Race

A Race is one of the in-game races — Argon, Paranid, Teladi, Split, Terran, Boron, Xenon, Khaak. Each race has its own workforce food chain, default NPC appearance, and home-space name. Race is a dbdata reference type.

Inheritance: dbdata → race.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`.id`	string	Internal id (`"argon"`, `"khaak"`, …)
`.name`	string	Display name
`.rawname`	string	Raw text entry reference
`.shortname`	string	Short form
`.spacename`	string	”Argon Space” type display
`.homespacename`	string	”Home of the Argons” display
`.description`	string	Description text
`.height`	float	Default character height for race NPCs
`.facecutscene`	string	Default face cutscene key
`.workforce.resources`	wareamountlist	Resources race workforce consumes
`.agent.icon`	string	Default icon for agents of this race
`.agent.femaleicon`	string	Female-agent icon override

Common patterns

”Read what a race’s workforce eats"

<do_for_each name="$ware"
    in="race.argon.workforce.resources.list">
    <set_value name="$amount"
        exact="race.argon.workforce.resources.{$ware}"/>
    <write_to_logbook
        text="$ware.name + ': ' + $amount"/>
</do_for_each>

"Get faction’s primary race”

<set_value name="$Race"
    exact="$Faction.primaryrace"/>

See Faction → Properties for the primary race accessor.

”Race-specific habitation”

Habitation modules are race-specific. Read .workforce.race on a habitation module to know which race it houses.

Common gotchas

⚠ Faction race ≠ workforce race per se. A faction can have multiple workforce types (rare) but only one primary race. Use Faction.primaryrace for the main race.
⚠ Xenon and Khaak are races too. Even though they’re hostile alien factions. Their workforce mechanics don’t apply (they don’t use stations the same way).
⚠ .workforce.resources is a wareamountlist — degrades on storage. Iterate .list inline (same trap as Ware .resources).
⚠ Riptide (Scavenger faction) primary race is Argon, NOT a separate race. See Faction gotchas about Riptide vs Fallen Families.

Faction — .primaryrace accessor.
Habitation module — race-specific workforce capacity.
NPC — race drives default appearance.
Ware — workforce-consumed wares.