- It's unclear if the 'Engi' are partly organic or entirely mechanical, but it's well known that they make exceptional engineers.
Though their home planetary systems are well documented, the true origins of the emotionless Engi are a mystery; it is known that the majority of their bodies are made from trillions of nanomachines, and that they can adopt different shapes to better cope with their enviornment, though they generally maintain a humanoid form, which other races are habitually more comfortable with. The Engi wield powerful knowledge of machinery, and are natural mechanics -escpecially when they're only expected to service and repair comparatively primitive human technology. While the Engi are extremely intelligent, their primarily robotic body composition is very fragile; the delicate and very technical inner workings of an Engi are not nearly as rugged as regular organic material, like that found in humans. As a result, Engi generally make poor fighters, however their immaculate knowledge of most anything -particularly mechanics- coupled with their immunity to most diseases because of their robotic bodies can make them excellent allies. The Engi still require oxygen to breathe despite their mostly robotic makeup, however. The many scientific anomolies of the Engi have confused and sparked debate between human scientists for years, as they argue incessantly over whether the Engi are actual organisms, or sentient machines.
Engi cost 50 
to hire from Stores, with the following special traits:
- + Repair speed is doubled
- - Combat damage is halved
Engi are most useful when used as repair crew or manning ship systems, and should avoid one-on-one combat unless absolutely necessary, especially without medical support.
Note: System repairs, hull breaches, and fires are all fixed at double speed
Note: Despite being mostly made up of nanobots, Engis can still suffocate and die from lack of oxygen.
- Blue Options
- (Engi Crew) Remotely repair its targeting system. (Occurs on Malfunctioning Defense System)
- (Engi Crew) Have your Engi crew-member contact them. (Occurs on Engi Fleet Discussion)
- (Engi Crew) Send your Engi to calm down the infected. (Occurs on Unknown Disease on Mining Colony)
- (Engi Crew) Threat unresolved. Current mission imperative: Protocol 52.34. (Occurs on Engi distress call)