Star Wars: Aliens, Collectors

Species

Attribute Dice: 12d

DEXTERITY: 3d/5d

KNOWLEDGE: 1d/1d

MECHANICAL: 2d/4d

PERCEPTION: 1d/1d

STRENGTH: 3d/5d

TECHNICAL: 2d/4d

Special Abilities:

Exoskeleton: Collector exoskeletons are hardy. They provide and armor of +1 energy, +2 physical.
Wings: Collectors have retractable wings that allow them to fly short distances (10 meters). 

Story Factors: 

Slaves: Collectors are a slave race controlled by the Reaper Harbinger. Harbinger can take control of any Collector drone at any time.
Limited communication: Collectors rarely, if ever, communicate verbally and may not be able to (other than screams when they die).
Nearly mindless: Due to extensive cybernetics, genetic engineering, and cloning, most Collectors are little more than mindless slave to Harbinger. 

Move: 10/12

Size: 1.5 to 2.0 meters

The Collectors are an insectoid Type III Civilization race long believed to be a myth, but are occasionally sighted outside Imperial space. Their given name comes from their unusual trade requests; Collectors have been known to trade highly advanced technology in exchange for members of other species with specific traits, such as quotas of seven left-handed quarians or sixteen sets of batarian twins. More recently, the Collectors have requested human Force-users and have been behind the disappearance of entire human colonies, harvesting them for unknown purpose. As their technology is based on Reaper technology, the Collectors are believed to be working for the Reapers.

The Collectors are often remote-controlled by the Reaper called "Harbinger," who seems to have possessed the Collector General who monitors the drones in the field is capable of "assuming direct control" of any one of them at will. The individual Collector is then directly controlled by Harbinger and serves as an avatar for him until destroyed or released from control.

The Collectors appear as human-sized bipedal insects with a chitinous exo-skeleton, four eyes, and a distinct, large, tapering head along with fully developed wings that allow them to fly over short distances. Each Collector appears to be little more than a drone with no distinctions between individuals. Although they do not appear to communicate vocally, since none are heard speaking, they have been heard to cry out in pain when shot or killed.

The race formerly believed extinct still exists but has been completely subjugated by their Reaper masters. Their DNA showed signs of "extensive genetic rewrite" including three fewer chromosomes, reduced heterochromatin structure, and the elimination of superfluous "junk" sequences.

The modifications are beyond any form of repair, each Collector drone being little more than a clone—it's unknown if they even still possess any form of gender—riddled with cybernetics, lacking glands or digestive system, and having any form of intelligence or self-awareness completely eradicated by indoctrination. The Collectors show no concern for self-preservation, and will die in battle even if their fight is completely pointless. Collector living areas and bases are completely without any kind of art or creativity. All Collector technology and constructions exist only for their utility without ergonomics taken into account.

The Collectors themselves are rarely seen since they usually operate through agents to make their deals. It has been speculated that the Collectors make these strange requests because of strange fetishes or gruesome culinary tastes. However, it is more likely that they perform genetic experiments on these subjects, possibly testing their viability for use in the creation of a Reaper. Regardless of the possible danger, their requests are often granted by fringe groups because the technology the Collectors offer in return is often extremely valuable, giving any race who receives it an immediate advantage before it becomes adapted to the galactic community.