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Despite it being impossible for either species to hack into the other's computer systems or even directly communicate between computers, there's still a way in via trickery and social engineering. If one species can transmit a file to the other via radio and convince an engineer to convert it to the...

Kyanah computers are really...weird. They invented machines quite similar to Babbage's analytical engine when their own technology was similar to late 19th century Earth, but unlike Charles Babbage, Kyanah engineers fully implemented this technology and continued to improve upon it, instead of leavi...

Perhaps a discussion of Kyanah economic systems would be of interest. While there is of course a lot of diversity in economic systems amongst the countless city-states on their homeworld (with the southern hemisphere tending to be more collectivist and communal than the north), we can focus on the e...

Basic principles of Kyanah military doctrine during Project Hope. - Information is the most important thing. As mentioned, every piece of their equipment has sensors constantly collecting data about battlefield conditions and communicating it in real time to the rest of the army. Autonomous drones a...

Naturally Kyanah employ a different sort of structure in their militaries--including the Ikun military. The key building block is the Cohort, which consists of 30-40 packs, or around 120-240 individuals. Packless Kyanah as well as packs can join, but during training, they must form packs with other ...

firestar464 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:49 am Damn a wholesome reconciliation arc

Can't have everything be grimdark all the time! But maybe it's a bit too convenient to match the tone of the rest of the story. I'll have to think more about it.

Back to characterization wheee! Rtoryn Kwert (aka https://i.imgur.com/MS139cm.png , which actually doesn't mean anything, Ikun's immigration authorities just changed his actual name to sound more "Ikun-ish") hatched in Y944 to Rtoryn-pack, along with his other half Troyt. Rtoryn-pack is no...

This actually relates to an important point on Kyanah biology (and the other animals on their planet). One may notice that quite a lot of species propagate themselves by airborne means; despite the higher gravity, the thicker atmosphere cancels this out to make it a viable strategy. The end result i...

The plants on the Kyanah homeworld are divided into four main categories, which diverge considerably from Earth plants, despite some notable parallels. Two of these categories, endoskeleton plants and exoskeleton plants, are considered the structured plants, which make up virtually all large plants ...

A random break from characterization for a beastiary of the Kyanah homeworld. The Kyanah seem to divide the life forms on their planet into different taxonomic groups based largely on their method of locomotion. Obviously all 80,000 animal species can't be listed, but these groups include: The walke...