Staellatan

These star-faring creatures navigate through the Milky Way galaxy, usually frequenting the central bulge filled with stars. They feed on light gases found near forming stars. The tendrils along their body are used not only to propel them through the galaxy but also to create small vortexes of trapped gases as they trek the long distance between stars. While they move about their pods slowly, staellatan have a habit of appearing several light-years away from their previous location in the blink of an eye. The largest member of the pod carries an abundance of gas that it shares with fellow pod-mates; smaller staellatans carry almost no gas but travel further from the group, searching for the next star. The receptors above their eyes are sensitive to heavy metals and can detect star cores from several lightyears away.