Fiction:Dorcha

Species Docier: Dorcha

Biological Profile: The Dorcha are aggressive, warm blooded reptiles with unusually bright green skin. They've adapted to use their weapons as sensors to find food in the famined, volcano ridden world. While most life on their planet is thermosynthetic, the Dorcha have adapted to consume only photosynthetic-consuming organisms. The Dorcha have a mutualistic adaptation that allows them to get and store raw starch, which they couldn't get otherwise, by the series of recesses on their back filled with photosynthetic bacteria. These are luminous however and make the Dorcha much more visible at night or in extreme volcanic events where several thousand metric tons of ash can blot out the sun for years. The long claws and feet are adapted to climb steep cliffs, and catch prey. By keeping a target immobile, a Dorcha can inject the venom through it's teeth. It's lungs are adapted to breathe water and air. It often whips it's tail as a sign of dominance. Dorcha have an odd mating ritual involving the photosynthetic bacteria altering colors and the organism moving to volcanoes. Social hierarchy is based on the amount of food one can bring in within it's first year of life. Females place below males in most social, and are lethal anytime outside mating season. This has given the stigma that females are crazy beserkers and often have little place outside their circle. Little data on female social circles is available.

Pre-Classical Civilization Dorcha divide their sapient existence into two parts. Pre-Classical & Post-Classical. Pre-Classical civilization involved settling near volcanoes to increase virility. This often left the village in flames when these calderas erupted. Pre-classical art is rare, sans the elaborate rituals around primitive gods involving food. Examples of pre-classical architecture are rare and the only one to date is the Veridian Pyramid. A large triangular pyramid in the middle of an island in one of the larger volcanoes. This building however is nearly impossible to enter. Explosives, drilling, weapons used for Dreadnaught-class warfare are all ineffective at opening this pyramid. Perhaps there is a ritual that's been completely forgotten, but it stands as a marker for mystery and is the setting of many great tales.

Post-Classical Civilization The Post-Classical segment begins at the height of the Amarik Band. This group placed heavy emphasis on documenting history and is the first example of a multi-circle union, written language, military effort, organized religion, large scale agriculture and advanced masonic architecture. Their resource hoarding wasn't the greatest idea however and later limited development of the species in various ways. The Amarik over-fished, hunter to extinction, used scorched earth strategies including total war. Their aggressiveness was only rivaled by their advancement. No one can point to one single event, but at the height of the civilization began a rebellion. The citizens of different regions broke apart and split off into warring factions. They eventually united under the Alien Invasion Defense Coalition in 2114 to fight off the grox invaders. This united them and they eventualy fought off a grox dreadnaught by launching the largest asteroid in the belt into the bridge of the ship. During the Kepler conflict, a number of grox combat freighters crashed into on of Kepler's Moons. After salvaging the remains, the Dorcha launched a large assualt on the grox homeworld from hyperspace. This was the final battle of the Grox Wars and was a turning point in the Pan-galactic war on the grox.

Religion Dorcha religion centers around pagan ideology, worshiping individual aspects of the world as their own deity and domain. This exteded past the Amarik Band in small groups but was met with death if discovered. During Amarik's Reign, a monotheistic religion called Sworgal was dominant. This religion gave them the holy right to take anything they wanted and do anything they had a passing thought of doing. After the fall of the Amarik Band, the world was divided between the Pagans and the Sworg. Once the internet was created and widespread use was common, the pagan ideas became widely know and have gotten sort of a revival. These ideas have even been given to cosmic events, like black holes and supernovae.

Politics All the power lies in the hands of 2 people, the Head and Vice chairpersons of the AIDC. Each Chairperson has radically different beliefs and both sides agreeing on something is a rarity. Second to the AIDC is the Net-based Direct Democracy.

Native Fauna Diavas: An aggressive scavenger domesticated as war beasts in the early days of settlement. These creatures are bat-like tigers that were often used for taking down giant prey before and to a lesser extent, after the invention of spears. Gikza: A small scavenger which scoops up it's food and lets the gizzard in is jaw sac rip apart the item with a shredded glass-like substance. Gikza were hated early on due to raiding the larders often and eating in a frenzy. Gikza are now simple house pets for the rich, who are the only ones who can satisfy the Gikza's hunger. Kiba: A rapidly reproducing and very large animal domesticated as food in the early days of settlement. Kiba were dropped in by a mysterious invader and didn't adapt well to the low-photosynthetic life. They adapted well near the volcanoes becoming one of the top predators, but never grew to the power of the Dorcha. Rylops: During the Pre-Classic period a group of creature developed into a semi-setient tribe. Their aggressiveness rivaled the Dorcha's and after a series of small wars, the Rylops were integrated into Dorcha society. This degenerated into pure slavery of the Rylops and the eventual eradication when a few began to rebel.

Notable Members AIDC Head Chairman : Mallak Rhodziam AIDC Vice Chairwoman : Kivar Si'aak Ma'arakthul Admiral-Commander : Za'thuuk Lul Sworg Arch-Bishop : Manthirnir Corporate-+ Head : Treith Mannol Head of R&D : Makaira Naithol Trusch'kaal Envoy of AIDC : (Ranking Variable) Salk Muthaalm

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