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((You saw my post in GD, Projeck. We can wait for ye.))

How far are you with that, anyhow? In terms of the names on the map, I mean.

Excellent news.

Gold thrones? You and your naturally occurring states of matter!

If I was that rich I would hire a crew of physicists to make me big tanks of Bose-Einstein condensates and degenerate matter.

We have a Xeelee in the house, mentlegen.

((ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, WILL.
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Also, do Stella's mom and her have different texts that I can't see or something? Because I can't tell who's who. Maybe bold her mom?))

((Puppetshow?))

You are one lucky person, Furtuka.

Sure!
Also, this post will be used for typing up mating habits for my species, which will probably affect gameplay, so I'll have them here so you know.

The Nalkvar are by most accounts a friendly and welcoming race, being relatively nonhostile and allowing other species to coexist in their territories without incident. However, on several occasions starting a short time after widespread colonization of Nalkvar space, several young Nalkvar, at about 10-year intervals, were observed to engage in an intense warfare lasting a month or so before ceasing. The Free Bound under the control of these Nalkvar underwent significant physiological changes, gaining wings in some cases, claws, a startling swiftness, significantly more strength, and other, combat oriented abilities. After 3 incidents of colonists being seriously wounded due to sudden raids of Free Bound, a council of the 5 major races living in Nalkvar systems demanded an explanation. What they were granted was an explanation of Nalkvar mating habits, in sort, summarized below.

When a female Nalkvar enters what is known as 'heat' among some mammilian species, ie fertile and capable of being impregnated, she unconciously sends her Free Bound out with slightly altered physical characteristics such as lengthened limbs, more natural armor, increased strength and autonomy, and carrying a very distinct scent pheromone that smells like toasted chocolate mixed with butter, oddly enough. A scent of carbohydrate richness and healthiness. This usually lasts for about a month or so, then ceases for another 10 years. However, should a male Nalkvar be present in the area she is in (about a 10-mile radius), he responds in kind, his Free Bound changing to become far more deadly beasts than they ususally are. In addition, he begins to produce additional Free Bound depending on the number of females in the area. If there is more than 1 male in the area, their Free Bound clash in great battles, seeking to kill one another and get to the pods where they are gestated so that they can cut them up to disable them in order to forestall competition. Then the Free Bound of the male retrieve his seed (literally, it's a seed) and attempt to deliver it to the receptor that opens up on the central pod of the female in her fertile period. It's difficult to miss; the central pod of the female peels back around the center, exposing the receptacle for the seed. This receptacle emnates far more of the phermone than the other parts of her body, drawing the male FBs to it. However, they must get past her FBs, all of which are primed to kill any male FB that comes into their territory - as a test of the male's skill; if his FB manage to get past hers and implant the seed, he is worthy. These battles often last for up to three weeks before either all the male FBs are dead, in which case the male concedes, or until the seed of the male is implanted within the female, in which case growth of the resultant child begins.