Copyright question- I hope this isn't as thorny as it feels...

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also, i wouldn't be surprised if there were very similar groups to each of these, elsewhere in the setting. Or templates for these groups have been imported through the lightways. But more likely there's some group on the periphery call the "Bleckology" and the "Gybiota" who have very similar features without any pesky historical constraints like 'this group originated 5000 light years and 3500 years ago from the star system you want to write about"..

cybiota
https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/480d35f9a8ecd
Nekology
https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/480ea40e3cfa8