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 ====== Estrejachi ====== ====== Estrejachi ======
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 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
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 The Estrejachi (demonym: Estreja) are a diminutive, apiform-humanoid species native to a dense, stable asteroid belt within the Great Star Sphere. They possess six membranous wings, antennae, and a segmented abdomen; their external morphology is superficially apid, with human-like hair and a slight snout that resolves into a humanoid mouth. The Estrejachi (demonym: Estreja) are a diminutive, apiform-humanoid species native to a dense, stable asteroid belt within the Great Star Sphere. They possess six membranous wings, antennae, and a segmented abdomen; their external morphology is superficially apid, with human-like hair and a slight snout that resolves into a humanoid mouth.
  
 ===== Morphology and physiology ===== ===== Morphology and physiology =====
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 The Estrejachi body plan combines apid and hominid elements: a pronounced abdomen, two antennae, six membranous wings arranged in three dorsal pairs, and a slight rostral protrusion terminating in a humanoid oral cavity with small, largely vestigial snaggle-tooth fangs. No external pinnae are present; auditory reception appears to be mediated through external antennae-like structures. At the tip of the abdomen is a vestigial stinger, retaining the vascular structures necessary for venom delivery; however, the species no longer possesses the gland required to produce the venom. The stinger is typically obscured by the dense, omnipresent fuzz covering the body and abdomen. The Estrejachi body plan combines apid and hominid elements: a pronounced abdomen, two antennae, six membranous wings arranged in three dorsal pairs, and a slight rostral protrusion terminating in a humanoid oral cavity with small, largely vestigial snaggle-tooth fangs. No external pinnae are present; auditory reception appears to be mediated through external antennae-like structures. At the tip of the abdomen is a vestigial stinger, retaining the vascular structures necessary for venom delivery; however, the species no longer possesses the gland required to produce the venom. The stinger is typically obscured by the dense, omnipresent fuzz covering the body and abdomen.
  
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 ===== Reproduction and life cycle ===== ===== Reproduction and life cycle =====
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 Reproductive activation in Estrejachi requires ingestion of a species-specific royal secretion (hereafter “royal jelly”) produced exclusively by the royal line; without this substance, gametogenesis and oviposition do not proceed. The royal line can ovulate and deposit clutches numbering in the hundreds; field figures indicate royal clutches may reach ~600 eggs per oviposition event, whereas non-royal individuals typically lay 5–10 eggs per clutch. The probability of a royal offspring attaining princess status is approximately 1 in 6,000, indicating strict, low-frequency hereditary differentiation within the royal lineage. Reproductive activation in Estrejachi requires ingestion of a species-specific royal secretion (hereafter “royal jelly”) produced exclusively by the royal line; without this substance, gametogenesis and oviposition do not proceed. The royal line can ovulate and deposit clutches numbering in the hundreds; field figures indicate royal clutches may reach ~600 eggs per oviposition event, whereas non-royal individuals typically lay 5–10 eggs per clutch. The probability of a royal offspring attaining princess status is approximately 1 in 6,000, indicating strict, low-frequency hereditary differentiation within the royal lineage.
  
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 ===== Royal morphology, caste, and social control ===== ===== Royal morphology, caste, and social control =====
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 The royal caste is distinguished by voluminous, mane-like pelage that emerges at the upper lateral thorax originating just above the axillae and extends dorsally along the collarbone to form a ruff behind the cranial region, continuing as a dense dorsal mantle to the sacral base. This fur is unusually fluffy and functionally-signalling within Estrejachi court ritual. Royal individuals are taller than typical caste members and produce the reproductive royal jelly that gates species-wide fecundity. The royal caste is distinguished by voluminous, mane-like pelage that emerges at the upper lateral thorax originating just above the axillae and extends dorsally along the collarbone to form a ruff behind the cranial region, continuing as a dense dorsal mantle to the sacral base. This fur is unusually fluffy and functionally-signalling within Estrejachi court ritual. Royal individuals are taller than typical caste members and produce the reproductive royal jelly that gates species-wide fecundity.
  
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 ===== Ecology and origin habitat ===== ===== Ecology and origin habitat =====
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 The species originates from a dense, stable asteroid belt embedded in a nitrogen-rich nebula. The local substrate hosts several endolithic, nebula-borne fungi that colonize rock fissures; Estrejachi forage these fungi and convert them into honey-like substances. The biochemistry of the fungi-derived honey exhibits unique pharmacological properties not matched in any extant pharmaceutical registries. The fungi–honey ecological complex is a critical component of Estrejachi nutrition and of royal-jelly synthesis, and individuals will produce honey from any suitable materials they can find as a matter of instinct. The species originates from a dense, stable asteroid belt embedded in a nitrogen-rich nebula. The local substrate hosts several endolithic, nebula-borne fungi that colonize rock fissures; Estrejachi forage these fungi and convert them into honey-like substances. The biochemistry of the fungi-derived honey exhibits unique pharmacological properties not matched in any extant pharmaceutical registries. The fungi–honey ecological complex is a critical component of Estrejachi nutrition and of royal-jelly synthesis, and individuals will produce honey from any suitable materials they can find as a matter of instinct.
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 ===== Ethos, behaviour, and interspecies relations ===== ===== Ethos, behaviour, and interspecies relations =====
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 Estrejachi behavior is dominantly volant and visually-oriented; courtship, foraging, and dispute resolution are often performed in three-dimensional space. Close-proximity human conversation and carbon-dioxide exposure impose physiological liability for Estreja interlocutors and therefore complicate common-contact diplomacy. Estrejachi behavior is dominantly volant and visually-oriented; courtship, foraging, and dispute resolution are often performed in three-dimensional space. Close-proximity human conversation and carbon-dioxide exposure impose physiological liability for Estreja interlocutors and therefore complicate common-contact diplomacy.
  
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 ===== Captivity, utilization, and legal status ===== ===== Captivity, utilization, and legal status =====
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 The Estrejachi are classified as critically endangered by the Abrixine Catalog Index (ACI), with fewer than 90,000 individuals currently documented. No living queen has been verified; all known royal individuals perished in a catastrophic event approximately 12 ACI standard years prior to the present day. Despite this, royal jelly and derivative products have occasionally surfaced on the black market, though their provenance remains uncertain. The Estrejachi are classified as critically endangered by the Abrixine Catalog Index (ACI), with fewer than 90,000 individuals currently documented. No living queen has been verified; all known royal individuals perished in a catastrophic event approximately 12 ACI standard years prior to the present day. Despite this, royal jelly and derivative products have occasionally surfaced on the black market, though their provenance remains uncertain.