Choosing a Species
Which Species to Play?
The campaign starts in the Olympian Alliance, a system of planets colonized by humans. 99% of the population is human. The other 1% are refugees from other worlds looking for somewhere else to be and the occasional native alien from within Drago's Reach. So if you want to be a "native" or not attract attention during your various smuggling and questionable jobs, you'll probably want to play a Human, Human Heavyworlder, Human Martian, Human Replicant, or Jhinu.
In the Olympia subsector, where the game spends most time, 90% of the population is human or human variant. 8% of those are Human Martians, involved either through slavery or through handling the rough jobs in terraforming.
To the "east" subsector (Prometheus subsector), there are colony worlds for Human Heavyworlders, Human Martians (often enslaved politically or economically), Human Selkie (often enslaved politically or economically), Rigellians, Jhinu, Fex, Denebian, Rigelian, etc. There are also a few Hzeel around, usually as criminals but not always. So, there are nearby colony worlds that non-humans may be living on or heading to.
Just be aware that any nonhuman character will stand out like a sore thumb on most missions, which can be good or bad.