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The Alara’jal Clan Page 1

*Spoilers if you haven't read past Gabatrix: The First Peace arc* “I remember once when I had to look up to fight against our enemies. Our bravest of kin, the only thing that they saw last was their feet being dropped down upon them,” A Yutilian veteran that fought the Alara’jal. Species Currently Classified as Extinct Known History There is no doubt about the sheer titanic size of the Itrean clan species known as the Alara’jal. Their history has been that of surprise, but expectance that they had managed to survive as far as 200 years ago somehow. Their descriptions had them at the height of between 11 to 15 feet in height. Their colors tended to have a mix of brown, tan, orange, and even yellow scale patterns. They were described as not having feathers while having powerful jaws, somewhat short arms, and being completely stalwart and domineering in their appearances. With their recent demise and DNA evidence, it wouldn’t take much to conclude to human scholars that the Alara’jal were direct descendants of the Allosaurus on former Earth. To many, some even considered them as the closest proximity to the T-rex of the Itrean people. In theory, the Alara’jal might have had feathers similar to how most dinosaurs had. However, much like the Palierans and Aksren, much of these traits had become lost or discarded in recent years. It is a surprise that a group of domineering and “meat-eating” species, such as the Alara’jal, have had a staggering history in ancient Itrean history. Reports are all over the place, but many generally speculate that the Alara’jal were nothing like they were in the earliest days of “dead space.” Legends claim that they were actually benevolent and a people of reason. Some looked at them as the prideful leaders that served alongside the Nip’Turin clan. There they used their titanic sizes to give whimsical advice and serve as the noble people of all Itreans. Of course, such stories are short and never last. It is unknown what had happened to cause them to change their ways. Much like the Noo’dort, the Alara’jal infrastructure was beginning to fall apart, although it took far longer. Some placed the blame on Alara’jal cardinal desires, blaming their carnivorous appetites as violent people that turned on their own ideals. Contrary to belief, however. The human and Itrean scholars point out that the Alara’jal had used evolution to their own advantage. This included the fact that they “lengthened their arms” since the Allosaurus generally had very short arms and hands and had increased their diets to be able to eat meat, vegetables, and fruits alike. Unlike the ancient past, the Alara’jal were smart and knew what they were doing. The only most prominent problem was one that they were fully aware of. Their colossal sizes were one that required enormous resources to take care of. Even in the largest of worlds, it wouldn’t take long for food sources to become pushed to the limit to feed their population. Much like the Yip’Turin clan, the Alara’jal were in the ever-present course of having to care for themselves. Competition for these resources was paramount, and the Alara’jal knew that they had the upper hand. War and conflict were inevitable, and it was obvious that the species was going to win. The Alara’jal were often looked at as savage and barbaric, but it is easily countered that they were slow in how they performed their wars. Some claimed that they were trying to keep the peace when it happened. Their biggest enemies were often the ones that took the same amount of resources to feed their population, and that was the Yip’Turin. Within 600,000 years ago, any form of the great unity of species had been long gone. The Alara’jal had committed to seizing new worlds and occasionally claiming homes of former species. On the ground, the people were the best fighters. Even to this very day, the Itrean species is one that is invincible in hand-to-hand combat. Using sheer muscle, size, and power, they couldn’t be stopped. Even the Yip’Turin had no hope of beating them as the Alara’jal bullied them out to extinction. Many sources point out that the Alara’jal was way more suited to living on the ground and having civilizations, especially when compared to the Noo’dort clan and their nomadic ways. However, the Alara’jal had adapted their own perspectives when it came to society. What is known as “Alara’jal Anarchy” is the current known and popular viewpoint that the species had in the last 500,000 years or more. When they had established their cultures and societies, some would rule by the strongest and the one that had the most resources. To them, any form of government (imperial or kingdom) was the greatest threat to freedom that any individual could ever have. To the other clan species, the titanic race often looked at their concepts with much disgust. The Alara’jal consisted of only warlords, but there has been far speculation that the cultures had practiced long years of peaceful and nonchalant views on how society would behave. There had been some examples of some Alara’jal communities that were almost reminiscent of how humanity colonized Cebravis. They would be at one with their nature and environment. Coexistence with other clan species would be possible, and they would never need a leader or government. To some, this was how they viewed Anarchism as a society that never needed rules and saw moral reason as the way to live. Unfortunately, even with such views, the warlords often took over and swallowed up these societies in the Alara’jal subclans. Those that had fleets of warships and soldiers would easily overpower and dominate the unarmed species as a whole. Many of these greedy warlords are often the blame for much of the early destruction of “dead space.” Even in the earliest of years, the Alara’jal had the most titanic of warships. It was most apparent that the species needed the greatest of vessels to house their people, and it was no doubt that they had the largest ships of them all. Even the great Noo’dort city ships were nothing in size when it came to the Alara’jal super dreadnoughts. Legends and descriptions would point out that the Alara’jal siege ships were capable of obliterating planets and moons with powerful bore cannons. When the cobalt and anti- matter warheads were discovered, the people were capable of destroying a small planet with a few well-placed shots. Sometimes the need to conquer the people of the ground was unnecessary as the Alara’jal could simply threaten the society from space itself. The Alara’jal, despite their titanic sizes and expected victories in warfare, were not wholly invincible either. Many clan species had been well alienated by the Alara’jal. Some saw them as barbaric and lawless. In space, the clan species did suffer at times. While the great battleships seemed more than capable of winning a fight, they proved to be disadvantageous at times. These ships required huge amounts of resources to build them. It is not uncommon that battles often depict them fighting against swarms of smaller warships that try to gang upon them. Even the smallest species of the Gesh’Ot clan had managed to create drone-controlled carrier warships