Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-24509294-20140206173908/@comment-5135903-20140209203147

I'd say that life can exist around hotter stars than the class F types (planets can be closer and further away from stars, after all). As a matter of fact, I also think that life is inventive enough to come about without a planet, or even without a star, but that's just my opinion.

Just remember that you're creating a species, not a nation. If the desert planet has ice caps, there's probably some latitude in-between that's pretty hospitable. Also, think of the variety found on Earth with the human species! The Metu likely won't have a single monoculture (though I understand that they reside under a single government, which could create some cultural and social consistency).