Species Description: The Savarogs as a species are a rugged and enduring lot, with barely any pain receptors and a skin thick enough to outright stop even decent calibre firearms. The Savarogs as a race are best described as a humanoid reptilian sort, these hulking brutes of muscle and leather-like skin are fearsome foes when compared to the average human due to bear-like strength and an almost stupidly high endurance. Indeed, such is their strength that they could shattered a human's skull with ease.. Their intelligence often seems diminished compared to others due to militarisitc tendancies - however Savarogs are rather intelligent when it comes to engineering and applied scienes. They possess logical brains that lack much in the way of creavity, and speak in slow, deliberate tones.

On top of other natural advantages, the Savarogs may also fly into an immense rage when sufficiently angered. This action is incredibly dangerous to a foe, as in this state nothing but complete destruction will truly stop the enraged Savarog from brutally maiming it's target, and many more beyond that.

It is worth noting that Savarogs possess multiple sets of all vital organs, may go months to years without food and little water, and possess an almost immunity to nigh on all forms of toxin. Their skin is suited to deserts primarily, though rugged enough to even handle the vacuum of space for very brief periods.

Perhaps the, main though, disgusting, feature of the Savarogs is their ability to consume sentient flesh. While outwardly seeming to just be disgusting, by consuming the flesh of their enemy the Savarogs will eventually evolve to gain some manner of their power - for instance, eating nothing but the flesh of some hyper-strong race will make those Savarogs stronger. This process is heralded by an elite caste of, almost shaman like figures known as the 'Shapers.'

Gender Dimorphism:
There is quite a lot of sexual dimorphism between the two genders, as male Savarogs are hulking creatures, standing at roughly 2.5 Metres tall and weighing between 600lb. to 800lb. at the very most. Male Savarogs are normally of a rusty colouration, with anything from shades of yellow up to crimson being quite common, all males also sport a rather fearsome pair of tusks upon their bottom jaw – while only useful when unarmed, it is seen as honourable combat and the male with the biggest tusks is also likely to be in a position of power.
Female Savarogs are far more delicate than males of their species, while a male Savarog may survive numerous bullets and other such weapons, the female Savarogs are far less durable, being only somewhat above humans in terms of being able to take punishment. Many female Savarogs sport somewhat brighter colours than their male counterparts as well, as some may even have something resembling a bluish colouration. Female Savarogs are still at least 2 Metres tall and weigh between 450lb. to 600lb.

Reproduction:
The Savarogs reproduce via egg-laying. However, it is also worthy of noting that female Savarog produced a tremendous amount of eggs in each clutch - upwards of two dozen leathery-skilled eggs that are about the shape of a rugby ball.

Subspecies:
Sorgal: The rugged and stubborn peoples of the Vrakar mountains, while smaller than the normal Savarog strains, these creatures have the extraordinary ability to glide through the skies using long membrane-covered arms. These Savarogs also have drastically brighter colours than their more dominant kin.

Rikmor: Highly crocodile-like in appearance and form these few and far between communities of Savarog's dwell in what remains of their planet's waterways. Highly territorial and utterly devoted to protecting their lands, these creatures are tribal and highly dangerous.
Striyrdok: Rare and perhaps rightfully so, these creatures are born from an ever increasingly small strain of the mainline Savarog genetic code. These creatures are drastically more intelligent, drastically stronger and drastically more enduring than the normal Savarogs. Their DNA is used in the process of making the Vokar divisions.

Wrirkan: A docile and relatively peaceful subspecies of what can only be described as humanoid turtles. They are usually more stable as a group, even welcoming such tasks as farmers.


A Savarog without tusks:

Area in the Galaxy (Use map posted below): i.imgur.com/YnlAW3h.jpg

Technological Description: Savarog technology is anything but beautiful. They are a harsh race, and their technology reflects this. Their technology is crude but more or less always seems to work, no matter the situation and the sheer amount of grim that the tech may have been exposed to it always seems to work. Their navy is a fleet of crude yet nigh on impossible to outright destroy, given their nature for building such durable technology.

Savarog weapons are brutal. Anyone who has seen them used will attest, their simplistic yet utterly horrific effects are infamous with many 'squishier' races that are in or near the Savarog's territories. To make matters worse, Savarogs frequently employ all manner of highly protective power armour, from advanced models with energy shielding right down to purely those that enhance physical strength. Most helms are fashioned to be leering skulls or other intimidating faces, even the basic grunt has access to powered armour affectionately referred to as "Srogas" or "skin."

Heavily modified Srogas from the Savarog's recent experiments:

However, in recent history, the Savarogs have found a race that is willing to look past their bloodthirsty nature – the Qulseoc. These highly advanced creatures have almost taken the Savarogs under their wing, or rather, tentacle.

History:The Savarogs dragged themselves from the waters of evolution upon their, once prime and beauteous world of Khragk – a world which was once filled with teeming forests and oceans brimming with life, now reduced to deserts and scrub lands. For the longest time, the proto-Savarogs had difficult lives as their world eventually fell into what can only be described as a massive biological arms race as each animal and primitive species (for they shared this world with many others) raced in an ever quickening race to become dominant.

The tribal history of the Savarogs is rich, their world's caves being filled with the art and long-lasting pieces of both Savarog and the numerous other intelligent life forms early cultures.Their massed biological war was still raging, and would do so until some...unthinking, Savarogs proposed a final solution.

As gathered, the Savarogs when they entered an age not unlike our own were still warlike, but their focus was forever on the nuclear as a method of securing them...and only them, as this world's owners. Day and night, the Savarog's (united against a common foe, the Savarog's will band together, unlike the tribes of today) industries churned out dangerous weapons that could exterminate whole ecosystems with the press of a button. Such a day came, one evening wherein 99% of all life on their planet was consumed in radioactive flame. Those that survived were exposed to radiation lethal enough to kill a human hundreds of times over.

