Fiction:The Hegemony/Races

Though it originally consisted of three races, the past several years of unrest within the Gigaquadrant has lead to several other new races join the Hegemony in hopes of a safe asylum. These races have brought unique contributions to the Hegemony's war effort and have brought unique cultural practices into the melting pot of the empire.

Zozer
The most common race in the Hegemony, the founders of the Hegemony,the back bone of all military units within the Hegemony. The Zozer are the race most often associated with the Hegemony. They are a race of bipedal Mammal-like reptiles, meaning they are warm blooded, but still give birth to multuiple litters of small offspring. They also do not have tails like other reptiles. This, as well as there fast rate of maturity and long life span has lead to overpopulation problems in the past.

However, since they are alwasy on the front lines of combat, they take massive amounts of casulaties, which keeps their numbers in check. They are one of the founding races of the Hegemony, and many important figures in the Hegemony today are Zozer (Marius,Ulrac,Vassilus,Ammox etc.)

Physically, they can grow quite tall and can easily outmuscle smaller races. Theres nothing really special about them biologically otherwise, besides their long lifespan due to their slow cellular aging.

Meta
The Meta are a race of birds of prey. They were also one of the founding races of the Hegemony, and our considered to be on of the most analytical of the races.

They are commonly sterotyped as scientists, but as all individuals that belong to races with free will, they can aspire to whatever profession an individual of the species desires.

Physically, they have sharp angular beaks and have kept their pin feathers on their wing, allowing for gliding (think Tengu from Pathfinder)and swift movement. There eyes are also still very sharp and they have am incredible sense of smell left over from there predator days as well. They reproduce by laying clutches of eggs.

Genusian
The least noteworthy of the founding races, the Genusian's are know for being the most friendly and cordial race in the entire Hegemony. They make expert diplomats, but many Genusian's have also served proudly in the combined armed forces of the Hegemony.

They are also an avian race, but are smaller in stature than the Meta. There beaks are more rounded, and their talons are more rounded than the Meta's razor sharp claws. They also reproduce by laying clutches of eggs.

Creto
An amphibian race that joined the Hegemony midway through the Great Katarian war, this race has provided the Hegemony with advanced electronic warfare systems, as well as effecient stealth and cloaking technology.

They were natives to the Andromeda galaxy who joined the Hegemony during the intial Dominatus onslaught that happened at the very end of the Katarian war, which was basically a prelude to the Dominatus war. They joined the Hegemony out of desperation, and have been proud members ever since.

Physically, they resemble toads that have very good moisture control, allowing for them to operate in any temperature (though they definelty prefer areas of high moisture). They reproduce by laying a clutch of eggs in water, although damp soil/sand can work as well.

Rubyits
Another race that joined the Hegemony to better weather the Dominatus blitz, the Rubyits contributed their mastery of beam weapons and energy projectors, allowing for far better sustained energy weapons than before. These would prove invaluable in the coming years of the war.

Physically, they are also an avian species that is slightly on average taller than the Meta, with crimson feathers and a angular sharp beak.

Scizok
This is an exiled race from Mirus who fled the destruction and enslavement that follow the Dominatus were ever they go.

This race of Praying Mantis like insects were know for their ferocity and warrior prowess, enslaving everyone who got in the way of their conquest fleets. What they lacked in technology, they made up for in sheer brute strength and physical evolutinary traits.

However, there encounter with the Dominatus did not end well. The Scizok had finally met a race who was just as agressive as them, but was light years ahead in technology and physical strength as well. They absolutely shredded through the Scizok ranks. They abandoned their home territory, and became wandering nomads.

However, they eventually encountered advanced scouts from the AGC, and where ushsered into Andromeda. There, they fell in with the Hegemony ranks, and know serve proudly. They want their homeworld's back, and are itching to even the score with the Dominatus.

Physically, the resemble praying mantis's. They have compound eyes, sharp forward claws, and wings that they can fly with when unarmored. These claws, when armored, can easily tear apart enemies when engaged in close quarters. This has lead to many mantis's being at the front of boarding parties. Since there claws are occupied, they use shoulder mounted weaponry instead.

They reproduce through egg clutches. Unlike other insectoid races, they have an individual mind, no hive mind at all.

Gish
The Gish are a strange race of Octopus looking, things for lack of a better term, who have joined the Hegemony out of neccesity.

These strange, Tier U creatures worshipped some sort of "Lovecraftian" deity. There strange appearance and erie wailing calls have lead to them being feared by other races out of Mirus. There strange, other universal technology has also helped reinforce this notion. Many races cannot even comprehend the way their strange Eldritch technology works.

Their reputation in myths and eldritch technology did not save them from the Dominatus blitz. The Dominatus took a brief look at their weird tech and strange apperance, laughed, and procceded to trash their empire in a few months. The survivors fled the galaxy and appeared in Hegemony territory.

They joined they Hegemony out of neccesity, and work mostly as scientists, revealing the secrets to their strange tech. Since the Gish were rare to begin with, and fewer escaped death at the hands of the tyranny, they don't really fight on the front lines.

Ranax
A race of rock/mineral humanoid look alikes, this race fled the slavery that was spreading through Mirus.

Resembling humans in basic structure, the Ranax look different due to the process of rock like skin and a far different diet than most creatures. They have evolved to directly absorb minerals, meaning they eat rocks and scrap metal. They also absorb radiation, which they then store safetly inside and break down over time. These unique evolutions came to pass due to a very barren and inhospitable home planet.

A slight difference exsists between males and females in the species. Males skin is far rougher, with jagged bumps portruding from the skin. Females, by contrast, are completely smooth like marble (and are considered quite pretty, even by other races of the Hegemony)(As for hair, think predator style dreads, but made of rock).

The matter of their diet was solved fairly quickly when several rooms of military vessels were converted to grow the minerals required for them to stay full.