Somakians

The Somakians are an alien species originating from the planet Rotar in the Ergas Star system. The Somakian Empire has been in existance since

1244 A.D. Their current head is Emperor Roal who has been ruling since the year 2414. The only differences between humans and Somakians are

that Somakians have light red skin and pointed ears. The Somakians are an extremely hostile and warlike species. They reject peace and

unity and instead base their way of life on war and worshipping the god known as Kiavo. Due to this the Somakians hate the Alliance and

their mantra of numerous species living together in harmony and their belief in false gods. In 2415 the Somakians invaded the Alliance planet

of Athirat. This started the Alliance-Somakian War which eventually ended in 2420 after five years of fighting and millions of lives lost when

the Somakians surrendered and signed the Treaty of Malpas. The Imperial Senate is the legislative branch of the Empire, the Senators

representing each planet under Somakian control. Governors are appointed to watch over and maintain peace on each planet

in the Empire. Military service in the Somakian Empire is mandatory, and every Somakian is drafted when they come of age and must serve for ten years, though they are allowed to choose which service. Despite the Empire having a number of subject species under their rule, only Somakians are allowed to serve in the military. The Empire also has it's own intelligence agency called 'Dorvvid' which is responsible for intelligence-gathering and sabotage. The Naluri is the official currency of the Somakian Empire, and is the second strongest currency in the galaxy behind the Alliance dollar. The Somakian home planet of Rotar has one moon, known as Ziraz. Ziraz is holy in the Somakian state religion and many members of the species travel there for pilgrimage once a year during a religious holiday called Navon. On Ziraz many holy temples have been constructed, and any violence inside these temples are punishable by death. Members of the military are tattooed with a symbol to show their allegiance, which can be anywhere on their body, although most Somakians get it on a visible part of the body, such as their arm or even their face. The Somakians became FTL-capable approximately 1300 years ago after discovering and reverse-engineering an SL drive from an Ancient starship they discovered buried deep beneath the north pole of Rotar, a starship that had been there for approximately 500,000 years before that. Using this technology the Somakians began to spread and conquer, and eventually they had tight control of over five-hundred star systems and dozens of different sentient alien species. The Empire is comprised of approximately 450,000 star systems and they subjugate about 200 different alien species. Soamkians who are drafted into the military also go through torture at the hands of their Commanding Officers in order to toughen them up. Also to 'blood' them, cadet military personnel are forced to kill a prisoner or POW to prove they have what it takes to kill. Any cadet who fails or chooses not to do this are themselves executed by a fellow cadet. The Somakian Empire can be considered a parallel to the Japanese Empire of Old Earth. The Imperial Somakian Army and Imperial Somakian Navy have always been at competition to secure the recognition and glory of the Emperor.