Homebrew Engi Species Details

Though their inhabited worlds are well known, the origins of the emotionless Engi are a mystery. The majority of their bodies are made from nanomachines, giving the illusion of a silvery metallic 'skin.' At their construction yards, the Engi are seen working together to form massive organic machines adept at building ships, although they mostly mantain a bipedal appearence otherwise.

Their culture revolves around traditional social interactions. The Engi also wield powerful knowledge of machinery, and are gifted mechanics — especially when they're only expected to service and repair comparatively primitive human technology.

While the Engi are extremely intelligent, their primarily robotic bodies are very fragile. The delicate and very technical inner workings of an Engi are not nearly as rugged as regular organic material, like that found in humans. As a result, Engi usually make poor fighters; however, their immaculate knowledge of mechanics coupled with their immunity to most diseases can make them excellent allies.

The many scientific anomalies of Engi have been endless points of contention for human scientists; they argue incessantly over whether Engi are organic lifeforms by definition, or sentient machines. Despite their unique composition, Engi still require oxygen to survive. Most accept the explanation that they're simply a bridge between organic and robotic.

(From The FTL Wiki, Images from FTL: Faster than Light, and its kickstarter)

Engi Traits

Your Engi has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and Wisdom increases by 1

Age

Engi are built into adulthood and can live almost forever, however their memory banks can only hold about 100 years’ worth of data

Alignment

Engis are typically Neutral Good in nature.

Size

While they are made of nanobots and can change their shape, they generally stay in a humanoid form. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common.

Robotic resilience

Due to your body being contructed of nanobots, you have resistance to poisoned damage, and have immunity to disease (Except computer viruses).

Skill proficiencies

You can pick three from: Arcana, Animal Handling, Medicine, Insight, Perception, History, Investigation