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. Formerly the owners of the N'Akkiarlian Humans these people now consider themselves to be the closest non-Human relatives to the N'Akkiarlian Human. They think of them so close to them that they are brothers of the same family. Considering that many N'Akkiarla are parents of Humans and many are to the same parents as a Human sibling then this belief is plausible. The N'Akkiarlian Humans are the only alien species to which the N'Akkiarla believe they are related to."

- The Encyclopaedia of Members of the Galaxy (100th edition) by Brena Jerla c. 7,000

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

Biology
These people are Reptomammals (see "History" for a description of a Reptomammal). Like most sentient species the males are more muscular than the females. It is believed these muscles are partly the reason as to why women of all different species are attracted to them. As mentioned it seems that they are naturally "better equipped" to attract females there are several reasons proposed as to why this is like: they give off a certain unknown, undetectable scent which makes women fancy them, their large muscles, their some-what revealing clothing, their virility and their talents at being romantic. It is likely that it is combination of these factors rather than just one.

"Phew! Look at those muscles! I'll tell you something you N'Akkiarlian girls are lucky to have such gorgeous guys!"'' "Yeah, ve zertainly are. Ov courze, their musclez are not the only reazon ve like them..." "Oh yeah, of course, their clothes. I mean look at what he's wearing! Doesn't cover much does it?" "True, but I vazz actually referring to their zveet-talking." "Ah, yes, they're very romantic. They could get a girl into bed using only their charm!" "Indeed they could. Maybe they releaze zum zort ov pheromone which attractz uz to them so much" "That's a possibility...anyway, I'm gonna go and chat him up." ''"Good luck!"

- A Human woman from Nar Shaddaa and a N'Akkiarlian Human woman watching N'Akkiarlian men, giving examples of theories as to why women find them irresistable

Like their human counterparts males have high amounts of testosterone which gives them a high libido, which is partly responsible for their need of an empire (they had a population explosion) and females are usually less muscular than the males, females give birth to one child at a time. Pregnancies usually last between 6-8 months and the mother can get pregnant again virtually immediatly after birth, which is another reason why N'Akkiarlians have such large families. Most N'Akkiarlian couples have between 25-30 children in a lifetime. The record for the largest number of children by a single male was set by the First N'Akkiarlian King, Tvzitargi'Nomida-Zengratilgateri, who fathered 238 children in his lifetime, thanks to his many wives.

They were also capable of interbreeding with the N'Akkiarlian Humans, hybrid children were very common.

Diseases
As with all living things these people suffer from diseases, it seems that humans can catch them as well. When the N'Akkiarla joined the galaxy then they brought their diseases to galactic worlds and they spread fast around the human populations. Some known diseases:


 * Arrowlung
 * A viral infection that infects one of the lungs, causes a terrible "stabbing" pain in a small patch of the lung, as if pierced by an arrow.
 * Notable sufferers:
 * Kadran Lopra, senator of Coruscant during the 77th Century ABY


 * Brronigar's leg
 * A viral infection which causes the infected limb (almost always one of the legs) to turn a blood-red color which doesn't leave the victim once infected. Named after Brronigar 'Vrigo-Tzazagravuldena, a N'Akkiarlian doctor with blood-red skin who researched the illness.


 * Swollen heart
 * A bacterial infection of the heart which causes severe inflammation. The only symptom is severe chest pains, the disease is deadly as it can cause a Heart attack or Cardiac arrest.


 * Mad coughing disease
 * A bacterial/viral/fungal infection of the lungs which caused very severe coughing, it is named because the non-stop coughing has been known to make many sufferers angry and mad. Can cause Pneumonia.


 * Starving disease
 * A disease which is caused by a parasitic protozoan in the stomach which "eats" food in the stomach before the food has the chance to release energy, giving the sufferer a feeling of perpetual hunger. If severe can cause malnutrition, hence the name.

History
Not much is known about their origins but it is believed they came from N'Akkiarl Major and has been concluded that they are Reptomammals (e.g. they look like Reptiles but they give birth to live young like Mammals do) of Synapsid descent and as such a closer to humanity and the mammals than true reptiles. They are related to the other sentient Synapsid species which called the N'Akkiarl System "Home", their cousins, N'Akkiarlian Humans, because their two species are native to the same planet, have had inter-species relationships and have produced children together for thousands of years.

