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TectoneseThe Tectonese, or Newcomers, are the fictional humanoid alien species featured in the movie Alien Nation as well as the television series of the same name. Appearance Tectonese skulls are slightly larger and more elongated than human ones. They are also hairless, and the back of their heads are covered by a distinct pattern of brown spots. Tectonese faces tend to have more rounded features than human ones, but other than that they are more or less physically identical to humans in appearance. Physical Attributes Because they are a slave race that has been bred and engineered for maximum efficiency, the Tectonese have physical and mental attributes that are in some ways superior to that of human beings. They are much stronger than humans, and they assimilate new information (such as new languages or procedures) very quickly. Because of their long enslavement, however, they do not always have a lot of common sense when it comes to Earth culture. Distinct Tectonese attributes include: - Salt water is extremely corrosive to them, and acts on Tectonese flesh much like industrial acid would on human flesh. Immersion in salt water is lethal to Tectonese, and even being splashed by it can be extremely damaging.
- Spoiled or sour milk acts like alcohol to them.
- They are unable to digest cooked meat, which causes them severe gastric distress. As a result, Tectonese eat only meat that is uncooked.
- They have two heart-like organs, one on each side of the chest. Tectonese are extremely durable and can keep going even after being shot in the chest multiple times. The only way to kill one instantly is to destroy both hearts or the brain.
- For anatomical reasons not explained, the testicles of male Tectonese are neither vulnerable to damage nor sensative to pain, so kicking them in the groin is completely ineffective. They do however have very sensative nerve clusters just underneath their armpits, and striking them there has the equivalent effect of kicking a human male in the groin.
History The Tectonese mothership crash landed in the Mojave Desert near Los Angeles. This event freed the enslaved Tectonese aboard, but also stranded them on Earth with no place else to go.They were eventually assimilated into Los Angeles as yet another foreign community.The focus of both the movie and the television show is the various tensions that arise between humans and the alien newcomers whom they suddenly find themselves sharing the planet with.
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