However, through some trick of fate or unknown advantage the Savarog's which were not inside the indomitable fortress cities did not die of the radiation, granted many died of explosions and the latent nuclear winters, were almost stronger for it but feral – the origins of the Savarog's favoured animal the Vuagh, like Human and...highly radioactive dog. That was, for a period, their society. The Savarog's survived where almost all else died, their forests of life and oceans of opportunity reduced to sand and barren wastes...but them as a species, for once, being able to claim dominance.

Tribal warfare, horrid massacres, all happened after. Even in their modern age, the Savarog's were barely as advanced as humans, though avid in colonising, until they met the Quelseoc.

Government Description: Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Ruling Party: Federated Equality Coalition (Communist/Marxist)


Cultural/Religious Description: While not really a popular belief system among the whole populace, many of the Savarogs have their own pantheon of various different gods. In total, the Savarogs have thirteen gods in total, however, the only real god in which they – as a race – uphold is Jodrak, Lord of Iron. Worship however, has been weak since meeting the atheist Qulsoec.

As a whole, the Savarogs are a brutish and warlike culture that views themselves as the absolute superiour creature – not out of arrogance, but purely because on their worlds they literally are that. Savarog culture and hierarchy is based purely on might makes right, and in that the strongest (or in rare cases the most manipulative) Savarog wins dominance by simply beating the current leader in some manner of blood sport. At the top of the hierarchy is the tribal emperors, each lording over their own tribe, and at the bottom are outsider races (Qelsoec are honourary Savarogs when it comes to social ranking) and slaves of all races.
Savarogs are overall a deeply cultural people, and in that they are stubborn and highly traditionalist. Savarogs push with vigour that their culture must not be shaped and molded by any sorts of outsider race that is seen as inferior to the Savarogs themselves. Males are encouraged to become soldiers, or otherwise work in the base industry that the Savarogs have, while females are downright expected to be little more than homemakers and child-bearers.

The Land Armies of the Unit Savarog Socialist Republics:

Slaves, Political Enemies, Enemies of the State.
Sraag
“The filth and degenceracy of the national commune” - The exact wording of the Savarog High Command when describing these poorly equipped and over all terrible soldiers. Composed entirely of slaves seen as too feeble to work in the extremely hostile Savarog industry, these slaves make up for their absolute lack of ability with sheer overwhelming numbers. Armed with outdated and backwards weapons, and equipped with only the bare essentials – sometimes not even that, these soldiers are meat shields. Nothing more.


Phrrolak Indrujoons
Political enemies of the state and the commune as a whole, activists against the tyrannical ways of the Savarogs, and other such dangerous political opponents all find their way into these penal battalions. Armed to the degree of the lowly Sraag, these undertrained troops are there to buy victory with their bodies and sheer volume.


Xrucx Mhorrdran
Xeno soldiers, mercenaries, and other such alien creatures. The Xrucx are actually somewhat well trained and armed by comparison to some other units, sporting modern weapons and being decently well supplied. Their main weakness comes from the fact that they are composed of aliens, being xenophobic as they are, Savarog Commanders will hurl these soldiers at the most dangerous positions and generally not care for their health.


Srerloc
The main rank and file soldiers of the Savarog Federation. These are composed of mainly male Savarogs (some subject races are allowed their own units and women do serve). They are, by all accounts, the grunts, the main driving force and their most numerous units within any Savarog battle group. These grunts are found in extremely durable teams of fifteen members, led by a single Jurmi-class battle-master.
They are armed with both melee and ranged weapons. The former often takes shape as a crude mace fashioned out of a thick, heat resistant metal, that is used to crush foes under sheer weight and crushing power. Their ranged weapon, is an easily mass produced solid-slug spewer that fires a heavy, armour piercing shot out of magazines. The weapon is made from durable alloys and has a legendary resilience to dirt and grime.


Gakirum
Serving as a more ranged option to the normal Srerloc units, these competent and accurate marksmen are equipped with somewhat lighter body armour (which is not saying much when dealing with Savarogs) and with longer range armaments that are even granted selective firing modes. Often serving as scouts, light infantry, and pathfinders, these groups tend to act more for reconnaissance than actual fighting. These units are also authorised to carry communications equipment to call in and signal devastating artillery.


Vrundoks
Storm troopers. As true to the word as possible. These hulking brutes are the biggest, meanest, and overall strongest of the normal Srerloc units. Battle hardened veterans normally, these units will not hesitate to follow their orders to the very letter. Casualties, Savarog and civilian, do not matter. Armed with close ranged shotguns or sub-machine guns, these units use their strength at arms and unbreakable morale to smash the foe into bloody pulp.


Drop Troopers and Aerial Domination Troops:
Rarloc Drop Troopers
A somewhat uncommon unit, though nonetheless extremely dangerous, these Savarogs hurl themselves from low flying Fukirum troopships upon Qulseoc-designed grav-chutes. Many of these veterans have survived for decades in service, some even so far back as to the old days where they would lead from planes and deploy more conventional parachutes. Designed with sabotage and surprise in mind, these soldiers are given carbine versions of their normal lead spitters, and taught to utilise the enemy's tech against them.


Crardon
Forming the bulk of all Savarog units designed for deep cover operations behind enemy lines, the Crardons are formed from the elites of the earlier Rarloc divisions. As such, most have seen combat before, and most are extremely well trained. Armed with carbines and enough supplies to last themselves for weeks – not very much considering the lack of real biological needs.


Jetarog
Jetpack infantry, a Savarog commander a hundred years ago would scoff at the sheer notion, but having since come into contact with the Qulseoc the notion has become reality. Armed with grav-packs and plasma spitting weapons, these units are expert skirmishers.


Biological Infantry Weapons:
Vuyrdok
Perhaps the single most terrifying of Savarog group forces, these monstrous berskers are exemplars of that most distinguishing of all Savarog traits: assimilation. These soldiers have selective been fed only the meat from the strongest, most enduring creatures their shapers can gather, turning normal Savarogs in three metre tall, fourteen-hundred pound killing machines, who's skin acts like a natural armour against small arms and who's bestial might can dent vehicle hulls.


Rotack Battalions
A somewhat, odd, unit. The Rotack serves as more of a tower gun-beast than anything else. Meshing the idea of both a tank and an artillery platoform and mounting it on a creature that can probably crush a small city. Mounting dozens on Barlocs, with Tramar and in dire situations even Nukrax pieces all be mounted on the beast.


