Classic: Aliens

Classic: Aliens (1990) presents over two dozen races that can be used in a space, fantasy, or horror setting. Credit goes to Psycho Dominion Overlord for doing the conversions back in 2008.
==Races==
This is the order in which the races appear in the book.
*An Phar: Pig-like humanoids with a love of philosophy
*Auroras: Super-powerful, benevolent creatures of pure mind
*Irari: Winged scientists and researches
*Jaril: A once-threatened race of giants, now reborn
*Cidi: They're six inches tall... but don't call them cute
*Fasanni: Galactic mimics, satirists and investigatorsBased on the description of the race the "micic" given in both the original paper and digital PDF version, appears to be a typo.
*Gerodians: An elder race with a bent for medicine and psychology.
*Banduch: Super-powerful psychic dinosaurs
*Tamile: Peaceful, artistic, talented singing slugs
*Memer and Saret: Spidery galactic tramp freight-handler. Very small.
*Kaa: Greedy, ruthless, imperialistic snake-men
*Kronin: A race of honorable warriors and mercenaries
*Markann: Secretive, sadistic mad scientists with incredibly high technology
*Verms: Their ambition is to eat the galaxy. 
*Gormelites: Brutal, paranoid shaggy berserkers
*Sparrials: Quick, individualistic and compulsive thieves
*Pachekki: Amphibious sex-changers
*Treefolk: Half-animal, half-plant; benevolent healers
*Purulu: Rich, grasping, radioactive sea-dwellers
*Traders: Capitalists from the fourth dimension
*Truul: The ancients tried to make a slave race. What they got was a troll doll that always wants to help you.
*Engai: Brilliant but decadent and ruthless
*Mmm: A naïve but powerful hive mind. Actually rather nice. Not to be confused with the voracious Verm.
*Liook Sujan: Slow, rocklike creatures who are psychic giants
*Riders: Malevolent viruses that can take over your psychology
*Crystal Computers: An artificially-created life form with secret powers
*Gloworms: Solitary, flying energy vampires
*Xenomorphs: With their plastic shape, they can be anything or anyone
See also:
* Aliens by Size -- useful for determining if you have room in your tramp freighter for some big and small passengers!
==Additional Classic Alien Races==
Additional Alien Races appeared in Classic: Space Atlas 4, Pyramid #18, and Pyramid #19.
*Garuda (Space Atlas 4 p. 76)
*Kinski (Space Atlas 4 p. 77)
*Malikithi (Space Atlas 4 p. 13)
*Xrex (Pyramid #18)
*Yalkani (Pyramid #19)
===Parahumans===
*Avatar Floater (Space Atlas 4 p. 22)
*Medusan (Space Atlas 4 p. 44)
*Winterfolk (Space Atlas 4 p. 66)
==Important Notes==
* Many of the advantages and disadvantages reappeared in the Compendium 1 with different point values making the book incompatible with 3.5 GURPS. Psycho Dominion Overlord's GURPS Aliens for GURPS 3rd Edition provides, as near as he can tell, the official racial packages with all of the errata corrected (possibly including some errata that never made it to the official site)
* With the larger number of enhancements and limitations available these races can be "tweaked" to "better" fit their Classic versions.
===GURPS Space Alien Creation Tables===
*I (Chemical Basis)GURPS Space p 140
*II (Habitat)GURPS Space p 143
*III (Primary and Secondary Locomotion)GURPS Space p 149
*IV (Size Category; Size and Mass; Gravity Effects; and Strength)GURPS Space p 151
*V (Symmetry; Number of Limbs; Tails; Manipulators; Skeleton)GURPS Space p 154
*VI (Skin; Breathing; Temperature; Growth)GURPS Space p 157-158
*VII (Sex; Gestation; Special Gestation; Strategy)GURPS Space p 161
*VIII (Primary Sense: Vision, Touch, Taste/Smell, Special Sences)GURPS Space p 164
*IX (Intelligence; Mating Behavior; Social Organization)GURPS Space p 168
*X (Chauvinism; Concentration; Curiosity; Egoism; Empathy; Gregariousness; Imagination; Suspicion; Playfulness)GURPS Space p 169-170
==Additional Information==
*Issac Arthur: Alien Civilizations
**Stupid Aliens, Crazy Aliens, Cryptic Aliens, Dead Aliens, Hidden Aliens, Smug Aliens, Ancient Aliens, Parasitic Aliens, Secret Aliens, Invasive Aliens, Aloof Aliens, AI Aliens, Paranoid Aliens, Conspiratorial Aliens
*The First Aliens | A Brief History of Aliens in Science Fiction
*All Tomorrows: the future of humanity? and Beware the Qu - future humans 
== See Also ==
* For more combat-themed, earthbound encounters, see Monster Hunters 5: Applied Xenology 
==References==
*GURPS Aliens (GURPSLand conversion)
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