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Brakiri

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Brakiri
Homeworld: Brakir
Lifespan: 45 to 85 cycles
(52.5 - 99.2 Earth years)
Government: Brakiri Syndicracy
Dawn of Civilisation: Circa 261
Achieved Interstellar Travel: 2111


Brakiri are a humanoid race from the planet Brakir that make up Brakiri Syndicracy, formerly a member of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds and later, the Interstellar Alliance.

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[edit] Biology

The Brakiri have enlarged foreheads with ridges just above their eyes. They do have hair but it is positioned in the further back of their scalp. Like humans, it seams some Brakiri suffer from hair loss as seen at times beside the Brakiri ambassador at council meetings. Brakiri are nocturnal.

[edit] Religion

Brakiri religion is an intimate part of Brakiri family life and so very little is known about it by non-Brakiri. The few things that are known center around the fact that the Brakiri solar system has only one known comet, which has become a symbol of death, and transformation in Brakiri culture. The spiritual significance the Brakiri have assigned to their astronomical oddity may have something more to it than mere mysticism. Every 200-years, on the night when the comet's orbit is at its closest approach to Brakir, the Brakiri (being a naturally nocturnal race) celebrate "The Day of the Dead", when the dead return to life. The last "Day of the Dead" was in 2262 and was the first since the Brakiri achieved jumpgate technology. Many Brakiri living on colony worlds made pilgrimages to Brakir for the Day while those who could not return home temporarily "purchased" the areas around where they lived, making them ceremonial parts of Brakir. Many strange incidents occurred in these areas to Brakiri and non-Brakiri alike.

[edit] Society

Brakiri civilization stabilised around 6,000 years prior to the dawn of the Third Age of mankind and the civilization's singular direction is derived from its form of government. When the Krona first took power over Brakir they engineered a system specifically designed to maximize corporate profit and make the planet a business center for the whole galaxy. The system worked, though the ones to benefit most from this were of course the Krona and those others at the higher echelons of the business world. This economic success has widened the gulf between this wealthy upper class and the rest of Brakiri society. Advancement is often slow and fraught with political manoeuvring and some Brakiri turned to crime for advancement denied them in the world of business.

Brakiri criminal groups are called Chadis, or brotherhoods. A member of a Chadi stands out because of their facial tattooing; the complexity and symbology indicating the individual's rank and status. Crime lords rule in the margins where is little or no Corporate Interest to move the Krona to act against them. For these reasons, many Brakiri choose to leave Brakir, usually traveling to colony on Kara or sometimes even somewhere in the Earth Alliance. With so many skilled workers leaving Brakir, the Krona has begun to realize their mistake.

Otherwise, Brakiri social structure is very similar to that of Earth during the 20th Century and surprisingly the similarities are a little more than coincidental. When the Brakiri first began to explore the possibility of life on other worlds, they managed to catch early television and radio signals from Earth. The images they received became a subject of fascination for the Brakiri and whole styles grew up around them. Later when the Brakiri went into space they sought contact with Earth, considering Humans to be a kindred race.

The main goal of a Brakiri, male or female, is to excel in business, whatever business that may be. This drive for success colours every facet of life on Brakir to the extent that the only thing that matters as much as success to the average Brakiri is how that success is achieved. The Brakiri are proud of their ability to win while "playing by the rules". Their problems with organized crime stem, in part, from an unwillingness to admit there is a problem. The only refuge from the drive to succeed is offered by Brakiri family life, which is very private.

Culturally, Brakir was a heavily male-dominated society but when the Krona assumed power, women were given more opportunity to rise to prominent positions. Brakiri prize success, money, happiness and comfort. They tend to be soft-spoken, which often hides the intensity with which they attack their work. They get along quite well with humanoid species, less so with other species.


[edit] Food & Drink

During the Day of the Dead, the Brakiri make and sell a candy shaped like a skull. It is also decorative. [1]

[edit] Notable People

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Day of the Dead

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