@si Vonne: Yeah, unfortunately nothing I can do about. For a couple years now Paradox forces you to login with your Paradox account if you want to upload to Steam. However, their login is utterly broken, it won't let me login, it won't let me reset my password, it won't let me create an account. I do not get any message besides some random "doesn't work" or in the case of password reset, I just never receive their confirmation mail. And I cannot contact their support because you need to be logged in for that.

As of now(3.8.4), it doesn't seem to be working

Excellent mod.

as if they needed to be uglier. 10/10

Thanks everyone. Well, I'd say if you've played The Witcher with its various vampire species (i.e. shaping various degrees between bats and humans) it's easy to see the bat resemblance ... sort of.

@TurtleShroom: I wouldn't say they're *supposed* to be bats but rather inspired by them, like many of the other species.

@Kennywnorth: Bat ears vary in size; there are comparably small ones.

And yeah, I basically use them as a species living in jungle worlds with treetops so dense barely any light reaches the bottom (hence the sort of parallel evolution of bat traits). Religious, militaristic and xenophobic they see themselves as superior to others and as chosen to dominate the galaxy. So they enslave, purge and enjoy to engage in wars.
But feel free to let their looks belie their character, make them pacifistic and friendly. I did enjoy to take the cute little butterflies and turn them into the devouring swarm, haha.

I thought they were supposed to be evil or represent raiders, or something like that. Or, they were just generic bipedal monsters, like Orks. Go figure.

the ears should be big like a bat's wth

Hat's off. Your skill (and... bravery? stomach? ... to be able stare at these things long enough to mod them) astound me. Awesome job.

@TurtleShroom: Same, I always just thought of them as "the most hideous thing in Stellaris."

THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BATS?! Holy crawfish, I never realized that!