If these somehow get added to Starbound I'm going to ride the F*** out of these glorious creatures! (Like on a saddle...)
I like that the clarification was necessary I would also be all over having a stable full of Doom Chocobos. One of every type, and a whole flock and a half of the adorable little Knifelets.
What if they were a i don't know man a dagger beak like a little beak but attack faster than the other ones
Kool. I really like them and even though I already asked this on your DeviantArt in the comments of the Aceraperid sprites. I was wondering if my friend and I could have permission to mod these in. For extra info. I was thinking of making craftable baits that spawn them as bosses and upon defeat drop a Knifelet egg upon defeat which you could show a specific item to make it drop a capture pod for Sword/Axe/Spear/Scythebeak. The other possible way I thought of was using the bait to spawn one as a boss but making the boss you spawned (Which is one of 4 variations) drop a tech that is one of them as a mount. As a mount they would have thier Melee attacks and the tech will be upgradeable with the tier of bars ( AKA Rubium gives a tier 9 Axebeak for example ) you used to upgrade the tech. However this second idea doesn't have much room for the Knifelet except for a possible item that spawns them in a similar way to chickens currently.
I can imagine riding them around like chocobos Skewering everything in sight Laughing maniacally all the while
Another idea I had was to make the dropped knifelet egg hatchable in a breeding room. then the knifelet being an item which you put in a baby room and make it watch a movie to grow. each movie changes its species and tier. Example tier 3 Swordbeak movie = The 3 beaketiers or tier 8 scythebeak move = Night of the Scythe ( rip-off movies FTW)