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|{{anchor|Humans}}[[File:humans.png]]
|{{anchor|Humans}}[[File:humans.png]]
|[[Humans]]
|[[Humans]]<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Humans|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All
|All
|Yes
|Yes
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|{{anchor|Lizardpeople}}{{anchor|Unathi}}[[File:lizardpeople.png|166px]]
|{{anchor|Lizardpeople}}{{anchor|Unathi}}[[File:lizardpeople.png|166px]]
|[[Lizardperson|Unathi/Lizardperson]]
|[[Lizardperson|Unathi/Lizardperson]]<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Lizardpeople|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
|No
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|{{anchor|Podpeople}}{{anchor|Phytosian}}[[File:podpeople.png]]
|{{anchor|Podpeople}}{{anchor|Phytosian}}[[File:podpeople.png]]
|[[Podman|Phytosian/Podperson]]
|[[Podman|Phytosian/Podperson]]<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Phytosian|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
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|{{anchor|Plasmaman}}[[File:Plasmaman.png|110px]]
|{{anchor|Plasmaman}}[[File:Plasmaman.png|110px]]
|[[Plasmaman]]
|[[Plasmaman]]<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Plasmaman|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
|No
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|{{anchor|Mothpeople}}[[File:Moths.gif|100px]]
|{{anchor|Mothpeople}}[[File:Moths.gif|100px]]
|Mothpeople
|Mothpeople<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Mothpeople|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
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|{{anchor|Ethereals}}[[File:RedEthereal.png|100px]]
|{{anchor|Ethereals}}[[File:RedEthereal.png|100px]]
|Ethereals
|Ethereals<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Ethereals|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
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|{{anchor|Preternis}}[[File:Preterni.png|100px]]
|{{anchor|Preternis}}[[File:Preterni.png|100px]]
|[[Preternis]]
|[[Preternis]]<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Preternis|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
|No
|[[Robotics]]
|[[Robotics]]
|Humans augmented by incompetent roboticists. Have more quirks than regular augmented people but suffer greatly from a variety of drawbacks, many of which are able to kill them.  
|Humans augmented by incompetent roboticists. Have more quirks than regular augmented people but suffer greatly from a variety of drawbacks, many of which are able to kill them.  
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|{{anchor|Felinids}}[TODO]
|Felinids
|All
|Yes
|In the [[Bar]], drinking catsip
|Technically not a race but rather a <s>degeneracy-based</s> voluntary genemodification of humans. Loved by some, despised by many, tolerated by [[Central Command]].
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!Notes
!Notes
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|{{anchor|Jellypeople}}[TODO]
|{{anchor|Jellypeople}}[[File:Jellypeople.png]]
|Jellypeople
|Jellypeople<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Jellypeople|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
|No
|[[Xenobiology]]
|[[Xenobiology]]
|Entirely alien beings that seem to be made entirely out of gel. They have three eyes and a skeleton visible within them.
|Entirely alien beings that seem to be made entirely out of gel.
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|{{anchor|Slimepeople}}[[File:slimepeople.png]]
|{{anchor|Slimepeople}}[[File:slimepeople.png]]
|Slimepeople
|Slimepeople<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Slimepeople|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
|No
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|{{anchor|Luminescents}}[[File:Luminescents.png]]
|{{anchor|Luminescents}}[[File:Luminescents.png]]
|Luminescents
|Luminescents<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Luminescent|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but Command
|All but Command
|No
|No
|[[Xenobiology]]
|[[Xenobiology]]
|One of the variants of the Jelly people, they are known for infusing their bodies with slime cores to unlock special abilities.  
|One of the variants of the Jelly people, they are known for infusing their bodies with slime cores to unlock special abilities.  
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|{{anchor|Stargazers}}[[File:jellypeople.png]]
|Stargazers
|All but Command
|No
|[[Xenobiology]]
|Stargazers are the telepathic branch of jellypeople, able to project psychic messages and to link minds with willing (optional) participants.
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|{{anchor|Skeletons}}[[File:skeletons.png]]
|{{anchor|Skeletons}}[[File:skeletons.png]]
|Skeletons
|Skeletons<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Skeletons|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|None
|None
|No
|No
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|{{anchor|Zombies}}[[File:zombies.png]]
|{{anchor|Zombies}}[[File:zombies.png]]
|Zombies
|Zombies<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Zombies|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|None
|None
|No
|No
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|{{anchor|Shadowpeople}}[[File:shadowpeople.png]]
|{{anchor|Shadowpeople}}[[File:shadowpeople.png]]
|Shadowpeople
|Shadowpeople<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Shadowpeople|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|None
|None
|No
|No
