Horses.

because raccoons are amazing!! but we also need horselike mounts

 

It's much easier to get a raccoon into the spaceship than a horse But no one wants to mount a racoon ( Mmmm when I think about it, what about a giant mountable raccoon or raccoon mecha? )

 

@wulld I dunno, maybe people really like racoons?

 

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i really like the idea you could use you eqiped weapons while going faster