Lazerian (Jedi Renaissance)

"Lazerian IV, home of industry and economic well-being, is notable for its two dominant species and their complete avoidance of one another. While the Akwin keep tabs on the surface dwellers, the Lazerian Humans are completely ignorant of their water-dwelling neighbors who shared the world with them. Jedi from this world regard their people as being set in their ways and close-minded."

- Jedi Knight Horen Hote, writing about Lazerians in the Jedi Order.

The Lazerians were a race of Humans from the terrestrial world of Lazerian IV, a colony world in the of the galaxy. Living in a class-based society, the Lazerians believed reality was meritocratic, and those who rose through the ranks were those who had worked hard and had been rewarded. Despite being open-minded to social success and hard work, the Lazerian society was slow to accept greater changes to propel them forward in beyond atomic level technology. Highly loyal to the principles of the the Galactic Republic, Lazerians had served in the Jedi Order in the past, but saw recruitment die down after the Jedi Civil War.

Biology and appearance
A race of Humanity, Lazerians were a sentient species that belonged to the simians, a subgroup of the primate order of mammals. Lazerians were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four limbs. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also five digits. Lazerian fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso with a face. The Lazerian face followed the standard Human organization, with two forward-facing eyes, a nose with two nostrils, a mouth filled with both tearing and grinding teeth, and an ear on either side of the face. Unlike some primate species they had only a light covering of body hair, most of which was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face. Lazerians were warm-blooded animals, meaning they maintained a constant body temperature independent of the environment using the energy from their food. Lazerians were omnivorous, subsisting on plant- or animal-based foods. Lazerian had two sexes: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced breasts, overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair. Members of the Lazerian race could interbreed naturally with many other near-Human races. Despite overall physiological uniformity, Lazerians varied greatly in appearance, and no two Lazerians looked exactly alike. One of the diversity factors was height. Lazerian averaged 1.8 meters in height, although males were usually taller and heavier than females. Lazerian hair was grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic or ritualistic reasons&mdash; females generally wore their hair long, while men kept their hair tidy and short. The facial hair grown by adult males was kept trimmed and organized by those in metropolitan areas. Their hair color ranged from dark brown to blonde, sometimes with hues of red, changing to gray or white as years passed. Gradiation of skin tone was also seen among Lazerian, ranging from dark brown to a light brown.

Lazerians were sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the mating of an opposite sex couple to produce offspring. While developing in their mother's womb, the child gave her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain. Being mammals, the Lazerian females gave birth to live young, either one or several at a time. The delivery itself normally took place after nine months of pregnancy when a woman would take up residence within a local medcenter where professional midwives would attend her every need. It was a painful process that could take as much as ten hours; in some circumstances, women could die during childbirth. During their first months of existence, Lazerian babies were usually fed with milk from their mother's breasts. The period during which a young Human developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. According to the laws of the of Lazerian monarchies, the legal transition from childhood to adulthood was only attained after twenty standard years of life. Lazerians had an average lifespan of 75 standard years, though because of their Force-sensitivity, many trained in the Force could live up to 200. At any rate, individuals past the age of 85 were considered to have reached an age worthy of veneration. Natural signs of ageing in Lazerians included the whitening or fall of the hair, the loss of teeth, appearance of deep lines, wrinkles and dark blemishes on the skin. Old Lazerians would experience a decline in many cognitive processes, frequently losing track of time, misidentifying people or places and, in extreme cases, momentarily forgetting about their own identity or state.

Government
Establishing a monarchy based on the hierarchy of the Empire of Xim, the Lazerian regimes maintained a hereditary line that passed the crown down to the first born son of the sitting monarch. Believing the rule of a monarch to be the natural course of things, Lazerians felt that only wrong-thinking individuals would be anti-monarchists. The ruling planetary regime, the Devit Kingdom, reigned from the throne in the city of Lazerian City and had nearly total control over all of the people of the planet, with the exception of the quasi-independent state Doxeti. The Doxeti governed themselves in all local affairs, but allowed the Devit to represent them in planetary and extra-planetary matters.

The monarchs of Lazerian IV believed in the principles of the Galactic Constitution, and aligned with the Galactic Republic during the Great Manifest Period. Because of their view of ascension to power, Lazerians felt that the Jedi Order was highly commendable and eagerly turned over their Force-sensitive young to the Jedi for training.

Technology
While the colonists were prepared to start a colony world with just the supplies aboard their colony ship, resupply from the Xim Empire was anticipated. When those ships never came, the colonists began preparing for life in isolation, building up their society from the ground up. Using what supplies they had, it took centuries to establish global manufacturing, agricultural, and commercial infrastructure on par with other established worlds. Within the millennium, the Lazerians had established academies and laboratories capable of designing, constructing and launching space-faring vessels. Once establishing an atomic level civilization, the Lazerians believed they had reached the pinnacle of success and technological advancement and stopped funding for research and exploration. Plateauing, the Lazerians had become complacent and stagnant both technologically and socially, feeling that whatever happened beyond their borders they would be able to weather with what they had.

Customs
The social structure of the Lazerian people was based on a hierarchy of upward mobility. The lowest class, known as the Rabble, were those who were unemployed, unruly, and unwilling to abide by the correctness of the law. The rabble lived in shanties along the fringes of the city-states, and were known to roam the streets in search of scraps or victims. Rabble rose up in times of political upheaval, crisis, and fierce division. Above the Rabble, the Laborers, Tradesmen, and Craftsmen, made up the next three rungs on the social latter. While Laborers were unskilled and low-paid, the Tradesmen and Craftsmen were specialized and organized around their skill-sets which they used to make a living. Landowners and Merchants, who stood above those lower classes, were entrepreneurs and business owners who controlled their own interests on a local level. The members of the Military were widely regarded, on the same level that people viewed the Jedi and the Republic military; while Administrators were regarded for their prowess in law and governance. The Nobility, afford the luxuries uncommon to the other groups, lorded over the other groups and were permitted to move around the city-states without much restrictions or cost. The Royalty of Lazerian IV were the most powerful class and the tier every citizen dreamed of reaching, even if it was highly improbable to be achieved. While some roles might appear restrictive, the Lazerian social ladder was easily climbed if one was willing to work hard and make sacrifices. All Lazerians believed that the economy was only strong when people worked hard, and were eager to see each other build upon their past successes and reach new heights in their personal journey. Because of their location along a trade route, the Lazerians had ample opportunity to move between worlds and star systems and build their fortunes.

History
The planet Lazerian IV was the fourth planet in the Lazerian system surrounding the yellow star Lazeria. A rather unremarkable world, the planet had five major continents, two poles, and two dominant oceans. The colonists who settled on Lazerian IV were largely from the former Empire of Xim, seeking new frontiers before becoming stranded in the Kira sector, and beginning anew. Using technology harvested from their sleeper ship, the colonists moved out into the plains, woods, and mountain ranges to build settlements and establish a strong economy. Never exploring the two polar ice caps, and avoiding the seas and the island chains that dotted them, the settlers established the city of.

Following the establishment of big industry on the world, the Lazerians began to move out into the star system, searching out resources and adventure. Exploring the system in detail, the trained scouts found the first two planets in the system, Alkur and Kelro, to be uninhabitable and lacking in resources. Acorvus, the third planet, was an endless desert where the government of Lazerian established a prison facility for political dissenters and criminals. Eventually, prisoners were simply exiled to the world, allowed to set out into the desert to find their own way. The fifth planet, Dborian, became home to the largest mining operation in the system, where environmental protections were unnecessary on the lifeless world.

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