There are! They're all listed in the mod description above :)

Other than Stripes, is there any other unique Neki recruits?

Understandable. The best I can think of without a ground-up rework would be making them inflict a status that either suppresses contact damage if the target is a monster (would protect against monsters, but have no effect on NPCs' weapons), or reduces the target's attack power to zero for roughly the same duration as the invincibility (protects from NPC melee but also makes their attacks, including ranged, useless on things that aren't you).

If you did want to go the rework route, deflecting bullets with your claws in the direction you're swinging would be fun. Maybe this has "health" like a shield, or consumes energy with each bullet deflected, so you can't just charge into heavy fire all the time.

Thank you for your feedback ♥
I agree that it makes very little sense for it to be that way.

I've made the claws by taking vanilla 'Fist' weapons and modifying them to the best of my extremely limited ability and understanding - so being invulnerable from all sides isn't intentional, but rather inherited from the way vanilla SB does it.

I'd greatly appreciate any help in adjusting the way it works, which seems like something that'd require a certain degree of additional scripting, because I genuinely wouldn't know where to begin with it, nor do I currently have enough free time to properly figure it out T-T

I've noticed that the player becomes completely invulnerable when using the Neki claws. While I'm pretty sure the intent is to prevent contact damage, it also prevents projectiles from hitting you (including from behind), making it way too easy to get within stunlock-blender range.

Ignoring shotguns and flamethrowers to the face to close the distance is amusing the first time, less so the twelfth time. If you could find a way to fix this - distinguishing damage sources, making the protection directional like a shield, or whatever have you - I'd be the happiest cat in space :3

Ok. Thank you

She'll probably use one hand, same as the Purrowler.
The player claws don't have the combo stuff, and for some reason the NPCs can't figure out how to use them without it :(

Can I give Stripes player claws in crewcustoms or will she only use one hand.

Yes, she will.
I even configured her to hide behind some objects that are unique to Anom's :)
It's much larger though, so she'll obviously be more difficult to find.

Hi Juni, will Stripes appear at the outpost if I am using Anom's Outpost Overhaul?

Her overall design and character are inspired by a rather popular online comic :)

is Stripes a referents to something or a character you made?

i get the cactus now

The Neki, originally, didn't have any armors to begin with, which was by design; they're not a species that'd canonically bother with crafting, and much less things they'd be forced to wear, which would impede their agile and highly sensitive body. Try making your feline friend wear anything, and see what happens.

The way you are/were meant to get by, was by looting/buying armors - the vanilla game includes enough armor sets of all tiers to not ever need to bother crafting any.

The only reason the Neki have any armor sets to begin with, is because I caved in to pressure, which should be clearly reflected in their armors' item descriptions :)

is it just me or is there no Ferozium/violum/Aegisalt neki armor? The Minikog Neki armor set cost Solarium, so I was wondering how are we meant to get to solarium with Durasteel gear?

*gasp*
I FOUND HER
I got a new mission. Forget saving the world. I need to make the best room for the cute thing in my ship. Lavish bed, HERE I COME!

Just found stripes. Simply adorable. Made me want to decorate my ship with the most luxurious cat related things available.

Awwh, thank you so much! \^-^/

Stripes can hide all around the Outpost (except for the 'creepy room' under the asteroid), look for her tail behind various objects like crates, shops, cupboards, lockers, columns, etc.; if you can't find her for a long time - just leave the Outpost and re-enter it, and she'll hide someplace else.
Hope this helps! ♥

First, Nekis are officialy a Starbound vanilla race for me. The work in each scan dialogue, ship, interactions even with the Dungeons NPCs like Nuru are AMAZING!

Second, I can't seem to get Stripe at the Outpost. Could I get some help?

How would I live without these Neki wreaking havoc everywhere wantonnessly

Yess AndiBanandi put it perfectly! I'm loving my Neki playthrough for all the same reasons! And I felt genuine emotion when scanning many of the Apex items, seeing what my little Neki thought of them... such a fantastic mod, Juni!!

It's so awesome to hear that all of these little details are appreciated! ^-^
Thank you for taking the time to comment, it really means a lot to me ♥

I came into this expecting a crass catgirl, and did in fact get that. And then I kept playing and discovered an excellent narrative told through background details and codices. Things I had previously dismissed took on a new light as I learned more, and I found myself really getting into my character's head. It's not often that a mod or even a full game can make me do that, but I truly enjoyed this mod's hidden depths.

Lol, I'm helping my partner do the bounty missions, playing as a Neki, so I noticed the "fucky wall" change really quickly. I really love the scan dialogue, it's so fun! Props to you for taking the time to write all of it

More fuckyness or riot! lol

Yeah, I toned the fuckyness down just a tiny bit while working on the translation, a few instances felt a bit too out-of-place upon revisiting some of the scan descriptions :)

Did you switch "fucky wall" with "yucky wall"? Hehe. I kinda miss the fucky wall.

