#as there are no KseIn in the main cast (the Lieutenant doesn't count) I didn't focus on them as much as the others

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Species swap with the Radio Isotope and Imperator crews! Inspired by Ryoko Kui's art for Dungeon Meshi of course, it was a great exercise and helped me refine how Armisian and Isshan look and tentatively settle on a base for KseIn designs!

Bonus :

More info on each species under the cut.

Isshan : They were the first to leave their home planet and make contact with the other people of the star cluster, first the Armisians, then the KseIn and finally the humans. Their society is mainly made of nomadic clans, with only a few permanently settled cities on their home planet. Many spationaut legends and superstitions find their origin in Isshan religion, and spationaut common tongue is an evolution of Isshan trading language. The name of the star cluster comes from the name given by the Isshan to the night sky, Laani nab'ataream, the one with a thousand stars.

Human : They arrived in the star cluster long after Isshan and Armisian mastered space travel, in two fleets of old generation ships. The ships' record were corrupted and the only logs recovered were from the end of their journey. With no homeworld in the cluster and their ships falling apart, humans spread across the cluster, and their high adaptability, durability and small stature made them great spaceship and station workers. The older generations decided to stay on the ships they came with, and other set their sight on terraforming a barren planet in the Center, Noutéra. Humans are, with the Isshan, the most represented species across the cluster.

Armisian : They are a telepathic species, communicating mainly through emotions and impressions. On their homeworld, they are part of a network of individuals, surrounded by the experiences, feelings and presence of others, but as they leave the planet, they become separated from this network. Loneliness is extremely painful for Armisians, and prolonged isolation can become dangerous. Some do leave their planet, but never alone. Armisians have a hard time adapting to the other species technology and communication style, as words are not used to convey important information in their culture : the real conversation is made through thought.

KseIn : Like the Armisians, there are not many KseIn in the One With A Thousand Stars. Their cold blooded organism disagrees with the temperatures in space, and there is a heavy distrust towards spaceships, especially singularity powered, after witnessing some of the tragic failures of early wormhole generation. In general, the KseIn who leave their home planet to go to space are loners, thrill seekers or diplomats.

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