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It's good to hear from you again, KeJoRo. Sounds like things are going well for you.

This Bulldogs! systems seems interesting though I may have to look into it further to see the actual mechanics of it in action.

SPACESHIP!!!!! >w< *flying tackle glomps bs*

Eh I suppose that will work. *also tackle glomps BS-kun.*

*sways back and for forth in thought.* Hmmmmm...

Thought I'd post a list of the 10 main races in the setting.

Arsubarans - *Cough* Humans *Cough*. Basically, humans, except they have a larger range of skin, hair and eye colours, so you could have natural blue hair and red eyes. The most numerous race that anyone is aware of, I'll get to that later.

Dolomé - Huge, three-armed and three-legged, blue-skinned badasses. They are actually pretty friendly if you're friendly to them, but they're capable of being, quoted from the book, "a terrifying three-armed tsunami of rage if you piss [them] off." Also, they're supposed to be pretty clever to boot.

Hacragorkans - *Cough* Orcs *Cough. Basically orcs. They are designed to be melee and fist fighters and they heal from physical wounds quicker than most other races.

Ken Reeg - Green-skinned, oily schemers. To quote the book, "They make voracious traders, slippery salesmen, pitiless lawyers, and ruthless crime bosses." Few people trust them, but usually get suckered by them anyway. Also, they tend to have names like Lollypop, Sunshine, etc.

Robots - Not really much to say really. They're the most customisable race, as they have a list of optional racial abilities. You can also take literally any form, from a small, wheeled maintenance bot, to a huge, four-legged combat droid, to a hovering reconaissance drone, etc. An interesting note, canonically, a sizable minority of robots have gained sentience, but you can also choose a racial ability to say that no, you aren't sentient and that you are acting as according to your programming.

Ryjyllians - Lion-like catpeople from an icy planet. They have a stong sense of honour and value their clan above everything else, even other Ryjyllians. They are usually mercenaries and are disciplined and skilled warriors.

Saldrallans - Snake-people. They have tails instead of legs, humanoid torsos and arms and a snake-like head, sometimes with a cobra hood. They are leaders of the Union of the Saldralla, one of the two major empires in the setting and are the most liberal of the two. However, they are ruthlessly pragmatic. They incorporate their conquered races customs into how they're ruled on the most part, but eradicate it if it better serves them. It's worth noting that these are considered the "good" guys of the two empires because the other empire belongs to...

Templari - *Cough* Drow *Cough*. Purple-skinned, haughty and deeply believe they are the superior species. The Delvalkamanchan Republic is the other major empire in the setting and is the most oppressive of the two. they suppress any culture from any civilisation they conquer and treat other races as little more than slaves. The book explicitly states that they would have been destroyed long ago if it wasn't for their great skills in military organisation and logistics.

Tetsuashans - Space slugs! Similar to Mass Effect's Elcor, they show little emotion and are also almost identical to each other. It is unknown how many there are of them and it's estimated that they massively outnumber every other race, though considering how difficult it is to tell them apart from each other, nobody knows. They are expert pilots and ship builders. (I'm a little biased in favour of these little guys, as my character in my IRL group is a pilot/engineer Tetsuashan and is pretty fun to play.)

Urseminites - Psychotic teddy bears. No, really. Cute and cuddly on the outside, but vile and murderous on the inside. They are considered pests and are despised by all but the most naive races. (They are supposed to be a lot of fun to play though, if you're into playing psycho characters, according to the guy in my group that plays one.)

It is worth mentioning that none of the races have any restrictions on skills (Except the Urseminites who are restricted to a maximum of +2 fists due to the fact that their entire bodies are padded) or personalities, so if you really, really want to, you could be a peaceful Hacragorkan with no combat skills (although the racial trait Pugnacious means the DM can still try to force you into angry aggression) or a Tetsuashan combat powerhouse with no piloting ability. It's also worth mentioning again that you can create a race if you're not happy with the above races.

No problem mate, real life takes priority smile

They are a pretty cool race, also, they are the only race that start with no racial abilities at all, which might sound bad, but it means they have the most refresh to buy stunts with.

I was originally going to make one and characterise them like an Imperial Guard Commissar. I only ended up not doing that because I could think of more ways to develop the character of my Tetsuashan.

I have returned!

*Dramatic music*

Yeah, I got that a little when I got back haha.

I'll start working on Bulldogs! when I recover from travelling. My gaming group is on Wednesday, so I'll probably start writing a bit on Thursday. I'll make a new page in the D&D forum and I'll post a link to get the book so everyone is on the same page. There's a little oddity of the system in that combat relies on your literal position on the table, so we'll have to work out where we're "sitting" at this table, but that can be sorted later. I'm not expecting everyone who wants to play to notice this straight away, but I'll aim to incorporate the player authorship the game intends once people have some character concepts ready. I'll start writing a skeleton plot and fill it in once everyone else is ready.