Alien Compendium

Name: Star Dragon
Origin: Space
Common Affiliation: no
Physiology: Shapeshifting, Empathy, live for hundreds of years, can breathe in space. no need to eat (similar reason to superman)
Backstory: religion centering around the Star Lord (sort of a wakandan afterlife, a solitary people
Rules: Empathy is because of the Star Dragons' solitary nature. makes communication more efficient. i can not state enough how important religion is.

Name: Glass Tribe (Glassian)

Origin: Planet Glass

Common Affiliation: Arcosian Empire

Physiology: Glassians are a unique race in the Galaxy, insofar as they are not made of natural life like most lifeforms, but rather an inanimate material, in this case glass. In terms of body figuring, they looked very much similar to Humans and Tuffles bodywise, but rather than being made of flesh and blood, their entire bodies are made of glass and entirely hollow. This leaves them weighing only one fourth as much as their fleshy relatives, while also leaving them somewhat frail to harsh blunt impacts. Glass Tribesmen and Tribeswoman come in all varieties of glass colors, and are usually born by the parents using glassblowing techniques via a cooperative magic, rather than by traditional birth.

Backstory: The Glass Tribe has never had it easy when it came to a home planet. Planet Glass was a desolate desert abode with scarce water, and with little resources to pump out of the planet, that lead to constant warfare. From a very young age children were trained in the art of combat, often forced to fight against neighboring cities for supplies such as precious water and oil, and for the planet, the average citizen rarely lived past thirty, despite the race being able to live for centuries due to their glass bodies being durable against the effects of aging.

Unlike the Saiyans however, this infighting was what destroyed the Glass Tribe, as they eventually all developed/were gifted by the Arcosians/stole nuclear weapons, and immediately aimed them at each other. This basically rendered the planet completely uninhabitable following the nuclear fallout, and killed over 90% of the population. The remainder of the Glass Tribe scattered across the Galaxy, with most of the tribe settling into the Arcosian Empire and serving as military officers. Safe to say, the future of this race is in jeapordy, unless the gods themselves interfere.

Rules: All Glassians have Antisense, but otherwise there are no important rules to follow when playing a Glass Tribe character.

Traits: Any trait can be taken, but I'd recommend Fastest In The Universe and either Favorable Contracts or Galaxy Brain, as well as the General Trait of Antisense. Due to being made of glass, the Glass Tribe try an evasive form of combat, involving dodging every attack coming their way while throwing deadly attacks, while also serving as high-earning mercenaries of the Arcosian Empire.

Transformations: 

Mohs Hardness 4 (x4): The standard state of a Glass Tribesman, having been trained to unleash their full power on the harsh sands of their homeworld.

Mohs Hardness 16 (x16): The first true transformation of the Glass Tribe, involving the user superheating their skin and turning it jagged and spiky. The user's skin also gets tougher, as if they were transforming into rock.

Mohs Hardness 20 (x20): What was 16's seeming hardness of rock has Mohs Hardness 20 actually turning the Glass Tribesman turn to rock. Their original glass skin still exists within the core of their new stone bodies, but they have effectively evolved into Stone Tribesmen at this point, with their powers comparable to that of Super Saiyans and the like.

Mohs Hardness 24 (x24): A new evolution in the Glass Tribesman Transformation Path, their bodies turn from regular stone to obsidian, while once again turning their bodies jagged and spiky. At this point, their body's internal heat reaches 1000 degrees Farenheit, allowing them to burn anything to cinders with a single touch should they choose...

Mohs Hardness 34 (x34): The penultimate form, at this point the Glass Tribesman's body falls apart into an amorphous mass of magma, seeping out ten feet in all directions. They are capable of forming their original glass body as a outward manifestation to interact with others, but it seems this form is merely an incubation for something much, much greater.

Metalman/Metalwoman (x44): At this point in the Glass Tribesman transformation cycle, the magma hardens and explodes, with a metallic living automaton of steel and magma emerging from this magma egg. Although they appear metallic, they are very much organic life forms, and they are capable of spitting out magma hotter than the sun while also being capable of throwing monumental punches strong enough to shatter worlds. Unfortunately, there is one fatal weakness that this new form brings: they suddenly become very weak against insults to their new metallic bodies, and run away in fear from the mere act of making fun of them.

Anthropomorphic creatures, varied in size and origin of features. They possess exaggerated proportions, with large hands, feet, heads, and faces compared to the general size of their body. In most cases, the animals they are based off of have very Earth-like origins, but that isn't necessarily always the case. There are a few known ways a Fauxbian comes to be:

Natural - Like any other species, they can reproduce. This is the most common nowadays, and their lifespans play out as normal.

