Dwarf

The crew of #2456 are a varied mix. They have among them, of course, living dwarves. But also in their ranks, and upon death, they have learned a strange art of extending their consciousness beyond the limits of organic function. Short skeletal corpses animated by machinery and electronic intellect. Occasionally found among them, are living, sentient “Machine Men” who were not among those dwarves who died, but were once a part of a race all their own which were assimilated by the ITR
Their dwarven bodies are heavily augmented by cybernetic technology both in life and unlife, all designed to provide them with every possible tool and means to perform their tasks and functions, an art practiced and perfected over ages.
The vast majority of their population however, consists of non-sentient automated drones and robotic workforces. Separated into two casts, “Foremen” consists of those sentient beings (Dwarves and Machine men) who have a degree of intelligent sentience, while “Drones” are all those automatons that hold absolutely no sentient intelligence and rudimentary autonomy. Drones are programmed to be slaved to foremen, who perform the decision making process regarding all things not relating to self-defense, preservation, and completion of ordered tasks. They can follow orders and carry them out alone, but require orders to function.
The Foremen themselves however, are little better off. While they are more than capable and willing to design and build things, their augmented minds require leadership. Without the Solarians, they would be but the head of a lost group of aimless beings.