That's intentional, it'd be too imbalanced otherwise :)

when i have 2 of the elemental claw upgrades it only gives one of the resistances instead of both
ex if i have he fire and ice upgrades it's only giving me the ice resistance

Thank you! ^-^
I'm glad to hear you liked it so much ♥

Thank you! You made a really cool mod. I haven't left Starbound for a week now

One of the Outpost visitors actually tells you about where they saw Neki ^-^
It's cold planets and Apex cities :)

What types of stars and planets are best for searching for Neki?

На каких типах звезд и планет лучше всего искать поселения с Неки?

Спасибки, очень рада что тебе нравится! ♥
Я уже несколько месяцев сама работаю над переводом, и собираюсь его опубликовать до конца Мая, так что осталось недолго ^-^

Прошло уже 7 месяцев вроде или даже больше... Жалко что нету до сих пор русского языка на этот чудесный мод... Придется играть без него( Автор молодец! Очень милый мод поулчился!

Ah, its a part of the racial ship, I should've known that. That's on me; Im using BYOS as mentioned before since it was a new mechanic to try out. But I am grateful that an alternate method is available for those that do use BYOS since it's a huge part of FU. Well thought!

Thank you so much! ♥

I'm not really sure how to make it more obvious, though :(
The Pod is supposed to be a very unique item by design, that is intentionally impossible to obtain besides the one you get on your starter ship. I only ever added an alternate way to obtain it to accommodate players who opt to use a BYOS ship instead of the racial one :)

Aah, tysm! I do wish there was a little bit of transparency on that, I assumed since everything else was craftable, that the pod would be too.
Still loving playing as the neki though, 10/10

Check at the Treasured Trophies :)

**update** Im partially blind I guess. While it didn't show up up for a while, I was constantly looking in the wrong slot for the Hops tech.. thought for sure that would be a 'leg' tech for the jumps. Whoops.

The pod, however, I still can not seem to find.

Hi! Been having alot of fun playing the Neki lately, but ran into a couple little hiccups- nothing that really impacts gameplay enough to be really upset about, but I do have two probably dumb questions;
Where can I find the Neki pod, and how does one select/activate the Neki Hops tech? I have scoured the C-menu and every station, but am unable to find the Pod or the tech.

- I am currently doing a playthrough with FU with a couple friends, one of their characters use the BYOS patch, which I am aware is in the 'Incompatible' list of mods, but was hoping it wasnt going to interfere in such a way.
- C-Menu with no pod present [imgur.com]
- Tech not found [imgur.com]

Ever try to dress a cat? It doesn't go well. Neki dont like clothing either, i recommend using the invisible clothing in the visual slots over vanilla clothing.

I assume that would be up to the author of those mods.

Is there a way to make neki more compatible with vanilla and modded clothes? Because it looks strange when you see that bounce-bounce with non-animated clothes.

Thats fair lol.
I tried BYOS a few years back and even that was a bit painful and killed my desire to do that play through, Cant imagine having to come up with something from scratch, My only real gripe is the "Flying brick" shape, Will give BYOS another look when it gets too much for me. lol

Aww, thank you! I try ^-^ ♥

They do have their own ship though, backed by their lore (the codices in the locker at the start of the game tell you about it). Its' layout is similar to the Apex ship, but I did my best to make it feel distinct. Also, unlike the Apex ship, it goes up to Tier 11 :3

I couldn't (and still can't) do a complete redesign of the layout, because doing so would completely ruin existing characters' ships. If you don't like it, you can just use one of the supported BYOS / CYOS mods to change it :)

Really gotta say, I think Nekis the one race in Starbound for me now. XD
I downloaded Arachne, I downloaded Lamia. I downloaded a few other races and all were lacking in some way or another.
But most notably? None of them were Neki, so now im back on my 5th game playing as a Neki. Love it. XD

The amount of effort that must of gone into this pack is insane lol.

My one major request? A Neki ship please!
Not sure what a Neki ship would look like but the Neko race i have uses the tentacle ship and i dont know why but something like that feels fitting for catgirls...... would would likely be more fitting for Elves but we dont have those. XD
(A higher tier of Neki claws and armor that do more damage would be nice too.)

Anyway, years on im still loving the race. TY for making them.

I'd find it ridiculously difficult to fit into their lore/canon, I'm sorry :(
But as with other stuff like this, if anyone feels like making something like that, and even using other Neki assets as base in doing so - I'd be all for it :)

I know it's a long shot but is it possible to get a Neki variant of the Anatomy costume? Im making a sort of Museum to display all the junk i collect as i would imagine a Neki would do, but the Anatomy costume docent cover the tail or ears.

Up to T8 is vanilla, so you do it the same way you would with any vanilla race.
To upgrade to T9-T11, use the craftable items in your basic crafting menu.