Carapacian

Carapacians are a race of people created by Sburb. There are white and black carapacians, and they are all native to the Incipisphere. Specifically, carapacians live on Derse, Prospit, and Skaia. Derse contains only black carapacians, Prospit contains only white ones, and Skaia contains a mix of both. The carapacians of Skaia are not necessarily allied with Derse or Prospit.

Segments of Homestuck where the narration primarily focuses on the perspectives of carapacians often heavily feature references to Problem Sleuth. This is reinforced by the fact that the white carapacians resemble the white stick figures from Hussie's older adventures, and the black carapacians resemble the shadow-cloaked Midnight Crew from the Problem Sleuth unlockable pages.

Biology
HS 673 (Carapacians' bodies are covered in a rigid carapace). They have HS 509 (four pointy claw-like fingers). HS 672 (They have dull white teeth), similar to humans.

All carapacians have a barcode printed on one of their wrists (HS 677 (WV), HS 1144 (SS), HS 1195 (CD), HS 1361 (PM)).

Carapacians do not often need food or water, but HS 698 (they still get thirsty) and HS 698 (can urinate).

Culture
Carapacians seem to be aware of many human inventions such as HS 253/24 (sewing machines), HS 253/42 ("cowboy saloons"), HS 429 (cookies), HS 682 (can openers), HS 683 (carrier signal flags), HS 891 (rulers) (but not units of measurement used by humans, such as feet or meters), HS 891 (graveyards), gavels and bench wigs.

The carapacians in the humans' session can HS 893 (read) and HS 439 (write) English.

The Midnight Crew refer to many objects by their regular English names, such as HS 1155 (casinos), HS 1164 (scotty dogs), HS 1194 (gummy bears), HS 1201 (swedish fish), HS 1207 (radios), HS 1209 (bull penis canes), or HS 1220 (wax lips).

Exiles
Exiles are carapacians who HS 1524 (have been sent to the players' home planet post-apocalypse). There, they come across command stations and use the terminals to communicate with the players and guide their actions. They also perform seemingly inconsequential actions that fulfill time loops, usually without realizing it. After their work with the players is done, the exiles are meant to try and rebuild civilization on the dead planet.

Speculation
Because the carapacians in the humans' session can read and write English, and because they seem to have prior knowledge of Earth inventions and celebrities, it's possible that each Sburb session creates carapacians to have a culture that is familiar to that of the session's players.

Known Carapacians
Agents of Derse:


 * Black Queen
 * Jack Noir
 * Courtyard Droll
 * Draconian Dignitary
 * Hegemonic Brute

Alternia's Exiles:


 * Spades Slick
 * Clubs Deuce
 * Diamonds Droog
 * Hearts Boxcars
 * Snowman

Earth's Exiles:


 * Wayward Vagabond
 * Peregrine Mendicant
 * Aimless Renegade