Kshins
Kshins are a fictional species appearing in the science fiction novel "A Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge. They are a sentient species native to the Tines' World, a planet characterized by its incredibly high gravity. This extreme environment has shaped the Kshins' unique biology and society.
Kshins are multi-limbed, insectoid creatures, typically possessing six limbs which they use for locomotion and manipulation.
The Kshins possess a form of distributed intelligence, where individual Kshins are not fully sentient on their