One of the four primary races inhabiting the Galaxy... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Drakulian Empire is the most ruthless and feared political entity in the Galaxy. From their modest origins as a small, feudal-based planetary government in a remote Spiral Arm, they have become one of the most successful Empires ever known, their protectorates sprawling over nearly a fifth of the Galaxy. The Drakulians method of galactic expansion is as simple and brutal as their Code of Victory and Honor in personal combat. Indeed, this three-step process has been drilled into every young Drakulian Warrior from the moment he enters the Ovoid, their premiere War Academy for over a thousand Spans: Explore, Conquer, and Subjugate. This is not so much an ideology for the Drakul Warrior as it is a religion. To fail is to not only be destroyed, but to not even be considered Drakulian any more. Despite their aggressive nature and history, The Drakulians are also masters of diplomacy (although the practice of Diplomacy was forbidden as heresy as recently as 200 Spans ago and has only lately come into use), and will in most cases employ reason before arms. They are, after all, experts at strategy, and as such favor accomplishing their goals with the least expenditure of energy. The Drakulians are reptilian in appearance and physiology; their homeworld, SalisKar, nestled behind a bristling net of Planetary Defense Outposts, is mostly blistering desert, divided by scalding seas. Their capitals are placed in the midst of the rare continent-sized oases. Their government follows a simple feudal system. Generally, one hundred Warriors will swear loyalty to a central Warlord, who will then lease lands to them and their families and patrons. Combat is the ultimate decider of any issue, with a preference to bladed, short-range weapons over energy-based long-range ones. The Drakulian religion features a primary system of two deities, whose names are unpronounceable but translate roughly into "Strength" and "Anger;" then a subsection of three more demi-deities, one for each step of their Expansion Method.