General
characteristics
The
predator, or Yautja, are a hunting race from the furtherest reaches of
the universe. They live for the thrill of the hunt, for the males anyway.
Male Yautja stand an average of 250 cms, weigh about 200 pounds, whereas
females tend more to the 300 cm mark and weigh a lot more too. The males
only hunt, and the females generally stay at home. Yautja usually live
for around 350 years, with dominant and strong yautja tend to live longer.
Their hair is braided into thick strands, and it continues to grow this
way afterwards. It is a long and painfull process, with any tiny wince
of pain and the whole process is restarted. Yautja skin is usually about
1 to 2 cms thick, and their skull is a massive 3 to 4 cms thick, making
headbutting quite a deadly weapon. Their masks or helmets are all personally
individualised, making no two look the same.
Hunts
Hunting
trips usually vary in size from about 8 members up to about 90 members.
There are many type of hunts, Blooding hunts, Human hunts, Queen hunts,
'huge' hunts and many more. All have very strict rites and rules, no un-blooded
is to hunt humans, and a queen hunt isn't 'scored' for purposes of kills
etc. On a hunt, there is always one leader, or elder, and several other
blooded yautja. On a blooding hunt, usually one quarter of the members
are blooded, all are blooded on human hunts and about one third are on
both queen hunts and 'huge' hunts. There are many positions on a hunt,
with the most honourable being up the front, least to the back. Queen hunts
are especially different to other hunts, because their strict objective
is to get a queen unharmed into their ship, to 'seed' another planet for
hunting. Each blooded yautja takes part of the queen, bound by dlex,
(A rope-like material stronger than diamond), while the leader cuts her
off her egg sac. The unblooded provide cover as the other yautja move the
queen to their ship.
Blooding
Blooding
is a ritual that dates back to the very early days of yautja history. It
involves the leader of a hunting party taking the finger of a young Yautja's
first honourable kill, when they show they are good enough to join the
yautja elite. The leader puts his mark between the eyes of the student.
Afterwards the yautja is held in high regard and is allowed to hunt humans.
Hunting
rituals
There
are several universal rules of a hunt; they are as follows.
(But
not all listed due to lack of knowledge.)
1.
Check your target before firing. Shooting a fellow hunter is at the height
of bad manners.
2.
No Unblooded is allowed to hunt Pyode Amedha. The penalty is death.
3.
No yautja is to murder another yautja unless conditions apply. The penalty
is also death.
4.
Dishonourable kills are not scored.
5.
During a queen hunt, if a yautja's postion is lost, that postion is not
to be taken unless under order.
6.
Do not interfere with someone else's fight or kill. Penalty is rank deduction.
7.
All yautja must obey the highest in command.
Society
The
yautja society is made up of different classifications, including blooded
and un-blooded. Their caste includes: (All these figures are obviously
estimates)
Unblooded- About 35% of male yautja are unblooded.
Blooded- About 25% of male yautja are blooded.
Retirees- About 25% of male yautja are retirees, yautja who have fought their time and now are too old and honoured to hunt. Females come under this section.
Adjudicators- The adjudicators are the admin and law yautja. These are often seen as 'not real yautja'. They include huntmasters and world leaders. About 13% of Yautja are adjudiucators.
Bad Bloods- These are the criminal yautja whom have been sentenced to death and escaped. Their justice system shows that crime is very low. About 2% of yautja are bad bloods.
Statistics
CLASSIFICATION:
Yautja
SPECIES:
Probably
reptillian
HEIGHT:
Between
220 and 280 cms, with variations
WEIGHT:
Between
100 and 200 kilograms
AVERAGE
LIFE SPAN: Around 350 years
DISTINGUISHING
FEATURES: Large head with four mandibles,
small mouth inside, long braided hair, light brown to green to purple skin,
extremely developed musclerature.
TEMPRAMENT:
Aggressive
PREFERRED
CLIMATE: Hot, around 60 degrees celcius
INTELLIGENCE:
Very
high; more than humans :)
HABITAT:
Nomadic
hunting parties, homeworld is existant but unknown location
DIET:
Carnivorous
Information
is still being collated. Thankyou for your patience.
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(Predator
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