From the amount of war legends and odes to soldiers it is clear that they are very proud of their militaristic ancestors and honor them. About 34,000 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 center of politics in the galaxy) through the Perlemian worlds. The N'Akkiarla enslaved the populations of conquered worlds, used them as laborers, and slave-soldiers. After subjugating the Perlemian Trade Route worlds the N'Akkiarla came up against the Neimoidian Purse Worlds. They invaded Koru Neimoidia and quickly defeated the Neimoidian and GFSS defense 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. Fortunately the GFSSNS Courage at Yavin was about five 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 severely 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 realized 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 monstrous 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 5,000 years. Because of the slavery and attacks upon civilian vessels Anti-N'Akkiarlianism continued until around 4,000 ABY&mdash;a full 3,000 years after the war had ended.

In the year 6,000 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. Fortunately most humans of the galaxy sympathized 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'Akkiarlian races 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.

In the year 17,299 ABY the descendants of the Jussk'Ravgarok who manged to flee from the Jussk'Ravgarok system before it was absorbed into the Star Empire returned to the galaxy and invaded it. Using 50,000 year old starships which their distant ancestors had fled in they landed on multiple worlds and killed many N'Akkiarlians before the N'AKkiarlian Star Empire and the "Coruscant Galaxy" defeated them. Several worlds were ravaged by the Jussk'Ravgarok.

The Jussk'Ravgarok eventually had to resort to kamikaze attacks on enemy starships because they would rather die than become like their slave bretheren. After the invasion had been crushed the N'Akkiarlians located the planet where they were hiding and obliterated it, making free Jussk'Ravgarok extinct.

Possible relationship with Galactic Humans
"You think yourself as better than us? Do not forget that it was us who civilised you. How does it feel knowing you and I are cousins and you are a child of our people?''" "We are not related! We have nothing in common, you are my enemy!" "You are our children, for eons we have watched you - fathers watching their sons. We are impressed at how you have created a galactic civilization, join us and together our species' will rule all other life-forms! You cannot escape from your family! You and me are of the same blood, we are brothers." "Rubbish!" "Argue all you want, child of my species, but you cannot escape from your parentage!" "I am a pure human!" "Hahaha! Oh, the irony! You "pure humans" are mutants! You are just a mutant form of us!" "Oh, I'm bored of this argument! I'm leaving! ''"Good bye, cousin. One day your people will return to us, your brothers! Together we will run the N'Akkiarla system."

- An argument between a N'Akkiarlian (who tries to get the Anti-N'Akkiarlian to join them) and an Anti-N'Akkiarlian (who believes the N'Akkiarlians are only good for slaves), referencing the many different theories that Humans were civilized by the N'Akkiarla and are descended from them.

Ancient human legends from many millennia ago (estimated to be many hundreds of thousands of years before the formation the Republic and the Jedi Order) tell of "multi-colored Gods", Gods of all different colors: white, black, red, purple, green etc who lived on numerous planets in The Galaxy and civilized Humanity and built a society with them and apparently relationships with the Gods were common (Historians now know this to be the earliest documented evidence of interspecies relationships) and a new race was created. Upon acquiring the knowledge to build, Humans built temples to their Gods. Prior to the discovery of the N'Akkiarla Scholars and Historians had concluded that humanity had actually encountered an alliance of different alien species (hence the "multi-colored Gods") but one of the greatest mysteries was the language the legends were written in, which was language which had not been seen anywhere in the Galaxy (Study of N'Akkiarlian shows remarkable similarities between the two languages, meaning the language the legends are written in could be Ancient N'Akkiarlian). Once discovering the N'Akkiarlians and their language and studying them for many years, Scholars and Historians came up with the conclusion the the N'Akkiarlians used to have colonies in the Galaxy, discovered Humanity, saw their capability for intelligence and thus civilized them and forged a society but for some unknown reason left the galaxy, leaving humanity to their own devices.

Some claim that the Honorable warrior, militaristic and bloodthirsty traits many Humans show could be inherited from the N'Akkiarla which lived alongside humanity many thousands of years ago, the same people also claim that if this theory is true then the "N'Akkiarla" could be "Living Ancestors" of all of the Humans of the Galaxy, these claims are currently being investigated. If these claims turn out to be true then the old classification of "Baseline Human" will be obsolete, because the seemingly "pure" Humans would have at least a little alien blood, meaning there would be no such thing as a "Baseline" Human.

