Episode 83 from Star Nation News (1) brought us yet another intriguing species from our galaxy: the Ustan. This article further distributes this public information and it embeds it into the fabric of related articles from this website.

For an overview of star nations you can either head for the Members of Galactic Organizations page (2), or join our Galactic Anthropology Library (3). I want to thank Elena Danaan for freely sharing her information with anyone who is open to consider the possible reality of this off-world data.

GALACTIC FOOD
The Ustan are known in our galaxy for their food-related commerce (4). Elena describes this species from the Lore System in the Cancer Constellation as a species that ‘prioritizes business and enjoys bargaining and playing games‘ (4, p.261). In the video excerpt below we can read about a distinction between three types of food in the galactic realms:

1. Organic/natural Food
2. Food from Replicators, created through atomic reordening (5)
3. Synthetic Food

It seems that the organic, grown food is appreciated the most. We have spoken about atomic restructuring food through replicators before (5), and although this tastes great, the looks of the food would be less attractive. The third category of synthetic food seems to combine the natural looks of the natural products, with the artificial production process.

“The Ustan have built their prosperity by developing synthetic food production and selling it to interstellar cargo companies to sustain their crews. They are significant suppliers for the fleets of the Galactic Federation of Worlds, as well as trading with non-federated cultures and organizations. They have factories on most of the moons in the Lor system.” (4, p.261)

Another interesting aspect is that the Ustan are able to finetune their food depending on the characteristics of the clients: not all species have the same food requirements.

OTHER SPECIES FROM THE CANCER CONSTELLATION
The Ustan are not the first species that we have described on this website from the Cancer Constellation. Elena Danaan also released information from the green-skinned Morekat (6) and the human-looking insectoids called ‘The Shena’ (7).

The Ustan themselves are said to be related to a species that live in the Caelum Constellation, called the Shuu Kraeyu (8). When you look at them, it is indeed clearly detectable, except perhaps for the shape of their ears.

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS
I would like to express my compliments to Elena Danaan and her sister Stef Zak for the excellent way they present a new species to the world in their weekly episodes. It seems to be a great balance between the desire to retain copyright on the one hand, and releasing the information for free on the other hand. An Emissary’s task is to freely distribute her stellar information to the world, but she also needs to make a living. Through the step by step release of the information from her Encyclopedia Galactica (4) she manages to create a good balance, as far as I am concerned.

FOOTNOTES
(1) STAR NATION NEWS 83 ~ 21 07 2025
(2) Members of Galactic Organizations
(3) Overview of Galactic Species and related Articles on Galactic Anthropology (Library Shelf)
(4) Danaan, E. (2024) Encyclopedia Galactica – You can learn about the Ustan at pages 260-261.
(5) A Food Replicator with Species Scan Functionality
(6) On Green-skinned People
(7) The Shena – Human-looking Insectoids
(8) The Shuu Kraeyu can be found in (4), page 236-237. They haven’t yet been presented through the Star Nation News episodes at the time of writing of this current article on the Ustan.