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Old 02-20-2016, 09:23 AM   #18
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Default Re: [Game] Generate a Space Trader Setting

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Originally Posted by tbrock1031 View Post
To be honest, I was just expecting "one is a space whale, one is a burrowing siliconoid similar to a Trek Horta, two are reptilians - one theropod, one serpentine - etc.", but I like your breakdown for the space whales. :)
Looks like we're going for race outlines anyway- not a problem, it would've happened at some point. While we're at it, we may as well open up for descriptions of the 3 humanoid races too.

Here's a races recap:
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the "vacuum whales"
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The Chetai are species of molluscs, generally likened to snails.
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The Rhii are a race of amphibious carnivores
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The Akriti look a great deal like squids or octopi, though they have tentacles with forked ends.
So 5 non-humanoid and 3 humanoid still awaiting their creation.
(BTW- Whales, stingrays, squids & snails- I'm detecting a distinctly marine bent here...)



And we seem to have a double answer-
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multi-species communities aren't rare at all, and tend to fall into two types:
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Absolutely. Though there are no fixed boundaries in the traditional sense, the vast majority of galactic inhabitants are NOT traders and tend to cluster into sets of adjascent worlds.
I don't think there's any contradiction there, so they can both stand as is.

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question: How do people get their goods out of gravity wells?
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Question: We know that there is a 'primo' hyper drive, but is what kinds of 'secret' navigational or rutter programs and databases exist to take advantage of improvements in distance and accuracy?
And I think we can live with double questions too, we're all grown ups here. Except, Benz- what's a "rutter program"?


ETA: Ninja'd with another race.
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Race: Mar Kan. Partially upright, hexapedal, omnivores from a cool high gravity world resembling to human eyes nothing so much as a giant fury pear set on four stubby and rather stiff legs.
4 & 3 to go.
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