Sentients – Hidden Depths

The Stellar Ring

Fraal – an ancient people with a lost history; made contact with humanity after centuries of observation
- Builders – have abandoned tradition to live among humans
- Wanderers – lead a nomadic lifestyle aboard great city-ships
Human – the most populous species in known space
Mechalus – a techno-organic species, externally similar to humans; client species of the Rigunmor Star Consortium
Sesheyan – winged humanoid; client species of VoidCorp
T’sa – reptilian humanoid; insatiably curious; the only independent multi-system species encountered in human-explored space
Weren – powerfully built humanoid; honourable warriors; client species of the Orlamu Theocracy

Cykotek – a human, t’sa, or (rarely) sesheyan who has gone to extremes in replacing organic tissue with cybernetic components and suffers from cykosis, a violent insanity
Mutant – a human that has been gene-altered, to varying degrees
Psion – a member of any species who exhibits psionic abilities
- Mindwalker – a powerful psionic-user, usually professionally trained
- Talent – an individual with minor psionic capability, sometimes wholly unaware of their latent abilities

Bhruu – a bovine-like species native to Bhruusil in Karnath
Deepfallen – aquatic humanoids native to Bluefall in Aegis
Dimensional Horror – violent guardians left behind by the Stoneburners to guard various sites
Edanwe – biped resembling Earth’s red panda native to Danwell in Eldala
Gandercat – omnivorous quadruped slightly smaller than a rhinoceros with an appearance somewhere between a sloth and a great cat; native to Grith, a moon of Hydrocus in Corrivale
Greater Minshore Crystal – crystalline herbivore native to Leen in Oberon
Ke’kekt – warlike amphibian resembling a six-armed starfish native to Antigua in Ignatius
Ko-Fam-Att – “Players of Fam-Att”; long-limbed humanoids native to Praxitel in Armstrong; unaware of off-world life
Riglia – xenophobic non-technological avians who eschew material development in favour of training their innate psionic abilities
Scornge – an extinct species of insectoids native to Cicero in Exile
Underdwellers – insectoid species recently encountered in Spiderhole
Xe’reen – aquatic mammals native to Alitar in Algemron

Blix – short, uncommunicative humanoid with four arms and blue skin of unknown origin; arrived in Aegis in 2486; absolute pacifists driven to repair and maintain technology
Evrem – tall, slender humanoid with gossamer wings and lacking a mouth; non-aggressive; highly technologically advanced
Klick – violent insectoid of unknown origin, first encountered in Hammer’s Star
Kroath – uncommunicative humanoid of unknown origin (though rumours say they are “converted” humans)
N’sss – aggressive but delicate hydrogen breathers, combining features from insects and jellyfish