Yagai
Species: Yagai
Home Planet: Yaga Minor
Yagai: The Yagai (singular: Yaga), are tall, reedy tripeds native to Yaga Minor, the site of a major Imperial shipyard. They have two nine fingered hands, and all of their fingers are mutually opposable, making them well suited to delicate mechanical work. They are particularly knowledgeable about starship hyperdrives and have been conscripted by the Empire to help maintain the Imperial fleet. Before the Empire, the Yagai were famed for their starship engineering skills and their cooperation with the Republic. While the Yagai are still known for their skills, their relationship with the Empire is strained.
The people of Yaga Minor deeply resent the Imperial presence and are always looking for prudent opportunities to sabotage the Imperial war effort. Unfortunately, with the rest of their people effectively held as hostages, most main species Yagai starship workers are reluctant to risk incurring Imperial wrath — the Yagai are intimately familiar with the atrocities the Empire has been known to commit.The Yagai tend to favor baggy, flowing garments of neutral colors (at least neutral to their world — whites and many shades of blue and purple). The Yagai are an aggressive and territorial species that would make a valuable asset to the New Republic if they could be freed from Imperial rule.
Unfortunately, since Yaga Minor is so heavily defended, the rescue of the Yagai is a short-term
impossibility.
Yaga
Attribute Dice: 12D
DEXTERITY 1D/4D
KNOWLEDGE 1D/2D+2
MECHANICAL 1D+2/4D+1
PERCEPTION 2D/4D
STRENGTH 1D/4D+2
TECHNICAL 2D/5D+2
Story Factors:
Enslaved: The Yagai have been conscripted into Imperial service because of their technical skills. As a result, almost no Yagai are free to roam the galaxy; most that are seen away from their homeworld are escaped slaves (and tend to be paranoid about the possibility of being captured by the Empire) or are workers who are forced to slave for Imperial officials away from their homeworld.
Move: 10/12
Size: 1.5-1.8 meters tall
Yaga Drone (Subspecies)
Attribute Dice: 8D
DEXTERITY 1D/2D
KNOWLEDGE 1D/1D+1
MECHANICAL 1D/4D+1
PERCEPTION 1D/1D+1
STRENGTH 2D/5D+2
TECHNICAL 2D/5D+2
Story Factors:
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Aliens Genetically Engineered: The Yagai Drones have been genetically engineered to survive in harsh environments like deep space. They are extremely sluggish and bulky, and almost never speak. They are trained from birth to be completely loyal to the Empire, but many secretly harbor sympathies with the Republic.
Sealed Systems: Once they are full-grown, Yagai Drones require no food, water or other sustenance, save the solar energy they absorb and occasional energy boosts.Body Armor. All Yagai Drones receive a +2D bonus to resist energy attacks and +3D to resist physical attacks.
Move: 8/12
Size: 2.5-3 meters
Capsule: Yagai Drones are huge, muscular versions of the Yagai main species. They have purple skin and wild, yellowish hair. They almost never speak, except to acknowledge orders from their work-masters.The reclassification of the Yagai Drones as "non-citizens" has led to official New Republic complaints.
Because of this continuing rights issue, the New Republic has refused to use Yagai labor in any shipbuilding projects.