B'Hirute - Bipedal, upright hairless creatures that look a bit like salamanders. Average height range is between 1.5 and 2.25 meters. Skin colors range from light lavender through pale purple, on into a pale purplish green. Very bureaucratic and very jealous of their status as traders. Constantly trying to put human traders out of business.

Kiru - Large mammals, built along the lines of bears. Male Kiru average about 400 Kilograms and female Kiru average about 300 kilograms. The Kiru are mostly miners and traders. The have an incredible passion for alcohol and rough-housing. The Kiru have established a close bond with humans, and continue to be our closest allies in space.

Yederians - Silver trilobite-looking creatures that average about one meter in length. When laying flat on a surface, they are about  30 centimeters high. Yederians are fluid creatures, able to change their shape and extrude sense organ and limbs when needed. Originally from a Jovian-type world, they can exist in almost any extreme of gravity, pressure and radiation. At home in vacuum or at the bottom of a gas giant gravity well, the are also one of the most prolific species. Their sense of humor is a bit on the bizarre side; they love practical jokes.

All characters and story concepts copyright (2006) by D. D. Tannenbaum