Monday, April 25, 2005

The Orashan Church

Capitol Planet: Karr
Type of Government: Theology
Number of Star Systems: 789
Size of Fleet: 1'846

Orashi was a peaceful man. His teachings weren’t that different in premise as that of Jesus Christ of Earth. The teachings of Orashi, like his human counterpart, were unfortunately misused.
An Orashan is anyone who follows the teachings of Orashi, which makes up every species in and around the Orashan Church. The Orashan species use the word Orashan to describe themselves because the teachings of Orashi is the only religion that the Orashan species follow. The Orashan race is made up thick-skinned reptiles with four horns on their heads. Their society has evolved into a caste-based system with the priest caste on the top and the soldiers and workers to follow their bidding. The Da’akre sect, however, does not use the caste based system used by mainstream Orashan society.
The Orashan Church used to be the dominant religion in what is know human space (a term for the territory belonging to humanity, making up nearly a third of the galaxy and making up most of the territory of humanity’s early enemies and allies, including the Katorcasian and Mul’Ra’a). The Orashan Church had a reputation for taking over and assimilating other civilizations into theirs. However, by the time they encountered humanity. An Enayon that branched of off the Zeus consciousness was portraying itself as the Resurrected Orashi, causing a civil war. The Orashi Enayon had created a new race of super-soldiers, crossing human violence and soldier-caste orashan physiology. This tore apart the Orashan Church in the Two-hundred year war.
During the midst of this time, an Orashan priest named Da’akre came across the writings of Orashi and began a religious movement. The Orashan Church tried to bring down this movement, but the Da’akre Orashan took asylum in the Katorcasian Federation, and to a major extent in Human Space. Today, in 2895, most Orashan are members of the Da’akre sect.
The Pakeron
The pakeron were the first conquest of the orashan. Shortly after the Pakeron Republic made contact with the Ancient Orashan Church, war broke out and the orashan soon overpowered the Pakeron.
Physically, the pakeron resembles oversized, lanky Guinea Pigs. However, they are monotremes and lay eggs. There are several species of pakeron due to the fact that they have been separated on several different planets.
The pakeron were considered primitive pagans by the Orashan, and made great attempts to convert them. In some ways, the pakeron converted the orashan. Pakeron religious symbols are seen throughout post-space travel Orashan architecture.
The Kexeyz
The conquest of the kexeyz by the Orashan Church is what solidified as a galactic power. Using a new form of cloaking technology, the Orashan Church was able to take over the former Kexeyz Co-operative.
The kexeyz is a race of insects noted for their facial tentacles. They were a warrior culture noted for their ferociousness in war and their great architecture. The kexeyz utilised a crystal material unique to their home planet. The Orashan originally tried to destroy these works, but it was soon impossible, so they utilized it in their own temples. The Face of Orashi Temple, built on the planet Tan Koshi, is made out of Kexeyz crystal.
Today, the Kexeyz are complete individuals. They have become caught, as many species have, in the great diaspora of humanity and can be found in most places in the former Orashan Empire. Large population of Kexeyz have moved into the Mul’Ra’a Territories and on to human planets such as Burromars.

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