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-====== The World of the Sesheyan ======
-From the stone age to the space age, they
-are savage hunters from a night-bound world, enslaved by a powerful stellar nation and thrust into the
-light of the 26th century. Fighting to sustain an ancient culture amid the scientific wonders of galactic
-civilization, the sesheyans are held by many as an
-example of humans’ unfair treatment of alien species.
-Primitive aboriginals
-living on the largest moon of
-Gamma Leonis III, sesheyans
-were discovered by VoidCorp
-explorers. The corporation
-took advantage of the seshey-
-ans’ primitive nature and ar-
-ranged a contract placing
-them in service of VoidCorp in
-perpetuity. In effect, a stellar
-nation turned an entire alien
-race into its slaves. The
-sesheyans have learned a
-great deal about the galaxy
-since signing that fateful com-
-pact more than two hundred
-years ago, and many have be-
-gun to work in secret to free
-their people.
-===== Physiology =====
-Sesheyans are perhaps the most “alien”
-species encountered thus far by humans. They aver-
-age 1.7 meters tall with sleek, whipcord muscles.
-The sesheyan skeleton is composed of light, strong
-cartilage, so sesheyans weight only an average of 40
-kilograms and have extraordinarily flexible joints and
-posture, allowing them to crouch and bend for ex-
-tended periods of time without discomfort.
-Sesheyans are hexipedal, having six limbs.
-The upper arms end in four fingers (including an op-
-posable thumb), and the lower legs end in three
-splayed toes. Both of these sets of limbs have short
-claws, allowing sesheyans to climb trees and perch
-on branches in their native jungle. The two middle
-limbs are slim and end in six long slender “fingers”
-with flaps of leather skin stretched between them,
-forming a pair of wings with a span of six meters.
-The wings allow sesheyans to fly on their homeworld
-and other worlds with Earth-normal or lighter gravity
-and sufficient atmospheric pressure.
-The sesheyan head is wide and round, with
-four small eyes on each side and topped with a pair
-of elongated ears. Their eyes are highly sensitive to
-light, having adapted to the twilight environment of
-the jungles of Sheya. The blunt snout covers a wide
-mouth filled with sharp, bony
-ridges rather than teeth.
-Sesheyans have a voice box
-capable of producing a wide
-range of sounds, and they
-have no trouble learning and
-speaking human or other
-alien languages.
-Sesheyans have long, finned
-tails used for balance and
-flight control. The tail ends in
-a series of spines connected
-by leathery skin. The spines
-can flex to widen or narrow
-the “fan” at the end of the tail,
-providing steering while in
-flight. Sesheyans also open
-or close their tail fans to dis-
-play emotions: those in an
-excited mood open their tail
-fans, while those in a quiet,
-contemplative mood close their tail fans.
-===== From the Stone Age to the Gravity Age =====
-According to sesheyan fable, their race origi-
-nated in what is known as enoshai, or the “Twilight
-Dream,” a timeless state of being connected with the
-vastness of space and the night sky. The first seshey-
-ans were created by Vec’t’lir, the Brood Mother,
-whom the sesheyans associate with the second-
-largest moon of Gamma Leonis III. Her twin sons are
-Tal, the Hunter, and Neshii’en, the Trickster, associ-
-ated with the gas giant’s two smaller moons, which
-chase each other endlessly across the sky.
-Sesheyans were created to be the greates15
-SESHEYANS
-hunters of Sheya, “the hunting land.” (The name
-sesheyan means “hunters of the land.”) In the days
-of the Twilight Dream, great heroes like Tal and Ne-
-shii’en lived among the sesheyans, teaching them.
-Over time, they became a part of the history and cul-
-ture of the sesheyans, their names invoked by hunt-
-ers and shamans.
-For millennia, life on Sheya was largely the
-same. The tribes hunted (and warred occasionally),
-shamans kept the wisdom of the past, families mated
-and grew, and the cycle of life went on. The seshey-
-ans existed in the timeless realm of the Twilight
-Dream – until the arrival of VoidCorp.
-===== Aikeita: The Day of Ghosts =====
-On July 13, 2274, a VoidCorp exploratory ves-
-sel landed on the largest moon of Gamma Leonis III.
-There, project leader JT795 42IWQ (Erim Ollander)
-made contact with the sesheyans. To the primitive
-sesheyans, the arrival of the explorer ship was noth-
-ing less than the appearance of ghosts from the
-night sky, as in their ancient fables. The visitors dis-
-played magical powers: Their weapons spat fire,
-blinding light spilled from their instruments, and their
-bodies were tall and strange. Sesheyan shamans
-called the arrival of these strangers aikeita, “the Day
-of Ghosts.”
-The VoidCorp crew had little difficulty mak-
-ing peaceful contact with the sesheyans, who consid-
-ered them visitors from the Twilight Realm. Under-
-standing the value of their discovery, JT795 42IWQ
-decided to remain on Sheya and conceal her discov-
-ery, even to the point of not sending transmissions to
-VoidCorp management, lest they be overheard by
-agents of another stellar nation.
-Immediately after translating their language
-enough to converse with the sesheyans, JT795 42IWQ
-negotiated the Sesheyan Compact with the leaders
-of the most powerful tribes. The Compact granted
-the sesheyans right of passage off their homeworld
-and access to advanced technology. In exchange,
-the sesheyans agreed to serve VoidCorp in perpetu-
-ity. In essence, every sesheyan became a VoidCorp
-employee, subject to VoidCorp rules and authority.

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