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Type of Government: Faction-based Monarchy. Under the rule of Kriv Goro as an indefinite but wise leader, their is no sign of any mutiny or distrust within the newborn faction. While they have yet to plan a replacement ruler or regime, as the sole ruler of the faction Kriv Goro respects each and every member of the united tribes faction, so much so that he is well within range to speak to them as if they were personal friends, and vice versa. While he does have an advisory, he also takes and listens to advice from even the common subjects of Gorgas. This type of casual rule is made possible by the loyalty and respectful nature of the Gorgas and the fact of their low population.

Leader(s): King/Arch-Chieftain Kriv Goro

Persons of Importance: Head of science Elenor Nagavash, Archpriest and advisor Malchor Stalafros, Military General and Strategist Strezaxa Westari

Species(s) and Demographics: 
The Gorgas are natives of the planet Reijar, the only planet in its solar system. The Planet is earth-like, with similar gravity, and having carbon based lifeforms. However that's where similarities end. The majority of the planet is a vast and expansive tropical jungle of both flat and rocky/mountain terrain with high rain fall and temperatures. The planet otherwise has two tropical oceans, although separate from each other, and the southern pole consists of a large region of volcanic activity. The region is too hot for liquid water, and consists entirely of rocks of both liquid and solid form. The borders between the jungle and volcanic regions is a moderate sized rim of a desert. This desert rim is the homeland of the Gorgas, as while they prefer the extreme temperatures of the volcanic region they still need liquid water and prey items from the jungle borders.

If there is any word that could describe a Gorgas, it is dragon, or dragon-like. They are huge muscular reptiles with six limbs, a pair of legs, and two pairs of arms with the back pair being modified as powerful wings. Their tails are twice as long as their torso, and they have a medium sized yet flexible neck, with a narrow saurian head. Some variations may have a sort of beak instead of a snout. Their tails often have 'organic spears' with keratin-like material for a sharp tip of their tail. 

While their is no distinct differences between males and females, each individual can have a wide variety of differences. The most noticeable unique features one could have are the size, shapes, positions, and amount of horns on a head, any sort of spine or scutes along the back/spine, frill variation or lack of frills, size, and a variety of colors for their scales and eyes. 

The average sizes for a Gorgas range between 9 feet tall, to 18 feet tall, and 805 lbs to 1,349 lbs. They seem to have a potentially indefinite lifespan as their cells do not seem to age past their maturity state, nor do they seem to get any hindrance with older ages, in fact they seem to only get better as they age. Like most other reptiles they do not stop growing, rather their growth rate shrinks overtime. In theory a Gorgas that lives long enough could very well exceed the own average height of its species. However rarely do any exceed 400 years in age due to their violent nature, disease, and other factors. They also take a very long time to mature due to their long life, it takes about 100 years or more for an infant to mature, one of the many reasons as to why they have a relatively low population.

They and many other reptilian species of their home world have what seems to be an indefinite heat resistance. It seems very much impossible to burn, melt, incinerate, disintegrate, or damage a Gorgas by any method of extreme temperature alone, even plasma, molten rock, and other factors of such extreme temperatures seem to do next to nothing to them. However this immunity leaves to some misconceptions. They are still vulnerable to explosive forces from many heat-related weapons, theoretically while dropping a Gorgas into the sun the heat wouldn't kill them, they'd still die instantly from the intense gravity, lack of oxygen, and the likes. While they are remarkable resistant to acids and bases they can still be broken down or eroded by powerful chemicals, they just can't receive 'chemical burns'. However due to their adaptability to extreme environmental heat and their cold-blooded nature, they struggle with cold temperatures. Even in room temperature a Gorgas will become 'chilly' and uncomfortable, becoming less efficient and active in such conditions. Anything below room temperature however, is potentially fatal to a Gorgas without proper protection. Cryogenic weaponry would be especially effective against them.

They are also incredibly strong, the average Gorgas can easily lift 2/3's of a ton, and there have been records of those who can carry over a single ton of weight. Most Gorgas's can break through even steel walls if they are not fortified enough granted with some struggle on their part. Even their jaws and teeth can bend an iron bar. In terms of speed, they can run up to 25 miles per hour on average, and can run for 3 miles in distance. In flight they are slower, 15 mph and can only fly for about half a mile. their tough claws can dig into tough materials such as weaker metals, wood, and stone, and they have been known to scale walls and ceilings in this matter as it is stealthier then flying.

Despite their heavy bodies The wings of the Gorgas are just as strong as their other two arms, and can allow sustained flight in gravity that is around earth's level. 

Most of their scales and their skeletal structure is as durable as stainless steel, and has a similar metallic texture despite its organic nature. The only exception to their scales is the paler, smoother scales that run along their chests and underparts of their body and limbs such as beneath the tail and skin membrane of their wings, essentially being weak spots in their natural armor. Even still though, they are stubborn creatures with great will power and strong bodies. 

