SPECIES GUIDE 1: SHAKTAR/WRIATHEN is 80 pages of content about the two best-known alien species that work as Operatives for SLA Industries. With species-specific skills, weapons and hardware, your favourite alien has more options than ever, and with plenty of art and all the information you could want about their home worlds, cultures and histories, the first species guide is an essential book for Operatives and GMs alike. Shaktars are a humanoid reptilian species that came to the attention of SLA industries during the Conflict Era. Unlike the many savage societies that the company encountered at this time, the Shaktar were more interested in maintaining their territory and defending the culture and liberties of the Shaktar Nation. It was during the Conflict Era, that mutual advantage and commercial interests led the Nation to engage in an alliance with SLA industries. This alliance was crucial in ending the conflict. Wraithen are humanoids with physical features reminiscent of both cats and lizards. They are usually between 5 and 6 feet in height and are lightly built and covered in a layer of short fur. On their frozen homeworld, Polo, their fur is usually white in colour and their eyes pale pink, though both darken significantly after a period of time on Mort or other warmer worlds, to a variety of shades of purple. Most Wraithen SLA Ops, as well as Wraithen civilians on Mort, utilise coolant stacks.