Ursa

The Ursa are a humanoid race of polar bears, they were once a galaxy-spanning people but have since been reduced heavily in numbers due to a war and subsequent loss of their original home-world.
==History==
The Ursa are an ancient people who once lived in harmony with their home-world, which naturally grew semi-sentient crystals that powered the Ursa society and allowed them to span the galaxy as a flourishing empire intent on righting wrongs and upholding justice wherever they went.
However the Ursa were also a curious people and this would prove their downfall when they tried to merge the semi-sentient crystals with alien technologies found from other cultures - assuming it would result in new and improved armor-designs.
Instead it gave birth to the corrupted Metal Wraiths, who quickly conquered the home-world of the Ursa and forced the survivors to flee to space along with what little technology they could harvest, eventually forming Colony XV as a new artificial home-world.
Now from Colony XV the Ursa continue their way of life as best they can, training young members of their race into becoming wanderers who collect information for them as well as continuing their ancient practice of upholding justice and righting wrongs.
==Traits==
*The Ursa are loyal and peaceful beings yet also have a strong sense of justice, which they will not sway from - they see the act of ignoring a misdeed or crime almost as objectionable as committing a crime oneself and for this reason rarely stand by when they perceive an injustice to be committed.
*The Ursa have a symbiotic relationship with the crystals, which has become almost spiritual in nature - many Ursa see the crystals as ancestral-spirits that watch over them, given what happened in the formation of Colony XV this belief may hold more than a shred of truth.
*The Ursa feel great shame and anger over their part in the creation of the Metal Wraiths and have forbade the mentioning of the events within the halls of Colony XV, as if trying to block out the memories despite the threat the Metal Wraiths still pose to the galaxy.
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