Another disadvantage the Arnam have is that they do not see as well as we do in surface daylight. Their eyes are optimized towards seeing in pitch dark, and while their multiple eyelids keep bright lights from blinding them, they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Arnam are of course optimized for cool and wet environments. The corollary to that is that they are supremely unsuited for desert environments. Their skin may be dark, but the pigment is for camouflage, not protecting from the sun.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Picture a man or woman walking down the sidewalk in broad daylight. Picture a bright pink trenchoat flapping in the wind, a bright yellow hat pulled down low over the face, a candy apple red scarf thrown carelessly over one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One interesting aspect of the Arnam’s underwater lifestyle is that they don’t wear clothing on a regular basis. They are designed to slip through the water far better in the skins they are born with than in most diving skinsuits,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Arnam appear to have pure black eyes, which can be very uncomfortable for people to look at. But Arnam eyes are far more sensitive to light than normal human eyes. They can see at light levels we would consider[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like the Peloran they were based on, the Arnam can survive on far less oxygen than most other Races of Humanity, granting them far greater endurance. The Arnam have half-sized lungs compared to most humans though, which pulls back much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Arnam’s primary weakness is that they do not handle heat well. Their dark, leathery skin resembles the blubber of seafaring creatures, though the Albion were able to keep it thin enough to give them full human mobility. It retains[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Peloran were the Albion’s generalist supersoldier, but they could not do everything. That is why the Albion created numerous specialist races to fight in their war against the Ennead. The Arnam were based on the standard Peloran design, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Peloran scout service is more closely related with the border patrol than they are with the various battle fleets. They live on even smaller ships than the border patrol, and they spend most of their lives skulking around in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Peloran border patrol has over the centuries become a world unto its own. Individual families man each ship that watches the border. They marry, they have children, and when their population becomes too large for a single ship to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…