• Registered: 2005-03-29
  • Posts: 859

Topic: Racial ideas

Just saw a post and it inspired me to make this thread.

The fact is, that many people have a reasonable idea of what they want their race to look like, and may base their ship designs off from that basic starting point (i.e., if a race is avian in nature they might be light, fast and agile, whereas a race looking like rhinos would be heavy, lumbering but heavily armoured and armed--though not with a massive spinal weapon, I hope...:D)

However, has anyone used races based off fossils found in the Burgess Shale to imagine their races? I mean, a race based on Hallucigenia or Anomolocaris would be an interesting thing to see--or even Marella. Or has anyone really thought outside the box and came up with truly original ideas for racial bodyplans?

Edit: Hallucigenia and Marella were spelt wrong. Not sure about Anomolcaris yet. Yes, I've been reading Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould...:)

  • Registered: 2022-11-15
  • Posts: 1,286

Re: Racial ideas

Yeah. I have several non-humanoid based lifeforms in my aliens kit bag.

  • Registered: 2005-06-08
  • Posts: 760

Re: Racial ideas

I must admit that my two booklets were not that original, The Anteatman, Giant Mutated Ants out for revenge eating their way across systems and Octopodians (Watchee) on the run from their home world because they taste good.
I thought that the common thing to both might be fun though. The Blue Bubble Gum Entity. Just another bit of sweet bubble gum but if eaten bang goes any original ideas. Control through thought and DNA alteration.
With the BBGE I was going to do a couple of more booklets but when I asked if anyone wanted more there was  - nothing, deathly silence.
Perhaps silly on my part, I thought that it might catch on that instead of just a Drake notation we might get a bit of background. What the ships look like and maybe even counters to play with.

Oh well, one can dream.

Paul