Atuuk

Atuuks are a friendly race of small sapient rodents commonly found in heavily forested worlds.

Atuuks are labeled as space faring but have not develop ftl technology on their own. they, instead, prefer to mooch on other races to travel to and from their home-worlds.

Like the rodents of earth they have a high reproductive rate and are known for their communities to grow quickly requiring them to find new planets.

They have an detailed oral history reaching back hundreds of generations. They have developed a complex social order. Each individual must accept their preordained status within the community, or must face possible exile from their family.

Much like their Teekan brothers, the Atuuks enjoy hunting in the jungles of their home-worlds. Their preferred prey is the striped Caguar, a huge sabre-cat armed with razor-sharp claws. Hunting this enormous beast is extremely dangerous. Atuuks usually hunt Caguars in teams of 30-40 as their small stature can turn on them. All hunters traditionally arm themselves with primitive stone-tipped spears to show reverence to to their ancestors.