> Kind of on the fence over joining at the moment - it depends whether another rp I'm interested in takes off. If it doesn't I'll check back in with you.
> Oh, and would it at all be possible to play as a non-human? An android or alien of some kind?

Androids or cyborgs are totally game. Aliens sadly are not available to be played, mostly because they are all dead. No other sentient being can be found in the universe, only the ruins of their existence. This development and idea of humanity being seemingly the next in line of a long game of succession has been plaguing xenoarchaeologists for years, and may or may not be addressed in the story.