Their most remarkable ability however is their ability to breathe fire. Essentially each Gorgas is a walking flamethrower. They have a specialized organ sac within their throat that can secrete a flammable chemical produced through biochemical methods. Their forked tongues and the line of their lips are tipped with a carbon bio-structure that when they flick against each other in a certain and quick motion, it creates sparks similar to when striking flint and steel. By creating these sparks they can ignite the released gas, and can create jets of flames from within their throats that can be spewed out for a distance of over 9 meters, and can sustain such a breath weapon for as long as a minute. They are however, briefly vulnerable as they cannot breath in oxygen while spewing out flames, so they become exhausted for a few moments after using their fire. Additionally, it takes a few minutes for the bio-gas to build back up in their specialized organ.

Their eyes produce a faint bio-illumination, that is often described as dim candle flames when viewed in low lighting or in darkness. Like snakes and lizards, their forked tongues are great at tracking and narrowing down scent trails from over 3 miles away. Wounds can naturally heal much faster then many other life forms, as a large gash, dented scales, broken bones, and other such injuries can be healed naturally a little over 2 weeks, a process that is aided by the fact that they shed and regrow new sets of scales and teeth within a week. Their cells remarkably can also regenerate almost any internal organ except for the brain, and can even regenerate limbs. However it takes a very long time to regrow a limb or tail back, 50 years being the minimum. They cannot come back from death either, while they can potentially recover from most fatal wounds they would still need advanced medical treatment to keep them stable enough to allow their natural recovery. While They do have a relatively high immunity for diseases, they are still certainly not immune to diseases, especially foreign ailments. 

Ironically, due to their size it is difficult for them to operate foreign weaponry, tools, and machinery. While their hands are opposable they have large, clawed fingers and only have 4 digits instead of five. Their conscience is far more primitive then the more advanced alien and human species, but they are still sapient and can speak well, some have been remarkably wise.

Although not widespread even within the new tribe, magic is often used by knight rank. Their type of 'magic' varies. Knights seem to use very basic principles of magical power. Knights may have one or more elemental attunement of Fire, earth, Electricity, and in some rare cases Ice. They use this magic as either to attune weapons with such an elemental force, or to produce small ranged attacks such as a fireball, iceball, shooting a bolt of electricity, This alternative use is limited to small scale attacks and must be produced from body and what they refer to as a 'soul', they can augument their breathe weapons with these elements as well. They are still exploring the ways of their 'magic' just as much as they are trying to understand technology. 

However magic was in use far before any Gorgas had such technology, and was often handled between mystic meditations or cultural backlashes. Their current understanding of magic is the same as it has been for the past thousands of years.

Religion Description and Demographics: The faith of the Gorgas, in their own tongue is called Bahamaci, which roughly means 'racial gods'. They generally believe that each race or collective races of a single star system has its own god, or a set of gods, that are responsible for that star. Though they only naturally have a care for their own god, who they name Ryujin, who they claim is a massive serpentine dragon that coils their sun. To them their religion isn't too important, but it is something that they hold their honor to. In order to 'pay respect' to Ryujin, they must be at least moderately respectful to any non-antagonized situation. They also believe that those that die honorably will receive a great reward, though their is know clarity on what that reward is, whether it be some sort of reincarnation of a type of heaven remains variant within individuals.

Despite being savage monsters they do uphold a strict code of honor. Namely one must not betray or use any sort of deception that would either disgrace themselves or others. Even when they commit crimes and acts that many would deem horrible, they still pertain to their honor, and would rather accept death then to have a tarnished reputation or to dishonor someone. Gorgas's that do not share this philosophy are often frowned upon and even exiled. They also believe in a 'karma-justice' system, or an eye-for-an-eye, essentially. In fact it is considered a great honor to exact one's revenge.
Another important concept for the Gorgas is self sufficiently. While their are times of assistance, and they are not against team work, one must be capable of taking care of ones self, and always strive to do the best of their ability, especially in tests of strength.

Culture: Despite their codes of Religion and Honor, the Gorgas are otherwise described as terrifying monsters. They do not flinch in acts of murder, destruction, even genocide so long as they see fit a reason to do so. Their are many cases of one tribe wiping another tribe out of existence, destroying all of its structure, and murdering all of the tribe members, even infants. They are also notorious cannibals. They have no qualms with eating their own race and many fantasize of eating the flesh of alien species, in fact they see it as both an 'honorable' method of dealing with a defeated enemy, as well as a challenge to eat exotic creatures and extra terrestrial races.

