Spindly aliens with large exposed brains and bat-like wings stand on a planet in outer space.

A small non humanoid alienAfter the spacers joined all of their arks into one giant world built from zero-gravity bubbles, their bodies became even more spindly, and single digits evolved into whole appendages. None of these were used for locomotion because of the specialized sphincters used to propel them through their worlds. Most of all, their brains evolved. Free from the burden of weight and gravity, their brains expanded beyond the limits of terrestrial organisms. As a result, they began to think in concepts totally alien to their posthuman relatives and human ancestors, leading to the development of philosophy and science far superior to that of their ancestors. The Asteromorphs expanded their empire by constructing smaller sub-arks and colonizing stellar systems to build a new empire of man, abstaining from colonizing any planets. Instead, they lingered in the outer realms of star systems, silently watching their primitive relatives. When the Second Empire of Man, founded by the Satyriacs and the Killer Folk, and by now completely aware of their history with the Qu, encountered the Asteromorphs, they feared the worst. But, after the Asteromorphs turned out to not be interested in the Second Empire, they were accepted as incomprehensible, omnipotent forces of nature and were left alone. They continued to develop themselves, their giant brains unfolding into wing-like structures and their finger-derived limbs forming an intricate set of sails and legs. Asteromorph All See more