The New Essential Guide to Alien Species by Ann Margaret Lewis

Author:Ann Margaret Lewis [Lewis, Ann Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780345542793
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2013-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

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The title Mustafarian applies to two subspecies of the same genus native to the planet Mustafar in the Outer Rim, a world of molten lava rivers, active volcanoes, and jagged, rocky landmasses. Both subspecies are hard-shelled arthropods with large, insectoid eyes and long snouts, and evolved in the cooled underground tunnels of their world. Their chitinous exoskeletons lie in plates over their leathery skin, protecting them from the intense heat that they encounter day by day on Mustafar. Unlike most life-forms, Mustafarians have little water in their bodies.

Mustafar’s volcanic environment is caused by the gravitational pull of two nearby gas giants, Jestefad and Lefrani. While Mustafar could serve as a moon for either star, it stays in its own orbit, traveling closer to Jestefad while at the same time being pulled on by Lefrani—with all three planetary bodies navigating the star system at a similar rate.

Flourishing in this tumultuous environment, the taller northern Mustafarians are the physically weaker of the two subspecies. Because their bodies are more prone to frailty, the northern Mustafarians who serve as sentries or security forces often have their limbs enhanced with mechanical prosthetics to increase their strength, speed, and endurance. Northern Mustafarians ride insects called Mustafar lava fleas, which they domesticated as mounts in order to move quickly from one cooled lava landmass to another. The lava fleas are large, six-legged insects capable of walking across the cooler surfaces of hardened lava, and they can leap over the flowing lava rivers with ease.

The smaller southern Mustafarians, meanwhile, are more sturdy and hardy. Working in cooperation with their genetic cousins, they handle most of the “heavy lifting,” or physically demanding jobs, in Mustafar’s expansive lava-mining operations. This shorter subspecies can withstand higher temperatures than the northern Mustafarians, and since they spend more time on the surface than their compatriots do, they wear armor and breath masks to protect themselves from the intense heat. The southerners handle the harvesting platforms, skimming the surface of the lava rivers for metals with large pole-mounted cauldrons.

DESIGNATION

Sentient

HOMEWORLD

Mustafar

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