Mechanised, Mounted or Foot Artillery Forces:
Goyrloc
Despite the common occurrence wherein cavalry are rendered impotent on a battlefield, these highly trained cavalry are still used. Riding horrific Qrax and wielding lances wreathed in a destructive energy fields, these elite cavalry are not only tough, but have the slaying power to topple some vehicles and even stationary emplacements if used correctly.


Barloc
A somewhat smaller, 10.8cm artillery piece designed for use alongside more conventional infantry units, the Barloc has an admiration by most wings of the Savarog ground forces, namely because if all else fails, a rather strong team of burly Savarog can lift the damn thing to carry it.


Werak
A lesser known of unit, but vital nonetheless, are the Werak combat engineers. Skilled engineers which construct the vast defence networks and combat positions which undoubtedly dominant any battle.


Tramar
A massive artillery piece indeed, this giant siege cannon fires a gargantuan 210mm shell over a staggering distance. Employed in immense batteries to battle against enemy emplacements, and otherwise hard targets, these guns have a fearsome psychological impact.


Nukrax
A behemoth of a construction, and truly the most terrifying of all Savarog artillery pieces to behold. This 280mm atomic artillery piece, fires a 280mm primed nuclear warhead at the target with a reasonable degree of accuracy. This is the ultimate in Savarog military escalation, a weapon to only be used during times where civillian casualties and too much firepower are both oxymorons.

The Combined Aerial Armed Forces of the United Savarog Socialist Republics:
Fukirum
A venerable vehicle which saw the days before the Savarog nuclear cleansing, now updated to fight once again. The Fukirum is simply put, a troop transport. Designed to get soldiers in and out of combat situations with as few casualties as possible, these vehicles strike a balance between raw armour and sufficient speed to dodge enemy AA attempts. The Fukirum comes in numerous models and variants, though the average carries two full sections of fifteen Savarogs in full armour and weapons, meaning thirty in total. Some have since been expanded for vehicles, or even downsized for the rare stealth operations that the Savarogs use.


Crakmar Heavy Gunship
A relatively new addition to Savarog aerial forces, this indomitable flying brick has earned a reputation for its ability to rain sheer destruction upon ground-based foes. Mounting what could only be described as auto-cannons which fire immense calibre shells, alongside missile pods, make this a distinctive threat be it infantry or vehicle.


Grarax
Functioning as a light reconnaissance vehicle and skirmisher, the Grarax is a relatively weak aircraft designed for speed and subtlety rather than brute force. Mounts a single auto-cannon with limited attack strength.


Vrubrakir
A true multi-role fighter, this craft mounts thick armour as well as powerful armaments. Configured in a multi-role mindset, this craft has ample weapons to deal with armour as well as infantry, shredding the latter with minigun-like solid-slug spitters and the former with precision Qulseoc plasma cannons.


Caksan
Though lacking in conventional aircraft and sheer air power, the Savarogs do manage to do something right: Bombers. None show this as well as the Caksan super heavy bomber, a multi-tonne aircraft capable of carrying massive payloads of varying ammunition across the not-so-friendly skies. As for conventional armaments, it mounts numerous smaller calibre arms, though only really useful for firing at soft targets or light vehicles.

The Combined Tredtar Vehicular Forces of the United Savarog Socialist Republics:
Brurax
Acting as a light attack craft and rapid response vehicle, this vehicle mounts only light laser based armaments and weaker armour, though great speed do mitigate this somewhat.


Strigg
A simple name for a simple concept, the Strigg is the land-based ferry that carries Savarogs from A to B in an armoured manner. Mounting heavy armour and a chaingun turret on the front and back of the craft, it is a formidable is somewhat clunky tracked craft.


Vravarog
While not a vehicle in traditional sense, this mech-like vehicle still fulfills a similar role. Built for resistance and fire support, this lumbering behemoth of armour and bullets is equipped with basic forms of Qulseoc energy shields and wields a large laser-based section support weapon.


Puyrdok
Acting as a mobile fortress almost, this colossal vehicle is the size of a small town and equipped with more guns than a small army. Though rare and extremely expensive, these vehicles act as mobile command centres for Savarog armies on rapid warfare missions or generally when they are fighting on hostile soil. Deployed using vast carrier craft that must enter lower orbit, it is a rare sight to see these craft, but terrifying. The ruling party of the Savarogs also use these awe-inspiring sights as potent propaganda, mounting vast speakers to them, constantly blaring out highly militarised music for their soldiers to hear.


Kralak
Serving as primary heavy assault vehicle of the Tredtar, this rather large tank serves the niche as a heavy tank that can both take and give devastating blows. Mounting a massive smooth-bore 203mm cannon, this gun alone would be seen by human standards as more like an artillery piece. The tank also mounts various smaller calibre machine guns for self-defence against pesky infantry.

Kosmicheskaya Sila of the United Savarog Socialist Republics
As a space farring nation, the Federation has always deemed it entirely necessary to have an imposing space fleet. While not visually “pretty” or “aesthetic” the fleet is a highly skilled defence and assault force that has since been fitted with Qulseoc technology.

Hurdok Frigate Class
A relatively speaking light craft when compared to the other units in the Savarog fleet, the Hurdok is used in the role of light support and general frigate duties. Mounting immense batteries of powerful Savarog and Qulseoc heavy guns, these ships are fierce and hard to take down. Mounting Qulseoc energy shields, these ships are rather durable though perhaps not to the degree of other larger ships.


Drakson Destroyer Class
Draksons are something of a legendary figure for the Savarogs. It was the name of the first Savarog Great Krilako, uniter of the clans, and the very name of the Savarog that wreathed their world in nuclear flame to cleanse the other sentients from their world. As such, the captains of these ships are normally some of the most competent men in the entire navy (barring those in the Wakaror and Ceyrdoks) and decorated war heroes. Mounting batteries of highly destructive and huge sized auto-cannons, with many other guns mixed into the design, these ships are nightmares for foes.


