kaeth
On occasion, I have spoken of the raztark (lit. "armor beast") of Paltraeth. It's something you might find vaguely familiar, as in Earth terms it's what you would call an ankylosauridÂą. It's one of the planet's most successful surviving herbivores
Lonely Galaxy
Some comments excerpted from an early edition of “The Lonely Galaxy® Unofficial Guide to Working with the Empire’s People”: General * Augmentation is a way of life in Imperial space, and there are probably millions of different augmentations on the market. Do not rely on knowing what one of them
Places To Go
One of the taverns located inside Paltraeth Down’s extrality zone, the Sages’ Stomping Ground has the unique distinction of being both a brawler’s bar and an enhanced-privacy facility. In a traditionally kaeth twist, the proprietor, mor-Tanaz Vivek, defines “privacy” as ignoring anything going on outside the common bar
eldraeic language
deléhain: A direct translation of the kaeth word harghcha, literally meaning “pleasure-fight”; physical combat in social situations for the enjoyment of both the participants and any onlookers, which is a common feature of the kinesthetic kaeth culture. Note that neither the Eldraeic hain nor the original cha define a scale
trope-a-day
Ambadassador: Enough bits of the galaxy, especially out in the Expansion Regions and Periphery, still play rough enough that… well, there’s a reason that they give many ambassadors a cruiser-class vessel (see: Standard Sci Fi Fleet) for their personal transport and in some cases embassy. Having to fight your
trope-a-day
Drink Order: It’s always hard to give solid answers when it comes to these things, but maybe we can have some generalities. The most common (non-alcoholic) drink on Eliéra is esklav, from the bean of Esklavea sendaren, a shrub with no exact Terran analog. It’s close to coffee
trope-a-day
Spare Body Parts: The poster-people for this are the kaeth, who come from the kind of… robust ecology (see: Had to be Sharp) that makes a selection of extra backup organs very useful indeed. And a special shout-out goes to the myneni, who have a kind of this by default
biology
Gabriel Fonseca asks if there’s anywhere that contains detailed physical descriptions of the various species of the Eldraeverse. Well, sadly, there isn’t right now, but for your visualizing pleasure, here’s some descriptions of most of the ones I’ve mentioned recently, anyway: Ciseflish In their home environment,
trope-a-day
Once Is Not Enough: With the regenerative capabilities, smart cardiovascular nets, auxiliary hearts, and suchlike they engineer into people these days, you should be mindful of this trope, aversion of Only a Flesh Wound notwithstanding. That goes doubly for races like the kaeth, whom nature has equipped with a particularly
trope-a-day
Not Worth Killing: For the eldrae and the kaeth, at least, possibly the worst insult you can level at an enemy (even, in these civilized times, one you aren’t intending to kill). Someone who isn’t significant enough to be worth adding to your personal collection of the vanquished?