Plans are coming together in my brain-meats, [s]fuelled[/s] aided by cake and sugary tea. I'm still hoping to play the Ship's Cook / Steward. Species wise, I have a hankering to do something strange, and have an idea about a species of alarmingly large caterpillar-ish creatures that eventually undergo metamorphosis, breed, and die based on some seasonal occurrence on their native planet. Escaping the planet seemed like a good idea on how to avoid the "[i]death[/i]" part of this process, and so smuggling himself off-planet and joining up with a pirate crew made a certain amount of sense. Plus, brightly coloured caterpillars are downright adorable, and a huge one is either [i]extremely adorable[/i] or [i]really bloody terrifying[/i]. Maybe both!