Vrukrax Light Cruiser
An oddity, though not obsolete so much as just odd. These ships are equipped primarily for tackling smaller foes, relying more on shielding than the normal immense bulk of armour that every other Savarog craft seems to use. These ships are also somewhat more Qulseoc in design, being generally better looking and mounting batteries of extremely powerful plasma and laser cannons.


Mokaror Exterminator Vessels
Horrific in name and in purpose, the Mokaror are the rare though not unheard of class of Savarog ships with the express design to tamper with sentients and exterminate both people and planets. They mount not normal guns, but deadly planet killers that make rivers run like lava and shatter continents like cheap ceramic plates. They are always heavily guarded, and always in contact with at least a Vrenak class battle group.


Qrok Monolith-Class Carrier
Designed in immediate response to the dire need for greater numbers of carrier ships, the Qrok is an armour though not so much armed ship, it has hundreds of guns but they are all smaller calibre, designed for shooting down attacking bombers and fighters than anything else. However, they can carry many hundreds of Savarog vehicles, and thousands of soldiers bound for foreign worlds.


Wakaror Battlecruiser Class Battleship
Designed more with the idea of battering the enemy into submission via massed attrition, the Wakaror is a somewhat strange craft. Deemed currently obsolete due to all Savarog technology, yet also still extremely potent, these units are caught within the old and new worlds of the Savarogs. Many captains of a traditionalist sort treat these craft like mounts of war, truly personalied craft that have seen decades to hundreds of years of service and will not relinquish their somewhat primitive weapons, seeing other tech as “Far too flimsy for proper Savarogs to use.”


Ceyrdok Battleship
The flagships the whole space fleet, these gargantuan constructs are many millions of tonnes in displacement, and mount thousands upon thousands of heavy guns. While seeking to use Qelseoc technology in all areas, the Ceyrdok currently only uses one aspect of their advanced technology: apocalypse grade energy shielding which may stop a stupendous amount of fire from hundreds of other guns. Individually, these ships are intimidating and daunting, but their true power is as a rallying point and command centre for the lesser Savarog ships in their navies.


Trakkur Class Star Dreadnought.
The staggeringly large capital ships of the Savarog fleets, these titanic, 40 kilometre long warmachines are bristling with more arms than most armies and with armour thick enough to repel most smaller arms with ease. Equipped with the thickest shielding avaliable to the Savarog fleets, these behemoths of space are daunting foes.
There are currently thirteen of these machines in Savarog space.

Other: Special Units:
Crakador Teams:


Called in when the Savarog's normal soldiers are simply not durable enough, these power armour clad warriors carrying advanced Qulseoc plasma weapons and sporting high-powered jump packs are highly mobile and utterly enduring soldiers that are considered to be equivalent to top tier special operations teams.

The Vonar Divisions:


Genetically modified to heighten the Savarog's natural physical toughness and immense strength the Vonar divisions are the elite soldiers of the Savarog Federation. Each member of these elite divisions is a veritable monster, as his skin is nigh impenetrable and their natural strength allows them to barrel through numerous members of smaller races. These creatures even have heightened intelligence, aside from a drastically boosted regeneration effect.

Grakirum Combatsuit

Meant to be an even heavier infantry option that the normal Savarog armed forces, these lumbering brutes of steel and firepower are meant to be the sort of units that can pin down - not outright kill - various enemies.

Mutax Super Heavy Artillery


Realising their relative lack of technology in the grand scale of the universe, leading Savarog engineers designed the Mutax Super Heavy Artillery piece. A vast gun firing a multi-tonne shell that can devastate fixed positions and units, the Mutax is a fearsome opponent.

Kraxx Titan-Mech

Perhaps the single most, ambitious piece of Savarog military technology (and that is saying a lot) that the race has designed in their whole history, these mechs are devastating (though rare) units that have as much firepower as a small army. These vehicles are piloted by numerous Savarogs that have trained for numerous years with their gargantuan constructs.

"Ritarog"
Personal Kraxx Mech of the leader of the Savarog Federation, this colossal vehicle is even deadlier than the standard, mounting both thicker armour and even more guns...

the qulseoc. A species of amphibious cephalopods characterized by weak physiques and strong mental prowess. Both of which have grown ever more severe in scope due to gene therapy intent on expanding their already mighty brains. Their bodies are of a shifting color depending on their mood and with what intent thay might be talking to someone at that moment. Their default coloration is a muted shade of brown, with hotter colors like red and yellow signifying heigthened emotional states whereas colder colors indicate an unusual level of calmness or reservation.They reproduce ovipariously, with the femaly typically laying clutches of five to six eggs which hatch within five to six months.

Infant qulseoc are cared for by designated and qualified caretakers. The biological parents generally have nothing to do with the raising of their children as they are expected to continue working on their own assigned vocations.

The typical low to middle class qulseoc lives for a period of about 80 years. Around eight of which are spent being nurtured up after which they typicially join the active workforce population for about fifty years before being considered to be of retirement age. Upper-class Culseoq are considered too important to ever stop their work however, and as such see their lives artificially extended to a state of nigh on biological immortality.

Area in the galaxy: The inner norma arm

Qulseoc technology is their pride and joy. They have built a large part of their society around the development and advancement of technology, regardless of moral or ethical implications.

They are leading minds in the fields of genetic manipulation. Much of the species has been artificially evolved into a state considered more desirable in qulseoc society. Amongst other things these manipulations have eliminated the instinctual drive for reproduction, reducing it to a purely planned affair. As a consequence though, romance and love have also become quite abstract concepts to them.

As a physically weak species that became sentient seemingly more by luck than anything else, another technological focus of the Qulseoc has been tools and weaponry. Cultural attitudes have made their high-end robotics and warfare equipment designed specifically to be operated by a qulseoc, with the complexity of their designs making retrofitting to adapt it to more humanoid races quite a difficult endeavour.

