Raahssa

Unusual for a sapient technological civilization, the Raahssa are non-humanoid and non-bipedal.  Vaguely feliform in appearance, their bodies are built like that of big cats, except they are a bit larger: 2.2 meters long from nose to rump, plus a 2-meter tail... roughly the size of a big Terran lion.  They have six legs, with two powerful legs attached to the hips, and four arm-like legs loosely attached to the ribcage.  They can use any of their four Caitian-like hands to manipulate things, usually standing on four legs while using the front-most pair to work with or carry things.  They are incapable of walking on just their hind legs for more than a few unsteady steps.
Common fur colors are shades of white, black, and silver, in varying patterns.  They, like all animal life on their planet, are monochromats (their retinas have only the equivalent of rod cells; no color vision ever evolved on their homeworld).  They mostly tell each other apart by scent and voice.
Like Caitians, their math is base-8.
They are placental mammals, reproducing the same way big cats do on Earth... and feeding their small litters of cubs the same way: via multiple teats running down their bellies, producing milk — both sexes feed the young this way.  They mature in only about 12 Terran years.
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