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All mechalus share the following traits:

• Type: Humanoid (Mechalus)
• Size: Medium. Mechalus have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Ability Modifiers: +2 Constitution, -2 Wisdom, -2 Charisma. Mechalus are more resilient but less perceptive and personable than humans.
• Speed: 30 feet
• Computer Link (Ex): As a move action, a mechalus can link with any computer she can reach, using short filaments that extend from her fingers. Once the physical link is achieved, the mechalus can use the computer to accomplish complex computer-related tasks more quickly than normal. A task that normally requires 1 or more minutes to complete on the computer takes a full-round action instead, while a task that normally requires one or more hours takes one minute instead. The DC of the skill check increases by 5, however, as the mechalus trades caution for expedience.
• A mechalus retains her Dexterity bonus to Defense while linked to a computer. Disconnecting is a free action, and a linked mechalus who takes an attack action automatically severs the link. The link is also broken if the mechalus can no longer reach the computer.
• Cybernetic Adaptability (Ex): A mechalus can have an additional number of cybernetic attachments equal to her character level. Improper removal of a cybernetic attachment installed on a mechalus causes 1d4 points of temporary Constitution damage (instead of the 1d4 points of permanent Constitution drain, as normal). Cykotek threshold also increased by the number of character levels.
• Starting Cyberware (Ex): Integrated Data Archive, Skill Plexus, NIJack system (Head, 1 slot)
• Skill Bonus: Mechalus receive a +2 species bonus to Computer Use checks.
• Free Language Skills: Read/Write Aleerin, Speak Aleerin, Read/Write Galactic Standard, Speak Galactic Standard, Read/Write Machine Code, Speak Machine Code.
• Level Adjustment: +0

• Mechalus (pronounced )
• Aleer (pronounced )
• Homeworld: Aleer (Rigunmor Star Consortium space)
• Current Population: 38 billion, highest within the Rigunmor Star Consortium (87%)
• Average Lifespan: 150 years
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Mechalus have the some range of emotions as humans, though they tend to try to down-play the hostile or aggressive emotions.

Perhaps the hardest aspect of mechalus for humans to get used to is their ability to merge with computers, While mechalus can easily employ standard computer interfaces, they have the unique ability to personally connect to computer systems. Filaments extend from fingers, snake into the computer in question, and form a solid link between body and machine. This link gives the mechalus speed-of-thought access to the computer system, and more precise control than any manual interface or even a neural computer link can provide.

With a natural affinity for technology and computers, mechalus make excellent technicians and engineers. They aren’t limited to these professions, however, and can be found filling the ranks of a variety of careers.

Mechalus have very ordered minds, which translates into a strictly structured society and an equally organized outlook on life. Although they think with precision and logic, they are highly emotional people who work exceedingly hard to promote their positive emotions and subdue their negative ones. In a tense or dangerous situation, mechalus are likely to remain calm and logical; it’s not difficult for them to suppress all their emotions when they deem such action necessary. But in a climate of relaxation or celebration, their emotional pendulum can swing to the other extreme– to humans, it seems as though they are making a special effort to be cheerful or jubilant. The mechalus don’t consider their behavior at such time to be exaggerated; strong displays of positive emotion, when the situation permits, are simply their way of demonstrating (to themselves as well as members of other species) that mechalus are more than just machines encased in biological bodies.

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