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Morong by Railerat

Morong

Railerat

Name:
Morong
Age:
???
Gender:
Male
Species:
Haska

Morong's the pastel one on the left. The other is Nop, and belongs to Itsubun!

The Haska are a GMO species, created by a different, now-nearly-extinct aquatic species. They created the Haska to be able to do diplomacy work--sort of like proxies--so that they could meet for trade agreements and negotiations without requiring a great deal of technological accomodation or forcing meetings at aquatic places. Making it inconvenient for others to meet with you does not put you at an advantage in making deals, nor does it make other species particularly interested in trying to open trade with you early on. They also used the Haska to colonise planets for them--this explains the wide distribution of the Haska today, and also the distinct lack of the aforementioned aquatic species throughout the galaxy.

It's worth remembering, however, that not every planet/race tolerates GMOs or accepts them as possessing rights, so some planets see no Haska at all--or at least, no Haska that are considered citizens. That said, most planets or races grant at least partial rights and/or recognition to GMOs; really, the overwhelming majority treat them as sort of a complicated grey area. See Stevick for more on this.

Their most well-known trait is the individual affinity with flavour. Each individual Haska has a flavour preference, associated with each of the six common flavours: sweet, spicy, salty, sour, bitter, and savoury. This preference is so pronounced that it is difficult for a Haska to eat food that doesn't match it, and some Haska are quite the gourmands. Others simply love to eat. Because of certain chemicals in their bodies, though, Haska actually do taste like their flavour; a sweets Haska will in fact taste sweet and a bitter one, bitter. The flavour preference was an intentional addition by their creators. The theory was that this would make it easier to feed these ‘mules’ en masse--the genes can’t codominate, so even now, every Haska has one specific flavour. The fact that they taste like their flavour was basically a genetic accident.

Morong is a 'sweet' Haska, and something of a foodie. His love for sweet flavours has motivated him to join a ship's crew, where he can take advantage of their many ports of call to sample new foods from new planets and cultures. Nop is along for the ride mostly because he feels the need to keep an 'eye' on his friend.

Art by Itsubun

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