The aforementioned genetic manipulation the Qulseoc practice, as well as their advances in the field of neuroscience, can be considered quite transgressive and morally reprehensible by more conservative races. Their current genetic state has been reached through extensive eugenetics programs that continue to this day, with reproduction being a tightly planned practice based upon genetic profiling and pairing of partners that oftentimes have never even met each other before being required to 'perform their reproductive duty'. Neurosciences and psychology are similiarly of questionable moral ground, with brainwashing and careful though reassignment being practiced to keep their society unified and peaceful.


The qulseoc formed out of the primordial soup of a mostly land-covered planet they refer to as Krilles. For a long time, the primal squids' lives were short and brutal. Their species only barely hanging on due to quick reproduction and the subtle beginnings of their later advanced intelligence giving them just the small edge they needed. To their fortune, some great natural disaster heavily upstet the biosphere, creating an evolutionary bottleneck in which they came out on top.

The upstart stages of their civilization already saw them favoring coöperation and intelligence over brute force, and it was quickly established that not the strongest, but the brainiest were the most succesful.

This maxim has survived all the way to the present day, where it has come to define the way their society is organized.

The qulseoc's government is heavily based upon merit. With the most competent amongst them getting the most resources to further the cause of their entire kind with. The ruling class consists of great scientists, engineers, and even some less hard sciences like psychologists. Titles, lands and resources are alloted based upon past contributions that a qulseoc has made to society, with the leading minds in fields being granted overlordship over their colleagues in their respective field of study and allowing them to define the focus that their shared research projects will generally follow. Ventral leadership of the technocracy changes every four years, with a vote being called from all sector overseers to determine who will hold office as grand overseer for the next four years. OVerseers are required to motivate this vote with a short explanation with references to scientific achievements of their supported candidate. This to prevent nepotism from influencing the vote too heavily.

The grand overseer has the authority to make decisions for the technocracy as a whole. THe sector overseers under him are expected but not required to advise him in matters they hold jurisdiction over. They also have the authority to overturn decisions concerning their own area of expertise. In practice, this rarely happens, as a grand overseer will usually delegate a decision of such nature to a sector overseer anyway.

A sector overseer generally holds dominion of about 3 or 4 systems that see the most intensive research of their assigned field. Below them are, in order of importance, system overseers, planetary overseers and sattelite overseers. Every title in this hierarchy save for a sector overseer can be freely granted or revoked by any qulseoc directly above them in hierarchy. In cases where the assignment of a title is contested, the decision is usually defaulted to the one holding the highest office. Special exceptions can be made, such as legitimate concerns of nepotism or similiar corruption that can see an unqualified qulseoc. assigned a title.

The current grand overseer is marianas-5. Overseer of physics and discoverer of FTL travel. He has been in office ever since he brought the qulseoc onto the interstellar stage approximately four-hundred years ago. The most important and notable sector overseers in his current cabinet are ;
° barrier-2: overseer of social sciences, representative of the qulseoc in the galactic council and instrumental player in the pacification of the savarog.
° barracuda-1: overseer of military industry, part of the upper command structure of the savarog-qulseoc military forces and reformer of the savarog military.
° angler-3: overseer of qulseoc genetics and initiator of the genetic purification program.
°angler-2: overseer of xenogenetics and assisting player in the reform of the savarog military.
most of these cabinet members have been in office along with marianas-5 since the beginning of his reign.


The centerpiece of all qulseoc culture is an ideal known as cosmic order, a state of the universe where differences between cultures and religions have been eliminated or rendered insignificant. In such a way that all people can work together to achieve the best possible life for everyone.

Qulseoc culture is quite utilitarian and meritocratic in nature. With a strong push for citizens to focus their lives on things directly benificial to society. Strong automization of industry has made manual labor quite obsolete, and so even the lowest classes of workers have some sort of education, even if it's in a rather mundane field like robot maintenance. Oppurtunities for advancement are nominally present for all layers of society, but lack of economic and social mobility and entrenchment of the higher classes make workers rising up to be something greater a rather rare occurence. Most Qulseoc are not realy upset at this state of affairs due to a strong conditioning to accept that those of higher intelligence deserve more authority.

Qulseoc do have an appreciation for the arts, contrary to what one would believe given their rather rigid and objective-focused worldview.A qulseoc will tell you that arts have a purpose, that being distracting ones mind from the slog of daily life. Qulseoc art is generally soothing and aesthetically pleasing, with so called 'modern' art oftentimes being dismissed as a pretentious waste of time. Qulseoc theatre and film is renowned throughout the milky way for its eloquent choice of words and complex multi-faceted storylines, said to be a consequence of them having no concept of a 'lowest common denominator'. Music is a more recent addition to the world of Qulseoc arts, with creative young minds experimenting with electronically generated sounds to create both soothing ambiences and exciting melodies. Naturally, the older generations refuse to acknowledge this new music as a true discipline of the arts.

When it comes to religion, Qulseoc take quite a scientific approach. That being that they acknowledge its existence as a societal construct, but mostly consider themselves to be above it. At least until such a time as when one can present them with factually correct and scientific proof that a being of divine nature does in fact exist. So far, this implicit challange to all religions of the universe has gone unchallanged.


The qulseoc are somewhat neutral on the topic of warfare, seeing it as just another means to an end, though one that should be carefully considered before being used. Their military works closely together with that of the savarog federation, having united into an efficient and ruthless machine of war. Qulseoc military technology is focused on shock and awe through application of surgical strikes with overwhelming firepower. They will always endeavour to know as much as possible about their enemy and the battlefield before commiting manpower to an operation.

The New Alleghian Republic

Species
It is important to note that due to its size, the Republic encompasses a large variety of races within its boundaries, and since listing each race would make a very long list, I've decided instead to focus on the most common races one might find in the Republic.

Alleghians
The Alleghians can be described as a "near-Human" species, distinguished by their blue skin and glowing red eyes, which grow darker depending on the oxygen content of their surroundings. The more oxygen present, the more intense the color of both their eyes and skin tone. While their hair is typically jet black, it does, on rare occasions, go gray with age (many Alleghians believe that the development of gray hair is an indication of the siring of exceptional children). Their physical form has led to some speculation on whether they are an offshoot of some near-human species' ancient expansions into the galaxy or whether their physical form coincidentally matches that of humans. However, recent genetic analysis indicates that they are an offshoot of near-humanity, and it was believed that moving underground led to a divergence between them and baseline near-humans. Furthermore, this analysis indicates that their unique skin tone is the result of exposure to glacial minerals. Their blue skin, jet black hair and red eyes generally command attention once they are in a crowd of regular humanoids, and these features make them physically striking and instantly recognizable. Male and female Alleghians tend to be more powerfully built when compared to humans but exhibit the same variances as humanoid sexes. An Alleghian stands between either 1.6 to 2.1 meters in height, though an average height of an adult is closer to 1.7 meters.

Studies have concluded that the fact that all Alleghians often appear in very good physical shape is an indication that the species possesses an active metabolism which is responsible for their trim figure. Thus, this is believed to be responsible for preventing obesity that is commonly found within more sedentary humanoids. While the report concludes that they are indeed "near-humans," they have not determined a specific point of evolutionary divergence. There was, in fact, a number of near-human colonies established throughout many of the Traders' Federation's member worlds, though records of this are virtually nonexistent and it remains unknown how a remote area of the galaxy could have been trailblazed so far back. They do display, physiologically, very few signs of evolutionary adaptations to their original icy environment with even their skin pigmentation not providing any apparent benefit. Beyond the obvious physical features, physiologically, Alleghians are similar to humans to the point that they possess a comparable circulatory, neurological, digestive and reproductive systems. The Alleghian vocal mechanism is noted for being similar to those of humans but there are apparent differences which is evident in their capacity to speak their native language.

In addition, Alleghians experience a greatly accelerated growth rate compared to humans, which contributes to their reaching maturity faster than humans. Thus an Alleghian at the age of ten-years holds the physical maturity of a twenty-year old human. This in turn results in a culturally-imprinted emotional maturity that is many times above that of their human counterparts. They are capable of living up to eighty years old, at which point an Alleghian was considered venerable; children are between the ages one to ten, and they experience a rapid adolescence from eleven to twelve and are considered full adults by thirteen or fourteen. Middle-age follows between the ages of fifty-one to sixty-two, and those aged sixty-three to seventy-nine are considered old.

History
The origins of the Alleghians are largely unknown, even to the Alleghians themselves, though some scientists believe that they are the result of a long-forgotten near-human colony that has been lost to time. This is the leading theory held by not only Alleghian historians but scientists within the New Alleghian Republic who hold the view that this colony predated the formation of the Traders' Federation. A recent report suggests that very little is known of Alleghian history due to their own records being carefully guarded on their original home-world. However, scattered claims from many intrepid scholars suggest they were originally a forgotten colonization attempt; this theory is mostly based on their resemblance to humanity. Genetic analysis has confirmed that the Alleghians are indeed an offshoot of a near-human species' earliest attempts at colonization. It was believed that thousands upon thousands of years ago, a lost colony of near-humans settled on a desolate exoplanet that'd later become a part of the Traders' Federation.

According to Alleghian legend, their homeworld was once a warm and tropical planet. However, the planet was later locked in an ice age with profound glaciation encompassing the terrestrial world. This forced the Alleghian ancestors to travel along the ice front's leading edge in order to survive at the temperate front as glaciers began spreading across the planet. Though it is believed that the glaciation process occurred over an extended period of time, it was also at an age when the Alleghian were already technologically advanced which allowed them to overcome these challenges to their survival by way of technological adaptations. This has led many to conclude that the early Alleghians existed a tropical exoplanet prior to it succumbing to an ice age. Thus, the planet nearly became inhospitable by the time the Federation was founded, and it was only by living underground that this divergent species survived. These events have furthered the genetic changes notably seen in their skin tone and eyes. Thus it is believed that by going underground, the race had gradually began to diverge from the baseline near-human species, the glacial mineral content beginning to alter their physiology into its more modern form.

Researchers believe that this period had a profound mental impact on the developing Alleghians and led to the evolution to their current mindset. However, little is known of these early ancestors as certain legends indicate that a decadent culture had formed in the tropics that was unprepared for this ice age. Related parables even state that northern-dwelling Alleghians slaughtered their decadent southern cousins when resources became sparse and chilling temperatures befell the planet. Regardless, it is known that the Alleghians adapted well to their planet during its climatic change and began tapping into geothermal energy as a power source. This led to the building of several populous cities amongst the glaciers and were the abrupt development of a global government. Thus, they avoided the adolescence period common to developing worlds that saw nations compete with one another, along with adopting a planet-wide tongue. Eventually, their species mastered star travel independently with some speculation that they tapped into the ancient memories of the colonization effort that first brought them to their home-world.

Terrivons
A tall humanoid species, the Terrvions' craniums are studded with several small twisting horns, all of which surround a central spiraling one. Consisting of many shades of color, the spiraling horn is a mark of status in Terrvion culture; those with with a genetic disposition to growing larger horns dominate the upper class of society. The horn itself develops in adolescence during puberty, and continues to grow taller and thicker until reaching adulthood. In addition to their cranial horn, Terrvions are marked by banded ridges that stud their brows and nose. Appearing in a riot of colors, they speak in a soft whispering language which focuses on body language. This aids them in the business world when communicating, as they can pick up on others gestures more acutely.

History
Native to a lost world, the the earliest Terrvions were forced to abandon their home when its life-giving star became unstable. Travelling the galaxy, they settled on the large tropical planet Terrvia, formally leasing it from the Traders' Federation. After centuries of living on the world, they took adopted the name Terrvions and petitioned the Federation's government to allow them to purchase the world. Upon being turned down, the Terrvions were ousted by Terrvia's indigenous people and were forced to wander the galaxy. Instead of being defeated, however, they strove to gain sway over politicians of the Federation through bargaining and corporate trickery.

