Living Starships for a Militant, Alien Worm Race

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So, I needed a one day break from making map tiles (another big project I'm almost done with), so I created a 3D illustration of some creepy alien race of telepathic worms called Nelid. I thought what kind of creepy space invaders would cool to make and possibly publish as a tiny race product for Starfinder RPG as third party - bugs or lizards (both are already existing in Starfinder), squids or something else? Worms was interesting one. I thought as telepathic slavers, they've used their slaves to build vehicles and equipment to better serve the Nelid interests, so I used that idea to build the monster.

Then I thought, if I were going to make this a race guide, I ought to include more than just ecology, history and stat block. I'm going to need to create some equipment, armor/weapons, their starships, just to more fully flesh them out fuse in the game. So I created a Chrysalis ship, deciding to make their ships livng or a bio-hybrid ship, though this is much more biological than a hybrid. I imagine a living, huge caterpillar halted from transformation and forming the mechanical systems inside the ship, with a jump and manuever drive squeezed in. I still plan to do a "deck plan", but wanted to show the interior layout. I tried a cutaway view, but the 3D looked sloppy for that, so I redid it by making the chrysalis hull exterior transparent to show the biological cavities as rooms and corridors inside, which will make the deck plan a bit of a challenge.

So here's couple Nelid 3D illustrations I'm using, one showing the chrysalis ship from the outside, as well as it's drop ramp opened allowing invading forces egress out, and the transparent exterior view of the decks inside. Enjoy!

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