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COLLECTIVE SUMMARY
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The Ygiv civilization had just started to use radio waves when they were detected by the Arrene. The Thosuo ultramarine fleet arrived within 30 years for first contact, circa 11,088 CE.
Joined the Luminary Combine in 11,155 CE (3500 BdF)
Joined the Dominion in 14,650 (0 AdF), with the defeat of the Luminary Combine in the Battle of Argost (extra-signatary).
Origin
The planet Aa'rihuteshqatar (Arrene name, often shortened to Rihuta or Serenity by others), in the Osuna system (-114, -17, 49), a double-K binary about 54ly from Argost, 25ly from Thosuo.
Rihuta is a tropical oceanic world surrounded by small moons, it has a characteristic blue color from space given its shallow oceans, bluish vegetation and blue inhabitants, the Ygiv. The other Ygiv population center is the colony world of Kaegaels, a neighboring star system that the Arrene had later populated with them (initially as cattle, later employed as a workforce). Though nowadays, the Ygiv are mostly ubiquitous to the Arrene Core and its dozen worlds.
Description
Being 2’2” to 4’0” tall, 4 to 6ft long, and 40 to 60kg, the Ygiv are lizard-like hexapods in a centaurine posture. Their most prominent feature besides anatomy are their two pairs of pitch-black eyes dominated by one much larger pair, and their deeply azure or sky blue skin pigments. They possess several appendages on their heads that serve sensory and communication purposes, flushing with blood and picking up bright red colors, which means they very visibly blush and bruise, which means they are commonly seen in armor or protective clothing/uniforms not unlike humans.
Their speech is akin to whispers and raspy vocalizations, with some high frequency notes, their languages are popular vulgata among travelers for their ease of learning, mainly Common Nagiv.
Their multiple appendages mean they are very skillful artists and builders, that combined with their genius actively worked in favor of them when faced with becoming food or a slave caste of the Combine. The Treaty of Forzai largely liberated up the Ygiv population, although it hasn’t necessarily freed them.
Spacetravel
Common proton rockets for in-system travel.
Proprietary interstellar mode nonexistent.
Often accompany other species' crews during interstellar travel as a workforce.
Relations
Officially friendly to foreign powers. Non-territorial, social collectivistic, curious anc creative. Largely exploited, second-class citizens across the Dominion.
Fleet size numbering the hundreds.
Population estimated at 40 billion.
No civilizational goals, aligned power.
Hostile relationships with qire, positive relationships with the humans, neutral with hoku and arrene.
Civilization has been long assimilated, the Ygiv live for about 70 years.