For over half a millennium the Terrvions traveled from planet to planet scheming and working to gain enough votes to overturn the decision that lost them their home. They were ultimately successful in their endeavors and were able to return to Terrvia, gaining membership into the Federation's government and later becoming closely tied with the leaders of the Alleghian Republic. To keep Terrvia's market high, the species seeded the galaxy with agents, trading stocks and selling shares to increase their profit. Despite such successful strides, however, when the Terrvions attempted to sell war machines to battling peoples on both sides of planetary conflicts, their reputation was ruined and their market crashed following a governmental investigation, blockade and sanctions. To get the Republic to back off, the Terrvions took great strides to comply with all of the Republic's demands and hide any illegal deals more thoroughly. However, as the original Alleghian Republic began to decline, the Terrvions disregarded any and all previous restrictions on their commercial empire, choosing instead to both engage in more illicit trade than ever before and raise an army of their people to aid the Loyalist cause, who they hoped would turn a blind eye to illegal trading in exchange for wartime support.

During the Alleghian Civil War, Terrvions were deported in droves from Confederate planets because of the species' affiliation with the Coalition. Despite the illegality of their presence, many Terrvionss refused to leave their home planets and were forced to stroll the streets with caution and fear. At the war's height, which saw both the destruction of the second iteration of the Loyalist headquarters, the first of which had also been destroyed by the Confederates, and the spelling of the demise of the Coalition, the majority of the Loyalist Thervions fled Republic space and eventually faded away from public interest. Meanwhile, on Terrvia, Republic soldiers, under the banner of the Alleghian Confederacy, persecuted the remaining members of the species for their involvement in the war and sent their economy into a downwards spiral. However, despite the biases towards non-Humans prevalent during the reign of the original Republic, the Terrvions were swift in taking up leading roles in the corporate world of the New Alleghian Republic and, despite the setbacks during the second return of the Exiles, the species continues to thrive as economic experts.

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Technology
Compared to their more advanced enemies, the Republic has primitive and makeshift technologies. This is made up for by their means of mass production and heavy firepower. The Republican Armed Forces specializes in the use of mixed alloys and polymers to strengthen their armor, a strong economy, and mass production and efficiency. Their workers are masters of industry and efficiency, being able to start trade routes in multiple systems, as well as having very cost effective methods of building their orbital structures. They can inhabit most worlds effectively aside from volcanic worlds. They also have their hands in almost every single economic power and their suppliers regardless of race.

When it comes to mass production the Republic is unmatched. In a time of dire need they will divert a large portion of their factories to military subcontracting. They may also build factories that can hyper-produce ships within their massive planetary fortresses. Where the other races rely on their offensive capabilities, the Republic's workers are masters at fortifying their territories. Strong alloys and polymers ensure a thick defensive hull is within all orbital structures and ships, making them very resistant to enemy firepower. With these powerful defenses they have mastered the art of having very powerful static defenses as well. Their ships' hanger bays can be refitted to have anti-strike craft autocannons. Their already potent gauss turrets can be upgraded to sport missile packs and a long range meson-bolt. And their repair technology is unmatched even by robotic nano-bots.

And where their defense may fail, this is made up for by their weaponry. While the Republic makes use of very low grade version laser and beam technologies, but their true strength comes from the chemical/nuclear weaponry equipped on many of their standard frigates and bombers. They also make use of auto-cannon payloads to rip through the hull of enemy ships.

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History
The history of the Alleghian Republic dates back thousands of years, when economically driven settlers founded the fateful Traders' Federation in the wake of the Great Cataclysm. Established on strict principles of economics and codes of behavior, the Federation's boundaries quickly began to expand – making it into an industrial and commercial juggernaut. However, outside of the Federation's core principles, each member world maintained its own interests, form of government, economic systems and culture, which often lead to strained relations with their oppressive rulers.

It was during this early period of the Federation that something unique took place which would later reshape not only its government but the entirety of the galaxy. During a routine exploratory expedition to recruit new trading partners, emissaries discovered a dry, desert world orbiting a red giant, whereupon further scans discovered a thriving civilization. Eager to integrate this prosperous civilization into the Federation, the diplomats established communication with the civilization's leaders from orbit. However, the membership offer was quickly turned down. Not to be dissuaded, the Federation sent several market research teams to the desert planet in order to gather data that could be used to formulate a more enticing strategy for this civilization.

Unfortunately, dreams of integration quickly turned to horror upon landing on the planet. Here the teams discovered a colony of people practicing the most heinous forms of scientific and social deviancy. Invasive cerebral integration technologies, unrestricted biological experimentation, strange forms of collectivism, and wholesale usage of countless neurochemicals were but a few of the transgressions. All these deviancies and more violated the codes and principles of personal freedoms that made up the very foundation of the Traders' Federation. Having received only a single, incomplete report of this disturbing information, the emissaries returned to Federation space, where, upon their return, their news sent shockwaves throughout the Federation's worlds, who voted overwhelmingly to take control of this desert planet and exile their twisted cousins to the far reaches of space. In time, this exiled civilization was forgotten.

Over the next thousand years the Federation went on in relative peace and prosperity – a golden age for their kind. War became a thing read about only in history books and seen in holo-vids. The rare heated dispute was settled in Federation-sanctioned courts and merchant fleets filled the phase lanes with goods, while the worst thing one could worry about was the occasional raid by bands of marauding pirates in the trade lanes, which were easily dealt with by local defense fleets.

However, this golden age came to an abrupt end many centuries ago with the arrival of numerous conflicting empires into Federation territory. With no defenses and constant political infighting between the Federation's representatives and numerous politicians, these unprecedented enemies swept the Federation's ships aside with ease, resulting in what seemed to be imminent defeat. In a last ditch effort to turn the tide, the Federation abruptly dismantled and sanctioned the creation of the Alleghian Republic, named after one of the Federation's most populous races, to combat the alien threat. The Republic quickly learned to marshal the vast industrial resources of the Traders' Federation towards military production and used their new war engine to finally stall the incoming final blow.

It wasn't until ten years after the Republic's formation that a new enemy arrived into what was once the Federation's territory. The aptly-titled Exiles from the past one-thousand years had returned, and managed to gain a foothold on Alleghian territory before fleets could be redirected to halt the enemy's advance. Five years later, the war ground to a stalemate and Republican forces built immense structures in an attempt to better defend their fronts. However, faced with enemy fortifications as well, the Republic made little to no headway in reclaiming lost territory.

