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Incirrata

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    The Incirrata are a species of humanoid cephalopods from the ocean world of Incirrat.  They are a violent and paranoid race that is extremely intolerant of other species, most notably including their own servant species.  At one point, they actively fought a war with the Galactic Alliance, which they subsequently lost.  Now they mostly keep to their own territory, and actively chase off any outsiders.  However, some Incirrata run a pirate syndicate known as the Independent Trade Commission, which masquerades as an interplanetary trade organization, though this is a front for their many illegal activities.
     Origins
    The planet Incirrat is classified as a “ocean planet”.  It's surface is entirely covered with salt water.  All the planet's life lives beneath the surface of the planetary ocean, by virtue of the fact that weather above the surface of the ocean is harsh, with frequent, continent-spanning hurricanes.  The floor of Incirrat's planetary ocean has been scoured completely flat by constant ocean currents.  It features forests of strange underwater trees, and vast seaweed “grasslands”.  There are few mountains beneath Incirrat's planetary ocean, and those few are weak volcanoes.  The Incirrat System centers around a large white giant star, which is orbited by six planets, with the planet Incirrat as the sixth planet.  Incirrat has six moons, two of which are also entirely covered with water, and one that is covered with water, which is covered with a thick layer of ice.
     Culture
    The Incirrata are a violent, warrior culture that values strength and power.  They always feature an attitude of superiority and paranoia.  The Incirrata are always suspicious, especially of other Incirrata, to the point where many scholars wonder how they were ever able to create a civilization at all.  They are not the only intelligent race on Incirrat, however, they have become the dominant race.  The other intelligent race of Incirrat is a species of intelligent crab-like people who serve the Incirrata servants and laborers.  These crab-people are never allowed to leave Incirrata territory, on pain of death.  The Incirrata are extremely intolerant of other species, and consider themselves to be superior to all other species, and believe it is their destiny to subjugate the entire universe under their rule.  This intolerance has led to the Incirrata frequently being intolerant of each other, which has effectively made their history a long and violent series of bloody civil wars, until they eventually unified themselves under a strict and harsh dictatorship.  Their infamous civil wars resumed after they lost their war with the Galactic Alliance, which has kept them restricted to their own territory.  The only Incirrata found outside of their home territory are criminals and pirates.
     Biology and Social Structure
    The Incirrata are a species of humanoid cephalopods.  While they have a fairly humanoid head and trunk, their limbs consists of tentacles.  They are aquatic life forms, and breathe only water.  This means that they must use aquatic environment suits when traveling off their homeworld, and outside of their ships.  They reproduce through egg laying, and eggs and hatchlings are cared for by females of their crab-like servants.  Incirrata are omnivores, and maintain vast plantations to produce the fish and seaweed that make up the bulk of their diet.
    The Incirrata are a female dominated society, with Incirrata women taking all ruling positions in society.  Men are seen as only being good for siring children and fighting wars.  A typical Incirrata house hold is ruled by a dominant matriarch and her daughters.  All males of the family are expected to train in fighting and warfare, and that is only when they are not being sent out to attack and kill the family's enemies.  Most Incirrata men accept their role in their society, because they feel that even THEY are superior to other species.  However, occasionally, an Incirrata man will develop a deep seated need to be dominant over women.  This has occasionally resulted in rare male dominated sub-cultures, which are typically exterminated by Incirrata warriors that are loyal to their dominant women.  There are exceptions to this, however.  The Independent Trade Commission is one such male dominant sub-culture, and the only reason it continues to thrive, is because it keeps itself entirely outside Incirrata territory.  However, necessity has all but forced the Independent Trade Commission to more-or-less accept sexual equality as they have many members that are NOT Incirrata, and many who are women.
     Closing information
    The Incirrata long ago developed a peculiar biological technology.  All their technology is grown using telepathically controlled bacteria, and assembled by laborers among their crab-like servant race.  Cooperation and peaceful coexistence are two concepts that the Incirrata utterly reject, thanks to their inherent desire for power and conquest.  After they lost their war with the Galactic Alliance, they began fighting civil wars with their colonies within their own territory, and are not likely to try expanding outside their territory any time soon.

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Midway2009's avatar
Great emblem design. :clap: