Mngal

**MNGAL**

The Mngal are an alien race which originated in the Mngal-sri system. The race was composed of one gender, females made up the entirety of the species and oddly no males have ever existed in the species. The Mngal have been a burden on many space-faring races for centuries, since the species is made up entirely of females the Mngal rely on males of other species to reproduce. This need to reproduce with males of other species has given the Mngal a predatory need to capture males for reproduction, this has caused numerous conflicts between the Mngal and other species including the Kyterians and humanity. Mngal are notorious for raiding settlements and starships in order to capture males for mating. In 190 FOF the Federation of United Earth Governments signed a treaty with the Mngal Matriarchy which agreed to allow willing participants and "diplomats" to live with the Mngal for mating and companionship as long as the Mngal did not raid Federation ships and planets. Although certain Mngal ignored the treaty and continued to abduct males from Federation settlements. Outside of a few small conflicts with the Kyterians and Federation, the Mngal have never suffered a major war with any other species because of their solitary nature and their lack of major territorial expansion.

**GOVERNMENT/SOCIETY**

The main governing body of the Mngal is the "Mngal Matriarchy", The Mngal Matriarchy consist mostly of the oldest most experienced of the Mngal leading the masses. This group of leading Mngal are known as the "Elder Mothers", these wise women lead and guide the Mngal Matriarchy on everything from trade regulation to religion, they are some of the most respected and trusted members of Mngal society. While the Mngal may not seem to be the most technological race or the most inquisitive the Mngal are highly intelligent beings and do maintain diplomatic relations with some space faring civilizations. The reason the Mngal do not have the highest forms of technology or a complex societal structure like most intelligent races is mostly due to the main drive of the species being to find a mate for reproduction and companionship, this is what drives most of Mngal society and much of it is structured around this concept. When it comes to the captured males within Mngal society they still retain many rights as an individual however the Mngal which they are paired with will almost always have more of a say in Mngal society and culture. Captured males are usually referred to as "Fue'lla" meaning "Paired Mate". The captured males will most often live with their Mngal mate even after reproduction has occurred, the process within Mngal society is viewed as a life-long bond in some cases Mngal have actually died because their mate escaped or passed away, most Mngal will have one Paired Mate and that will be it as it is highly frowned upon in Mngal society to have more than one Paired Mate. The Mngal treat their Paired Mate with kindness and respect and violence between a Mngal and her mate almost never usually occurs as the Mngal species quickly learned long ago that they could keep their mates from resisting and escaping through better treatment. Many Mngal inherit traits from the father through physical features such as a more human like face or Kyterian shaped ears etc. This evolutionary trait helps future generations of Mngal find mates in other species as they have inherited similar traits to make them less alien to their potential mates.

**UNIQUE ABILITIES**

One of the strangest and most unique abilities the Mngal possess is the ability to telepathically communicate with one another as well as other sentient beings, it has been found that the Mngal can telepathically communicate with almost any sentient race in the known galaxy although this ability does not include animals or plant fauna.

The Mngal race's strong telepathy and ability to tap into other beings' minds can also be a rather dangerous ability for those who have angered the Mngal. The alien race can use this ability to destroy the mind of the victim or at least drive them to madness. In the past this ability has been used on people who have committed great crimes within Mngal society or those who have declared war against the Mngal. Very little research into the science behind this strange ability has been made, however it has made many others think twice before angering the generally good-natured and peaceful Mngal.