Creature:Turekhie

The Turekhie are a race of warrior explorers. Conquering new lands is in their blood, instilled in them through centuries of warfare and millions of years of evolution. They are widespread throughout the Galaxy and are renowned leaders in the diciplines of Bio-Engineering, Cybernetics and Biological Augmentation. They are one of the few species that inhabit the Galaxy that are asymmetric and it is unclear as to whether they evolved in this manner or whether they used Genetic Manipulation to arrive at their present form. They have a long standing emnity with the Israderen confederation and the two sides have been sparring for dominance of their portion of the Galactic arm for roughly three and a half centuries with no side showing much prospect of victory any time soon. Unlike most sapient species in the galaxy, the Turekhie pity the Grox and see them as victims of a violent evolutionary and sociological history. That said, like most warrior races they still see the Grox as the ultimate challenge to their supremacy and have spent many years attempting to narrow the technological gap and expand into the centre.

ANATOMY
The Turekhie are endothermic (warm blooded) amphibious creatures. They have a few asymmetric features worthy of notice:
 * 1) Mismatched arm size - The Right arm is smaller and has a far more delicate grasper that is used to pilot vehicles and generally for more dextrous work. The left arm is used primarily as a brute force weapon and in close quarter combat, Turekhie warriors will often block using the thicker skin surrounding it. It has a far larger grasper with sharp claws and strong muscles that can eviscerate all but the toughest of opponents.
 * 2) A small gun shaped growth on the right hand side of their neck that spits a potent neurotoxic venom at their opponents exposed flesh, particularly aiming for the Eyes, Mouth or other vunerable organs / orifices that may cause the venom to enter the opponents bloodstream. It is not unknown for a Turekhie warrior to slice open an enemy's chest before spitting venom into the open wound and leaving the victim to rithe about dying a slow and painful death. Certain creatures are immune to the effects of the venom due either to a resistance to the compound itself or the lack of circulatory system in which the venom can be spread around the body