Androids

Androids are an artificial organic race- although they are designed rather than born, and share many traits with lifeless constructs, they are made of much the same stuff as any other humanoids and have true souls. Their bodies are highly efficient, never tiring, and carry a great number of nanites- helpful spore-like cells that aid the Androids in a variety of tasks. Most Androids appear to be normal humans, until they utilize their nanites. While this ability is functioning, their bodies glow with a fine, circuit-like tracing of light and reveal their nature for all to see.

Androids are mostly emotionless. They understand but are not capable of feeling most negative emotions, including anger and fear, and approach life in a calm and logical manner. This causes them difficulty in relating to other humanoids and Androids often seem cold and distant compared to the other inhabitants of Golarion.

Although Androids do not physically age, they do have a natural lifespan. When an Android approaches their hundredth birthday, they enter a state of mental decline. The Android will usually seek its own kind, who care for the elderly Android until it finally enters a coma-like trance. At this point, the Android's soul will leave for the Astral Plane, and a new soul will find its way into the body. With some basic knowledge but no memory of its past lives, the new Android will go about its business like a whole different entity. No one knows the method of producing new Android bodies, not even the Androids themselves, though it is possible the proper equipment and facilities exist somewhere in the mountains of wreckage that dot Numeria.

The majority of the Android race on Golarion seems to be enslaved by the Technic League, whose sages study, exploit, and experiment upon them mercilessly. Despite the Androids natural resistance to such effects, the League has perfected a method of mind control that allows vast numbers of Androids to be safely held in bondage.

The Androids' planet of origin is unknown. It is believed they came to Golarion aboard the crashed starship Silvermount, though perhaps only the Technic League knows the truth.