While they do not discriminate other races, they do think of themselves as the destined 'apex predators' of the universe. Whereas other aliens use technology, The Gorgas use mostly their biologically gifts. They honor physical superiority of all else. They won't be sore of some other creature or race defeats them at their own game, in fact many that follow this philosophy would be impressed. They see it as a sort of 'friendly competition', in addition to seeing little consequences with death for both themselves and foes that they do not spare mercy upon.

History: The Gorgas are a primitive race of Reijar, and many still are. An alien ship of unknown origin crashed upon their planet a few centuries ago, and many investigated. What they first deemed as witchcraft, their was a following of Gorgas who discovered its purpose and wished to rebuild it to ascend to the skies. Not all the Gorgas followed, only a couple thousand from various tribes joined the cause of exploring the heavens, lead by Kriv Goro, the current King of this 'new tribe'. After many years of studying and rebuilding the ship and its technological gear, they finally were able to leave their planet. As it turns out, the ship belonged to a race of arthropodic humanoids from their planet's moon, who were just about to reach into FTL technology. They deemed the transformation of their ship into the hands of the more primitive Gorgas a sin that must be paid in blood, and attempted to attack the Gorgas. Surprisingly the new Gorgas tribe won over the arachnoid race, this was due to the fact that the prime strategy of the arachnoids was to raid other ships with pods designed to penetrate into the ship without damaging the hull, kill the inhabitants of the ship, and take it over. However the Gorgas were vastly superior in close range combat, once the Gorgas figured out how to use these pods, their counter attack was destructive. Although outnumbered, the arachnoids had very few weapons that could even harm the Gorgas, and were outmatched in any form of close ranged combat. By the time they were able to use anti-craft weaponry they had already taken over most of their fleet. Under Kriv Goro's command, the arachnoid race was exterminated completely, along with any survivors in their home world. Since then, they have adapted their recently discovered FTL tech, and with a single fleet of 115 ships they traveled to another solar system and made a suitable planet their home base. a planet nicknamed 'New Dagon' which is a planet very similar to mars with high levels of solar radiation, and mostly a desert with two distinct climates of an extremely hot region and an extremely cold region. Their is also, fortunately, liquid water in the form of underground rivers and cave systems, as well as rich oxygen that made inhabiting the planet easy. The local mass of fish-like creatures that live within these underground rivers and lakes was suitable for food.

Military: 
The Gorgas's ships consist of 115 ships. 4 'flag ships' which are the largest of ships, and have primitive plasma-based weaponry that by now would be out classed by foreign technology. The 4 ships each have the highest of the command, and the one run by the head of science as a wide assortment of laboratories.  They have 60 storage ships which can support a population of 300 and with much cargo, as well as built-in farms for both plants and cattle. 10 smaller ships that carry the militia and children. The remaining 41 ships are the pods that can each transport 20 Gorgas, and can allow them to infiltrate ships without damaging the vessel itself.

In terms of non-space craft weaponry, they have primitive metal and leather reinforced armor that covers most of their vital biological weak points, steel swords, wrist shields, and spears, and the weapons they salvaged from the Arachnoids, though they are still fiddling with the weaponry to allow the use of the average Gorgas. Due to their primitive nature even with the knowledge and technology they have stolen some of which is still being worked on greatly. Though even with poor weaponry and equipment their extreme biology makes them dangerous opponents to deal with regardless in non-spacecraft combat.

They are respectful to any race that doesn't come across as aggressive or antagonizing, though they do not hesitate to battle with others that decide to pick a fight with them. A single flag ship armed with 20 of the 41 pod ships are designated with space exploration and foreign interactions. 

They are very much eager to advance their technology either through their own engineering or steeling and/or trading with other races. This eagerness combined with their bloodthirsty nature makes them very much excited to make enemies, though their honor code will prevent them from engaging aggressively without being aggravated or otherwise properly provoked to do so. Economically they have very little to offer other then rare gems salvaged from their home world, food, and what their now selling as 'dragon scales' which are their shedded scales. These scales while are highly durable are also like the rest of the Gorgas, seemingly immune to any degree of heat, which makes it valuable to situational engineers and designs.

Their current ranking is limited due to their limited technology and experience in alien warfare, there is still plenty of room for advancement.

Unit ranking

Knights: They are the most elite forces of the military. They are equipped with the best quality of armor and weapons, which is typically steel swords and likewise primitive full body armor. In order to become a knight they must know how to use the magic that goes alongside the rank.

Shocktroopers: Often equipped with spears, light partial armor, and a wrist-shield. They are the bulk of military raids. They are also the first to test new equipment, stolen or reverse engineering technology, and other such items into battle.

Militia: Any other force used is refer to as militia or civlian rank. Essentially any Gorgas is capable of combat at least on an instinctual level, they are the least equipped, but are still dangerous nonetheless with their biological weaponry.
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