Races 2017-09-01

Humans

Humans are as diverse as adaptable.

• Way to the stars: forced by scarcity of ressources as a result of greed

Taurax

Taurax are born fighters. They're tall, muscular, graceful and as robust as their spaceships. Small horns on their skull bear witness to their evolutionary past. Their natural culture doesn't know any laws, but rather uses a code of behavior, which precisely regulates the consequences of a criminal offense. In case of doubt, the right is clarified by an honorable duel. Also as advanced civilization, they practice ancient rituals (in modernized form) and pay homage to their ancestors. Their first spaceships were created by pure pride against the ancestors and as demonstration of taurax superiority.

• Way to the stars: pride and prestige

Serpiliani

They place the greatest value on precise laws, which are applied captious on every occasion. In fact, they're excellent strategists and sly contemporaries. Espionage and intrigue not only dominate their war tactics, but also their daily life. One can call them definitely greedy; they strive for power, control and exponential growth. Their buildings are spacious, pretentious and often rather daring constructions. For them, the journey to other stars represents a large resource storage, which they want to exhaust as quickly as possible.

• Way to the stars: greed, desire for domination

Feydhar

The Feyhar are sociable and flexible beings, which can quickly become a friend or enemy. Despite their shrewdness, they aren't very smart in their plans, but easily compensate their lack in strenght with speed. They were long oppressed by the Serpiliani, but were able to separate from them and now live scattered everywhere in space. They see life as a great adventure with many opportunities and setbacks, which need to be recognized and mastered.

• Way to the stars: desire for freedom, forced by serpilian oppression

Siras Tel'danye

The Siras Tel'danye (often just called Siras) are birdlike beings, but can't fly like their genetic ancestors. They've always built their civilizations in great height, first on prehistoric trees. Over time, they developed ingenious rope constructions, soon set up own stilt houses of dizzying sizes and finally reached the sky with floating platforms, which are connected to one another like spider webs and convey a completely uncluttered impression.

• Way to the stars: forced by overpopulation as a result of benevolence

Kikkomakkai

The Kikkomakkai (actually Kikkomakkai kama Kad'daika, which roughly means "beings of the world") have thin limbs, a glassy, almost transparent skin, are very mobile and can almost move soundlessly. With their sharp eyes and sensitiv ears, which are coupled to the entire skin surface, they can hide perfectly and wait for their prey in order to study them. Their thirst for knowledge and understanding dominates their strict society, which follows countless rules and allows no exceptions. For them, the space is a huge study area that they analyze soberly and systematically. Their language is essentially based on fast clicking, snapping and chuckling noises, which are hardly understood by strangers.

• Way to the stars: curiosity, exploratory urge

Ndo

Ndo are lively fur beings, which compensate their physical weakness with foolhardy actions, experienced mind and blameless teamwork. Because of their small size, they frequently do salvage operations and are often underestimated in negotiations. While their original home planet was made uninhabitable by a natural catastrophe (evolution of the sun to red giant), they'were able to flee to other planets in time. Many of them still live in space, where they repair space ships, wait stations and cheat simple-minded traders.

• Way to the stars: forced by natural disaster, daringness

2RNG

The 2RNG aren't directly a race, but rather a large number of robots, which are found in different places of the universe. Some of them indiscriminately attack anyone who dares to approach them, others perform nonstop the same (often senseless) activity, some are capable of conducting halfway reasonable conversations, while a few don't react at all, even under heavy fire. It's presumed, these are the remnants of an earlier civilization, which executed experiments with artificial intelligence. The designation 2RNG originates in Final Spark's Victim, where a robot unit with the same inscription was discovered. Finally, the designation turned out to be a hull damage, but the term remained.