Hello there. I’ve completed the character model for the last standard alien species I am going to be doing. I’ve decided to call them Transitorians. They are a hodgepodge of different themes and styles. They have some east asian and middle eastern attributes. They have a techie look and they are going to be kind of the salvaging alien species. They will be a fairly neutral alien species but can sometimes be friendly. They will often avoid conflict if able and will only resort to aggressiveness with the player in a few circumstances.
Transitorians are a nomadic alien species whose home planet was destroyed by unknown forces lost to time (probably a natural disaster or environmental pollution). As such, they embarked on a nomadic way of life – traveling from system to system looking for new opportunities. Economically they have been extremely successful as Transitorians are often an excellent source of trade. They are experts at salvaging seemingly worthless space trash and turning it into valuable ship components and materials that they can then sell at a profit. Currently, they are known to have some permanent colonies but they still do not have a home world – perhaps one day they will decide to settle on a planet and make it the central location for all their species.
They will be fairly average in all their combat attributes. Their ships will have fairly average shielding and hull strength. Their boarding parties will be fairly average in combat effectiveness. Their one major advantage will be that their ships will have powerful engines modules – reflecting their nomadic and transient way of life.
I think I was inspired by various Asian looking sci-fi characters from Blade Runner. I think I was also inspired a little by the appearance of the character Kahn from Star Trek – who in the original series had a somewhat Asian or middle eastern style(not the new Kahn who for some reason they decided to make English).
I am done with all the standard alien species I originally planned to do. I am now going to do three alien “critter” species that will appear aboard derelict ships and various other places: A worm type critter, a bug type critter and a zombie type critter.
P.S. – I also made another type of head for the first alien species I posted about – the Bellumturans – they are warlike reptilians who wear power armor. I made a reptile alien head to show how they look with their helmets off:
