Perhaps so, but compared to actually creating the species in whole, it was remarkably more simple.

[She catches one of his spread arms, takes his hand in hers, and turns to stand by his side and regard the Loporrits at work.]

I created them on the moon of Etheirys, with a task to prepare that body for the worst-case scenario -- the Final Days coming, unstoppably, to the planet once more, and humanity having not the strength to oppose them. Working with a select group of humans on the star proper, they created a place for all mankind to inhabit, with the moon itself a vessel to traverse the void and find, in time, a new land where mankind could for a time survive again.