Searching for novel involving space pilots with multiple arms

Question

I read a science fiction book in the early 90s, and I'd like some help finding it.

The only details I can remember are as follows:

The characters lived on a large space ship together and had four or six arms
they were renowned as excellent space fighter pilots
there are humans as well
the protagonist leads a group of ships into the city at the end of the book by using an underwater tunnel.

Did they have legs too, or just arms? Could you be thinking of the "quaddies" from Falling Free in the Vorkosi series by Lois McMaster Bujold? — user14111, Commented Jun 28, 2015 at 22:43
I was just thinking that the only story like this that I'm familiar with is the Quaddies. — Broklynite, Commented Jun 29, 2015 at 0:41
Falling Free was my first reaction as well, but the last point about the underwater tunnel does not fit, nor were they space fighter pilots. — Dijkgraaf, Commented Jun 29, 2015 at 2:00

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:43:18Z

The book you are looking for is The Starwolves by Thorarinn Gunnarsson.

Book is about a race of people called "Starwolves" or "Kelvessan"
They have 4 arms, iron bones & electrical nervous system
Live on large carrier ships & fly small fighters
Are far superior to normal human pilots due to their high G tolerance and reaction time
At the end of the book a group of Starwolves fly their fighters into a human dome city via an underwater tunnel to rescue/retrieve the computer core of one their large carrier ships.

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