Atakarr

Atakarr - Offshoot of the Attikan Species

TL 8, AL 8, NiOx breathers, LDLS, Contact Level: Union Member Species since 4802 OTT

In general, Atakarrs average about 10% shorter and lighter than Attikans of the same sex. No Atakarr is spotted, but all (male or female) are striped.

Known to Terrans and Union as the Large Magellanic Cloud 160,000 light-years from the M-0 Galaxy, the LMC is home to a civilization known as the Attikan Commonwealth. The Atakarrs and the Attikans conquered over 40 percent of the LMC and incorporated other local Civilizations into an empire that eventually became a Commonwealth, a political community founded for the common good, with member civilizations of the former Attikan Empire.

The Atakarr developed from a canine lifeform somewhat similar to the Terran Hyena subspecies Aardwolf. Their social structure is strongly tribal pack oriented with a Alpha male leader at the center. This concept became the structure of Atakarr society, with an Alpha Male as society leader (selected at first with real fights and later with a ritualistic form of fights) The Atakarr society was ruled by Alpha Males subservient to the Attikan for most of their history until about 3000 years ago, when Akt Tictiv changed this and raised other Attikan and Non Attikans to equal status and allowed females to be educated and attain government posts short of Alpha Male. This was the birth of the Attikan Commonwealth and cemented the dominant position of the Atakarr as a leading civilization in the LMC alongside the Attikan.

When Akt Tictive changed Attikan/Atakarr society, a group of roughly 720,000 Atakarrs refused to accept those changes, emigrating to the M-0 galaxy. They settled near the Freons and established the Atakarr Directorate, becoming mercenaries and the warrior species for the Freon. This continued until 2220 OTT when they were wiped out by the Union in the Atakarr/Union War.

Today, various Atakarr tribes still exist in the LMC as part of the Attikan Commonwealth. They joined the Union in 4802 OTT along with the rest of the Attikan Commonwealth.