Note: I'm making a lot of this up. I'm making up names and culture and it may not be what a lot of people believe to be true. Please feel free to mention where there are typos, as I do not always catch them and would prefer to correct them once they are spotted.
Disclaimer: Don't own the franchises or the Yautja language, all characters mentioned are my OC's.

Words
Nok ~ measurement, 13 inches. Nine noks = 9ft 9", five and a half noks = 5ft 11.5"
S'pke ~ fruit stew.

Than-guan purred intently as she gazed upon the skull before her. The brownish bone shone as her mother tenderly ran a waxed cloth over the surface, wiping dust away and giving it a layer of protection. The skull was huge, even in the arms of her mother, who stood at around nine noks. Still several years away from adulthood, Than-guan stood only at five and a half noks, and her mother's towering figure was often a source of comfort.

She had recently begun a growth spurt that would see her spring up to match and exceed the height of males her age, and so the adolescent's mother seemed intent on interesting her growing daughter in the hunt.

Every female in Than-guan's clan was blooded. It meant that whilst their female numbers were smaller than most (due to how many died in the hunt), these women were stronger and resilient than the more numerous clans. Than-guan was expected to carry on the tradition along with her sisters and join a hunt to prove herself.

Staring up at her mother's collection of skulls, Than-guan half wished she had been born male. She would be smaller and weaker and less respected in society, but she would be able to devote her entire life to the hunt and not concern herself with raising children so much. Maternal hormones had yet to fully kick in and give her the urge to become a mother.

It was turning late in the day and the clan of females had been training intensely. There were a total of thirty seven females upon the clan mother ship (a small selection of the clan's entire population, the rest residing on one of the Yautja home worlds), twenty of breeding age, her mother being one of them.

Guan-thwei had four female children (there were three other much younger females born to others in the clan) – Than-guan and her sisters. They would all be turning of age in the next few decades and it was important to prepare them for life as adults. Their numbers would dip as ten of their females had turned too old to birth or hunt and would soon return to the home world.

The youngest and smallest of Guan-thwei's daughters was Th'nra. When the females moved through the ship, she was often accosted by males. Young unblooded males would do something to enrage a mother, and if they were able to evade her attack, they'd enjoy a day of being labelled 'brave' before receiving a beating from their father.

Th'nra was often pushed away from her sisters and surrounded, and her mother was always there to stop anything happening to her. Guan-thwei was also very fast, and always beat the living day lights out of one aggressor. When Than-guan had been a very young child, she had suffered the same annoyances, but her mother seemed to do less for her now. As the eldest female child on this ship, Than-guan had to learn to assert her own dominance among the men. If she couldn't intimidate males, she had no chance of defending herself against an enemy female clan.

Tonight, Than-guan walked next to her smallest sister as they travelled through the main decks of the ship. They were travelling from their quarters to an area in the ship restricted to women only, where they would feed and bathe together as a group. Only the youngest males that needed their mother's constant attention would be in the female's hall.

As they entered the hall (which was full of animal skins, giving it a soft, cave-like appearance despite its size), the strong smell of s'pke hit Than-guan in the face. It was a warm, heavy smell and reminded her of her empty belly. Th'nra chirped next to her sister, ignoring the advancements of their mother and other sisters, instead waiting beside Than-guan. The eldest daughter had watched all of her sisters grow up, and noticed that Th'nra was smaller than the others had been at her age. Their mother must have noticed too, as she did not pay as much attention to her. Th'nra seemed to be the runt of the pack, but had one person who had not yet lost complete interest. Than-guan took her sister by the hand and led her down into the hall to eat.

At the centre of the hall was a small group of nursing mothers. They sat with infants in their laps, dangling small bits of knotted, colourful rope above the children, whose mandibles flexed erratically and they trilled with joy, tiny clawed hands moving up to touch and brush the strange colourful toys.

Like many of the females, Than-guan was dressed like a basic female hunter. It became normal for her to wear body mesh years before she was of age in order to get her used to the feel. She wore only soft cloth underwear which covered her most private parts, and a belt of hard leather that covered the side of her hips. Her breasts were hidden by the same leather-like material. Their small muscular structure meant they did not need much support. As was tradition, her tresses were dotted with only a few clips and beads, which would increase with her age.

She sat next to her elder sister Chel'ten, who was nursing a baby boy.

In some clans, a woman with a baby would head back to the home world to raise him, but in recent generations it had become easier for the women in Than-guan's clan to stay on the ship and raise the children with the hunt in mind. Only the female elders (who were of a far more political nature) and females who were not deemed strong enough to bear children would stay on the home world within their clan's territory. They often acted as nannies to other women's children, but otherwise performed tasks unrelated to childcare.

"He refuses to eat, but plays like he has all the energy in the world." The concerned mother said.

"Perhaps he is not ready for real food."

"He should be. I cannot feed him myself for much longer." She replied, referring to her breasts, which were not much larger than Than-guan's but had been swollen with milk just a few weeks ago.

"Then he will eat when he realises he needs it." The younger girl replied.

"Males are difficult to teach." Chel'ten sighed, balancing the child over her crossed legs in order to receive a bowl of stew. The Yautja were usually meat eaters, but s'pke was an afforded luxury, sweet and filling, ultimately a treat.

She noticed across the room an adult male sat with his mother. She found this odd, as he was clearly of an age where he should be hunting and living with other males.

"Why is that male in here?"She asked her older sister, motioning with a mandible towards him.

"That is al'Nagara. He visits his eldest brother, the slender one. He holds a fondness for his sibling, but they usually hide away."

Than-guan could see now. The male and his mother were both attending to a fully grown male, taller than most of his gender and incredibly skinny, with very little muscle or fat. He was a male born with a severe muscular disorder, and was very weak.

Despite the best efforts of a female to choose the strongest mate, sometimes one just could not tell what child would be produced. The weak one was known as Hexa, and needed the constant care of his mother in daily tasks. He was kept on the ship due to his well developed mind. He was often in the higher decks of the ship helping to observe various life forms they'd captured. He also enjoyed designing weapons, but could not make them himself.

The young female sat and wondered what it was like to have to care for such a weak older sibling.

"Why has he come out into the middle of the hall? Surely he would not want to advertise wasting his time on such a useless male" she snorted.

"His mother wants the help, and he will do as his mother asks. Plus, he has attracted your attention, has he not?"

Than-guan snorted. "The intention can hardly be me."

"You will be ready to breed in a few years. He is planning to hunt kainde amedha and become a young blood soon. It is never too early to court a female. His intention is likely to get your attention, place a reservation under your loincloth and lay with you after his big hunt."

The two females laughed. "You are the only female coming of age soon. We all experience the early interest. There is high competition among males."

"It would take more than doing as his mother tells him to impress me enough to produce his child." Than-guan sneered. "Does he have any pups of his own?"

"No, he is too young. None of the female here would mate with an unblooded."

"His brother is weak. Do they share fathers?"

"No."

"Interesting. You could of course be lying, completely. He may have no interest in me whatsoever."

"Child, when you come of age every male will have interest in you. You must choose the father carefully. You may not even like him, but if he is strong and honourable, you should have his pup."

"We will see. Hand me the child." Than-guan motioned to her nephew and held the child in her arms. She tipped her head forward and allowed a few of her braided tresses to fall forward, dangling over the child's face. It trilled in laughter and pulled on one of the locks. Than-guan's yellow and brown skin seemed to flush and darken in enjoyment. She already felt a mild exitement for motherhood, but for now she looked forward to her first hunt more.