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The Lemarck



The Lemarck are an arthropod-like species that usually make their homes in large underground nests run by a queen, though some have set off to make settlements elsewhere. They are all female and thus clones of one another, but there still manages to be a remarkable amount of variety in the phenotype of individuals. Which parts of their genetic material are expressed depends on the environment in which each nymph developed. This means that adult Lemarck can vary wildly in appearance.


The most common form of a working class Lemarck adult is a 20 foot long millipede-like creature with strong claws for digging and six pairs of legs for walking and running, a domed carapace that almost makes her look hunchbacked, and an extendable jaw like a dragonfly larvae's that can be used to grab food or potential threats. Other forms may lack specialized digging claws and have wings, gills, shorter bodies, less legs, venom glands, complex eyes, and in a few instances involving Lemarck living near/in space elf cities humanoid shapes (albeit still chitin plated and very not elvish).


Although each colony has a queen, all healthy Lemarck can lay eggs and most choose to raise at least one nymph during their lifetime. They reach maturity in about two years. Mothers care for their young firmly but lovingly; any nymph that finds herself orphaned is adopted by an adult with no child.


The Lemarck's care for nymphs extends beyond their own young. They consider killing infants of any species, sapient or non-sapient, to be a terrible crime, and most will not hesitate to enact their own justice on those who break it. Do not eat eggs in front of them. Most Lemarck are unfamiliar with the concept of unfertilized eggs. Another slight issue with approaching isolated Lemarck colonies is their unfortunate habit of trying to hunt any individuals of a species they don't recognize that do not smell like young. Once they recognize your species as sapient, they'll stop trying to eat you.


Otherwise the Lemarck are extremely peaceful. Culturally they value societal harmony, courtesy, adaptability, and hard work. The societal harmony bit has gotten them into trouble when it comes to representing themselves among the other species. They tend to accept what the government allots to them and try to make do, which coupled with their pheremone-based language led to them not being recognized as sentient until very recently; thus it was perfectly legal for Space Elves to abduct them for experimentation. This practice has since been officially discontinued. They are still not currently represented on the Lit Tritsii.


Lemarck did not have any concept of gender until they were contacted by the space elves. Most who have learned to speak audibly instead of solely using pheremones will refer to themselves as she, they, or it in the common spoken language. A few have decided to go by he instead, but for the most part they are indifferent to what pronouns are used for them. Gloria will humbly correct people who call her "it" as she has come to recognize the pronoun often has negative connotations concerning person-hood.

They communicate mostly through pheremones as stated above and smell these chemicals with their antennae. Some more learned Lemarck have learned to communicate audibly by forcing air through the breathing holes lining their abdomen. Their voices are usually hissing but not difficult to understand, and they hear using the hairs on their front legs, which are very sensitive to vibrations.

The Lemarck are one of *possibly* two sapient species native to the planet Lemarck. Its gravity is slightly higher than earth's comparatively speaking. A continent that takes up about one fourth of the planet's surface is the only land; it has a few mountains near the center but is mostly plains with marshy areas near the ocean's edge. Patchy forests of thick-leaved succulent plants are common.

Ships and Weaponry



The team of bounty hunters from our story have a ship called the Deathstalker. It is equipped with three powerful tractor beams, top of the line sensor systems and equipment for disabling communications, shields, and weaponry. The bounty hunters rely on its superb maneuverability and speed to ambush a target and disable it before latching onto its surface using the tractor beams. The hatch door is made of a special material that shifts its size depending on electrical currents sent through it. This means it can be manipulated to fit any hatch door, allowing for entry into the target ship while still in space. If this is deemed impractical, the bounty hunters can just haul the successfully disabled ship back to their client. The Deathstalker's weaknesses are its almost nonexistent shields and lack of hull-damaging weapons. This means that if an ambush goes awry or if they are unable to successfully disable a ship, the bounty hunters need to secure a speedy escape route to avoid being blown to pieces. Fortunately the Deathstalker is as easy to drive backwards as forwards.



The upholders of the Lit Tristii's laws will be utilizing a ship named The Assailant. It is larger than the Deathstalker but still fairly swift and maneuverable, being a pursuit ship instead of a warship. The Assailant has standard shields and weaponry, with sensors on-par with those aboard the bounty hunter vessel. Those aboard have orders to bring the Deathstalker's crew in alive if possible, but having evidence of their demise instead is acceptable. If the Deathstalker's superior maneuverability proves too much for a capture, that may be the only plausible course of action.

(The thing I drew above The Assailant is a bad bug.)

So to give this more of a chance feeling and stuff, we're adding DICE ELEMENTS. here's the basics.

Basically, to hit, you roll a 20-sided die twice. Once to see IF you hit, and once to crit.
If you roll greater or equal to 10, you hit.
If you roll greater or equal to 10 on the second roll, you crit for x2 damage.

How to do damage:
Roll twice. Multiply those numbers together.
Ex: Roll two 6-sided die. Get 4 and 3
Without critting, do 12 damage. With the crit, do 24.

And it can be changed around depending on what is needed.
Like, sneaking for instance.
Roll for successful sneak, roll to hit.
And successful sneak could probs do x3 damage or something.