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==Malorians==

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A race of extraterrestrial humanoids that were originally encountered around the start of humanity's great expansion. Humanity originally jumped to one of their system by random chance, but after several attempts at negotiating, the race traded with humanity, and even immigrated over to some colonies in interest of their star cousins. This discovery was of course, earth shaking for many and lead to a massive cultural shift in how people see the universe as a whole. As humanity expanded, however, they drew closer to Malorian territory, a series of colony worlds that were quite rich in minerals due to the nature-friendly methods of the Malorians, and human friendly atmospheres (requiring far less to walk planetside than other rich systems). Finally, after years of a solid alliance with the Xenos, a massive conflict with the UGEI occurred. As recorded by the UGEI, the Malorians suddenly attacked several defenseless mining bases belonging to the UGEI, supposedly out of a 'hate' for their practice of harvesting, and wanting to steal their resources for themselves. The Malorians, on the other hand, claim that despite several warnings not to expand into several of their systems, the UGEI continued unwarranted into lands the Malorians claimed to hold dear, and as a result, forced their hand. Despite this, the Malorians hold no proof of their claim, and any they do possess is considered insufficient before any court so far. Espionage is suspected. 

Whatever the cause, the UGEI saw this as a good reason to mobilize for war and push the Xenos off their resource rich planets. While technically unable to do such a thing for themselves, the UGEI often work through loopholes and contractors to have an excuse to have machines of war when they should not. UGEI and the Malorians have been at war for nearly a decade as of the time of Ophion meeting them.

Malorians have skin colored in a range of deep aqua to copper red, with patches of fur, normally with a slim athletic build. Malorians have large black-yellow eyes and 4 arms. Each limb ends in three slightly longer jointed digits. They only have one set of legs, but the digits are of a similar length. They have larger, if flatter ears, with wider noses and omnivorous teeth. They generally live long lives. From the tribes observed, they possess a love of nature unlike many other races, feeling connected with foliage enough to go so far as to transform entire planets into jungles like their home world. It is suspected a major reason for this is due to a cultural shift in their society that considered old ancient trees becoming the spirit of ancestors, a practice quite common on their jungle homeworld. While this may be moderated among other specimens, Ophion has recognized the Malorians can, at times, possess a zeal for this activity. Despite this connection, they can be rather industrious, despite their reluctance to harm their own planet, and as with any race of people, exceptions do exist, being sentient as they are. It appears groups of Malorians are lead by an 'Elder', considered the wiser and more respected member most of the time, the most common form of government.

Malorian Culture is not fully understood at this time, but it seems their homeworlds are run by a higher council (The Council of Juma), a tribe of very old and wise Elders who's words are widely respected in the community. These figure heads represent both a political and a religious leader in their community, and ignoring them is seen both as illegal and blasphemous. Other tribes are loath to try anything without the word from their High Elders. The entire structure of Malorian society appears based around such tribes, normally starting as family units, but can become intertwined due to relationships, assimilation, or death of other figures in said tribes. It is also a symbol of status, and only the largest tribes have the privilege of owning entire planets in their name.

The practice of space travel and general space age work has recently become possible in Malorian history, due to their recent discovery of warp travel-a method of moving faster than light between stars to cut down travel time to a reasonable time period. This method is similar, if not exactly the same as the way humans discovered, leading to many ship designs similar, though they look far different from one another.

Known Factions
*Council of Juma: The core tribe of the Malorian homeworlds. They seek neither war nor peace, only passive defense of what is theirs, and refusal to allow the UGEI to push them over. That said, their attitude has alienate much of their own people, despite the deep seated respect people have for them.
*Latuma Tribe: Separate colony group from Malorian homeworlds that pursue the expanse of nature over everything else. Nearly zealots in this regard. Extricated themselves from Malorian space with only the desire to spread their ancestor's name. Seen as outcasts by their brothers, where as they see themselves as bringers of healers of broken worlds.
*Ishtooy Tribe: Hostile group of militaristic Malorians. Protect several sacred planets by embracing technology. Strong dislike for Xenos of all sorts. They have gained a lot of support since the UGEI started attacking their bases. They stole any technology they could and rapidly built large fleets to push back the offending Xenos. They own large stretches of territory, but have very few civilians. Almost every Malorian in their groups is suited for war.