Editing Major Race

The [[Aslan]] of {{WorldS|Kusyu|Dark Nebula|1226}} are a [[Wikipedia:bipedal|bipedal]] species slightly larger than Humans. They are a species with a high level of sexual dimorphism, and their culture has distinct gender roles. They are intensely loyal, honorable, and ordered race, divided into ancestral clans of ancient lineage. The history of the Aslan race is a history of the interactions of these clans. The Aslan are the youngest of the major races, developing the Jump Drive in [[-1999]].  

The [[Vilani]] developed on [[Vland (world)|Vland]]. The Vilani are not physically distinctive when compared with Solomani, but they possess a distinctive cultural and psychological outlook. They were the first race of Humaniti to invent the [[jump drive]], and created the [[First Imperium]].

 

The [[Vilani]] were the rulers of the [[Ziru Sirka]] or [[First Imperium]], and that government was an [[oligarchy]]. However, the majority of [[Vilani]] are currently part of the [[Third Imperium]]. Many practices and traditions of the Imperium date back to the time of the Vilani Empire.

The [[Zhodani]] government is known as the [[Zhodani Consulate]] and describes itself as a ''Psionic Republic''. It is again an [[oligarchy]] with power entrenched in the psionic noble classes.  The  [[Zhodani]] have a more peaceful, harmonious, and stable [[supra-polity]] than any other branch of [[Humaniti]].

==Other Claimants:==

Various other races have claimed to be Major Races based on their interstellar travel ability. Some races were later proved to have not developed jump technology themselves but rather found and/or reverse engineered jump drives from [[Ancients]] sites or lost modern ships of other races. Other were discounted because their interstellar travel depended on non-jump technologies such as [[Generation Ship|generation ships]] or [[Sleeper Ship|sleeper ships]] using suspended animation.

The [[Geonee]] are Humans adapted to high gravity who once ruled over a large former empire that was conquered by the [[Ziru Sirka]]. [[Vilani]] research during the [[First Imperium]] showed the Geonee had reverse engineered the Jump Drive from an [[Ancient]] starship they discovered in planetoid belt in their home system -9240. Some Geonee claim this was a lie and that they are a Major Race. Some even claim that the Geonee were the original Ancients themselves, but this seems unlikely based on genetic and archaeological evidence.

The [[Solomani Confederation]] is an expansionistic super power with a noted chauvinism against non-Humans. The [[Solomani]] restrict the rights of non-Solomani societies, favoring their own race and  genetically engineered species of their own making known as [[Variant Race]]s, mostly [[Terragen]]s.

The [[K'kree]] have a societal goal to preserve the universe for herbivores and eliminate carnivores. They have little to no hesitation against committing genocide against those in their way. The [[Two Thousand Worlds]] rules over a number of [[Minor Race]]s that have been "converted" to vegetarianism under threat of annihilation.

The [[Vargr Extents]] are a balkanized political region with no central control. However, the [[Vargr]] have a fierce racial loyalty and pride that allows them to come together when induced by a charismatic leader. Several societies within the [[Vargr Extents]], notably the [[Julian Protectorate]], have been successfully experimenting with racially integrated societies of many different species of [[sophont]]s. Few other societies can match the receptiveness that is a hallmark of many [[Vargr]] cultures.

The apparent [[Zhodani]] goal is to maintain their stable society. The are rivals to the Imperium only because of proximity. Their very acceptance of psionics makes them appear malevolent to the Imperium, and this is a perceived danger to them. The true Zhodani focus is on research expeditions to the [[Core Expedition|Galactic Core]], and their rivalry with the Imperium is a distraction from that.