<p>Gorlian Thugs were famously mentioned in Alpha Dawn but with no explanation of who they really are.<br /><br />There were two fan proposed sollutions that I'm aware of:<br /><br />1. Shadow Shack made them a yazirian clan in his excellent SFman (9?) article on yaz clans. <br /><br />2. there was also a race submission for them as a tool using sapient ape like creature in the sfman.<br /><br />Privously I had liked the new species option since I had some AT-43 miniatures of gorillas in armor (even one of them with a cigar in his mouth). However, this species submission lacks the work to place them in the Frontier. there is no real history explaining them. a home planet and etc. <br /><br />On the other hand the yazirians were, at the time that TSR still existed, portrayed as grumpy and gruff in both modules and Endless Quest books and this portrayal kind fits the thug idea. I've begun to think that Shadow Shack's solution has more to be prefered. <br /><br />If Gorlians were a yaz clan AND they are known as thugs then this clan would in effect be the organized crime clan of yazirian society on the planet that shadow specified for this clan. There is a lot of possibility with that and it has a certain appeal over indroducing another PC species. There could quite naturally be other yazirian organized crime clans as well, perhaps one per planet or systems and yet a third for mixed species colonies- with a suitable name that translated to Disposessed or something. <br /><br />Of course in the end both options are optional fan material, to be taken or left as individuals see fit. </p>
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