Neyel

• Appearance: Mammalian
  • Thick, dark-gray hide in articulated, interleaved sections (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Opposable thumbs on all four limbs (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Short, bristly hair on the scalp (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Muscular, prehensile tail (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Homeworld:
  • Originally Earth
• Genetically modified branch of Human species following transportation via subspace anomaly to Small Magellanic Cloud (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Biological notes
  • Still largely genetically identical to Humans (TLE Novel: The Sundered; TTN Novel: The Red King)
  • Capable of surviving in vacuum for short periods (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Resistant to various forms of otherwise dangerous radiation, including gamma and x-ray (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • Also resistant to the mental effects of interphase (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Cultural notes
  • Neyel language
  • Incredibly xenophobic
    • Largely established from negative alien experience immediately following transit of Vanguard Colony (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
      • Nausicaan raid resulted in hundreds of deaths (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
    • All alien species divided into one of three categories
      • OROM (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
        • Short for "other races of Man" (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
        • Refers to aliens of equal intelligence, status as Neyel (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
      • Tuskers (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
        • Derived from appearance of Nausicaans (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
        • Refers to antagonistic, violent species (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
      • Slaves (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
        • Refers to passive (and thus potentially traitorous) species (TLE Novel: The Sundered)

History

• August 9, 2058: Vanguard Colony transported ~200 ly from Sol (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• August 9, 2155: Vanguard Colony transported again, to Small Magellanic Cloud (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
  • More intense genetic engineering results in even more significant physical divergence from Human baseline (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
• Establishment of Neyel subgroup c.early 23rd century (TLE Novel: The Sundered)