The Far Side of Immortal
Nick dietrich kicked restlessly at the exoskeletons that littered the floor of his cave. the wolf's fur had gone ragged, and his skin clung to his body like a taut canvas over his aching bones. food was scarce in these times, after all.
The Life of a Brood Mother Ch. 2
It also had a slit in its chitin for loading in smaller zerg that it was supposed to carry through space to new destinations. the brood mother was amazed, not by the leviathan itself but its sheer size.
Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Chapter 7)
\>she sits next to you and crack open the exoskeleton of the legs. \>"so this is our new home anon?" she says in between mouthfuls. \>you nod.
Isolation-Excerpt 19-Breathing Room
The black chitin had taken on a light, red tint and just her touching it hurt. "ahgghh", i winced. "just hold still", she said.
Only Human (Chapter 3)
Advanced exoskeleton armor?_ nathan grabbed the tech manual for aea, and dropped in to the couch to read it. he wondered briefly if that was still the kind of thing that got you laughed at, reading tech manuals.
Kovalinkt story (surface): The Rainbow wing
The plasma bolts melting parts of the fuselage, one of the shots hitting the cockpit and melting its way along its length sending molten slag in the cockpit, the chitin feathers of the crew protecting them from burns.
The Crew of the Star ship
It was as he thought, the current combatants were not swarm class cruisers but the highly maneuverable chitin class battle frigates.
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Sixty Five
He felt around for it, brushed chitin, and then pain shot up his foreleg when it clamped a pincer down on one of his fingers. "ow!" he yanked his paw back, and the crab's limb broke, leaving just a single, mottled gray pincer clinging to his finger.
Ovni Biography
Parts of his body, such as his nose and the frills on his head and back, are covered in a flexible chitin-like yellow coating. his frills are a series of spikes that change size and shape.
Isolation-Excerpt 22-Primal
The skin on my arms down near my elbow turned a pale color while the chitin turned snow white. icicles started growing out of arms and hands.
Isolation-Excerpt 39-Hmanity VS Machinery
"crazy how the heat was trying to kill us earlier", i said as i took my vest off, airing out the baked and cracked chitin on my chest and back, "now it's getting cold. what kind of screw lose planet is this?"
Call In a Professional
Verpine were for all intents and purposes a race of bipedal bugs, compound eyes, chitin exoskeleton, flanged mandibles, the whole deal. as stated, he was not a fan. yet despite the wide range of bizarre races, one in particular caught his interest.