This series of events lasted another decade or so until the races came to a realization that war was taking its toll on lives and resources. Envoys were sent and diplomacy was given a chance. This was short lived as many within both the Republic and the ancient civilization felt as though the peace would not last or that it was a waste given the current situation. In the face of increasing internal tensions, two conflicting factions began to develop in the Republic: the Loyalists, who wished to retreat into isolation by further fortifying their defenses in hopes the war would finish itself, and the brash Confederates, who wanted vengeance for the atrocities inflicted upon the Alleghian kind by the Exiles through twenty-five years of brutal war, and were grimly willing to ensure that the Republic emerged victorious by being as ruthless to their alien enemies as the invaders were during the terrible early invasions.

The inevitable civil war did not begin in its real sense, that of the Confederates fighting against the Loyalists, with each faction's goals and ideals laid out for the Alleghian Republic, until nearly two decades after the founding of the Loyalist Coalition. Prompted by the Confederates' signing of the Declaration of Rebellion, which aimed to counteract the Loyalists' propaganda that labeled revolutionaries as terrorists, pirates, and thieves, and officials' recognition the establishment of the Alleghian Confederacy, the Coalition was quick to overtake much of the Republic's territory. Likewise, several Loyalist citizens, despite the its many atrocities, ended up siding with the Coalition as they were reluctant to join a group similar to the original leaders of the Federation, what with the whole exiling of the vengeful civilization. Initially, the Coalition did not consider the Confederacy a threat, but rather as a political tool to further consolidate power that would eventually lead to the dissolution of what remained of the original Republican senate and a massive, unprecedented ethnic cleansing of what the Loyalists viewed as threats to the integrity of their cause. It would not be until the fateful Battle of Consolidation, when Confederate forces destroyed the Loyalist headquarters, that the threat posed by the Confederacy became real to the Coalition and more serious measures were drafted to restore the Coalition's control over the Republic.

The war's decisive moment came at the Second Battle of Consolidation, when the Confederates, against overwhelming odds, defeated the Coalition's forces and destroyed the second iteration of Loyalist headquarters, killing many of best minds of the Coalition. From there, the Coalition began to gradually decay and fragment, until it was reduced to a mere remnant of its former-self, while the Confederacy evolved and grew into the New Alleghian Republic. Peace between the two warring factions was realized nearly a year later, with the signing of the Treaty of Capitulation, ending over two decades of constant struggle. The Coalition, however, continued to exist as an autonomous entity in the years succeeding the war's end, and eventually entered into an alliance with its former enemy during the second return of the Exiles, who had left Republic territory following the onset of the Alleghian Civil War. This war, which effectively demolished the Confederates' government, allowed the Coalition to emerge as the Republic's leading administration over one hundred years later, seemingly bringing history back full-circle; however, the exploits of the Alleghian Confederacy have not been forgotten, meaning that the Coalition is not nearly as militaristic and domineering as before, instead favoring a more liberal, democratic approach to dealing with the Republic's populace and governmental affairs.

Form of Government
In the early years of the New Alleghian Republic, when it was under the control of the Confederates, power was distributed equally between the emperor and the Alleghian Senate. However, within a decade of the Republic's founding, it was decided by the senate that the emperor's power was to be considerably limited. As a result, powers were shared between the Great Council, composed of nearly 500 members taken from patrician families, the Alleghian Senate, which was dissolved within a month of the Great Council's founding, and the emperor. Several years later, aristocratic families further diminished the emperor's powers by establishing the Minor Council, composed of dozens of advisors, and the Great Court as a supreme tribunal. Within a year, these institutions were combined into the Promethean, which consisted of the emperor, the Minor Council, and the three leaders of the Great Court. The Promethean acted as the central body of the Republic's government.

Also created were the Elders, two bodies that combined with other groups to form the Board, which formed an executive branch. Over the course of the next two decades, the Board of Intellectuals, a senate, was formed, being 100 members elected by the Major Council. These developments left the emperor with little personal power and saw actual authority in the hands of the Major Council. A year after that, the Council of Ten was established, becoming the central political body whose members operated in secret. Within a matter of months, its dominance over the Major Council was considered a threat and efforts were made in the Council and elsewhere to reduce its powers, which were met with limited success. Then, the Supreme Court of three planetary inquisitors was established to guard the security of the Republic. By means of espionage, counterespionage, internal surveillance and a network of informers, they ensured that the Republic did not come under the rule of a single leader, which many Loyalist politicians had hoped for. Soon enough, the Great Court gradually assumed some of the powers of the Council of Ten.

Following the dismantling of the Confederacy, the Promethean, Board of Intellectuals, Supreme Court, and the Council of Ten were all completely dissolved, with power instead resting solely with the emperor, the Major Council, and the Great Court.

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Military Doctrine
The original Alleghian Republic was created from a prosperous trading society's need for a quickly-developed and powerful military force in the face of an emergency, so their military doctrine is different from the offensive-minded philosophies used by their technologically superior enemies, and the New Alleghian Republic is no different. Before its dismantling, the Federation and its many worlds were very industrious. When the Exiles first invaded, these worlds were already an economic machine that merely needed to marshal their vast resources for a massive military buildup. Rapid urban development was pushed amongst all planet types with strong preference for temperate planets, but the Republic's development policies made sure that all habitable territories, such as colonies on desert and tundra-covered planets, contributed their fullest to the war effort. With the need to continue their trade routes, the Republic eventually found ways to put trade ports even on remote, seemingly useless locations, including asteroids, making them able to develop trade routes without the need for expensive orbital structures.

Nowadays, the Republic is an "awakening giant", an economic juggernaut mobilizing for war. It possesses massive resource-gathering, trade and construction capabilities, and can cripple other empires' means of production through the use of propaganda. Thanks to its many years of rebellion and war, the Republic is able to call upon local insurgents to incite uprisings on enemy planets. The Alleghian fleet is primarily an assemblage of refitted civilian vessels, with few purpose-built military ships and average strike craft capabilities. However, as war draws nearer, they are now heavily armed and armored, enabling Republican fleets to win wars of attrition with ease.