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Content Descriptors: General Mature Content, Some Nudity or Sexual Content
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Neki

In 1 collection by Juni
Neki + Must-haves (SFW)
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Description
This mod adds the Neki species to Starbound.

Note
The anatomy of this species is detailed by default.
All screenshots were taken with 'SFW' skins installed (linked below).

Required

Recommended

Customizations

Translations

Support

Other
  • Mechineki - Robotic Neki (by ѕaιnт apollyon)
  • N.E.K.I. - A SAIL based on a Neki character (by Tuxflop)


Introduction
The Neki (pronounced "neck-key") is a mod about what it would be like for such a species to exist in the universe of Starbound. The attitudes of other species towards the Neki vary from borderline fanatic to extremely unpleasant, yet the Neki themselves see the world and its inhabitants in an innocent, wondrous and highly pragmatic way. To the Neki - things are just what they are, with little to no prejudice; the world is their playground and their dining hall.

If you're interested in learning more, it is highly recommended to play the Intro mission, inspect the world around you, converse with key NPCs more than once, and look out for their codices.

Origins
Opinions vary, but it is widely believed that the Neki were the brainchild of a renowned and eccentric, if somewhat deranged, entrepreneur of old. The tycoon's virtually limitless resources facilitated an extensive research program that would go on well beyond their own lifetime and employ some of the brightest scientific minds of a generation; its' findings, however, would remain largely unpublished. The research would end up being abruptly overtaken by the U.S.C.M and vanishing from the public eye practically overnight - with rumors of much of it having been stolen by the Miniknog surfacing not long after.

A little while later, the Neki would start appearing on Earth, seemingly out of nowhere, evoking a wide range of reactions - from outright repugnance to acute fascination. Despite their somewhat animalistic appearance and behavior patterns, the Neki have displayed remarkable sapience, craftiness and resourcefulness when compared to most of their Human counterparts, which led to many of the Humans treating them with a high degree of distrust, resentment and even outright hostility.

The Neki have a playful and often pesky demeanor, always looking for stuff to eat, places to sleep and things to play with. They stand out (among Humans) for having very large eyes and ears, as well as long and powerful tails. Short, soft fur in a variety of colors covers their body, and a lush mane stretches from their heads down to the tips of their tails.

You are one of the Neki.
How you ended up at the Terrene Protectorate academy, is still unclear.


Features
  • The Neki species, with:
    • 30 idle poses
    • Custom colors
    • 340+ hairstyles
    • Animated body detail
    • Animated ears and tails
    • Custom animations/damage
    • Custom respawn animation
    • Customized Tech Console
    • Custom sitting pose
    • Custom sounds
    • Nightvision
  • NPC dialogue
  • 20+ Neki codices
  • Story mission dialogue
  • Leiya SAIL (OC by TeksFox)
  • All vanilla object scan descriptions
  • 190+ tile scan descriptions
  • Apex-based ship design
  • Tier 9, 10 and 11 ships
  • Neki tenants
  • NPCs:
    • Neki Snow Scientist
    • Neki MK Agent
    • Stripes
  • Crew:
    • Neki Mechanic
    • Neki Engineer
    • Murrauder
    • Purrowler
    • Stripes
  • Tech:
    • Neki Hops
  • Armor:
    • T1 leg ring, arm ring, hairpin
    • T2 armor, shoulderpads, ear ring
    • T3 armor, shoulderpads, mask
    • T4 armor, shoulderguards, mask & ring
    • T6S MK armor, sleeves and helmet
  • Weapons:
    • Paws (T1)
    • Nails (T2)
    • Claws (T3)
    • Sharp claws (T4)
    • Rapid claws (T5)
    • Vicious claws (T5)
    • Digging claws (T6)
    • Elemental claws (T6)
  • Clothes:
    • Rags
    • Tankini
    • Nekini, Nokini
    • Nightie, Noughtie
    • Strapless, Stripless
    • Gown dress, dress+
    • Gala and Robe dresses
    • Holiday skirt, jacket, sleeves
    • Short, Angel and Glove sleeves
    • Protectorate pants, skirt, sleeves
    • Peacekeeper uniform, pads, hat
    • Scientist coat and sleeves
    • 10 push-up type clothes
    • 8 static/legacy clothes
    • Angel and Toy wings
    • Invisible clothes
    • Neki Shades
    • Neki Tiara
  • Decorative:
    • Pod
    • Flag
    • Wheel
    • Curtains
    • Basic chair
    • Basic table
    • Storage locker
    • Pillows, pillow pile
    • Basic, Lavish and Wall beds
    • Broken iron spotlight


Credits
  • Other People - Awesome individuals who helped and contributed
  • Other Mods - And their respective authors, who allowed to use their work
  • If you use parts of my mod(s) for your own stuff, please credit accordingly ♥

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1 Oct @ 3:29pm
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5 Jun, 2022 @ 2:52pm
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829 Comments
Juni  [author] 8 hours ago 
Yay! Glad to hear you figured it out \o/
Also, just so you know, character colors will appear to all players in multiplayer, regardless of whether they have your mod installed or not ^-^
Desolate Pond 12 hours ago 
Well, I couldn't find any mod to add the color I wanted on any website or google, so I learned how to do it myself. Wahoo.
Juni  [author] 8 Oct @ 12:44am 
A 'goblin mod', that's been brought up before. Ask around, it already exists :)
Other than that, I intentionally avoided using any unnatural skin/fur tones in the mod, because while hair ('fluff', 'mane', etc.) can reasonably be dyed, having an unnatural skin tone just isn't canon for the Neki, I'm sorry.
Desolate Pond 7 Oct @ 7:15pm 
Petition to add a green skin tone so I can make neki Meowscarada
Juni  [author] 5 Oct @ 2:30pm 
@铁板哈斯塔
@BattlePenguin
You'll be able to recruit Stripes again, don't worry :)
铁板哈斯塔 5 Oct @ 11:42am 
I accidentally gave up the task of finding stripes at the outpost. Can I redo this task?
BattlePenguin 24 Sep @ 1:17pm 
Accidentally left outpost without fully recruiting Stripes the first time I saw them. Will they eventually respawn or have I lost them completely?
Juni  [author] 22 Sep @ 11:01am 
The Engineer and Mechanic should be fairly self-explanatory.
The Murrauder and Purrowler are a sniper and melee respectively.
All of them, however, have a bit of a... feline touch :)
Stripes is a more unique crewmember, and has a slightly more detailed personality.

As for FU - my FU patch ( NekiFU ) does not affect any of the NPCs in any way, and unless FU alters the basic NPC configurations, which the above NPCs partially rely on - they shouldn't be any different. I'm not an expert on FU though, so it's probably best to ask the authors about this.
Stealth 22 Sep @ 9:46am 
Sorry if this is already in the mod’s description and I skimmed over it, but what exactly do all of the unique Neki crew members do? And are there any differences to what they do if FU is also installed?
Juni  [author] 22 Sep @ 4:00am 
No idea what could be causing that, I'm sorry :(
I've been testing the mod extensively with Wardrobe Interface just prior to my last update, since I've added and re-ordered a lot of items in it, and I don't recall having any issues like that.
Try to remove all other mods, then add them back a few at a time to see when it starts happening - that way you should be able to figure out what causes it :)