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Aspero Race

A race of reptilian xenohumans that are good at building. Genetically engineered to prepare hostile worlds for colonization by glitterworld societies.

Intended to be mostly Rimworld lore friendly, free of most extraneous features like extra weapons or apparel, and while I did not study any art rules I tried to keep a vaguely vanillalike minimally featured look to try to keep things from looking too out of place.

A combination of human and dinosaur DNA, they are larger and hardier than the average human, 10% larger and with more base hp than normal as well. They are also tolerant of high temperatures and resistant to high levels of toxic compounds. They can mine and construct 20% faster than normal, and have low flammability, making them good for firefighting combined with their high temperature tolerance. They quite enjoy the taste of raw meat, and gain small mood buffs from eating it, at the risk of food poisoning.

Their digestion is less efficient than the average human, so they need more food, and can't digest raw plant matter at all. Fortunately cooking breaks down the food enough to make it digestible regardless of ingredients. They also lack manual dexterity and agility, giving a 20% malus to the speed of most detail tasks like surgery, and a reduction in move speed. While they should not be considered stupid, they also tend to have difficulty thinking outside the box, cutting base research speed in half. They are more vulnerable to cold, tending to be uncomfortable even at room temperature, and suffer a more serious version of insectoid's cold slowdown instead of hypothermia.

Ask and ye shall receive.
* Unmodded carrying capacity maxes at 75. But a higher value should offset capacity loss from injuries.
** Body Size is a complicated stat with many many effects, increasing some values beyond their base and making some values worse. For example a higher body size increases hp values of all parts, but also makes an easier target for ranged attacks.

These values are for if you do NOT have Biotech. If you have biotech many of these stats are controlled by genes instead, and may differ slightly.

Aspero have a number of features from their dinosaur genetic donors. They have scaly skin, tails, horns and digitigrade legs with 3 toes on each foot. They are also engineered to have 2 sets of ears, to allow them to wear construction helmets and headsets without losing the ability to hear their surroundings. Their faces look much like old Earth Fantasy dragons, which was simply in vogue with GE species at the time of their development.

While I am quite the fan of other race mods I prefer to keep things simple.

• The race comes with 2 factions, one pirate one friendly, that each should be able to be disabled at worldgen if desired.
  
• As of 8/9/2021 custom sprites for bionic/missing eyes.
  
• One additional penned creature called a Meatdrake, a large modified iguana that eats a massive amount of plant matter that can be sheared every couple days for a small supply of meat. It's not efficient...at all. I'd rather err on the side of underpowered than overpowered.
  
• A few replacement tails, a basic replacement, a weaponized replacement, and a bionic replacement.
  
• As of 8/4/2021 A Starting Scenario and very basic player faction.
  
• No new apparel.
  
• No new weapons.
  
• XML only.
  
• Final Destination

• Hats and helmets sometimes fit funny. I reduced the height of their muzzle in front of the eyes to make it look a bit more normal, but there's only so much that can be done with significantly animalistic head shapes.

As of September 7th 2021 a patch was integrated into CE itself. I don't play CE in my normal play, but I tested a colony for a few quadrums and didn't encounter any major issues, so it should be good. Thanks CE github and discord team for your assistance!

Works with Royalty and Ideology. And while the mod was worked on since before even royalty it's only confirmed compatible with 1.3 and 1.4. As the mod functions entirely through XML there should be minimal compatibility issues with other mods. I actually play with a significant modlist myself and have not found any obvious problems over years of playtesting as a personal mod.

If anyone wishes to work on compatibility patches for other mods that specifically need them, feel free. I've put notes throughout the xml that will hopefully give an idea how I would like them to function in various ways. Translations are also welcome, but I have no idea how translations work for Rimworld, so I might not be able to help much there.
If I suddenly fall off the face of the earth others are welcome to update the mod as needed to keep up to date with Rimworld and DLCs as well. Just don't sell it, (donations are fine) and don't be a jerk.

Feel free to use the mod to learn how to mod things yourself. This mod was added to little by little over the course of a few years graduating them from star trek style forehead aliens using human heads and bodies with funny hair, to a full on genetically engineered race. So it's probably not the most readable XML, but surely there are useful things in here someone could learn from.

• Tynan and all of Ludeon for this wonderful game that stole my life.
  
• The Alienraces team wiki and discord for putting up with my stupid questions.
  
• Benji for the shiny new workshop title image!
  
• Seanggag for the Korean translation!
  
• The Combat Extended discord for also putting up with my stupid questions.
  
• ZeroPhoenix assistance with learning what is possible with patch operations.
  
• The rimworld modding community in general for xml examples and how-tos
  
• Mom.