Awakened - While on Fauxterra, a wild Critter can be awakened into a full-blown Fauxbian. Most of the time this is when they are young, children or teens, and evolve into their Fauxbian form to adjust to the appropriate age. They then live their life out as per normal.

Artificial - Offworld scientists have been able to recreate and force this 'Awakened' state without the need for Fauxterra (Or in some cases on Non-Critters). This usually results in wildly different specimens, some with unknown powers yet to be fully understood. Some of these may also be considered Bioandroids or Androids depending on level of extremity.

General Information:
Height: Wildly varied depending on Critter the Fauxbian originates from. As small as 2', to as large as 9'. Most hover around 3'-3'6".
Weight: Varies by just about the same amount as the Height.
Lifespan: Human-ish, though they can go about half a century longer into the mid-hundreds. They only start aging around a century as well. The sheer difference between their lifespan and wild Critters is solely from the power given to them by Fauxterra.
Critter Origin Types: Common - Mammalian, Avian, Reptilian; Rare - Amphibians, Marine, Nondescript/Mix
Naming Convention: One word, usually simple, that describes any of the following; An obvious physical trait, a word surrounding their ideals, a personality trait, or something they excel in. This isn't necessarily a 1:1 in what they've done, or want to do, as Fauxbians can choose names on a whim if they feel like it. Due to the mother planet's very communal culture, Family names are not an important distinction to create. These names are usually either a Verb or Noun. Examples: Red (For, say, a red feline-adjacent Fauxbian), Desolate (A name adopted by a more malicious Fauxbian), Jack (As in Jacked, the Fauxbian is remarkably fit and strong).

While not a part of their name, some Fauxbians will be identified further by what animal characteristics they exude. Red the Cat, Desolate the Gecko, and Jack the Weasel are more examples. Rarely will they themselves put such definition behind their name though, as most do not care for what 'kind' of creature they are. This is more an outsider labeling them.

Home Planet: Fauxterra
Common Affiliation: None. Natives born and living on Fauxterra keep to themselves typically. Others outside of that are free to align however.
Common Traits: 
Cores - A large portion of Fauxbians are adaptable and nimble, landing them with usual picks of Extraterrestrial and Fastest in the Universe! However, any of the core traits can work for a Fauxbian given the vast diversity of Critters they can spawn from.

Optional - Dipping still into how adaptable the average Fauxbian is, Alien Archives make a very good fit. Just like with the core traits, however, any one of the optional traits can be justified with an appropriate type of Critter origin.

General - Nothing to add here that isn't already said in the last two trait selections, but Tactician can open up even more room to be the adaptive little guy you always wanted to be. This is even more up to the individual than the other choices.

Rules: 

1. So long as the character fits the backstory and description laid here, congrats! It's not hard to make a fauxbian your own, and they don't really have a limit on what they can be. Though, keep in mind, most are small mammals that hover around 3'-3'6". Above and below are not the rule but the outlier and should be treated as such.

A small planet full of life. Located near the outer rims of the known galaxy, this little life ball has a very active geological footprint. Landscapes change very frequently. For their size, this leads to many many varied biomes. And plenty of earthquakes as the planet shifts. A lot of animals, some familiar and others not so much, make their lives out here. Colloquially, they are referred to in a group as 'Critters', because the animals as a whole have a sort of loose collective connected to their planet. It's taking the whole 'Living Planet' to a whole new meaning. In these ways the creatures and their planets are intertwined. And for eons, the Universe left Fauxterra and its Critters alone.

It's unknown when exactly it occurred, but as the galaxy first grew tense, Fauxterra grew nervous. And in its attempts to protect itself and the life it harbored, it granted select Critters a large portion of its latent energy. These Critters awakened, gaining sapience and evolving past their simple animal bounds. These were the first Fauxbians. They would prove to be valuable guardians at the time they were required. But over the ages, and with these Fauxbians spreading through means not requiring Fauxterra, there grew a sense of independence and self-identity among many.

Nowadays, while still isolated and still the main point from where Fauxbians live, Fauxterra finds itself the most peaceful it has been in a long while. The last major conflict was decades ago, when a weak attempt to integrate the small planet was made by the Arcosian Empire. Even as Fauxterra is little more than some small villages and tribes. It's only city was made by off-worlders as the galaxy came into the space age proper, given the name Fulman Faux. With more and more native Fauxbians embracing the new tech, peoples, and planets, there was suddenly a slow but constant bleed of the small guys living off their mother planet and enjoying life in other ways.