[@Liotrent] No FTL means you can't travel at relativistic speeds (I consider that a apocalypse device, as do I consider Reactionless drives, zero point energy and other such tech that is decidedly far future in nature. The machine womb colony ship is actually the more economic and cheap choice to interstellar colonization believe it or not... I intentionally leave it unclear as to how long the trip took but lemme just say now it was not a short trip at all) or really any warp drives/wormholes. I recommend a speed limit of 1% the speed of light and nothing faster (even than such speed would be for interplanetary velocities). The reason is since FTL = interstellar travel and the scope of this NRP is one star system at most, even than it is mostly centered around a single planetary system in regards to where most activity is. Insectoids are fine, though try to do something a bit unorthodox here. Creativity is highly encouraged with the other species, as is giving them interesting and more compelling traits than mindless droning about. Posting format is free form but I will ask you to give a time slot for when Everyone can expect activity from you. Time stamps and giving a location for your posts are recommended. Other than that it's very free form and narrative based.