#oc: laqus t. raen

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The Crew of the USS Sonder [yet another update]

Top row, from left to right: Saharin W. Exlar. Tenfold Pollux, At'Han Tav, Avyn Niph, Voyager Teshan, Zohar, Laqus T. Raen, Lovebug, August Thompson, M'Row, Darha-evh-te-Anmon-te-Atersu, Solak.

Bottom row, from left to right: Ren Makhat [designed by @justsomeskullkid], Sovanid [designed by @vaguely-wormlike], {no name yet} [designed by @thatfoxdog], {no name yet} [designed by @the-vulcan].

This is my Star Trek OC side blog, main is @headphones-lifeform!

Refsheets and lore beneath the cut. [I use the rainbow flag to mean queer but unlabeled]

Saharin Exlar is the commanding officer of the USS Sonder, a small starship with a crew of circa 200. Exlar likes the idea of having a found-family dynamic with their crew and is hoping to achieve that kind of relationship with them. Due to their telepathy/empathy being somewhat overwhelming, they struggle with differentiating between their own emotions and those of others. Because of this they struggle with recognising their personal identity.

At'Han Tav is the first officer of the USS Sonder. More about her species here. Tav is trying her best to learn the customs and social norms of the other crewmembers, but is still feeling a bit out of place. Despite the initial awkwardness, Tav means well and tries her best to be as kind as possible to the others- occasionally too much so. She likes bizarre humour and art, but is somewhat embarrassed by it.

Tenfold Pollux is a helmsman on the USS Sonder. Having been taken from her pre-warp home planet by space pirates, Pollux has been secretly planning to try and contact it- defying the Prime Directive. She is very expressive, often blinking her bioluminescent forehead marking for emphasis. She has a sarcastic sense of humour and an easy time making friends.

Avyn Niph is a navigator on the USS Sonder. Niph originally joined Starfleet on impulse as an act of rebellion against xeir parents, but has since settled into xeir role. Xe is trying to think things through more often, but is having a difficult time. Niph is good friends with LB, and they enjoy running holodeck simulations together.

Voyager Teshan is the chief science officer of the USS Sonder. Teshan was, in fact, named after the starship, and used to find her name rather embarrassing [at the academy she went by Inkmouth, as she has a tattoo on her tongue]. She tends to act cold and snappy and naturally favours plants over fellow humanoids. However, she is friends with Tav, who helps her out with the botany labs. She has some romantic feelings towards Tav, but falsely believes them to be unrequited. Exlar has to silently suffer because the constant mutual pining on the bridge is giving them migraines.

Laqus Raen is a scientist specialising in astrophysics on the USS Sonder. Raen is very intelligent and has a great sense of aesthetics, often decorating themselves with model planets and stars. They tend to avoid conflict but love social situations, meaning they often go to the ship's recreational areas only to leave minutes later. They enjoy water and have a shallow pool in their quarters.

Zohar is a scientist specialising in astronomy on the USS Sonder. Zohar is my self-insert character, who recently underwent a retcon to make them more Vulcan and more mentally healthy [and more blue-haired]. They are recovering from depression and are rather unsure of who they want to be now. Other than the sciences, they also appreciate the arts and make electronic songs on the side. An alternate-universe Q Zohar also exists, but prime-universe Zohar is unaware of this.

LB is a scientist specialising in xenobiology/exobiology on the USS Sonder. As seen by their chosen form, LB has a special interest in sloths. They appreciate all creatures, but tend to favour ones they find cute. They sometimes space out during away missions, a fact that embarresses them greatly. They have a good eye for detail and give excellent hugs.

August Thompson is the chief medical officer of the USS Sonder. During what would be the first season of this story, Thompson is suspected by many to be a Q. At an important episode, the Q continuum investigates and finds out that Thompson's telekinetic abilities have a different source- a wormhole he and his friend Solak were exposed to as children. It is revealed later that two energy beings escaped the wormhole and merged with Thompson and Solak. Thompson has rather low self-esteem and is often anxious [Solak is trying to help him with that].

Solak is the chief security officer of the USS Sonder. Solak transferred to the Sonder after an important episode, reuniting with her childhood friend Thompson. She is more confident than her counterpart, as well as cunning and strategic. She likes to experiment with her abilities, often making random objects float.

M'Row is the chief engineer of the USS Sonder. M'Row left his former assignment at a starbase in order to look for his partner R'Tess, whos ship mysteriously went missing [I wrote this before I watched Prodigy, Paramount please don't sue me]. He feels a sense of responsibility for the other crewmembers, and sometimes they keep him up at night. He enjoys cooking and often makes snacks for the others. He laments the fact that he cannot drink coffee.

Darha-evh-te-Anmon-te-Atersu is an operations officer on the USS Sonder. Darha comes from a planet divided into factions, each devoted to a different science. She comes from a group of Atersu- the astronomy faction- who teamed up with other factions in order to develop warp speed. She is exceedingly loyal, quick-thinking and often wild with her ideas. A good person to have on any away mission.

I hope you enjoyed! Going to learn animation in November so I can make their show real. If it works out it will be released here and maybe on YT.

