Memish

Mem is in the Holt system, and consequently the Memish are not an unfamiliar sight in the Procyon sector. Although they’re generally humanoid, the Memish have pitch-black eyes, and skin that comes in various shades of blue, purple, and green. Instead of hair they have tentacles.

The Memish are able to survive at extreme depths, and navigate waters with virtually no light available. They’re known for organizing in complex, extended family groups, and practicing their religion away from the light of the Holt star. It involves ritual carving of their scaled hides and imbuing the carvings with carefully tended bioluminescent deep-sea plant life.

Here are some things you might expect a Memish xeno to be able to do:

0 stress :

• Breathe water.
• Hear really low sound waves.
• Swim incredibly quickly.

1 stress:

• Sense the flow of electricity nearby (a sense developed to hunt prey in the deeps). This ability might cost 0 stress if you and your target are both underwater.
• Use your deep-water muscles to lift a thug one-handed.
• Extend rending claws capable of filleting sharkskin.

2 stress :

• Navigate flawlessly in pitch blackness.
• Survive in space unharmed for a short while.
• Attune to the Way to sense gravitic disturbances (common on Mem) and the relative mystic ability of anyone nearby.

MEMISH MYSTICS

When you scar your body with the holy words of the Prophet Ruum, embed within the wounds the holy seaweed, pray at the holy site of Nur-thulama, and are accepted as a true member of the Mem, you open your mind to the Memish secrets of the Way. You gain access to the following special abilities as Veteran advances:

The Way of Seeming:

You can push yourself to do one of the following:

• Turn invisible to eyes, ears, and the Way
• Create illusions that look, sound, and feel real.

When you push yourself to activate this ability, you also get one of the normal benefits of pushing yourself (+1d, +1 effect, etc.). Perhaps to Sway someone that the illusion is real?

The Way of Depths :

You can push yourself to do one of the following:

• Manipulate shadows as if they were solid matter, creating weapons, tools, or terrifying shapes
• Step into a shadow and emerge from another nearby shadow.

When you push yourself to activate this ability, you still get one of the normal benefits of pushing yourself (+1d, +1 effect, etc.) in addition to the special ability. Although you may still need to make rig or scrap rolls using the tools or weapons created by this ability, all shadow items count as fine items.