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Raiey are a Cyantian race that are similar to Earth Rays and Skates. They, like all the undersea species did not originally have legs, but some have undergone genetic modification and now possess legs and are capable of coming on land. They possess large 'wings' seperate from their arms that attach mainly along the spine down to the base of where the ribs meet the spine. From that point, they detach. They're too heavy to use for gliding. They're also thick and fold back along their body when not in the water to keep them out of the way. (They're useless on land - just like her ears, which previous generations of her kind do not have, and need to be protected.) Tradeoff to being able to walk on land, they're not as good of swimmers as previous generations, but faster than any land based creature. Gills are in the same place on the chest in both males in females, although the bulges are not as prominent on the wider chests of males. They can use both sonar, and detect electrical/magnetic fields. They have a poisonous barb at the end of their tail for defense. Raiey are typically 5 to 6 feet tall, 5'5" being considered average. Raiey are the shortest and most delicate, with males and females being generally the same size.

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Culture:

Politics: Raiey tend to live in shallow water, thus have little contact with Craihs (which is good, considering in the past Craihs considered Raieys 'good eating'.) They do have contact with the Neefla, who act as go-betweens between them and the Craihs.

Economy: Running on the assumption that temperature changes would be most likely due to shifting currents, or a deliberate act upon the Raiey's part, Raiey society would have something similar to a weather-man, except these ones keep a watch on currents and where they're shifting. Currents might randomly shift, or shift on a cyclical basis.

Farming communities would be built in the path of warm currents, forcing them to either issue their employees with pheremone suppressives, or hire those too young to be affected by the warmer waters. (An interesting "after-school" job for the younger Raiey?)

They mostly move out of the area when the temperatures change if they don't want to be in season. If a current shifted onto a biostruct research centre, they'd either shift it, or skeleton crew it in shutdown mode till the waters cooled...

Guessing they've got firm laws specifying that you don't run a biostruct experiment anywhere near a current, in case something goes wrong and the 'structs go wild... Don't want a minor disaster to become a major catastrophe... Specially if there's a population centre down-current...

Family: Raiey females go into season and begin releasing pheremones when the water reaches a certain temperature. Fertilisation occurs via "the act" - apparently uncomfortable out of water, and impossible to conceive if not in water - and eggs are laid, with a normal clutch containing approximately 20 eggs. Non-landwalker Raiey laid their eggs in large communal nurseries, returning to collect their young once they had hatched, often not as many young as the number of eggs they'd laid, allowing infertile couples to have young as well... It takes Raiey roughly 5 years to mature, and they are able to look after themselves from this point. They will tend to look to their parents for support for a few years after this. Usually more in the case of those with no genetic memories, as they spend longer catching up with the standard level of knowledge.

Landwalker Raiey look after their own eggs, and lay less of them (1 to 4), although the eggs are larger and have a higher chance of survival. The young must then stay in the water for at least a year until their lungs have sufficiently developed to allow them to breath air.

Technology: Raiey are the most technologically advanced of the water species, and the most involved in original research. They tend to follow a structured approach toward research. Raiey invented the underwater version of a computer, as well as a type of tool belt.