A Glorious Dawn

The year is 2800 ACE, and Humanity along with several close allies have risen to the status of the coveted Type III Civilisation, a mere dream for many, reality for others.

But men alone could not do this, meet our allies...

The Skaan: a tall, muscular and militiristic Reptillian species who make up the backbone of the military. Their long held warrior and honour codes lead them to always fight the good fight alongside all those who take their side. One of their most distinguishing features are their claws (replacing hands) although they function similar to hands, each "finger" is instead a fearsome claw of varying length. Despite what you might think, they are fully Bipedal and stand at 8-10 feet tall.

The Distel: A humanoid Silicon based race of people. Their skin, though rough by feel is pliable similar to human skin.  they have a penchant of fascinating anyone they come across, because at first glance they look like a bipedal stack of shapely animated crystals. In spite of initial difficulties understanding their biology, they are fully sentient and extremely intelligent but do not last long in fights, as they are typically quite slender, their skin and bones are also harder but more brittle than carbon based tissue. They have a 3 fingered hand with an opposable thumb, because of the planet they evolved on they must wear pressurised bio-suits Heated internally at 70 celsius unless on their homeworld or artificial conditions for them.

The Krentt: Another humanoid race, carbon based this time but with Copper based blood which loans their skin an unmistakable green colour, leading some early explorers to erroneously think they were infused with plant cells. The most humanoid of the four races (save for Humans themselves), cosmetics can make them almost indistinguishable from Homo Sapiens. they usully stand 6-7 feet tall. Unusually for humanoids, they usually have little or no body hair at all, and sometimes have blue stripes on their skin originating from deposits of copper hydroxide. They have the highest population of the four races, and have a naturally very fast metabolism allowing them to heal faster than others, however this does often give them an overexcited personality.

And last, the name of this grand project is the Spiral Confederation. Named after the perseus Spiral where the continent-spanning capital city lies, the Confederation itself spams more than a third of the galaxy with plans to push ever further into unknown territory.

But enough setting the scene, there's a story to be told...