I absolutely love this idea. Honestly. Maybe they can exit their suits? For example, when they go back to their ship to rest, they can go back out as their snake form to freely move around? Just an idea.
Awesome, awesome, awesome idea! Definitely unique as far as races go, and love the backstory! I second the idea of allowing them to exit their suits on the space station - but maybe even on planets in certain environments to give them a benefit over other races. Maybe to slither into a tight spot that you can't yet excavate? Or into a watery hole that you would otherwise drown in?
Bumping for great jussssstice. Really, this idea is just plain cool and has a Starbound feel to it; kooky and clever.
You really don't need to bump it, even if it does deserve bumping. I was gone at camp for a week, and I just got back. I'll update it sometime soon. Thanks for the concern though.
ROFL - love your new avatar. Oh and didn't say it before, but super awesome job on your sprites, especially the talking one at the bottom of the main post. Did you do all of em yourself?
If you like the Cerpine then you may like this story! http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/born-on-cold-steel-prolgue.9409/
Well, the Cerpine have a "Battle Theme" now, but the tempo's not perfect, the program I used was my father's, and It's made to record, so the whole song is recorded by myself. Anyway, you have been warned, but here's the track all the same. I may fix it some other day. http://soundcloud.com/darthkitten/all-breaks-loose