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"."

- The Encyclopaedia of Members of the Galaxy by Brena Jerla

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 [wikipedia:Synapid Synapsidian] species with some [wikipedia:Sauropid Sauropsidian] ancestry thrown in, making them very unusual since they are of both Mammalian and Reptilian descent.

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.