Gloemn

The Gloemn are a race of aliens having a similar appearance to frogs on Terra. However, unlike Terran frogs, the Gloemn are bipedal and are capable of intelligent thought.

The Gloemn joined the Federation of Starfaring Worlds in 2060.

History and politics
The Gloemn are relatively new to the world of interstellar travel, having only achieved lightspeed within the last decade. This allowed them fulfill the final requirement to join the Federation in the year 2060.

Gloemn society does not have an official leader. Instead, everyone is considered equal in terms of power and a random citizen is chosen to represent the Gloemn whenever a representative is needed.

Physiology
The Gloemn possess two sexes, and lay eggs that are alternatingly carried by either gender in an abdominal pouch until hatching, when the young are raised communally by all adult Gloemn. Socially motivated in their breeding practices, Gloemn breeding pairs will reassess their partner’s status constantly, and break it to pursue better opportunities when they present themselves.

Gloemn have surprisingly pleasant tenor voices, and prize musical singing, their gravity tolerance is similar to humans, and require a much lower oxygen mix of only 12%, but may be acclimated up to normal human normal. Semi amphibious, a Gloemn may survive underwater by absorbing oxygen through its skin for several hours at a time.

Trivia

 * The Gloemn can be found in the Fifth Age manual