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The original was posted on /r/hfy by /u/Telemachusfar on 2024-10-02 02:41:43+00:00.

Little busy to get a full chapter out but luckily for me I had this… which I’d forgotten I’d promised yall… sorry about that. I’ll be updating this as I go, so it’ll get longer. I already want to add an entry for our adorable little fuzzy friend Thwilll. Anyway we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week. Thanks for reading!

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Penelope, Security Officer

Tall and muscular even by human standards, many have described her as being built like a tank. Pen has short dirty blond hair and tan skin that is marred by a number of scars. Surprisingly, however, her face managed to make it through her service without receiving any scaring… so far. She has green eyes that many of her new friends find intense and unnerving and walks with a confident ease that speaks to the fact most places she’s visited recently have far lower gravity that humanity is used to. As humanity reached out to the stars, they found that they were on the upper end of size and strength amongst all the star faring species.

Gareth, First Officer

Hailing from a semi-aquatic species known as Weilans who evolved on a saltwater covered planet with only a few tropical island landmasses that peek above the waves. Gareth stands at just under 3 feet, but this should not be considered the norm for Weilan males as he is considered near mutaciously tall, even nearing Weilan females’ average height. It should be noted that male and female are terms humans ascribe to the binary reproductive system Weilans but it might be more accurate to say producers and caregivers. That is, one who produces young in the form of eggs and one who cares for those eggs. Weilan biology has a considerable level of sexual dimorphism. Females are drastically larger and so different in overall form that, without foreknowledge, one might mistake them for different species. Their sexual dimorphism also causes a population ration of about 25% female to 75% male. This led to a predominantly matriarchal society but not one that used that as a form of discrimination. Gareth, as a male, has a kind of pearlescent coral web crown atop his head and his general bodily construction is shrimp-like with two primary arms and many smaller ancillary arms below. Unlike a shrimp, though, he boasts two tri jointed legs. Certain lengths of his body are covered in a navy to light blue shell that covers his pinkish orange skin. He possesses two primary octopus-like eyes and a number of smaller eyes that often go unused and are normally closed.

Deag, Captain

The most easily describable non-human member of the crew as, even though his people the Corvul evolved utterly separately and have an equally alien biology from, they do share a striking similarity to canines. This extends to a similarly vast variability in appearance. Deag sports a coarse mottling of brown fur and brown eyes. He also stands on two legs but unlike Weilans and humans the Corvul are not entirely a bipedal species. Given their advanced age as a spacefaring race and predisposition for genetic variability there has been a small amount of divergent evolution in the Corvul people even in the last few hundred years. As such many Corvul walk on two legs whilst others walk on four. Corvul make no distinctions between their various differences. A Corvul is a Corvul. On a historical note, it was the Corvul who negotiated a peace between the younger Ossian and Weilan species. The most recent war in galactic history but also a war almost a thousand years since ended. The Corvul are naturally amicable and find their passions is almost any field. Historically, however, they have had a knack for diplomacy and trade.

Ton’et, Science Officer

Perhaps one of the more alien looking characters to a human, Ton’et best resembles an octopus. This is mostly just in silhouette, though, as they are a mass of tentacles that grow from a main body. They possess far more than eight limbs, and their skin is more of a sleek pattern of extremely small scales. Their skin is also uniquely capable of changing color in indication of their mood. Ton’et is genderless by human standards in addition to being sexless… currently. Ossian biology is about as far from human as possible to the point where human terms are basically useless but, in essence, they are capable of transitioning through multiple different states all of which have one or multiple necessary parts for Ossian reproduction. Ton’et is currently in a state that possesses none of them. Whist it is considered healthy to transition regularly, most Ossians find themselves favoring one or two. That said many have no preference or prefer not to participate at all. Ossians hail from a dense and vast jungle planet almost always shrouded in thick storm clouds. To a human eye it would look like a kaleidoscope of brightly colored flora and fauna, their ability to alter their color being an evolved survival strategy to blend into these surroundings.

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