The third and final species. Another risk factor. It is my dream to one day control the entire universe, which necessitates their existence. They are more primal and bear more similarity to homo sapiens. They can reproduce biologically. The gender ratio is 51% female. They still evolve and their DNA still mutates, more so than homo sapiens. They are also more emotional, with aggression, jealously, and the other emotions being inside them, unsuppressed. They are more competitive than homo sapiens, but they are at the same time more merciful and cooperative. Essentially they want to be better than their peers, but not to the point of hindering and eliminating the competition. This balance is hard to maintain, and is only achieved through the help of technology. They too receive chips inside their brain as a precaution, in the case of biological birth, the chip is inserted early on inside the fetus during pregnancy. It also activates and controls the nano-bot immune system they have, so any specimen without is likely to die.
Unlike the other species they are intentionally born with many defects and diseases, that are suppressed or overcome with the chip. This is to ensure that any unchipped specimens would die. Complete reliance is a necessity. Furthermore their DNA mutates more heavily, but through my calculations they would not evolve significantly, as these groups have significant variation and we steer them to breed with certain partners to keep the gene pool diverse.
The purpose of potential for evolution can be exploited however, with the assistance of technology. Say they arrive at a planet with an environment hospitable to humans, but the gravity is stronger than on earth. Within a few generations they could evolve to be accustomed to that climate, thanks to partner selection guided by the AI. The reason they do not have access to normal gene editing is simple, it would allow them to create another super species, a god-like being on par with me. Instead an AI, preprogrammed and guided by myself, uses more primitive methods to get the desired results.
Furthermore this hides the technology accessible to us from any potential opponents. Homo pugnax is most likely to be discovered by lifeforms other than those originating from earth, and as such most likely to be researched. I intentionally made them weaker and more primitive, yet still capable of performing their tasks.
Their purpose is tp find and colonise hospitable planets, often times through terraforming. These colonies are self sufficient, and they travel through space. They have more freedom of thought than the other species, but they are also more suppressed by technology. Every spaceship relies on nuclear reactors, and those can be destroyed by me at any time. However because of the distance, there will of course be a delay. They lack the understanding of how any of the technology on board, that keeps them alive, which sustains them, functions. However programs are present which can teach them how to terraform planets and such.
They are not a very curious species, and their intellectual stimuli are few. They are very task-driven and focused, and everything is presented to them as games and competition. It is important to keep them dumb, but just smart enough to be able to terraform with the assistance of technology.
This species is also capable of combat, without their understanding. The control chip can activate certain regions of their mind to simulate an environment in which they have to defeat non-earth species, but it would appear to them as a game or something else entirely. The concept of war and fighting needs to be removed and hidden, because it is a potential risk factor.
They also have no control over the technology that guides them in any way. Their leaders, which are always homo ligurito, have to send requests for any changes to me, which I then manually approve. Because of the great distances they cover, it can take years for any changes to be made. Never the less, is extremely rare that changes have to be made, as we considered everything before hand. The requests they do make usually arrive when they find a hospitable planet. Requests such as removing the energy supply from the ship to place it in the city they build, to fuel their power supply.
Their ships also contain embryos for various genetically engineered lifeforms that should be able to help shape planets to be better hospitable. They contain the seeds for lifeform which can create or deplete oxygen, and turn various minerals into energy.