The theories were commonly used as counter-arguments by N'Akkiarlians arguing with Anti-N'Akkiarlians, claiming that according to the theories the Anti-N'Akkiarlians hate their own forefathers.

However it appears that it wasn't just the earliest humans who wrote legends about aliens, ancients texts from N'Akkiarlian temples say that the earliest N'Akkiarlians found mysterious beings on some of the planets they colonized, the description given sounded a lot like a description of a human, further re-enforcing the theories.

Politics and galactic relations
The N'Akkiarla were well known by the members of the galaxy for putting conflict before diplomacy, because of their military-based society. They were most infamous for the Great N'Akkiarlian War, a war which the galaxy would never forget.

After the war, they were banished from re-entering the galaxy for 5,000 years, so proper Galactic Relations were not established until 6,090; the GFSS argued with the N'Akkiarla over their treatment of the "Homo-N'Akkiarla" for 90 years after the N'Akkiarlian banishment expired and they were allowed to enter the galaxy. Despite being a combat-orientated society, the N'Akkiarla did have representatives in the Galactic Senate and an embassy on Coruscant. The first Senator was named "Jyoznarr 'Burr-Hureg", he held his position for 50 years until he retired from the position in the year 7,040, becoming a senior advisor to the second Senator, a young, head-strong N'Akkiarlian named "Vlorinag 'Zzyan-Kunimarzabezkando" who believed more on increasing the influence of the N'Akkiarlian sentients in the galaxy rather than improving relations which was his predecessor's top priority. Apparently he frequently sought 'Burr-Hureg's advice and took 'Burr-Hureg's advice more seriously than that of his other advisors, seeing him as a wise old man who could help him stay in good stead with the Senate and as someone who had a lot more experience in the political arena than he had.

After joining the Federation the N'Akkiarla had either good or neutral relations with all of the species they had discovered apart from their mortal enemies, the Jussk'Ravgarok, whom they had the deepest hatred of.

Relationship with the N'Akkiarlian Humans
"Why do you fight against your brothers? Just because the enemy looks more similar to you than to us doesn't mean you are related to them more than us. We both share ancestry and blood, we're siblings. Do not turn against your own family for this vermin!"

- A N'Akkiarlian speaking to a N'Akkiarlian Human who has defected to the GFSS

Because they evolved together, the N'Akkiarla were friendly towards their Human brethren; the two species rarely fought each other as they felt a kinship, since they both hailed from the same planets. There were a few arguments throughout history, but these were very spaced out.

Most N'Akkiarla treated the Human natives as cousins because, several millennia before their relations, many N'Akkiarlians interbred with the Humans, meaning most of the Humans were partially of N'Akkiarlian ancestry.

When the two species joined the Galaxy they both elected Senators for the N'Akkiarl system, both Senators fighting for the good of the two races and to give their two races a greater part in galactic politics, which they were now part of. They also fought to increase their own influence in the Galaxy.

Culture
N'Akkiarlian culture was based around combat. The N'Akkiarlian Warriors had to fight in battle to prove their Warrior ancestors that they were worthy of the warrior blood in them. It was the greatest honor for a N'Akkiarla to serve in the military. One of their favorite things to do was to march to the sound of deep booms of war drums, something every N'Akkiarlian does at some point in their life, the deep booms of war drums apparently awaken the warrior spirit within them, since many Humans and N'Akkiarlian Humans have the same experience when marching to war drums some outlandish claims have developed about this trait (like many other militaristic traits shown by many Humans) being inherited from the N'Akkiarla.

Prior to joining the galaxy they were very xenophobic, only having respect and admiration (and even love) for their Human cousins. However after joining the Galaxy and becoming a member of the Senate their xenophobic nature was mellowed a lot, though they still show xenophobic tendencies they are no-where as xenophobic as they were in the Pre-Great N'Akkiarlian War days.

As with most organics these people loved to drink alcohol. One of the most common drinks they enjoyed was the ultra-strong N'Akkiarlian Ale, which was described by non-N'Akkiarlians as "caustic" and apparently only someone with an "armored digestive system" could drink it. N'Akkiarlians loved drink so much that there were rumors that they could live on alcohol like water. Drunk N'Akkiarlians were a very common sight in bars and cantinas all over their galaxy (and later, the "Coruscant Galaxy" when they joined it).

