Aquian

> “A thousand years we have wandered this lonely ocean world of ours. We are born in the blue abyss, we wander the blue abyss, and we die in the blue abyss. Such is the life of an Aquian. But we are proud, and we are strong. We don’t have to prove anything to anyone.”
> — Yigoorakal, Aquian General
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The **Aquians** are a noble race native to the ocean planet of Aquios.

Aquians are known to be a prideful people, who uphold a strict doctrine of laws that dictate their way of life. They have been in fierce combat with their rival race, the Vaashkins, whom are also native to Aquios. They are trained from a young age in combat, with an emphasis on melee weapons and hand-to-hand for more efficient combat while submerged in water. Although Aquians can survive on dry land, they much prefer to be underwater and are known to be much more deadly opponents there.

An aquian’s pride in their own abilities can make them a fearsome opponent or a powerful ally.

## Society

### Submarinal

An Aquian’s greatest asset is their underwater survivability. An Aquian is born and raised beneath the waves. With gills within their necks offering an a way to breathe underwater and retractable fins and webbed feet and arms offering a fast method of underwater travel, an Aquian is most deadly underwater. With a hyper adaptive vascular system, an Aquian is incredibly resistant to pres-sure and temperature changes underwater and are therefore able to reach depths that other humanoids are incapable of.

### Nobility

Aquians are noble beings who have a sense of honour in combat. Although, unlike the Zultans, they do not seek combat to find glory, but find glory in it should combat find them. They believe in protecting those who are weaker than them and find glory in defending the innocent. Aquians prefer to utilise close-quarters combat, and consider ranged combat to be less honourable, as you are showing you wish to distance yourself from a fight.

### Warrior lifestyle

The Aquians have spent generations honing unique combat skills that are passed on to their descendants. Aquian combat revolves around utilising close quar-ters weaponry and hand-to-hand. They are trained in the use of Phyr’to (Trident) and Qua’si (Dual sabres), which are weapons designed for the sole purpose of causing maximum tissue damage. Aquians are also trained in Cho’kal which is a variation of hand-to-hand combat that is more suited to underwater combat. It revolves around using the manoeuvrability of water and using the opponent’s weight against them.

### Eternal war

The Aquian people have been at war for most of their natural history with their rival/predatory race known as the Vaashkin. The Vaashkin are a shark like race that have preyed upon the Aquians for millions of years. Although the Vaashkin are not as technologically advanced as the Aquians are, they are still a persistent threat to them. The Union does not officially take a stance, as they cite it as an internal issue. There have been attempts to end the war with the Vaashkins, but peace is often met with disgust by both sides.

## Travel

Aquians live on water planets and are most comfortable when in water, although they can survive outside of water perfectly fine. When travelling on their planets, they swim where possible, however over long distances, Aquians use a submarine type vessel that is itself filled with water.

### Space travel

Although Aquians serve on standard Galactic Union Navy vessels with little issue, the Aquians have their own fleet of starships known as Aqua-ships. These Aqua-ships are entirely filled with water, which is the ship’s life support. This allows the Aquian crew to be faster and more responsive. In order to accommodate other lifeforms who are not aquatic, they are able to drain certain areas of water.

## Named Aquians

### Galactic Union

* Calliamarianna - Member of the player party