Sinkar (species)

The Sinkars were a species of helium-based slugs native to the planet Sinkar. They survived by solar energy and by extracting impurities from the planet's surface. Rumors competed in the galaxy at large as to the exact nature of the Sinkars: some claimed they were telepaths of great strength who would communicate wisdom accumulated over a long lifetime. Others claimed they were mindless creatures, capable of sucking energy out of other beings or starship drives.

Biology and appearance
The Sinkar were a helium-based species of slugs. They resembled huge black amoebas slowly oozing across the surface of the planet Sinkar. They extracted impurities in the snowy-oxygen layer that covered the planet, and utilized solar energy.

History
The Sinkars evolved on the planet Sinkar, located in the Lawreys system of the Fakir sector. The planet was at the outer extreme of its star system and as a consequence it was very cold, with its oxygen frozen on the surface. This rendered the high-gravity world inhospitable for conventional life, yet it produced the helium-based Sinkars.

Little was known for certain about this species by the galaxy at large, although different rumors circulated. According to some rumors, the Sinkars were long-lived, amassing great wisdom over the course of their lifetimes. Slow and ponderous thinkers, the Sinkars would communicate their thoughts telepathically to those who were patient enough. Other rumors claimed the Sinkars were mindless creatures, capable of sucking energy directly from a starship's drives&mdash;or even from another sentient.

During the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Empire established a garrison outpost on Sinkar, although they did not disclose the purpose of this installation.

Behind the scenes
The Sinkar were created by Paul Murphy for the roleplaying game sourcebook Star Wars Campaign Pack, published by West End Games in 1988. The information on the Sinkars was presented as competing rumors with neither definitely confirmed. The section featuring the Sinkar was later republished in Classic Campaigns in 1994, albeit in an abridged form.