Sic-Six/Legends

The Sic-Six were sentient arachnids from the planet Sisk. They were usually black in color, with eight red eyes, three body segments, and eight legs attached to their thorax. Their large abdomens had four spinnerets used to spin webs. Each pair of eyes on a Sic-Six sensed a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum, from infrared to ultraviolet. Their mouths had two pedipalps which gave them an advanced sense of smell, and two fangs which were used to inject a poison into their prey. This poison killed animals from Sisk, but only had a paralyzing and mildly intoxicating effect on a wide variety of offworld species. Sic-Six also had highly sensitive hearing, with their whole bodies acting as tympanic membranes. Unfortunately for the Sic-Six, this made them highly vulnerable to sonic weapons &mdash; even loud noises could seriously injure them.

The Sic-Six homeworld was once a warm, lush world orbiting an orange star. However, when its sun underwent partial collapse and became a red dwarf, Sisk became a cold, inhospitable world. This led to the Sic-Six, once patient beings who simply waited for prey to fall into their webs, into active hunters. It also affected their personality, making them frightened and insecure when faced with circumstances they could not control.

Sic-Six were solitary by nature, only spending time with one another to mate. Since they could barely stand to be in one another's company, Sisk had almost nothing in the way of a government. While they had developed industrial technology, lack of cooperation made mass production or the large-scale exploitation of Sisk's natural resources impossible. Still, the Sic-Six were a quite wealthy people, due to the popularity of their venom.

During the Imperial era, Sic-Six were well integrated into the galactic community. Sic-Six often found their way in the galactic community by providing their venom to willing customers, though "fanging" was outlawed on some worlds. Some Sic-Six were enslaved by crimelords, or even murdered and dissected for their venom glands. Sic-Six were almost never found together, as they got along much better with people of other species.