Identification: thoroughly but coincidentally humanoid aliens who already have a well‐established empire
Variants: the kind that look human because they're our cousins – we're descended from their lost colonies, or vice versa
Also Known As: Nordics, Ramoneans, or Star‐Aryans
Origin: the superurban planet Capitolinus, or occasionally the decadent far future
| LOOKS: | on average slightly better‐looking than us, but then they go and dress in polyester bedsheets | A |
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| BRAINS: | they're slightly smarter than us, but the first human con‐artist to get to them has it made | 110 |
| LETHALITY: | they have enormous fleets of warp‐dreadnoughts, but their police are only armed with neuro‐truncheons | 0.15 |
| CULTURE: | sophisticated and orderly – i.e., a fascist dictatorship | 78 |
| HARDNESS: | seen in everything from space fantasy to physics‐puzzlers | 5½ |
| TOKENISM: | oddly, aristocrats don't get any points for being a minority | 02 |
Religion: a well‐stocked but strangely familiar pantheon
Wardrobe: under the space‐toga they may be members of the Pantellurian Fraternity
Hobbies: acting classical and vice versa
Motto: LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET
Affiliated With: occasional members of the Union of Field Observers
Not To Be Confused With: the Graciloids, who consider themselves above such petty imperialistic displays of supremacy