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|Cursed beings of darkness, shadows that cannot exist for long in the light. They skulk in darkened maintenance corridors or in workplaces with intentionally destroyed lighting. They are not intrinsically evil, but still invoke an understandable level of mistrust in pretty much everyone. They share many of the passive effects with the [[Shadowling|shadowlings]] subspecies, but none of their innate spells or abilities. They are far less a threat.
|Cursed beings of darkness, shadows that cannot exist for long in the light. They skulk in darkened maintenance corridors or in workplaces with intentionally destroyed lighting. They are not intrinsically evil, but still invoke an understandable level of mistrust in pretty much everyone. They share many of the passive effects with the [[Shadowling|shadowlings]] subspecies, but none of their innate spells or abilities. They are far less a threat.
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|{{anchor|Vampires}}[[File:Vampire.png|96px]]
|{{anchor|Dullahan}}[[File:Dullahan.png|192px]]
|[[Vampire|Vampires]]
|Dullahan<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Dullahan|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but command
|Yes until discovered
|Everywhere except the [[Chapel]]
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|{{anchor|Dullahan}}[TODO]
|Dullahan
|???
|???
|No
|No
|On halloween
|On halloween
|A rather light-headed species.
|A rather light-headed species, which has a psychic link between body and the separated head.
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|{{anchor|Flypeople}}[[File:Flypeople.png]]
|{{anchor|Flypeople}}[[File:Flypeople.png]]
|[[Flyperson|Flypeople]]
|[[Flyperson|Flypeople]]<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Flypeople|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but command
|All but command
|No
|No
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|{{anchor|Synths}}[[File:Changeling.gif|96px]][[File:Synth_revealed.png|96px]]
|{{anchor|Synths}}[[File:Changeling.gif|96px]][[File:Synth_revealed.png|96px]]
|Synths
|Synths<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Synths|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|Same as disguised race
|Same as disguised race
|Same as disguised race until revealed
|Same as disguised race until revealed
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|{{anchor|Androids}}[[File:Androids.png|96px]]
|{{anchor|Androids}}[[File:Androids.png|96px]]
|Androids
|Androids<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Androids|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|All but command
|All but command
|No
|No
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|Humanlike robots, distant cousins of synths. A similar result can be achieved by fully augmenting a human.  
|Humanlike robots, distant cousins of synths. A similar result can be achieved by fully augmenting a human.  
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|{{anchor|Abductors}}[[File:Abductor_base.png|96px]]
|{{anchor|Golems}}[[File:Golem-party.png|192px]]
|[[Abductor]]s
|[[Golem|Golems]]<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Golem|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|None - enemy of Nanotransen
|No
|[[Abductor]] ships
|Alien beings sent here to probe the station's crew. They cannot speak normally, but instead use a special frequency tuned to their mothership: different abductor teams have separate channels. Abductors created in different ways share a common abductor channel instead, and cannot hear natural abductors. Feared for their intense for for science. They will however try not to harm anyone directly.
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|{{anchor|Golems}}[[File:Iron_golem.png|96px]]
|[[Golem|Golems]]
|None - either free or bound servant
|None - either free or bound servant
|No
|No
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|Golems exist in all kinds of materials and shapes, all with their unique quirks. They are either constructed on the station or made in Free Golem ships by completing printed golem shells. In general Golems are very slow and very tough.
|Golems exist in all kinds of materials and shapes, all with their unique quirks. They are either constructed on the station or made in Free Golem ships by completing printed golem shells. In general Golems are very slow and very tough.
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|{{anchor|Eggpeople}}[TODO]
|{{anchor|Eggpeople}}[[File:Egghead_f.png|96px]][[File:Egghead_m.png|96px]]
|Eggpeople
|Eggpeople<br>[[User:Helpful_Herbert/Eggpeople|-TEMP DRAFT-]]
|???
|???
|No
|No
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Make sure to consult the race-articles for specific information.
Make sure to consult the race-articles for specific information.


== Collateral Racism ==
[[Category:Guides]][[Category:Races]]
The world isn't perfect and so isn't Nanotransen. Where there are races, there will be racism. Despise great controversy, Nanotransen considers only Humans to be capable of performing command-related duties, and the AI will only consider those 'human enough' to be worthy of special treatment. This inevitably leads to a systematic discrimination of all alien species. While this might seem inacceptable at first glance, it is a key-parameter for both lore-consistency and race-balancing.
 
What is inacceptable however is active use of harassing racist slurs, most notably the use of the L-word (Which is the N-word with a changed first letter). Though minor remarks and jokes can be considered harmless in most cases, great care should be taken to not activly harass other players. If the roleplaying-situation requires some sort of an insult, it is often better to opt for a non-race-specific one.
 
'''Remember: You and others are here to have fun. Don't be a dick. And if you are going to be a dick, you better be funny.'''
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