females from this stock when she chooses to do so.

On her "shoulders", the form attached to her manipulation tendrils is actually her braincase. The other "shoulder" uses its mass to spawn and control the mobile forms.

The metallic construction attached to her lower torso is a computer for translating human communication signals.

Description
This particular alien was named Arundina by human observers. She's part of a team assigned to study space probes sent by the human race. She's known to others of her species for her inquisitive and thoughful nature, making her a good choice for making contact with humans. Her torso is symmetrical from front to back, only broken by the hivelike structure and the manipulation tendrils.

Her species continually spawn male offspring, up to a few hundred, which live in the hivelike structure attached to the torso. These flying, mothlike males have nearly no intelligence, and are directly controlled by the female via chemical means. Possessing no eyes or any other sensory organs suitable for longer distances, the female depends on the males to relay visual information to her. This relatively slow process means that the female mainly relies on smell, touch and hearing for survival. The eyelike structures in the center of the head are actually ears.

Moving around is relatively difficult for the females, so they use the mobile forms to communicate with one another and to manipulate and transfer distant objects. A female may accept the males from another individual, which then take up residence in the hive structure on her body. A female may have up to a dozen male forms for mating living in her body, and she breeds other females from this stock when she chooses to do so.

On her "shoulders", the form attached to her manipulation tendrils is actually her braincase. The other "shoulder" uses its mass to spawn and control the mobile forms.

The metallic construction attached to her lower torso is a computer for translating human communication signals.