Member Races of The Commonwealth
- The Castalians (humans genetically altered to breathe underwater)
- The Chichins
- The Humans (Homo sapiens sapiens)
- The Inari (humans genetically altered to live in almost total darkness)
- The Kalderans (war-like race once conquered by the Vedrans)
- The Nietzscheans (Homo Sapiens Invictus)
- The Nightsiders (a race of shrewd and ruthless entrepreneurs)
- The Perseids (a race of scientists and bureaucrats)
- The Than-Thre-Kull (a technologically advanced insectoid race)
- The Umbrites (alien race dwelling in worlds of perpetual darkness)
- The Vedrans (the first race to discover Slipstream)
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