Yeah, maybe I'm a tad biased to other severs, but non-humans are really cool to play! Be it filthy, degenerate above-low RP, or some different set of mechanics to play with than the human standard.
I understand that this is a ridiculous amount of spriting, coding, balancing, and implementation. This is not a Gitlab for a reason, I just felt like talking about it.
I'm not including races that would fuck with established gameplay (Non-organics that couldn't be infected, non-humanoids who couldn't wear armor or carry traditional weapons), those that would be regularly and inescapably lynched (read: furries), or those that just wouldn't contribute to the game in any interesting way. (Vox who need to carry around a nitrogen tank, and only really benefit from eating actual garbage and being able to be completely reassembled if shredded).
With that being said, let's 100% add all of these perfectly balanced aliens from:
Baystation
I believe the adoption of Baystation's Human Variants would be the best bet for easy and believable implementation.
Grav-Adapted: Strong, durable, slow, clumsy.
Adapted to life on high-gravity planets, their physiology has been made to compensate.
++ Health
+ Bone Durability
- Speed
- Take more damage from Oxygen loss and gas, as they need more oxygen to support their bodies.
- Increased Wield Delay
Space Adapted: Who needs gas masks. . . or bone structure?
Adapted to life in space, they're better used to handling the constant radiation and asphyxiation associated with such an occupation.
+ Toxin Resistance (Including Neurotoxin).
+ Gas Resistance
- Bone Durability
- Health
Tritonians: Diet Grav-Adapted, but like, Seals.
Heavily modified humans with blubber to defend from the cold, and the harshness of war.
+ Health
+ No need for cold-resistant gear.
- Speed
- Metabolism (Hunger increased)
Mules: The name of my Gym is "The Library".
Weak, feeble, flimsy, but psychically gifted.
+ Don't appear in Xeno-vision (In the see-you-through-walls sense, not a cloak)
+ You can hear and translate the speech of any Xenos on-screen.
- Health
- Wield Delay
- Queen Screech does brain damage to you.
~ Tentative: XenoHud?
I will be following-up with the likes of Paradise, /TG/, and Comic Lore later.