Ugor/Legends

"Whad will you gib me for de redurn ob your sister?"

- An Ugor

Ugors, singular Ugor, were a large unicellular sentient species native to an unknown planet located in the Paradise system of the galaxy. An extremely unpleasant, obnoxious race, Ugors were able to morph and change their physical appearance due to their unicellular nature, and their brain was located inside the nucleus of that cell.

After ruining their once luscious planet with many poisonous side effects from industrialization and turning it into a toxic waste zone, Ugors began to worship rubbish, and they competed with other species, such as the Squibs, for the right to collect Imperial refuse during the reign of the Emperor. Known for their unfriendly, cheating nature, Ugors had several waste recovery companies, which all reported to the Holy Ugor Taxation Collection Agency, which held authority over all Ugors in the galaxy.

Biology and appearance
Ugors were unicellular protozoans, with a radius roughly one meter in diameter. With the ability to literally sprout extra limbs at will, Ugors' main method of transportation was by oozing themselves to their destination. Despite being single celled creatures, Ugors were not simple-minded organisms. Multi-celled creatures developed specialized cells to counteract the changing demands of the environment, but Ugors, like all unicellular animals, developed new cell parts to counteract those demands, a process which was significantly more complicated than the process of developing new cells.

Over time, Ugors developed a brain located in the nucleus of their bodies. The brain of a multicellular creature relied on specific cells and various neural networks to manage the storage of information and abstract reasoning; however, the Ugor brain had adapted to rely on individual molecules to perform functions that would normally have been functioned by a specific cell, meaning the Ugor brain was much faster and more adaptable than any multicellular brain. For example, because of the speed they exuded pseudopodia, Ugors could mold their cytoplasm into dozens of separate limbs, processing a vast amount of information to be able to do so; a multicellular brain would require several times as long to accomplish the same task.

Although they could morph into almost any shape imaginable, Ugors' main appearance was vaguely humanoid, with two, thick handless arms and two short legs, attached to a stocky body. Instead of a head, Ugors had several large eyes on the ends of stalks protruding from just above their chests. Because they spent most of their time in space, Ugors in this form wore large environmental suits which covered their whole body, and large, dark helmets.

History
The Ugor species evolved on an unknown planet located somewhere in an area of the galaxy called the Paradise sector. No in-depth study of the homeworld ever took place, but Imperial sentientologists reasoned that the Ugor homeworld would have to have been idyllic for a species such as the Ugors to have survived on it. A single-celled protozoan would never have been able to grow to the Ugors' massive size without an easily available and constant source of nourishment, and little or no real predators.

Ugors made use of their natural resources, and developed complex technology far earlier in their philosophical evolution than most species. However, Ugors did not care for their environment, and before long they had transformed their once great planet into an overpopulated seething mass of various poisonous by-products of their industrialization. Because of their ability to alter themselves to adapt to almost any environment, Ugors survived on their toxic planet, changing their anatomy into forms that lived by feeding off the vast quantities of toxic waste, garbage and filth that filled their planet.

Some time later, Ugors began to praise and worship rubbish, and started gathering all sorts of refuse from all across the galaxy, and bringing it to their system, as well encouraging others to dump their waste in the Paradise system. During the reign of the Emperor, Ugors were contracted to clean up after Imperial warships, which always jettisoned their waste prior to jumping to hyperspace, and often used specialized Black Hole-class salvage dreadnoughts. They competed with the Squibs for this contract, and hated Squibs with a passion because of this.

Over time, Ugors became the most used garbage collecting species in the galaxy. They rose to the top of their profession through shrewd manipulation and dubious religious claims until much of the known galaxy became dependent on Ugors to collect their rubbish. Eventually, Ugors allowed any "pilgrims" to visit their junkyard system, to extract "holy relics" from their system, after paying a "donation" to the Ugor government, as well as paying for their "holy relics" in full before they left with them.

Some time after the destruction of the first Death Star, a prototype Gravity well projector, known as the Prime Mover, originally intended for use of the Death Star ended up in the Paradise system, and somehow the Ugors were able to reactivate it; it became the center of their junk yard-like system, and they dubbed it the Holiest of Holies. The gravity well projector was taken by a team comprised of Rebels and Squibs. The Squibs managed to disrupt their Ugor enemies, and with the removal of the Death Star debris, the Paradise system fell apart.

Society and culture
After their once glorious planet was turned into a toxic wasteland, Ugors began to worship any sort of rubbish they could find, and went to all sorts of trouble to ensure that they were the ones collecting rubbish in various establishments. There were several Ugor waste recovery companies, including the Ugor Salvage Company, Waste Haulers Unlimited and the Dismantled Droid Disposal Device. Each of these companies owed their profits to the Holy Ugor Taxation Collection Agency. The agency and its leader, who changed regularly because of the complex nature of Ugor negotiation methods, held supreme authority over every Ugor in the galaxy and on their homeworld. However, HUCTA held no real power; the Ugor bureaucracy beneath HUCTA was so well established that real change was almost impossible to achieve, so any power the company held was practically useless.

In personality Ugors were thought to be extremely unpleasant, and most beings in the galaxy would do almost anything to avoid meeting an Ugor or the Ugor bureaucracy. Ugors felt that gambling, bartering and cheating were a way of life, and despite being a religious species they had no qualms with that kind of behavior. They were very unfriendly with members of other species, and preferred to stay isolated from almost all other beings, and they hated practically anything that wasn’t garbage. One exception was food, likely due to the fact that after their planet turned into a garbage pit, there was no food left to consume, other than garbage. Similarly to Ortolans, the food an Ugor was offered greatly changed their perception of their companion, although it rarely made an Ugor a pleasant companion. Other species found Ugors to be obnoxious, self-righteous, egotistical, and unpleasant to look at.

Ugor society revolved around trade and scavenging, and they became famous for providing equipment for newly-formed civilizations, as well picking up after the fallen. The Paradise system was constantly visited by beings from all corners of the galaxy searching for an older piece of equipment or technology, and although Ugors demanded a hefty price for their goods, they were often the only resource of certain archaic parts.

The Ugors were also obsessed with food, though not quite to the level of the Ortolans. Their cuisine included photo-lipids in brazened fatty-acid sauce, spirogyra gelatin, Ugorian spore-gruel, glazed glucose pate, free-floating fungal fondu, and Mitochondria crunchy surprise.

Ugors in the galaxy
Ugors were a common sight in the galaxy, despite being extremely unpopular with other species. However, they were rarely found on the surface of a planet, preferring to stay in orbit and have planetary refuse delivered to them. They were known to make exceptions for planets that did not possess the ability or facilities for space travel.

Appearances

 * Scavenger Hunt
 * Twin Stars of Kira
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Planet of Twilight
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Planet of Twilight