Some more context for you first. So there are inhabitable planets in the universe beyond Earth, and foldspace technology lets us travel to them semi easily. Many of those planets have life on them. Some are remarkably Earth-like in their plant and animal habitation, others are very alien.
So far, humans have interacted with only one sentient alien race, and it was our misfortune that the one new race we encountered was quite aggressive; and immediately waged war on the human race. It's the last time humanity was truly united also, as during the years that the war raged on, the Two Kingdoms were allies, despite their past differences. Since that war ended, the lack of conflict outside of the realms is probably most to blame for the increasing anxiety and tension returning to the relationship between the Kingdoms.
The sentient alien race is humanoid, and blue skinned, but I don't want, in any way to end up with an Avatar vibe in this verse. I don't have any males to show off yet, but was, and probably still am intent on using Thor movie Frost Giant figs to represent them. I hesitate only because I just watched Thor, and I think my mods might not have gone far enough to distinguish my blue aliens from their blue aliens. lol.
Also I admittedly struggle with the name of the race. I created it for a new Star Frontiers RPG race many years ago, and at the time called them Aqualarians. So far, I've been sticking with it, but when spoken, it simply sounds too close to Aquilonian to me, perhaps. Thoughts on that? I'm considering shortening it to Aquarian instead, but I believe that might be taken by one of the Colonial planets in BSG. Naming places, things and people has become my least favorite part of story creation.
So anyway, here is the one Aqua...blah blah character I've made a completed figure of so far. It's a female, and one of the unique features of this race's society is that the males often tend to outweigh their mates by as much as 3 or 4 to 1. Females are typically lean, agile and sinewy strong, while the males are walking tanks. It means there is a high mortality rate for females of the species, with a large percentage of those deaths occurring during childbirth.
So, here she is.
Vox CaedaRace: (See above, lol)
Sex: Female
Anatomy: Humanoid
Homeworld: Qiona, of the Aqualarian Empire
Profession: Assassin (Guild sponsored)
Current Allegiance: None - not even to her Guild.
Weapon Proficiencies: Too numerous to list
Weapon Preferences: Blades and Poisons.
Vox Caeda was an important historical figure from the previous Human-Aqualarian Wars. Understanding that the war was on the verge of destroying both civilizations, and having a bend to the more peaceful beliefs of the monk-like Aqualarian Brotherhood (more so than the war mongering ideology of the conquesting Aqualarian Empire, and in shocking contrast to her profession), Caeda accepted the invitation of the human envoy (the great Paladin of Avalonia, Lord and in this instance undercover agent, Percival Ajax) to participate in the assassination of the Aqualarian Emperor, known to the human worlds as Emperor Tyrannos Atunis.
Of note is that Caeda was a member of the Royal Court in Aqualarian society, but was already an assassin by trade (such positions being held in the highest of esteem in traditional Aqualarian culture). While she herself was progressive in her views, she was pragmatic enough to rely on the skillset she had spent her life honing, rather than on the passive hope for a more idealistic realization of her goals towards intergalactic peace.
The assassination of Atunis was not without cost - to the Aqualarians and also to Caeda personally. Her husband was the Captain of the Imperial Guard, and was, not surprisingly, implicated in the plot to murder the Emperor. In the chaos that followed, he escaped, as did she, but he has sworn a death vow against his now former mate. His shame, both real (for the dishonor brought on by his wife) and alleged (even though he actually played no role in the assassination) have made him unstable mentally. He, like Vox, is also now a Rogue and a fugitive. His fury is not exhausted upon his mate alone, as her human political handlers (and eventual victors over his once proud empire) are equally to blame in his mind, if not more so, for the dishonorable act of turning his mate against her own kind.
In the years following the end of the war, Vox Caeda went into hiding. Recently, upon learning that Lord Ajax had left his own King's service, she sought him out with a proposal, the terms of which Percy has not spoke of. However, she has been on board the
Talon, and assisting with Percy's various missions ever since.
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Recipe:
SW Jarael head and arms
MU Torso (modded)
Resolute Baroness Legs (modded as bare uppers)
The softgoods and belts were modded so much, they may as well be scratch-builds.
And here is a sketch of the character made many years before I ever thought to make her in plastic form.
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Another character. This one is more of a secondary character. Name is Casus the Tall. He is a legendary and seemingly ageless explorer. He has worked for each Kingdom at different points in his career, in charting the depths of space, exploring the Fringe Worlds, where it seems newly discovered habitable planets are found daily. And he also aids in the modification of uninhabitable worlds (what we would call Terra-forming).
Casus the Tall
Recipe: MU AIM soldier body, dyed and painted. With boots from a Crimson Guard figure (don't ask why, I don't even remember what I was trying to accomplish there).
Head is Ki Adi Mundi, modded, and with a SW pilot helmet, also modded and painted.
