Ummm, I like that quite a bit. So my new code would look like this:

   package Games::Traveller::Sophont;
   {
      use Class::BuildMethods qw/
         name 
         longname 
         homeworld 
         star 
         orbit 
         status 
         niche
   ... etc ...
      /;
   
      sub new { bless {}, shift }
      ... etc ...
   }
   1;     

   package My::Purple::Blovinator;
   my $foo = new Games::Traveller::Sophont;
   $foo->name( "Chamaxi" );
   ... etc ...
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Yeah... yeah, I think I like that a lot.