The Jokaero are a species of xenos that bear an uncanny resemblance to orange-furred apes, yet possess one of the most extraordinary gifts in the galaxy: an innate, almost instinctive genius for technology. They do not learn engineering as other species do; they simply understand machines the way a bird understands flight.
A Jokaero can fashion devices of astonishing sophistication from the crudest of materials, crafting weapons and gadgets that Imperial artisans could never hope to replicate or even fully comprehend. Yet they display little of what humans would recognise as reason or ambition, applying their brilliance to whatever immediate need or whim presents itself. This paradox, of boundless technical genius married to seemingly simple animal behaviour, has long baffled those who study them.
Because of their unique talents, Jokaero are highly prized despite their alien nature. Inquisitors of the Ordo Xenos are among the few permitted to keep them, valuing a captive Jokaero as a living armoury able to produce bespoke weapons of terrifying power. Traded, captured, and jealously guarded across the galaxy, these enigmatic primates remain a mystery even to the Inquisition that exploits them, a reminder that genius and comprehension do not always go hand in hand.