#Haan

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Haan | Julie de Graag (1877-1924)

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McLaren 720S GT3 / Samuel De Haan / GBR / Charlie Fagg / GBR / Optimum Motorsport by Artes Max Via Flickr: International GT Open 2023 / Circuit de Barcelona

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Races Among the Stars 8: Haan

When we think of Bretheda’s many sapient species, one probably thinks of either the barathu or one of the many beings populating it’s numerous moons.

However, it’s easy to overlook that there is another species sharing the skies with everyone’s favorite form-altering jellyfish. I speak of course of the arthropoid haan, who sail through the skies of the gas giant on woven silk balloons! With these flotation devices and silken sails, haan can be shockingly agile in the air in their hunt for prey.

Although just as intelligent as other sapient species, the majority of haan society is extremely traditionalist, eschewing all but the simplest tools and weapons to hunt and roam the clouds of their homeworld as they have for millenia.

However, there are plenty of haan that leave their home to travel the stars and interact with other species across the galaxy, where they find their intuitive understanding of aeronautics gives them an edge as pilots.

This does come with a major drawback, as those who leave Bretheda are effectively exiled from their people, and written off as dead by their own families, unable to return. There is talk of these exiled haan creating a new colony home on a different gas giant, far from those traditionalist values, but most fear the upset that would be caused if they try recruiting directly from their kin still living on Bretheda.

Full disclosure, the appearance of the haan in their natural habitat versus the one wearing space armor… they almost look like different creatures. The haan native doesn’t look like it should be able to stand upright… Ah, but that’s just me.

In any case, haan resemble eight foot long, four-limbed arthropods with impressive mandible-like pedipalps near their mouths. They sport many barbs and bristles on their exoskeleton, which can be safely trimmed and groomed, fulfilling much the same role as hair does on mammalian species. They also possess silk glands which are equipped to create hollow balloons filled with light gasses from their internal stores to float themselves or whatever they attach them to in the air. Additionally, striking surfaces on their legs also allow them to ignite these gasses, making them an effective weapon as well.

As mentioned above, traditional haan society is very traditionalist and insular, eschewing many modern wonders in favor of retaining the hunter-gatherer society of their ancient past. While this is perfectly fine and viable, it does alienate and disown those haan who choose to join the wider galaxy, leaving them to struggle with their own cultural identity.

Strong and surprisingly agile despite their bulk, the haan’s focus on tradition over innovation has left most unused to exploring new ideas.

Their ability to ignite their own gasses allows them to have a strong weapon against multiple foes in an emergency.

While traditionalist haan are able to outright fly with their balloons and sails (not to mention sneak balloons onto foes to disrupt them), adventuring haan rarely do so, though they can reflexively craft a balloon on the fly to slow their fall in an emergency.

With their strength and dex, haan can excel in any combat role, favoring everything from soldier to evolutionist, solarian, vanguard, and even nanocyte. Outside of that, their dex bonus is also very useful for operative and even precog as well. Their weakness to intelligence does mean that mechanic and technomancer are hard picks for them, but they can get around this, as well as tap into non-intelligence options such as intuitive biohackers, mystics, and witchwarpers.

That does it for today, but I hope you enjoyed these floaty bugs. Tomorrow we’ll look into one of the new species from the Ports of Call book!

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HaaN/Erik Gamle & HansFyrste

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Sketch of a rooster

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Haaner Kirmes, Haan, Germany

Alexander Schimmeck

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matlab harry bollywood gaana gaaya 😏

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HAAN, Chan - 내일이 있잖아 (Feat. Jayci yucca(제이씨 유카))

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광명업사이클아트센터 / 하안

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Anthony Fineran (B 1981)

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[歌詞翻譯] Leellamarz - Ex (Prod. TOIL)

