Ethikk

The Ethikks are a race of humanoid-esque creatues inhabiting Ethicropolis. Violent zealots dedicated to purging "biocrime" and "ethiccrime", and will stop at nothing to wipe anything out in the way of their "ethical" crusade. Responsible for the invasions of Crakli, Genocius, Imperia, Fleet, Unmadnei, and Aartis.

## Race Origin

Originating from the planet Ethicropolis (a planetwide city in a state of Dystopia) the Ethikk race concerns itself with the eradication of ethics criminals, aiming to subjugate the galaxy through its dominion system. A long and cataclysmic war saw their society form into a violent regime revolving around a fanatical devotion to ending "biocrime" and "ethiccrime" by any means necessary. They hold suzerainty over a variety of races who act as slave labour. They exclusively use WWI equipment with modern enhancements, and utilise an advanced form of phosgene for planetary eradication, although their methods have advanced during their quest for dominance.

## Race Attributes

They are entirely comprised of antimatter, being contained within a humanoid carapace, which if pierced causes the antimatter to dissipate and the being held in a state of eternal torture. They are extremely gifted sociologists, creating a self-perpetuating system of patriotic subservience to a great crusade across the stars and their leader, Cicero Imperare.

## System of Government

The Ethics Department has three subsections within it. These factions within the Department constantly vie for dominance in the polycratic systems of the Department, with plots and political intrigue hindering the Ethikk in pursuing their common goal.

 Science Department
 Bureaucratic Department
 Ethica Inquisitoria

## Society and Culture

Ethikk society is based around three key tenets: Fanaticism, militarism, and hierarchy. Their societal order reflects this. The Ethikk do not believe in anything other than their own allegedly superior beliefs, denying any other system of political order than the Ethicist system. It espouses polycratic government united under a strong leader, fanatically adhering to their interpretation of ethics and how best to imprint them on the wider galaxy.

There is no civilian class; all live under a harsh military stratocracy from their inception in the great forge pits which churn out Ethikk by the millions. Troopers exist under captains, captains under commanders, and commanders under the lord commander, though between these ranks lie various distinctions and sub-hierarchies.

Militarily, the Ethikk focus on a strong navy and professional planetary force in order to achieve effective power projection. Ethikk dreadnoughts are imposing and large, bastions housing specialised battalions with their own traditions and tactics loom over the landscape, their capital complexes are as deep as they are tall, and torture blocks are the stuff of nightmares.

## Notable Figures

* Cicero Imperare
* Anüs Father
* Xerxes Traditur
* Evander Sanguis
* Glaucus Ferrum
* Acrisius Adeptum
* Aresius Rexus
* Lucius Bellum
* Cassius Cinere
* Augustus Terrus
* Gaius Vindicita
* Darius Deius
* Horatio Brittanae
* Aures Ceres
* Aurelius Rector
* Austerious Imperare
* Caduceus Carnes
* Cicero Faustus
* Aventus Oreste
* Occiditis Aegris
* Appius Caecus
* Livius Caestum
* Magnus Qaestor

## Trivia

* The Ethics Department originally used to irritate an Estonian man.
* The ideas of bio crime and ethic crime draw heavily from Orwell's 1984.
* the Ethikk embody various aspects of the Roman, British, and Japanese Empires with a good dose of Oceania thrown in. They represent the worst aspects of military pride, brutality, exploitation, and fanaticism dialed to 11.