At first appearance, the Ich'Tu look like they have a very high forehead to encase their large brains, but in reality their large (and fragile) skulls hold a very sensitive hearing system, allowing them to be able to hear and distinguish a very wide range of sound, more so in fact, than they can actually generate themselves. An Ich'Tu only has a normal human range of vocal ability, but they have the advantage in that they can utilise this entire range at will, and their language does indeed do so, making it sound very song-full and extremely difficult for others to be able to speak properly. When beings from other worlds landed on Ich'Tu'Ta, they thought that the written language was separate from the spoken language as it consists of many harsh letters, and for many years were convinced that there must be another spoken language for it. This was never the actual case because the spoken language treats harsh written sounds as tuneful sounds. However, because people from off world have never really grasped this, the Ich'Tu have now created a second language specifically for dealing with them, although it is not of use amongst the Ich'Tu themselves. This language is very guttural, treating harsh sounds as harsh noises and is a language that humans - with practise - can learn.

Sound is very important to the Ich'Tu and in their culture, all sounds mean something. It is said that even machine sounds have been sculpted to mean something, although the Ich'Tu deny this. When Ich'Tu leave their system, they are suddenly surrounded by sounds that do not always mean anything, and this can excite or confuse them, and in extreme rare cases, drive some mad. Some Ich'Tu even become Seekers of Sound, trying to find meaning and patterns where none was originally intended.

The Ich'Tu have colonised most of their planetary system but have seen no need yet to colonise further planets outside, although they do go exploring and conducting business with other races. Their home world of Ich'Tu'Ta (literally meaning "Home world of the Ich'Tu") is ordered in a logical fashion with many sounds substituting for visual signs, and this confuses a lot of visitors who think that the planet is confusing mess of sounds.

Because their skulls are fragile and because sound and hearing is everything to an Ich'Tu, the species as a whole appears to be slightly cowardice, in fact though, this is simply a survival trait to protect themselves. A few Ich'Tu actually help the Colonials in fact, although their species has yet to make direct contact with the Cylons. Their level of technology is just slightly below that of the Colonials.

Character Generation:

Points: -2
Attributes: ST -1 [-10]
Advantages: Acute Senses (Hearing +4) [8], Parabolic Hearing (3) [12], Subsonic Hearing [5], Ultrahearing [5]
Disadvantages: Fearfulness (1) [-2], Vulnerability (Crushing damage x2) [-20]

Seekers of Sound:

A Seeker of Sound is an Ich'Tu who has devoted themselves to trying to find meaning and patterns for all sounds. These beings believe that every sound that exists has a meaning, one has only to look for it. True Seekers believe that to be able to identify these sounds, one has to develop their own sense of hearing far above that of normal Ich'Tu. As a result of this, Seekers of Sound may buy Discriminatory Hearing [15] as an extra advantage.