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Thank you for including Raen!

having a discussion ab slime gender presentation i will return with my findings soon

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Crew of the USS Sonder [updated]

From left to right: Exlar, Pollux, Tav, Teshan, Zohar, Raen, Thompson, M'Row, Darha

Laqus T. Raen (they/any) is a new character, and they are explained here. Thank you @whirligig-girl for helping me name them!

Exlar, Tav, Thompson, M'Row and Pollux are explained here.

Teshan, Darha and Zohar are explained here.

Previous drawing of the crew found here.

Should I make a side blog for posting about my OCs?

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Crew of the USS Sonder [updated once again]:

From left to right: Exlar, Pollux, Tav, Niph, Teshan, Zohar, Raen, LB, Thompson, M'Row, Darha

Laqus T. Raen (they/any) is explained here. Thank you @whirligig-girl for helping me name them!

Exlar, Tav, Thompson, M'Row and Pollux are explained here.

Teshan, Darha and Zohar are explained here.

LB is explained here and Niph is explained here.

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Mentor & mentee stuff sketch with Raen and Zohar, inspired by my interaction with @whirligig-girl.

Raen is stretching their arm to give Zohar a headpat, which is why it is so long.

Bonus: Q!Zohar has a Mellanoid Slime form that is weirdly similar to Raen... might draw later.

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AAA thank you so much!! I love how you drew them!

Slimes at a San Francisco Star Party

Attacking @uss-feynman and @headphones-lifeform's mellanoid slime worm OCs T'oumii Ela'as and Lacus T. Raen for art fight 2024!

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Some of the best things I got from the incorrect quote generator:

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Tav, Raen and Niph are going on an away mission to ArtFight!

My ArtFight is linked here.

Feel free to attack/request attacks when the event begins!

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Let's try something.

Ask any of my OCs anything and I will try to answer in character for them.

If your ask brings interesting visuals to mind, I can make a small drawing.

You can also send in your OCs and have them interact with one of mine!

List of OCs this applies to below the cut:

Saharin W. Exlar

At'Han Tav

Tenfold Pollux

Avyn Niph

Voyager Teshan

Laqus T. Raen

Zohar

Lovebug

August Thompson

Darha-evh-te-Anmon-te-Atersu

M'Row

Solak

Atropos the Lonely

[whirligig-girl]

placements of most of mellanoid slime worm OCs that i'm aware of on this chart.

I don't think this was the most effective way to measure slime morphology at least among my OCs (nevermind that, because i'm a lesbian and also a little boring, veeeerrry many of these characters are competing for space in the Girl spot)

For one thing, I wish i had an axis that could make humanoids Weird (like "oh no" weird) without making them pass through a simpler shape at the origin. For another thing, my mellanoid slimes are agender by default, so "girl" would be an offensive descriptor to most of them (and the ones that ARE girls might be offended at me putting them lower on the girl-ohno axis even though, for example, Slamtha (yellow w/ three eyes) is exactly as much of a girl as Guz (green girl, yellow shirt), but Guz's two humanoid parents of three (orange and cyan heads right next to each other) are agender but rank higher. (The red snake-worm is her third parent), and Twizzle Bajeeziz (red face, fuzzy soapy beard) is a boy and not a girl. (Though a part of that is just because i couldn't get every character in their spot and still be a legible character image--probably Slamtha should be higher up and the parents lower down)

I also had to interpret "cube" as "geometric/angular." Slamtha's features are more angular than Guz so she's more cube than her. Though there is of course an actual cube slime there.

The purple slimes are mostly @raydrawsdaly's. The purple monster and whale are both Nexus, as is the kinda pissed off six-eyed woman in the girl section, and the more confused one to the upper left of her. The tiny figures in front of the confused one are Nexus' parent Oghu and sibling Oihre. The sketch of the more feminine one (there's a mermaid tail hidden somewhere in there also) is an alt universe version of Nexus called Utut, who did not become an evil space goddex and instead became like a more or less normal starfleet scientist--but they have the same headmates and thus alternate presentations as Nexus does.

The blue one to the right of Guz is T'oumii Ela'as by James @uss-feynman and is a he/any butch.

The indigo one in the "glob" section is Laqus T. Raen by @uss-sonder and is agender.

Directly below them is James' doodle of a friend of T'oumii's.

The blue and purple ones that are CGI renders are Murf, from Star Trek: Prodigy, the sole example of a canon mellanoid slime worm.

The orange and cyan one is Shmoorp Gacklgleb by @msasterisk.

The silver one in the mess of girls is Visca Limax, character of @something-boring. Another woman that should be higher on the girl mess, like Slamtha, but who has slightly weird anatomy (extra arm, prehensile hair) so has to place lower to indicate that.

Basically i think it's a lot easier to interpret my version of the chart if instead of "girl" it's "humanoid," and we take the actual gender out of the equation... and also if you basically collapse almost everything in the girlmess into a single point. The more I look at the chart the more I'm questioning my decisions--like, Nexus/Utut's design is more detailed than Guz's, so does that mean that they should swap positions on the X axis? Maybe I only ranked Guz closer to the middle because she's my favorite character and I'm biased--but if I keep nitpicking my own chart I'll be up all night.

Despite the weirdness, this was still helpful because it gives me a general idea of what kinds of character designs remain to be done. There's some wide open gaps that are rife with potential character creation.

having a discussion ab slime gender presentation i will return with my findings soon