Ketki

Ketki is a character written by Zahhak for the canon The Long Miles of Night.

Early Life
Ketki was born in the rotting carcass of a void-whale somewhere in the Perseus Arm. He grew up surrounded by others of his kind and learnt the basics of ship maintennance and construction from his vast family. When Captain Thomas dropped by for a check-up, Ketki jumped at the chance to offer his services as an engineer on board the Ringo.

Physical Description
Ketki is nine feet long, two feet wide, and ten inches thick, with twenty long, spindly, surprisingly strong legs emerging from under his flat carapace. He has long, soft feelers on his head like feather dusters, a pair of mighty, crushing mandibles, and a pair of small, dextrous limbs underneath them. He has six tiny, compound eyes, and another pair of bionic eyes mounted where his seventh and eighth eyes would be if he hadn't lost them in a reactor accident some time ago. Each of his legs ends in a tough, clamp-like claw with can double as either a hand or a foot. His softer parts are a dull beige, and his exoskeleton is a deep, dark red.

He is normally dressed in what amounts to barding made of tough, grey material, but sometimes appears in a standard-issue Kiritsk hard-suit complete with a helmet. He normally carries a small voice-synthesiser strapped to his body just below his mouth and operated with the two tiny limbs there. His synthesised voice is not entirely unpleasant, but seems to have a slightly stand-offish tone to it. His natural voice consists of clicks and shrieks.