The Neraavians

The Neraavians are a short, physically weak race of colorful geniuses that come from the planet Neraav, notable for their large success in sciences, diplomacy and leadership in the cluster government.

Neraavian Biology
The Neraavians are a planet that hail from the planet Neraav, in the Desbi system of the Orii Cluster. The Neraavians on average stand at 5'2 for females, 5'4 for males. They come in a variety of vibrant colors, pretty much any color you can picture. Their hair and eye color tends to match that of their skin colors, it is uncommon to see it not match at least in color, not necessarily shade. The Neraavians are considerably smarter than every other race in the Orii Cluster, and are notable for their ability to camouflage with their environment. On Neraav, they were not predators, rather the prey so they've adapted to be experts at stealth. The ones that're fighters are trained to be so from birth, equipped with the best technology and even have some implants to enhance their senses. Notable ones include the Tajimu League.

The Neraavians have always been more diplomatic, sly and kind than violent or arrogant. The Neraavians are naturally quite cowardice, which has earned them to often be slurred at with the Garze word 'G'leeba' which roughly translates to coward. The Neraavians have survived off of their wits, and even continue to do so today. They are hyper-emotional, often seen with extreme cases of anxiety or other disorders. They have normal organs, but a notable trait in them as that they are not a romantic species, rather they only mate when necessary to further the species. Though, some turn out to be romantic it is incredibly uncommon in their kind to see a romantic marriage. They do, however believe in marriage which is mainly used to bind families together to an even stronger political power.

Neraavian Religion
The main Neraavian religion is Si'arri, which worships the Goddess of Neraav. Rather than believing that there is a singular Goddess responsible for the entire universe, they believe she is one of many Gods who is solely responsible for creating the Neraavians and their home system. Neraav gave them the gift of life, and when predators sought to devour them she gave them the ability to hide in plain sight. She'd then had two daughters, Seraav and Keraav, both of which lend their names to Neraav's sister planets. Her daughters went on to craft two planets of their own, which caused disagreement among the two as to who deserved more of the system's resources. The daughters warred and fought with one another for much of their lives, before the two agreed to band together to kill the Neraavians, then take Neraav to split between each other's species.

Neraav wielded her mighty blade as she struck down her two daughter's and rendered their worlds uninhabitable with her mighty powers. Many jealous Gods would go on to threaten Neraav, she protected them every single time. The last time she protected them would be her doom, as she went on the offensive against another pure-blooded God to annihilate his race as they plotted to destroy the infant Neraavians. For this she was cast from Godship, and died a mortal on an unknown planet that the story dubs 'Riess' in a prison cell, all alone. She was satisfied, as she'd saved the very species she cradled and protected for all those years. She continues to watch after them in the beyond.

The Neraavians believe in some form of reincarnation, that when they die they'll return as a different Neraavian at a different point in time. They believe that the more lives you live, the closer you get to reaching the afterlife where you'll be united with Neraav herself, as well as many other deceased Gods and races.

They are not forceful of their religious beliefs, but are very firm in them.

Further elaboration on their religion in it's own personal page.

Neraavian Language
A list of common words or phrases heard from Neraavians, and what they mean.

'Doraaya'; Meaning 'Origin' in the ancient Vis't language from the Bilomisi Jungle, it lends it's name to a Neraavian continent.

'Goddess!'; something the Neraavians often exclaim when surprised, angered or otherwise emotional. It is used in a similar way to how humans would say 'Oh my god/gosh/goodness' when shouted, they are referring to the Goddess, Neraav.

'Goddess preserve me'; a Neraavian phrase of annoyance used in a similar way to 'Lord give me strength'.

'Divaraa'; equivalent to saying 'I love you.'

'Neraav'; derived from an ancient word in the Vis't language 'Neriiev' which means 'home', while the word Neraav means 'birth'.

'Ditaayn'; used in the same sense as 'Godspeed', it is said to wish those who are soon to embark on a journey luck.

'Moriint'; a rude slur used against someone the Neraavian deemed dull-witted or brutish.

'Baardhi'; a word meaning 'friend' or 'companion'.

'Eiriia'; the Neraavian word for mother.

'Daavier'; the Neraavian word for father.

'Aheni'; the Neraavian word for a sibling.

'Istige'; a Neraavian word to insult criminals.

'Desti'; a word meaning star.

'Ishara'; a word or name which means warrior or warriors.

Neraavian History
Neraavians have always been Matriarchal in nature, the women are the nurturers of their kind while the men would gather as much as they could ( sometimes involving taking previously killed individuals ). They typically followed women's advice, they saw them as wiser when giving advice since they spent so much time caring for others. When the time of civilizations came around, they operated under Matriarchal Monarchies for many years, but as others did they advanced further. Despite being one of the youngest races in the cluster, they're the second most advanced.

Their monarchies quickly developed into Republics, still lead primarily by females as the Neraavians' technological development sped up like throwing gasoline on a raging fire, they went into the nuclear age very soon after developing Republics. They advanced genetic technology, interstellar travel, and colonized their solar system. The Neraavians are un-matched in their genetic technologies, which they're quite humble about. As soon acquired FTL travel, all the countries agreed to band together into The Neraavian Republic and began their colonization of exoplanets. They would go on to colonize numerous planets, researching most as best they could. Notable colonies include; Xurelia, Kapora, Karjey, Azer and Mordae.

They continued on, alone for nearly 300 years before they ran into the Sixamians, which would lead to the 'Planetside War'. Which'll be further elaborated on below.

After the Planetside War, the realization struck them that they weren't alone. They began construction of Atlas, they constructed it around the blackhole in the center of the Orii Cluster, Orii ( to which the cluster gets it's name from ). They made contact with the Garze shortly after, and joined in The Allied Pact with them, several other races joined shortly behind them as the Neraavians soon became the center of Orii's governmental structure.

The Neraavian Forces
The Neraavian Forces are the primary naval fleets of the species, to which there are 10 fleets.

The ship classes are as followed;

Neraavian Cruiser

Neraavian Envoy

Neraavian Frigate

Neraavian Gunship

Neraavian Dreadnought

Neraavian Flagship

Planetside War
The Planetside War was a war primarily fought on the desert world of Karjey in the Reom system of the Orii Cluster, in a very clumped together part of it. The Neraavians had been mining from Karjey for nearly 200 years at the time, but being a very mineral-rich world they'd hardly scratched the surface of it's supply. They'd docked in Port Dalli in the orbit of nearby gas giant, Paxti. They'd detected an odd signal on the surface, and sent down a cruiser to investigate. They found an alien colony, to which they felt threatened and seized control of operations, taking in the crew for questioning.

Before they had much time to discuss with them, they had an alert of entry in the outer-bounds of the system. They mobilized their 3rd fleet, prepared for an attack as more forces than anticipated overwhelmed and decimated their 3rd fleet in a brutal battle. Luckily, no Neraavian lives were lost as their fleets are automated and piloted from afar. They then sent in their 1st fleet, the most equipped fleet in the cluster at the time. They weren't there when the Neraavians arrived, so they began to separate their forces to do a sweep of the systems while scientifics tried to lower a kinetic barrier put up by the Sixamians. They were ambushed, and half of the fleet was destroyed before the Sixamians destroyed the rare minerals on the planet with Orbital Bombardment. The Neraavians, distressed and drained of resources were exiled from the system.

To this day, they still plan to one day re-take the system from it's capturers.