#I'm proud of myself for even having estimates tbqh lmaooooo

[se7ens-oc-heaven]

oc Question: aside from humans, what is the most common species one might see in the SPCverse? what about the rarest? 👀

Ah SHIT this is a really good question, unfortunately I have no easy answer bc a lot of the worldbuilding is about sorting out how many species/what species there even are in the universe, never mind ratios

Never mind the fact that 'most common' is Highly Subjective because honestly? Humans AREN'T going to be the most common everywhere! The planet Miston has never even SEEN a human for example, and since Mistonians can live in more extreme climates than us they may arguably be far more common than humans based on planetary population alone! (Also they have space travel and many live offworld, whereas humans have not unlocked space travel yet soooo)

The other problem is too, Universe =/= Dimension, so different pockets of dimensions held in the spcverse hold different species and the like from Earth or Miston, and I haven't fully sorted out what the extent of crossover is or how many 'dimensions' there even are (I don't want any smart alecks giving me scientific answers I'm using the word LOOSELY ok)

I guess I'd say, of the existing known species in the spcverse as I know of them....

If Mistonians are not the most populous in the universe, draconids as an entire genetic family tree are since they're transdimensional by nature and their populations live spread across Several dimensions, including "ours". Idk which species of dragon is most common however, so idk if that really counts to answer it that way.

As for Least common.... That's a toughie. I guess the best answer for now might be a specific species of dragon known as the Beast Eater? Mainly bc they're Meant to be rare. However they're also super op and tend to be plot relevant so the story won't accurately reflect the scarcity lmao

The other problem is too, that when I make ocs I don't usually consider if they're the only one of their kind or not. And a lot of my ocs are things like genetic mutations, scientific experiments, uniquely cursed or imbued with magic, etc.

So you get situations like Omega where there COULD be an identifiable species she belongs to, but thanks to the extent of tampering she went through she could be far enough removed from it - which as the creator means I'd have to break down her base components and go ok, which species gave her this trait, where does this skill come from, is her eye color unique due to being a scientific chimera or does it come from something mixed in?

And I have so many ocs like this that while I can and Should do it. It's low priority rn so I haven't given it any thought lmaoooo

Still, hopefully this answers your questions sufficiently even if potentially not accurately!