Norast

The Norast are a race of multi-armed aliens, with four eyes, blue skin and mandibles around a beaked mouth. They also seem to possess red tattoos on their heads. Norast travel exclusively aboard their starships, save for a few supply depots. They travel from system to system, mining resources and gathering materials to ensure the next step of their journeys. They refuse to assist humanity in their fight against the Scryve, being more focused on their need to escape to the next sector of space.

They maintain a series of supply depots on different planets to provide refuelling to passing Norast, as well as the more friendly of species in the galaxy. The Norast are refugees, fleeing from some terrible tragedy, but they are unwilling to provide details, as they feel it would be dangerous for the various other species they encounter.

The Norast are from beyond even the borders of the Scryvve Empire, merely passing through their borders to escape whatever it was that destroyed their homeworlds. This tragedy killed trillions of their people, leaving very few left. Ancient beings took an interest in the Norast’s ancestral home, forcing the people out by force, killing trillions. This has left the Norast a very blunt and mourning people, sceptical to the forces of the universe and eager to escape from it. The Norast formerly had a small empire where they enjoyed many connections to other galactic powers, as well as beings that had circumnavigated the entire galaxy. They are heading for a section of space beyond our own, where the last of the Norast will be safe from whatever is chasing them and will be gone from Scryve space in a matter of months.

Norast ships have notoriously bad fuel pressure regulators, and they lack the means to alter this issue on a grand scale with the loss of their empire. As such, they are forced to rely on a constant source of replacements from the various supply depots they establish. They are led by the Overseer, who directs the various ships in the Norast fleet through the Scryve Empire’s space and hopefully out the other side. They are being hunted by the Kri, a race seemingly dedicated to hunting the Norast with religious fervour. Upon destroying the Kri harassing the Norast, the Captain is able to use their ships for their fleet.