Throughout the universe people have always wondered how plant life started on such uninhabitable planets and places. Many would just say terraforming or evolution now-a-days but there is much more to it than just that. While those two CAN be the case there is a third explanation and that is an ancient race, a race almost as old as the universe itself and they are called the Plymphs, at least in the common language they're known as that. Unlike a few other races that are well known that are part animal and part plant the Plymphs are at least 90% plant and 10% animal. They keep themselves alive in the same way that a plant would, sunlight, photosynthesis and water. However while they can do it themselves they rather live symbiotically within a plant and aid it to live and thrive with no problem. They can make it's photosynthesis process yield twice if not three times as much nutrients for itself and the Plymphs will take the excess food and energy for themselves in return. Those who actually know of the Plymphs would consider their society to be an advanced version of any basic insect that has a queen. They gave special breeds that make them into soldiers, workers or breeders. However Plymphs are unique in the sense that they can change between these forms almost at will. It takes a tremendous amount of energy and leaves them completely different vulnerable while they go through the metamorphosis but if they so desired they could do so... If their society allows them to at least. Plymphs are highly intelligent and sentient beings so they do have their own governments, rules and laws and military but they are peaceful beings that just wish to help the plants they live in thrive and to help newer plants grow and be able to live in a new environment.

Moving onto the present. On the planet Xelous the Plymphs promised an ancient being, the one who created the planet that they would not reveal themselves to the inhabitants for reasons unknown to the current population of Plymphs. While the being was able to create the planet and animal life he was unable to create plant life, which is why the Plymphs decided to aid it and why the planet was actually habitable. 
Moving forward several thousand years to the stardate of 1298XXX, the Plymphs are still keeping themselves hidden from the world, which is much harder now as the sentient races of the Wyrmvyren have become more scientifically advanced. There have been rumblings of just coming out with the truth for the past few centuries but they decided to just keep their promise to the ancient being from years past, especially since the Wyrmvyren were at war. However of they kept deforesting the planet they would have to have to put their foot down. Regardless of all of that they kept doing their usual business of keeping to themselves and keeping their own population in check.

One Plymph by the name of Elice in the Tia clan, combined to be Elice'Tia, was one of the few Plymphs that were unhappy about how things were being done... Especially when it came to her own personal position. Tomorrow she would be 500 years old, however it would be another uneventful birthday where she would be most likely miserable because of the fact that she was a worker. Elice'Tia was a Plymph who wished to be a soldier however the government had always denied her that privilege. She was always a very cheerful and happy go lucky individual however she was also a bit of a klutz and childish whenever she didn't get her way. They saw that as fatal flaws and would backfire, plus they dying want to see such a happy person be turned miserable by combat. Most of Elice'Tia's friends were soldiers from the get go or after changing so that didn't help her attitude towards her clan very much. She wanted to be something more important then just a worker, she wanted to help protect he friends and family and the homes of everyone she ever saw or met. Today she would prepare herself to try and show them what she could do... After a nice lunch. No one outside of the Plymph race would have guessed that they could almost turn the inside of a plant's body, more specifically the cells, to be almost like a city. Plymphs themselves are even tinier then the cells they inhabit when they are inside of a plant. At any rate she would head over to one of her favorite places to eat. The moment she went inside however she would be surprised to see many of her friends who were soldiers eating there as well and decided to join them. "GUYS! Why didn't you tell me you were off duty?" Elice'Tia would say as she essentially glomped her best friend. Everyone would chuckle while the male Plymph was smothered by Elice'Tia and get approximately C cup boobs, which basically muffled his protests. This caused a small scene but everyone just shrugged it off since they knew Elice'Tia rather well.