Krash Hegemony

## General Overview

A powerful, armoured species, the *Krash Hegemony* is a small power in the Lambda Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy. First encountered in 2453 while serving as mercenaries for the Bassari Socialist Republics, the Krash have a long and varied history with the other powers of the Black Eye Galaxy.

## Biology

Physically, the Krash are extremely powerful with large bulky frames and little differences between males and females, with the only real difference being that males have a large horn on their head to display their dominance to other males.

Krash physiology is similar to *Klingon* biology in the fact that their biological systems are extremely redundant, possessing two of every major organs including heart, lungs and even a smaller brain at the back of their skull. This brain allows them to perform base instincts such as fighting and eating while the main brain focuses on another task entirely.

The Krash are one of the heaviest species known in the Black Eye Galaxy, with males usually weighing into the tonnes while possessing exceptional natural armour, a thick layer of keratin which renders most stun settings on weapons completely impervious. Scientists have also speculated that the secondary brain may also provide another reason why Krash are immune to being stunned as it will continue to function if the first brain is compromised.

However despite these evolutionary advantages, the Krash are more susceptible to biological agents due to the complexity of their internal biology as well as some unique conditions such as *Fal't Syndrome*, a condition that causes the connections between the first and second brain to become diseased, spreading to the first brain and causing the Krash to lose their sentient and act in the same way as a rabid animal.

## Society

Despite their appearance, the Krash are renowned for being a gentle species, with a distaste for physical violence. This has led Bassari contractors to use them to intimidate their foes rather than actually attacking them as the Krash have an imposing presence. Bassari employers will regularly employ Krash mercenaries with contracts that explicitly prohibit the use of physical force.

Krash Society is made up of several different nation states, all of which have formed a Hegemony with *"I'x"* as the dominant nation, installing a unique form of government on the Krash people. Krash society as a result is absurdly hedonistic as the invention of replicator technology has virtually eliminated the need for manufacturing on their home planet of *Uu'k*. Krash people will often devote themselves to the production of great cultural works of art, music and performance, all of which is only widely appreciated within the Hegemony as most Krash arts look like jumbled messes to casual observers from other species.

Unlike other species, the Krash do not have a traditional form of marriage, viewing it as distasteful and too limiting and will never mate for life, preferring to value life long friendships instead which they believe are more valuable. As a result, many couples do not stay together long in Krash society, leaving as soon as one grows tired of the experience to seek out new experiences, remaining friendly with their ex-partner for the rest of their lives.

The Krash are also keen scientists, funding many expeditions to explore space and make friendly contact with other species. Krash have been known to want to immerse themselves in the culture of others, absorbing as much information as possible as that they can accumulate knowledge to bring back to *Uu'k* for storage in the *Grand Repository*, which is a library with over 50,000 collected works from across the Black Eye Galaxy.

## Established History

The first species encountered by the Krash upon the discovery of faster-than-light travel was the Yuvis Theocracy, who have continually been an annoyance to the Krash ever since. The Yuvis attempted to convert the Krash to Aura Dominion but were frustrated when the Krash instead, took this as an opportunity to debate the core tenants of their faith, leading the Yuvis to cut off diplomatic contact and leaving the Krash rather confused as to their response.

The second species encountered by the Krash were the Qox'cotel Protectorate, who attempted to force them to submit to their list of *Restricted Technologies* and intimidate the Krash with their powerful Qox'cotel Humility Class vessels but were irritated when the Krash decided to use this contact as an opportunity to learn about these banned technologies, which they had no previous knowledge of, causing the Protectorate to cut off diplomatic contact.

The third species encountered by the Krash were the Bassari Socialist Republics, who embraced first contact with the powerful Krash, hoping to use them to elevate their own standing within the Black Eye Galaxy as the Krash had a technology level similar to the Bassari. The Bassari had planned to use the Krash as a way to compete with the marine forces of both the Black Eye Dominion and the Galactic Commonwealth but became frustrated when they discovered the Krash's distaste for physical violence.