Crystal race

Descended from a splinter group of Rockmen who rejected their species violent ways long ago, Crystals are almost completely unknown in the galaxy, having hidden from all other sentient life.

Special

• Lockdown ability : Coats the room they're in with crystal blocks, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. The crystals wear off over time, when attacked, deconstructed or mined. Their ability also works outside, creating a crystal circle.

• Toxic sensitivity reduced by 20% human-wise, thanks to their crystalline epidermis.

• Strengthened body by 25% compared to a weak human, through their space emptiness and thousand millenniums travels.

• -10% speed. It's their secular burden, the price of their invaluable experience through ages of time.

How does lockdown work?

• Indoors : Lockdown will spawn crystal blocks to shut doors.

• Outdoors : Lockdown will spawn an age dependant radius circle of crystal blocks.

• Lockdown ability requires time to recharge after being used, and is only usable when drafted.

• Crystal blocks wont spawn on walls, buildings, pawns.

• Living organic beings and mature trees prevent the block from spawning.

• Outdoors, the Lockdown radius is weighted by the ability user age chronological age. 50 tiles radius Lockdowns can be easily achieved by hundred years elders.

• Watch out where the blocks spawn. Any of the following will end up destroyed : food, plant matters, drugs, organs, stone/wood weapons, rotten bodies.

• Anyone under 20, wont be able to lockdown outdoors.

• In their chest, Crystals have a unique to their race heart. It will trigger Lockdown when harvested, then used.

• Allet [Cat Poleece] for his criticisms and crystal lore discussions

• Call me Arty, Colonist, for his support

• Erdelf, Alien race framework Lead dev

• Harry_Dycks, Planetologist, for his support

• Jecrell, JecTools Lead dev (used for ability)

• Mlie for the 1.3. update

• Mehni for freeing me when I was locked

• RandyCambell for his invaluable supportive feedback

• You for reading this. Blush

More Faster than light in Rimworld

• Clone bay

• Mindcontrol

• Teleporter

• Engi race

• Lanius race

• Mantis race

• Rockmen race

• Slug race

• Zoltan race

This is part of my Faster Than Light for RimWorld collection : Lighter Than Fast.