I totally agree Ixy.  When I posed the suggestion, I was aware that it probably wasn't something you had had in mind when creating this setting.  It seems you're looking for more of a mysterious tribal setting rife with goblinoids and wild sects of traditionally civilized races, where the biggest differences between them and the colonists is culture instead of physical form.  Thri-kreen, while not nearly so alien as one would normally expect from an insectoid race (they don't, for example, have anything resembling a Hive mentality) I just thought I'd throw caution to the wind and mention the idea anyway!<br/><br/>I'll send you my other, more palatable concept in a moment.