The Durge (Der-j)
Culture: Sadistic/Slaver
Overview: Durge culture revolves around pain and suffering, both of which cause Krauthicans immense pleasure when imposed on an unwilling participant. Krauthicans use slaves in leu of money or other currency, only accepting money from other races to trade it for better slaves. No xeno races are allowed in their small territory and any exploration ships sent never return. Other empires have attempted overthrow them various times throughout history, all thwarted by some secret weapon the Durge hold on their home world, making it all but impossible to capture. This territory only holds a small portion of the Krauthican race however, an estimated 80% remaining outside at all times, traveling around the galaxy in their black ships. They require a constant stream of slaves as they slowly torture the victim while gradually draining their blood for sustenance over the course of several months, eventually killing them. Most Krauthicans will have 6 slaves each at one time, while higher classes can have as many as several hundred.
Politics: The Empire of Durge controlled territory spans only 5 systems, but Durge black ships travel across the whole galaxy, almost no empire completely untouched in some way by their presence. They trade slaves with any that will indulge them, weather that be an evil government or corrupt aspects within one. Most nations have closed borders to the Durge but this seems to have no effect as there are just too many small fleets to stop them all. They are widely not considered a huge threat as they keep almost exclusively to pirate raids in fringe systems to gain more slaves to trade but leave more colonized areas alone for fear of retaliation.
Technology: The technology utilized by the Durge is a strange mix of advanced science with gothic almost medieval. Krauthicans are obsessed with this sort of gothic style of technology and architecture, their ships strange masses of arches and horrifying statues, all with a myriad of spikes protruding from every angle. Their armor and weaponry are much the same. Though they seem to be fairly advanced in many areas, (nowhere close to the Saurian empire of course) they instead choose to use weapons that incur the most suffering over actual damage to the victim. Yet perhaps the oddest aspect of Krauthican technology is how they enact faster than light travel. Their home planet is located next to that of another race (the Lairae), one they have long since subjugated, with the ability to teleport to any location they have been before almost instantly. Krauthicans bolt these Lairae inside their black ships and use them to travel around the galaxy freely. Only around 3/4ths of Durge ships are outfitted with these beings however, as there are not many of them and they do not reproduce quickly.
Founding Date
11/1/300 ASD
Type
Guild, Privateers
Capital
Training Level
Untrained
Veterancy Level
Veteran
Leader
Head of State
Government System
Anarchy
Power Structure
Autonomous area
Economic System
Barter system
Currency
Slaves
Location
Controlled Territories
Notable Members
Related Species
Pirate
Arch Rivals
The Niamari Collective actively hunts and destroys Durge fleets, seeing all their actions as abhorrent.
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