05-23-2015, 08:34 PM
The lower limit on a tribe can be as few as 3 or 4 packs. The largest tribes are still unlikely to have more than a few thousand members (Which represents a moderately sized colony ship).
I've never fixed in stone the size of influence of their species largely because their somewhat transitory state in various different game settings and thus having to be somewhat balanced within that. They've only been FTL for less than a couple hundred years. With the whole nomadic thing going on their actual sphere of influence (as in areas they have permanent colonies down in) is going to be spread out and weak, even though they have likely explroed a LONG way out form their homeworld.
It's worth remembering the galaxy is a BIG place, it's entirely possible to explore right through another race's territory and never make contact with them due to relativistic comms/sensors, and the fact most planets in a given territory aren't worth colonising.
EVA/HEV suit tech scales pretty well. At the most extreme end you're looking at something akin to a titan or small mech (from titanfall, not the fleshy kind :p) that could operate independently for days or even weeks if the operator brought adequate supplies, in all but the most extreme environments (Don't expect any evangelion-style volcano diving :p)
Simple counterpressure suits probably wouldn't allow it's operator to remain in direct (as in, in space) sunlight for more than 10-20 minutes, radiating that heat back out would require specialised hardware. But operating in shadow intermittantly would help regulate that hazard.
I've never fixed in stone the size of influence of their species largely because their somewhat transitory state in various different game settings and thus having to be somewhat balanced within that. They've only been FTL for less than a couple hundred years. With the whole nomadic thing going on their actual sphere of influence (as in areas they have permanent colonies down in) is going to be spread out and weak, even though they have likely explroed a LONG way out form their homeworld.
It's worth remembering the galaxy is a BIG place, it's entirely possible to explore right through another race's territory and never make contact with them due to relativistic comms/sensors, and the fact most planets in a given territory aren't worth colonising.
EVA/HEV suit tech scales pretty well. At the most extreme end you're looking at something akin to a titan or small mech (from titanfall, not the fleshy kind :p) that could operate independently for days or even weeks if the operator brought adequate supplies, in all but the most extreme environments (Don't expect any evangelion-style volcano diving :p)
Simple counterpressure suits probably wouldn't allow it's operator to remain in direct (as in, in space) sunlight for more than 10-20 minutes, radiating that heat back out would require specialised hardware. But operating in shadow intermittantly would help regulate that hazard.