Aksellan

The Aksellans are a species from Aksel in the Stardoc Universe.

Biology
The Aksellans are large, black and green, well-fed spiders. Aksellans possess five different silk-producing glands, originally used to convert excretory byproducts into snarewebs to capture prey. Their gastric juices enable them to make anything palatable.

Culture
Over the centuries much of the species’ development was spent below the surface of their homeworld. Hence the arachnids evolved into natural miners. They are quite capable of dealing with the problems posed by asteroid mining, and have redefined tether technology.

Appearances

 * Stardoc (Stardoc, #1) by S.L. Viehl
 * Endurance (Stardoc, #3) by S.L. Viehl