Yttakin

Yttakin are a xenotype, genetically engineered to live on ultra-cold planets.

Lore

Since they migrated off their icy birthworld of Yttak, Yttakin settlements live on many planets. Their fur, roaring voices, and aversion to urban living sometimes leads naive outsiders to believe they are simple-minded animals. Quick-minded Yttakin are happy to make good use of such wrong beliefs, whether at the negotiating table or on the battlefield. - Tynan

Summary

Yttakin (pronounced roughly as ee-ta-keen) descend from colonists engineered to thrive on ultra-cold planets. Their great size and fur make them hardy in frozen environments. Yttakin share a psychic connection with the wildlife and can summon animals to their side during battles. They are not fast or energetic or precise, but can keep going when others would have collapsed long before.

Genes

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Name	Description			Exclude
Animal warcall	Carriers of this gene can perform an animal warcall, using a powerful bellow and psychic connection to call an animal to fight for them. Adds ability: Animal warcall With a powerful bellow and psychic connection, call an animal to fight your enemies for a few hours. Turns the target berserk against all factions hostile to the caster for 12 in-game hours/30,000 ticks (8.33 mins). -75 base goodwill when used on a friendly faction's animal. Target: Any single animal or wildman. Does not require LoS [Detail] Range: 49.9 tiles Warmup Time: 120 ticks (2 secs) Cooldown: 900,000 ticks (15 in-game days) per charge. Charges: 2 AI Can Use: True	−2	1	-
Slow wound healing	Carriers of this gene heal from wounds half as fast as normal. Injury healing factor ×50%	+2	1	WoundHealingRate
Psychically dull	Carriers of this gene are less psychically-sensitive than others. Forced trait: Psychically dull	+1	1	PsychicAbility
Naked speed	Carriers of this gene move slower while clothed, and faster while naked. Move speed: −0.20 c/s (clothed) Move speed: +0.10 c/s (unclothed)	+2	1	-
Aggressive	Carriers of this gene are quick to anger. They are twice as likely to start social fights. When they have mental breaks, they are twice as likely to choose an aggressive kind of break. Effects: Social fight chance factor ×200% Chance mental break is violent ×200% Prison break interval factor ×60%	+2	1	Aggression Aggressive
Strong melee damage	Carriers of this gene do more damage in close-quarters combat. Extra-strong fast-twitch muscle fibers make their strikes accurate and powerful. Melee damage factor ×150% This also affects melee AP when calculated from damage. It does not affect weapons whose AP has been set independently of damage. Examples include: Spears, Monoswords, Persona monoswords, Knee spikes, Hand talons, and Venom talons.	−2	1	MeleeDamage
Sleepy	Carriers of this gene get tired somewhat faster than others. Sleep fall rate ×140%	+2	1	Sleep
Robust	Carriers of this gene take less injuries than others from the same damage. They have thickened, densified bones, nearly-solid ribcages, and strengthened binding factors in joints and flesh. Incoming damage multiplier ×75%	−2	1	Toughness
No hair	Carriers of this gene grow no hair on the head.	0	0	HairStyle
Unisex beards	Carriers of this gene always have thick facial hair, even women.	0	0	BeardStyle
Roar voice	Carriers have an animal-like roaring voice.	0	0	Voice
Hulk body	Carriers can have large bodies. A person can have more than one body type gene; one body type will be chosen among those that are allowed.	0	0	BodyType
Furskin	Carriers of this gene grow thick fur all over their body, which protects them from cold temperatures. Minimum Comfortable Temperature: −10 °C (18 °F) Non-furskin romance chance ×20% Removes mood: Naked: -6 Removes mood: Uncovered (body part): -4	−1	1	HairStyle Fur BeardStyle
Furry tail	Carriers of this gene grow a fluffy tail which partially protects them from cold temperatures. Minimum Comfortable Temperature: −10 °C (18 °F) Adds an aesthetic only tail to the pawn's sprite Note: Does not add a targetable or damageable body part	−1	1	Tail
Great Animals	The carrier's aptitude in Animals is increased by 8. Aptitude acts like an offset on skill level. Additionally, one level of passion is added to Animals. Animals: +8. Note: Experience gain and decay applies as if this offset did not exist. Adds one additional passion for Animals	−2	1	-
Awful Mining	The carrier's aptitude in Mining is reduced by 8. Aptitude acts like an offset on skill level. Additionally, all passion is removed from Mining. Mining: −8. Note: Experience gain and decay applies as if this offset did not exist. Removes all passions for Mining	+2	1	-

Analysis

Yttakin thrive in colder climates. Their furskin and furry tails keeps them warm, even while wearing little clothes. Their naked speed gene makes them a solid contender for having the nudist trait (as they grow up as children). Paired with a heavy bandolier this gives a +20 mood boost, a 10-20% dps increase when carrying a ranged weapon, and the speed of a fast walker. In melee fights they can also stand their ground. The strong melee and robust genes gives them an edge over most other genotypes.

Aggressive and slow wound healing is a mixed bag. They will gain more experience in melee because of an increased likelihood of social fights, but it will take two times longer to heal compared to pawns who do not have that gene. Therefore, it might be best to focus on ranged combat, especially when doing a naked run, with combat implants in case enemy fighters get to close. Besides this, they should also use their ability whenever they can to have animals tank damage for them.

Origins

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Biotech (DLC)

Families

Relationships (Reproduction • Children)
Life stages (Babies • Children • Adults)
Furniture (Crib • Baby sleeping spot • Growth vat • Toy box • Baby decoration • School desk • Blackboard)

Mechanoids

Laborers (Agrihand • Cleansweeper • Constructoid • Fabricor • Lifter • Paramedic • Tunneler)
Combatants (Centurion • Legionary • Militor • Scorcher • Tesseron)
Commanders (Apocriton • Diabolus • War queen • War urchin)

Mechanitors

Control (Mechlink • Band node • Mech boosters • Mech signallers • Control pack • Airwire headset)
Mechanoid creation (Basic subcore • Standard subcore • High subcore • Subcore encoder • Subcore softscanner • Subcore ripscanner • Mech gestator)
Maintenance (Mech recharger)

Genetics

Xenohumans (Dirtmoles • Genies • Highmates • Hussars • Impids • Neanderthals • Pigskins • Sanguophages • Wasters • Yttakin)
Genes Germline • Xenogene • Metabolic efficiency
Genetic Modification Genepack • Gene extractor • Gene bank • Gene assembler • Gene processor • Xenogerm • Archite capsules
Deathrest (Deathrest accelerator • Deathrest capacity serum • Deathrest casket • Glucosoid pump • Hemogen amplifier • Hemopump • Psychofluid pump)

Pollution

Nature (Toxalope • Toxipotato plant • Waste rat • Gray pine tree • Pebble cactus • Rat palm tree • Witchwood tree • Stasis cocoon)
Mitigation (Wastepacks • Atomizers • Pollution pumps • Polux trees)
Adaptation Face mask • Gas mask • Tox grenades • Tox pack • Tox shell • Toxic needle gun • Toxbomb launcher • Detoxifier kidney • Detoxifier lung
Nonchalance Toxifier generator