Torgg

Large and Sluggish, the Torgg is a species of large, hulking amphibians that have endured warfare throughout their entire history. Thus, many have put their imposing physical abilities to use in the wider galaxy as hired muscle for various underhand mercenary outfits and pirate fleets.
==Physiology==
Torgg adults usually stand between 6 and a half feet tall at the shortest and about 9 feet at the tallest with many examples ranging across the spectrum. With an bulky and hunched build, the average Torgg weigh in at about 150-165 kilograms. The Torgg are known for processing great physical strength and an exceptional immunity to almost all known diseases. They have also displayed impressive resistance to both pain and physical injuries with regenerative excellent capabilities. 
Cold-blooded, the Torgg movement and dexterity is fairly sluggish. Torg blood is a pale-green, sightly bio-luminescence and is very thick in its consistency. Evolving in a methane rich atmosphere means that they often require heavy respirators to survive most environments outside of their own. 
They are a highly adaptable amphibious species that is able to survive long periods without air or food, with a notable majority of their weight being fat stored within their many stomachs. Evolved within the planet-wide marshes on the planet of Torvonia. A brutal world with high-gravity, dangerous flora, and an extremely toxic atmosphere.
As such, the Torgg have a highly developed digestive tract that is able to processes even the most rotten or toxic meats and vegetables into useful consumables. Their lungs utilize methane rather than oxygen but are also very capable, able to fitter air extremely well and could store almost four hours of methane within them.
Mentality, the Torgg have often been claimed to be a naturally dull and dim-witted species. However, It has been shown that they can quickly learn and process information very well due to their sensory-motor integration being quite advanced. Allowing the Torgg to retain complex knowledge and perform difficult tasks in high-stress environments to the letter.
The ancient Torgg existed mostly as highly social pack hunters that often gathered in massive tribes or clans. Using their excellent endurance to prey on the various predators that dotted the landscape by ambushing them and tracking them down. Their numbers were in constant influx as they both suffered a high mortality rate in their prehistory period and yet could replace their fallen brethren in mere months d5e to their rapid reproduction cycle. 
The Torgg are Hermaphrodites and breed in hatches of eggs, they have an adolescent period of around 10 solar years. Though still continue to grow after reaching maturity for around 10 more years. They live a relatively short life of 30-40 years due to they're overactive metabolism and reproductive system. Through, uncommon and often, dangerous, surgical processes can far extend their lifespans.
== Culture ==
The core Torgg culture that developed on Torvonia is fatalistic at heart and is centered on the greater collective of their tribe or community with the concept of family being non-existent. They hold an extreme disdain for beliefs centered around the individual, viewing such things as being foolish at best and dangerous at worst.
The Torvonian Torgg often view themselves as being worth very little and instead placing their pride and joy on their respective community. Holding the view that they alone as an individual are only a small dot in the greater picture that is their community's history. With themselves often placing their own-self worth on their bloodlines.
Thus, The Torvonian Torgg culture prides dedication to the community above all else. 
== History ==
The Torgg seemly lived a fairly peaceful existence on the then unmarked world of Torvonia Prime for countless centuries, rising above their tribal nature and creating continent-wide clans that, after centuries of war, had finally established a tentative peace between one another.
The next major event in their history is that a raiding force of still currently unidentified aliens had landed on the planet of Torvonia and began the planetary effort to tried and enslave the Torgg race. However, the Torgg raged a multi-decade spanning war against the invaders. Eventually defeating them and causing their retreat from the planet but not before taking a large population of the Torgg with them along with glassing nearly 60% of the planet surface.
The Torgg would survive this attempted genocide and rebuild their civilization into a industrial one based around defense and isolationism with a clear streak of harsh totalitarianism to keep their resource striped society running under tight and often extreme laws. These few communities would eventually form together into one greater Torgg faction, the First Torvonian Dominion.
The Torvonian Dominion would see itself create early interplanetary travel. Colonizing much of their solar system with limited exploration into the fringes of the Torvonia System. However, they would soon be found and subsequently, conquered by the gigantic Loc'vis Empire.
They would quickly find their race explored for capabilities as Warriors and Laborers across the star-spanning empire. Used as disposable cannon-folder in the Empire War-Thralls. Their Ra'Loc masters having little care given to their Torgg slaves. This would later led to a underling hatred towards the Ra'loc and the Empire as an whole by those few Trogg that held some element of leadership among their Trogg masses.
This would eventually lead to the Trogg majority War-Thralls to rebel en mass in the later years of the Empire's fracture. Many Trogg War-Thralls would split and abandon the Empire, choosing to instead to become raiders throughout the Western quadrant border. Many would mix with the pirates and join the various bands there.
Others, with more frantic ideas of supremacy. Fueled by ideas of the First Torvonian Dominion and that of their use of Enforcers of the lesser races within the Empire. Would create Trogg War-Clans, paramilitary groups that pillaged throughout the border and deep into the Southwestern quadrant.
Much of this would continued for many decades to come with the world of Torvonia Prime slowly rebuilding under the control and watchful eye of the Hiscan League. The Second Torvonian Dominion would serve as an Vassal to the Hiscan League with much of them serving within the Hiscan Guard.
As of 2405, the Hiscan League would effectively forfeit its remaining holdings to the Elysian Commonwealth and by, extension, the Odysseus Combine.
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