Pluripleq

"Ever heard of a pluripleq? Fascinating little beast. Bioengineered. Only a few ever made."

- Cornelius Evazan

A pluripleq was a bioengineered tentacled creature which had the ability to change its appearance, similar to a changeling. Though they were rare, at least one was held in a biofarm on Thannt. Doctor Cornelius Evazan, evading his many death sentences, infiltrated the biofarm and stole a pluripleq, wearing it on his face to disguise himself and using the name "Lopset Yas". While Evazan was a prisoner aboard Accresker Jail, the pluripleq was detected when "Lopset" and Chelli Aphra were scanned by Dek-Nil, but the extra lifeform was put down to a technological error. When the shapeshifting abilities of the pluripleq were accidentally revealed to Aphra, Evazan pretended that he was a changeling himself.

Behind the scenes
The pluripleq first appeared&mdash;as the face of "Lopset Yas"&mdash; in the 2018 canon comic Doctor Aphra 20: The Catastrophe Con, Part I, written by Simon Spurrier and illustrated by Kev Walker. It was not identified as such until Doctor Aphra 25: The Catastrophe Con, Part VI, also written by Spurrier and illustrated by Walker.

Appearances

 * Doctor Aphra 20: The Catastrophe Con, Part I
 * Doctor Aphra 21: The Catastrophe Con, Part II
 * Doctor Aphra 22: The Catastrophe Con, Part III
 * Doctor Aphra 23: The Catastrophe Con, Part IV
 * Doctor Aphra 24: The Catastrophe Con, Part V
 * Doctor Aphra 25: The Catastrophe Con, Part VI