Despite their brutish appearance and combat-orientated culture these people were actually very intelligent. They were sapient in every sense of the word. Although the fact that their culture was based around combat means they normally only used their high intelligence when deciding whether to attack another species or when devising new weapons in which to kill as many enemies as possible with the fewest possible losses. Although when they joined the "Coruscant Galaxy" they had the opportunity to use their intelligence for more than just killing. Not all members of this species were warriors, there were some who were Kings (albeit Warrior Kings), Explorers, Scientists, Doctors, Judges, Teachers, King's Advisors etc. Also they can be rather romantic when they want to be and seem to be naturally born with the ability to "woo the pants off a girl".

There were many rituals which were they performed, most of the rituals were ancient and regarded such issues and loyalty, dominance, class etc.

One of the most famous rituals was the Pledge of Loyalty, which was practiced by both the N'Akkiarla and the N'Akkiarlian Humans. In this ritual the person saying the pledge kneels before the receiver and says (translated into basic):

"O divine one! Do me the honour of accepting my pledge! To my most glorious ruler I pledge my body, mind and soul so my ruler may command me to do as he wishes!"

The receiver can either accept the pledge and take control of the giver's body, mind and soul or can refuse to accept and the giver will remain independent. This ritual was originially believed to have originated when the Humans became slaves but it has been discovered that the ritual is far more ancient, dating back to when Kingdoms were established.

The person giving the pledge is plainly giving up their Free will and giving themselves to their ruler.

Once accepted the giver no longer possess their own body, mind, soul etc. They all belong to the person they pledged them to (usually the king) and as such don't have any free will since they are not an independent being because their body, mind and everything in the entire life is controlled by the person they gave the pledge to.

There is a hierachy of who to pledge to, because the King cannot see everybody. The Nobles would pledge their loyalty to the King, the Sheriffs would pledge their Loyalty to the Nobles and the Commoners would pledge their loyalty to the Sheriffs. Since the Sheriffs and Nobles had all pledged their loyalty to the king, the Commoner's pledge would travel down the line so they would've pledged their loyalty to the King and the Nobles at the same time as they pledged their loyalty to the Sheriff.

"It's such a cruel, nasty practice! The ability take control of another being and to totally dominate them for the rest of their life makes me sad! The most saddening thing is that the N'Akkiarlians actually consider it an honour to have their very essence of sentience removed so they become nothing more than automatons. When I witnessed a N'Akkiarlian giving away his own body and mind as well as his sentient rights I was actually weeping silent tears. I wish it would stop!"'' "I agree, but these people consider it a great honour to be dominated by their king, the servant of the gods. If they like it then why should we intefer?" "Because they're not robots! They are living beings who have rights! I only hope that now they are part of our Republic they will learn that they have the right to refuse giving their life to their ruler." ''"I can't argue with that."

- Two Coruscanti tourists who had watched the Pledge of Loyalty being performed discussing their thoughts on the ritual

Distinctions
Despite being reasonably xenophobic against other species, they had good relations with their Human cousins. Many members of this species were the ancestors of N'Akkiarlian Humans.

Black and White N'Akkiarla were considered separate sub-species as they evolved differently; the Black N'Akkiarla evolved in the inner worlds, close to the star N'Akkiarl, whereas the White N'Akkiarla evolved in the outer worlds, furthest from the star. Prior to joining the Federation and agreeing to the Sentient Rights Charter Non-Black/White N'Akkiarla were considered genetic mutants, which caused a lot of racism. However after signing the Charter racism became rarer, a purple N'Akkiarlian even became the first senator for the N'Akkiarla.

Like all N'Akkiarlian sentients these people have large families, anywhere between 25-30 children in a lifetime is normal.

Other distinctions included their high resistance to Force lightning and other Force powers, as well as their long names. It was quickly realised that mind tricks woulddn't work on them.

They have their own accent for Basic, they pronounce Ws as Vs, S' and Zs etc.

Behind the scenes
The N'Akkiarla had two designs, they were originally going look like this this but the writer felt that the design didn't fit the description enough. The writer then searched Aliens Species wiki and discovered the Sakkra, whom he felt fitted the description of a N'Akkiarlian perfectly.

The "Mad Coughing disease" was inspired by the writer's own experience with a coughing virus. The virus caused the writer to cough non-stop for a week, causing pain (even a bit of vomiting) and a reduced anger threshold due to the frustration at the coughing.

The idea for the First N'Akkiarlian King fathering 238 children came from Pharoah Ramses II who fathered around 100-110 children in his lifetime.