發行: 22.10.16 / 專輯: marz&b

You are my ex, even not friends 我倆這關係 朋友不如 就別再相見了 笑一笑 反正都會過去的 別怕 I gotta make mo money 不用你說 我就是工作成癮 no lie 要做的事 堆積如山 能怪誰 元兇明明我自己 明天下午公演 緊接凌晨要寫歌 後天已經 on the plane 想像過的 全已按計劃實現 唯一缺項就是你 我該怎辦 什麼怎辦 我是大人了 也就坦然 你倒下 你遇挫 賴坐地上 愛哭不哭 我管什麼 反正我是壞蛋嘛 無妨把所有的曾經都寫成歌 我的憂慮 只剩無關痛癢的 又一次寫了歌後 賺了大錢 就算聽過我下輛車的名字 你也打聽不到我身在何處 You are my ex, even not friends 我倆這關係 朋友也不如 就別再相見了 笑一笑 反正全會過去的 別怕 You are my ex, even not friends 我倆這關係 朋友也不如 就別再相見了 笑一笑 反正全會過去的 別怕 還記得我無事閒著的日子嗎 現在我首爾 to London to Paris 巡演回來 too many cameras on me Shoot shoot it on me 不再鬧著玩 I aint playing girl 無論愛誰 我始終擔任罪人 共度的時光其實很開心 雖然那裡風景其實很美 不過如今你我 是時侯往前看吧 就似你���我的那雙皮鞋 鞋跟和愛情 是磨損了吧 怎麼愛情說變就變 實在你說的每句 無可反駁 或許需要留待我們長大後 那時再聊吧 謝謝你 也依舊討厭你 你刻薄的性格還是老樣子 現在就算希望再見你一面 我亦無法打聽你身在何處 You are my ex, even not friends 我倆這關係 朋友也不如 就別再相見了 笑一笑 反正全會過去的 別怕 You are my ex, even not friends 我倆這關係 朋友也不如 就別再相見了 笑一笑 反正全會過去的 別怕 You are my ex, even not friends 我倆這關係 朋友也不如 就別再相見了 笑一笑 反正全會過去的 別怕 You are my ex, even not friends 我倆這關係 朋友也不如 就別再相見了 笑一笑 反正全會過去的 別怕

Composed by TOIL HAAN & Leellamarz

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Kip

Eltje Doddema

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Lyric Leellamarz - Can't you see me? (Feat. Chan (찬))

Album: STILL YOUNG BOY LReleased date: 2024.2.22Lyrics by Leellamarz, ChanComposed by HAAN, SEIN, Leellamarz, ChanArranged by HAAN, SEIN Korean Hangul You better talk to me지금 뭘 원하는지너도나도 참는 성격은 아니니까더 좋아하는 편이 지는 거라던데넌 문제를 내고 난 풀지안 해도 되는 걸 알지만 do this for you‘Bout me you knew it너가 제일 잘 알잖아두 번 말하는 걸 제일 싫어해아마 나도 그런 나를 제일 미워해서로 실수한 건 잊기로 해그게 지금 제일 쉬워넌 내게 미쳤다고 하겠지만Can’t you see me?마음까지 보이면 좋겠지만말 안 해도…

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Improvisor Operative (Operative Alternate Class Feature)

(photograph and prop weapon by NuclearSnailStudios on DeviantArt)

Whether it’s MacGyver, Kevin McCallister, or any number of heroes with a genius level understanding of how objects work together, there’s something we all love about the gadgeteer hero that can rig a weapon or working device from whatever happens to be on hand.

Such is the inspiration behind today’s operatives, for while one might associate mechanics with jury rigging and creating objects from seeming trash, the spy or agent that can make anything they need is also a fun version of the trope.

As we’ll soon see, these operatives can form a solution to any problem as long as they have time and materials on hand.

With a few moments of time, these sneaks can turn an object into an improvised weapon, adjusting it to also be thrown and usable with their operative training. Typically, these weapons deal bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing, but I could make an argument for them dealing other damage types if the right components are used. A bit of resolve can even be used to cobble together the weapon in the same fluid motion as them picking it up or drawing it.

What’s more, they can rig junk into various technological devices, which typically only have enough power to be used once, but a bit of resolve can be used to bolster that duration.

This ability replaces the operative’s edge, but with the ability to replicate technological devices on the fly, I’d say it’s pretty fairly balanced. That being said, I feel like a few other operative abilities might have been traded out to make this ability more flexible.

This archetype has elements of the junker gadgeteer, but also of the specialist agent, able to procure and improvise technology in an almost Metal Gear sort of way. As such, the reason for their skill set can vary a lot depending on the character, and I think that’s worth exploring.

Sometimes you come across a story on the infosphere that seems too amazing to be plausible. For example, stories of a stranded spacer converting their entire cargo of children’s toys into simple distress beacons, weapons, and the like seems too incredible, but it is very real. Some wonder if there is more than an engineering degree at work here.

Most loquan prefer to live in a realm of magic beneath the mists of their homeworld. However, a few do choose to venture out among the starts. They often have to learn very quickly the technological solutions to problems they’d normally solve with magic, and some have an exceptional knack for it.

When you choose to give up the nomadic subsistence life of the haan, one must learn to survive alone and with others. As such, many paramilitary groups try to recruit them as premier survivalists as they leave their homeworld. Of course, many a savvy haan recognize this for what it is, and chafe over being treated as a commodity.

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de haan die elke ochtend kraait