Welcome to my blog! I thought it would be prudent to begin with an introduction to the setting for (most of) my original creations.
The Sapiens Commonwealth is a multi-species coalition that exists about a thousand years into the future. Basically, my take on the standard sci-fi universe. In the present of the setting, Commonwealth territory covers much of Orion’s Arm and contains 9 species, besides humans.
Here are 2 of them. The lizard-looking one is an Aleptidate, and the weird elephant is a Thirtha (plural: Thirthai).
Aleptidates exist in a biosphere where most life cooperates, rather than competes. It is unknown, though dubious, whether this state of affairs originated naturally. The nature of the biosphere humans originated from causes Aleptidates to view them with mingled awe and fear. Originally, they lacked mouths, due to their alien methods of feeding and communication. However, they are capable of limited shapeshifting, and some individuals have grown mouths in order to talk to humans.
Thirthai are a carnivorous species that evolved on a world nearing the end of its habitable period. Though they evolved cooperative behaviour to cope with their drying homeworld, they remain solitary and mistrustful of others, regardless of species. Thirthai communicate through infrasound, and use translators to talk to other species.
The 2 species, along with humans, make up the Mutualist Alliance, so named for the allegedly symbiotic relationship between them.