Kefultictimos

The Kefultictimos species were sentients native to Contispexus. They transformed their homeworld from a fairly barren desert planet to a beautiful world. They ruled a small merchant kingdom before joining the Galactic Republic. However, they were eventually conquered by Humans and nearly wiped out. From then on they were a marginalized species.

Description
The Kefultictimos averaged two meters in height and they tended to be grey or blue but were sometimes white. They were hairless and dry; less than five percent of their bodies were water. Consequently, their skin was wrinkled and husk-like. They lived about two centuries and had gestation periods of twenty standard months.

History
With the help of technology they defeated a n invasion in 28,355 BBY. The technology looted from the invaders was hidden away in the great temple Chulkislarptinis until 25,096 BBY when they used it to create their own hyperspace tchnology. Over the next century they explored and allied with twenty-two neighboring worlds, becoming the center of the Ostocklimun Merchant Kingdom. In 21,899 BBY, they joined the Republic through contact with and for nearly ten thousand years they were actively involved in the Senate and Chancellorship of the Republic.

The rise of the caused them to withdraw from galactic politics, renouncing their membership in 11,468 BBY. The responded by invading and destroying nearly all of the Kefultictimos. When Humans settled, they pushed the survivors into the deserts. From then on they represented less than one percent of the population of their homeworld.

Kefultictimos in the galaxy
After the Pius Dea takeover, they never again dominated Contispexus. As the Humans reached tens of billions in population, the Kefultictimos never exceeded two hundred million in their desert cities. A few million managed to escape the oppression on their homeworld over the years and there was twice as many spread across other planets.