Future Concepts #3: The Raider

Hello dear friends! 

I hope the Holidays are treating you only in the most fabulous manner! Let's have another Future Concepts update! 

Beyond the Periphery lies the Savage sectors (or Independent/Uncharted, depending on whom you ask). Endless, mostly unexplored swaths of deep space. Here, all kinds of danger lurk. From pirates and unclassified aliens to today's topic: orcish raider clans. So, let me talk about the lore while peppering the article with the early WIPs of one of the most notable orc raider leader!

If there is one thing on which people of the Frontier and Union officials agree, it is that Orcs are dangerous, savage, and incompatible with any advanced society. Orcs seem to proudly agree. After all, they capitalize on their infamy, roaming the endless galactic lanes of the Periphery as pirates, slavers, mercenaries, and, most commonly, raiders.

The green-skinned tribes seem to take great pride in their anti-civilizational stance; their societies are simple, built around ancient tribal lines. To summarize most prevailing orcish philosophy, they never needed anything more advanced, and therefore, there is no reason for others to aspire for more either. 

Orcs live according to their old, and by all means, primitive customs. The biggest, strongest, most virile, and most ruthless rule tightly-knit tribes that regularly go on raids for new technology, human sexual toys, and other resources they need for life. Some live on planets, while others live on their rag-tag fleets. Both are, however, quick to adopt any new technology they capture, steal, or pillage. With orcs, the old traditions meet technological pragmatism. 

Generally speaking, orcish women are domineering to a fault and obsessed with social standing in their tribe. They enjoy fighting (both for sport and life), trading, and endlessly breeding their harem boys. Physically speaking, they are usually a lot taller than humans, some rising well above 7 feet (200cm). They are naturally muscular, their skin of various shades of green. Eyes tend to be either yellow or red. 

Despite all this (and more!), a clever spacer knows he can often cut a deal with Orcs since they seem to share a propensity to trade and haggle with their distant Goblin cousins. And just like their shorter relatives, Orcs love human boys and men. After all, every Orcish mistress' wealth is measured by how numerous and how "subjugated" (that is, how well-fucked) its residents are. 

There is much more to them, and you will get a chance for many in-depth (quite literally!) experiences in the future! 

That's it for today. Hope you enjoyed this slightly different format of the update! And just like always, if you have any questions, suggestions, or ideas, please let me know!