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The skae are a centauroid sophont species endemic to the planet Ra'na in the Tau Ceti system. They are close allies of humans, being the second sophont species to make contact with humanity and a crucial founding member species of the United Spacefaring Sophonts Coalition. In fact, first contact with the skae was quite the protracted ordeal, as it was one of the only first contact events in history that occurred via radio transmission.
Skae are unique among known sophonts for many reasons, including their centauroid form, partially-external chitinous skeleton, tympanic sensory crest, and most of all their peculiar layered languages, spoken with twin breathing spiracles simultaneously.
These sophonts are still somewhat uncommon outside of their home system of Tau Ceti and the handful of other systems they have claimed. However, there are appreciable populations of them on warmer habitable worlds across known space, particularly in the nearby stars of Cetus and adjacent constellations.
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Been a bit! Still recovering from the whole surgery thing; I ran into a complication along the way and I've just sorta been feeling vaguely off since then. Eh, c'est la vie. Here's another older design from a couple years back that I've been hanging onto for a while. Funny enough, the skae were actually the first sophonts in the Astra Planeta universe, from all the way back when it wasn't even Astra Planeta yet! ASP started as a speculative biology project focused solely on their homeworld, Ra'na, but I got a little too hooked on exploring the future of humanity in the setting and, well... here we are. XD
Initial version completed 16/06/2019, latest tweak 26/09/2020.
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