vaurca framework

missing: language, flash weakness, sprites, custom organs? //might steal
xenomorph organs i don't know

thoughts on race: some good strengths but more easily exploitable
weaknesses than any race i've ever seen. fireloss *2, emp death,
intended flash weakness far outweigh the strengths they currently have
and they are going to get lasered instantly in like every conflict it's
going to be awful ughghm

thoughts behind decisions so far: bugs are insulated because seriously
they take 2x fireloss any shock at all is going to instacrit them and a
nonconductive space exoskeleton kind of makes sense.  their bite verb is
nice.  i'm not going to say it's not nice.  but it requires a strong
grab, which requires a stun or someone stupid.  you can easily do more
damage with a 15 force weapon and about on par with a 10-force, i'm
pretty sure.  this is mostly for style really.

final opinion: any race that takes 2x burn is always going to be
underpowered given how common lasers are.  plus a welding tool is like
an esword on them.  that alone would be a significant drawback.  coupled
with emp-death (all their inner organs are mechanic so they will get
fried almost 100% of the time) and also the weak eyes thing is a little
much maybe.  oh, and they're slow.  strengths: insulation, no hardsuit,
reduced brute, radiation resistance, bite verb.  hardsuits common to all
departments; usually decent armor values anyway.  insulated gloves
easily gotten or worked around by anyone willing to powergame even a
little bit; not big deal.  rad res rare.  brute res outstripped by burn
mod.  bite verb nice but impossible to use unless you've stunned someone
already in which case you could've won any other way.