Zinarian

Zinarian is a species of humanoids seen in the Crossfire Universe and introduced in the comic "Crossfire" They are somewhat of a hostile antagonistic race but not all of their kind are untrustworthy are malicious overall. One of the main characters of "Crossfire" and a member of the main Crossfire Crew, Garra, is a Zinarian however he is often look down on with suspicion and is somewhat prejudiced against due to his species. Others of his kind are seen throughout the comic but they tend to follow the stereotypes of their species and have much more malevolent drives and intentions. 
== Appearance ==
Zinarians appear as humanoids in the sense they have two legs, two arms and such but they also possess a large and rather muscular tail that lengthens off to a curved tip. They have a kind of dark aqua blue skin of various shades and white markings of different designs along their forehead, under their eyes, on their upper torso and a few along their arms. They do not have any form of hair or fur and instead have a curved back shaped skull cap that somewhat resembles an oiled back hairdo. They have long and upward pointing ears that sharped to a fine point just under the tip of their skull. Zinarian eyes are deep black with grey or silver colored irises and solid lack pupils. Above their eyes they have four protrusions like swollen eyebrows that seem to simply be muscle clusters. Two above each eye in a symmetrical pattern. They also have slightly arched feet with three black claw like protrusions but have five fingered hands but with no visible fingernails.
Zinarians also have extremely long life spans compared to other species both naturally and due to the their use of Cryo Sleep technology. Some Zinarians who are in fact over 300 years old may tend to look not much older than 40 by human standards
== History ==
The exact origins and history of the Zinarians is not explored but their tainted history with the other species of the interplanetary government of the Milkyway Galaxy known as the Galactic Union (GU) is a major focused subject. Around the Human Calendar year of 3648 the Zinarians possessed the largest fleet and territory in the Galaxy and hold a supermajority within the GU government. However when Humans became candidates for a partnership status within the GU their acceptance would break said supermajority. In 3648 a vote war is held that begins the Galactic Civil War held between the Zinarian loyalist who seek to maintain the dominance of their empire and anit-Zinarian Rebels who seek to end the species tyrannical iron fist rule over the Union. After 60 years the rebels begin a series of major gas attacks with bioweapons designed to kill off masses of Zinarians. The war ends with their surrender but not before over 80% of their total population is wiped out. The war also killed off 99% of all Zinarian Females sending their empire and entire species into decline. Following its decline there are a number of extremists and War lords who seek to rebuild and retaliate against the union but the damage done by the bioweapons has made any real threat from them null. In the year 3921 the Zinarian empire has rebuilt to only a small shell of its former glory but is admitted back as an associate state of the Galactic Union. While political relations have mostly normalized overall many across the galaxy hold Zinarians with a deep sense of mistrust and suspicion. While the Zinarians seem to have become no threat to the empire due to their decline after the Civil War many across the Galaxy still express a degree of racism and mistrust to any of their kind.