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Idea : Olly Harlow
Essentially non-sentient - mainly solitary - space creatures - fully organic. They fly through the galaxy very slowly - essentially stationary (in game terms) - using their light sails - i.e. speed 1. Or perhaps organic "Ram Scoop +". Still very slow.
 Slow - tachyon flux drive ~10-15 speed.

Cannot be boarded or captured, but can be destroyed for "stuff".
Maybe you have to tow it to a planet and de-orbit it (killing it) to get the stuff to drop into your pod-catcher / base?  That requires a lot of tow power. Set that so you need a Missouri or better to do that.

Real thing is - they all (need to) look and scan the same to players.
However,

Males are helpless - no weapons. You can trash them for a random (0 - 10?) mixed selection of wreckage pods? Metals, food, gems even?

Females are tougher - they fight back! Decent cruiser type weaponry?

Pregnant females - are LETHAL. Get too close and you'll find out about it! 10LY? Ships only attacked. They don't consider planets a threat unless attacked by them?

"sexing" is a scripted thing - they're the same ships - different "load-out". As a "thing" they don't actually breed during the game - so are not a NPC race.

Too slow. Let them use tachyon flux from stars to surf off at 10+ which is still fairly slow. So they can use "Kosh-ship" like stuff rather than a simple ram-sail. (corrected - see above)

Sounds about right - slowish. The intent was as an easy AI concept - in a 100 turn game they only move a settable distance/direction. Also a bit dull as a NPC thing? Assuming ~10-15 speed - still useable. The idea would be to have many of these things essentially drifting around and getting in the way and having a very low scan signature - the "Ooops! Hold up! Is that a "preggers" one or just a gas bag? Hmmn"

To make them interesting how about each Seed is done as a pod. It contains some stuff it picked up when created around its birth star. Maybe metal, maybe tech parts, or stuff like gems that are effectively money.

Scaling factors for "wreckage" is a stats/script thing? Destroying one would essentially release the pod cargos leaving the organic remains as perhaps a smattering of foodstuffs? As an "organic" the materials should be "basic" in nature? ( I wot not of what I speake)

Perhaps you cannot board.

 Definitely not possible to board - unless you want to wander around inside its tubes being "et" by antibodies/whatever. It's a "thing" you can destroy for "stuff" or keep a wide berth of if it might be aggressive (female and/or pregnant) (range?).

Maybe you have to tow it to a planet and de-orbit it (killing it) to get the stuff to drop into your pod-catcher / base?  That requires a lot of tow power. Set that so you need a Missouri or better to do that.

Definite possibilty! Work hard for your wreckage - that's a wreckage value scaling issue and possible code add-on?

<GREG> <DP?>
This is the perfect idea to use for the Dopplegangers theory.  I'm not sure how you would make it a benefit to kill one though.