N'Akkiarla

"These people are highly proud of their heritage and ancestry, their top priority appears to be to show their warrior ancestors that they are worthy of the warrior-blood flowing their veins. An example of this is the most common pre-battle speech "Ny Grooxi, um ress deo bresk tra gambra jri'volarinapo a'shtrulkahyo k'e'ratroa" which means "My cousins, on this day we prove we are worthy of our glorious ancestor's respect". This militaristic pride means they usually put conflict over diplomacy."

- The Encyclopaedia of Members of the Galaxy (100th edition) by Brena Jerla c. 15,090

The N'Akkiarla (N'Akkiarlian for a member of the N'Akkiarla) was a warm-blooded species of mammal-like reptilian descent who came from the N'Akkiarl System, a system far beyond the boundry of the Galaxy. They fought many wars to create their large empire (the most famous being the N'Akkiarlian-Jussk'Ravgarok War) several thousand years before they invaded the galaxy.

History
Little is known about their history but human palaeontologists have concluded they are a Synapsidian species with some Sauropsidian ancestry thrown in, making them very unusual since they are of both Synapsid and Sauropsid descent. However unlike most species of Synapsid they look more like Reptiles than Mammals. Since they are Synapsids they are related to the other sentient Synapsid species which calles the N'Akkiarl System "Home", the N'Akkiarlian Humans.

From the amount of war legends and odes to soldiers it is clear that they are very proud of their militaristic ancestors and honour them. About 5,000 years after the N'Akkiarlian-Jussk'Ravgarok War the N'Akkiarlians entered the galaxy, the Galactic Federation of Sentient Species sent them a message of good-will but the N'Akkiarla responded with an invasion.

For 5 months the N'Akkiarla carved a path to the core worlds (the centre of politics in the galaxy) through the Perlemian worlds. The N'Akkiarla enslaved the populations of conquered worlds and used them as labourers and slave-soldiers. After subjugating the Perlemian Trade Route worlds the N'Akkiarla came up against the Neimoidian Purse Worlds. They invaded Koru Neimoidia, launching the Purse Worlds War and quickly defeated the Neimoidian and GFSS defence forces. However the Allied forces regrouped and launched the Battle of Koru Neimoidia. However in the end the N'Akkiarlian army was defeat by Neimoidian super-artillery. The dreadnought Ezkrva 'Utiazrupanata-Xurgilgranarr bombarded the Allied army from orbit after the battle was won by the Allied forces and destroyed it. Fortunatly the GFSSNS Courage at Yavin was about 5 parsecs was away and agreed to the request for help by the Koru Neimoidia Commanders. The bombers were launched against the dreadnought, despite taking heavy casualties (about half of all bombers) the dreadnought was severly damaged by the proton bombs, however the dreadnought was not completely destroyed, rather put out of action. The Courage at Yavin bombarded it and destroyed it.

The battle had finally been won by the Allies and the galaxy finally realised that the N'Akkiarla were not invincible, slaves all over N'Akkiarla-conquered space began a revolution against their "masters", however there were no-where near as well equipped and trained as their owners. The total death toll at the end of the war was about 3 billion. However the revolution distracted N'Akkiarlian attention away from vital targets, making it easier for the Allies to attack them. Eventually the jackpot was in reach, the N'Akkiarlan Grand Fleet over Cato Neimoidia. The Allies decided to take the gamble, at exactly 12:32 Coruscant Time the Allied fleet left hyperspace near Cato Neimoidia starting the monsterous Battle of Cato Neimoidia. The Allies won the battle and the N'Akkiarla was forced to surrender, their punishment for their war crimes was banishment from the galaxy for 10,000 years. Because of the slavery and attacks upon civilian vessels Anti-N'Akkiarlianism continued until around 11,000 ABY - a full 6,000 years after the war had ended.

In the year 15,000 the ban expired and the N'Akkiarla once again entered the galaxy, by this time a new sub-species had appeared, the "Homo-N'Akkiarla". This sub-species was comprised of N'Akkiarla with Human ancestry, many members had inherited traits from their distant Human ancestors (like hair and human skin). The sub-species was created from the Human slaves which were taken back to the N'Akkiarl System during the war who bred with their N'Akkiarlian owners (whether this was voluntary or forced is currently unknown). Because they were of alien ancestry this species was considered "dirty-blooded" by the N'Akkiarlian pure-bloods and were the lowest social class, being treated only marginally better than slaves. They had no right to take part in any N'Akkiarlian culture and any part of N'Akkiarlian life. Despite being of part-N'Akkiarlian descent. Fortunatly most humans of the galaxy sympathised with their less-fortunate cousins so they took the Homo-N'Akkiarla in and treated them as equal citizens. After this the Homo-N'Akkiarla became firm friends with the baseline Humans.

The Galactic Federation of Sentient Species were angry at the N'Akkiarlians over their treatment of the Homo-N'Akkiarla, which was in gross violation of the Sentient Rights Charter. The arguments raged for 90 years until the N'Akkiarla finally backed down and promised to treat the Homo-N'Akkiarla equally, in return the GFSS accepted their request to enter the Federation. Upon entry into the Federation many N'Akkiarla immigrated into the galaxy where they led relatively normal lives and force-sensitive individuals were trained by the Jedi.

Politics and Galactic Relations
The N'Akkiarla are well known by the members of the galaxy for putting conflict before diplomacy (because of their military-based society). They are most infamous for the Great N'Akkiarlian War, a war which the galaxy will never forget. After the war they were banished from re-entering the galaxy for 10,000 so proper Galactic Relations were not established until 15,090 because the GFSS argued with the N'Akkiarla over their treatment of the "Homo-N'Akkiarla" for 90 years (see above) after the N'Akkiarlian banishment expired and they were allowed to enter the galaxy. Despite being a combat-orientated society the N'Akkiarla do have representatives in the Galactic Senate and an embassy on Coruscant.

Relationship with the N'Akkiarlian Humans
Because they evolved together the N'Akkiarla are friendly towards their Human bretheren, the two species have rarely fought each other as they feel a kinship since they both hail from the same planets.