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The term '''Alien species''' in BattleTech, refers to all alien species that were made up for the [[BattleTech]] universe, animals and plants alike.

==Description==
Intelligent alien lifeforms are essentially absent in BattleTech, despite its nature as a science fiction universe. In 1988, game designer [[Jordan K. Weisman]], who created the original BattleTech game and setting, noted in the introduction to the ''[[Shrapnel (anthology)|Shrapnel]]'' anthology:
{{quote|What I wanted was a universe that had a taste of the alien, but did not contain aliens.}}

==History==
Throughout the many novels, sourcebooks and other BattleTech publications there are numerous references to alien flora and fauna on various worlds, including various types of alien cattle, pets, fruits, produce or even diseases; however, they typically only provide background flair and do not play any significant role. BattleTech remains dominated by humans. Even the [[Clans]], introduced as mysterious invaders from beyond the [[periphery]], turned out to be humans whose culture had evolved differently over the past centuries.

There is only one sentient alien lifeform in BattleTech: In the novel ''[[Far Country]]'', the intelligent bird-like [[Tetatae]] species features prominently but their homeworld ([[Kaetetôã]]) is in an unknown location and the human protagonists who are stranded there cannot return to known space. While the novel is fully canonical, [[Line Developer]]s have stated that there are no plans to revisit the Tetatae in fiction or have them appear outside of this one outlier novel. As far as the main BattleTech universe is concerned, their existence is unknown and irrelevant.

Other edge cases, especially the [[Swamp people]] on [[Stein's Folly]] and the [[Neopithecanthropus]], have no significant impact. Their actual level of sentience or even sapience remains open to interpretation.

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