Notes for the Upcoming Build
Who are the Star "Raiders"?
In the design of Star Rangers, the Raiders have always been a part of the story.
Someone, whom you suspect is Professor Thadeus, has been accepting candidates for body-modification.
These modifications include extra organs to survive the rigours of space and perform tasks such as replacing calcium, and keeping blood pressure in check on other organs such as the eyes - a very hard problem to solve in micro-gravity.
The concept of the Raiders is based on real science, and if the Raiders in the game happen to get in your way, well that's because they may not be very happy about the changes to their bodies in the long run.
They don't like Ranger habs, but they do like not having to work as hard to get their own supplies. Why?
Maybe you should find Thadeus and ask.


Previous Notes:
"RG, our resident artist designed these raiders to reflect an alternate near-future path to space exploration.
With body modification, such as extra, new and more resilient organs, such as kidneys, specialized, lungs and others, comes a risk. We know now that much of our identity and even "intelligence" is based on our own bodies: how we use and move in them. Will mankind change as we enter space. Change is coming, but will humans resist or try to change themselves fundamentally to enter deep space? Time will tell, but in the meantime, lets see what that might look like."