that would tackle and destroy the Alara’jal. Nuclear warheads could easily rip the inside of the Alara’jal ships apart. For some time, the Alara’jal species, much like the Shal’rein, had prized the railgun as the “Prime Weapon,” to “Destroy the smaller and more pathetic of Itrean clans.” It wasn’t entirely true as they had forms of guided warheads that could still do the job, but when compared to the species, the ships still had difficult fights. These early space battles were usually the judging point if the Alara’jal could even try to conquer a planet or not. For the Alara’jal, their only method of stopping their enemies was to destroy and deny their worlds to prevent their access. Unfortunately, this form of viewpoint was one that even the Alara’jal saw as troubling. Many reasons for the era of “old space” was the fact that they knew that future worlds to colonize would be gone forever. Shattered worlds and ultimately radiated planets made living difficult, and it was leaving a swath of destruction. Many of these great super dreadnoughts were being decommissioned or tossed aside as the prolonged method of warfare was proving ineffective. For a savage species, many scholars pointed out that “Even the Alara’jal knew when to quit as technology improved.” The Alara’jal did have some major benefits to help them in seeing a path of less destruction. Most of this was better access to technology that would help replenish worlds. Even resource- intensive species as themselves could have access to equipment and abilities that could feed their ever-growing population. There were constant eras during the Alara’jal time periods where they never even bothered the other clan species. Only the threat of a rising warlord would the threat be pressed against themselves that may splinter over onto other clans in turn. This would all change once the Aksren Emperor, Jalgren, would unleash his great fleets upon the other clan species. Ingenuity, access to resources, and tactics had proven to be the downfall of all the other clan species fleets. The Alara’jal really didn’t have that many ships 31,000 years ago. The so-called “Alara’jal Calm Era” was one that they had few battleships and dreadnoughts to repel the Aksren fleets. Technically, the Alara’jal was really in no mood to offer much resistance with the occasion of a few prideful warlords that did try to launch counterattacks that warranted no success. Jalgren was the type of character that believed that cultural integration (even from other clan species) was necessary. He never bothered to try to engage in ground warfare and was never going to dare fight the Shal’rein or Alara’jal in the ground or waters. Within a few years, all of the Alara’jal warlords were dismantled in their power and space access. Much like the Shal’rein, the Alara’jal clan was more subtle during the early and mid-years of the Empire of Jalgren. Many of the Alara’jal simply didn’t care that their fleets were gone. Warlords that terrorized their own people were stripped of their powers and left the people in a true state of calm and peace. The empire even made efforts to allow some of the Alara’jal to live among their cities which a few did. Jalgren, himself, near the end of his life, had stated, “The Alara’jal were often looked at as a domineering people. Yet, I see the selected few walk in the streets. Like a confused giant, a few of the Aksren would walk up to them and offer a helping hand in letting them know where the nearest food stand was at.” It seemed promising as Aksren businesses had been open to the titanic race, even offering special clothing shops, utilities, and tools to care for their day-to-day living needs. Unfortunately for some, the empire was not to last as they had become repressive towards everyone. Technically, the Rototrein Rebellion had the hardest of times in convincing the Alara’jal to step up and fight. Not only that, but many were apprehensive about going into a war-like state. They lacked any shipyard producing capability that could challenge the imperial fleets. Unlike the Yutilians, Aksren sympathizers, and Shal’rein that had access to secret shipyards or available warships, the Alara’jal had nothing. Nevertheless, there were some that did see the need to go to war with the empire. Within 11,000 years, the imperial regime had even purposely discriminated against all clan species in general. Even the Alara’jal was no exception. Some on the Alara’jal planets had managed to contact Rototrein and notify him that the clan worlds were more than ready to engage the empire. The question was really on how they would do it. It would take time, but as the rebellion had managed to reach Alara’jal worlds, the soldiers that were ready to fight would join up to begin launching ground invasions in the rebel transports. Against imperial troops, the Alara’jal were more than a match and proved particularly well. An Aksren imperial soldier had stated, “I watched as the Alara’jal came running towards us. He had been shot at multiple times and just kept coming. He had no weapons, and he simply bit into our armor like it was nothing. He grabbed one of our bikes and threw it like a toothpick. This was only one of them. If it were an army, we would have simply lost the battle.” There is no doubt that the Alara’jal had helped the rebellion wherever they could. Eventually, the clan species had managed to get some shipyard production put into place in the later years. By the time it hit near the end of the war, the war infrastructure had been somewhat restored. Regrettably, the species unity was one that wouldn’t last. For the Alara’jal, some felt that they should dismantle their own fleets, factories, and facilities and try to return to a “Life as they were before the empire.” The post-imperial age was one that they were reluctant to enter. It is said that when the Alara’jal were offered one of the star fortresses, they wanted the one of “Least Operation,” as they wanted to decide for themselves if they wanted to return to a life of warfare or not. This star fortress was incomplete in its construction until far later. Ultimately, the rebellion would spurn some of the Alara’jal to return back to a life of conquering and expansion. What many feared had happened. The uprising had “Awakened the sleeping giants.” With access to weapons and equipment, the rising warlords would begin warfare to out-compete the other. Eventually, campaigns were starting to be waged against the other clan species. Within 10,000 years ago, the “Warlord Age” had ended, and a single powerful leader would role them all. Alara’jal customs were practiced that believed in no government. The most powerful would rule them all. When the leader died, arena battles of the death were waged in who would be the next leader. Many claimed that the Alara’jal was just as vicious against itself like it was against the other clan species. During this era, it is said that the Alara’jal had launched many campaigns in fighting the other clan species as they had reached their own “species unity.” Most of these space battles resulted in little, but the few worlds that the Alara’jal seized were easily taken in ground warfare. The most significant factor for the clan species was their ground campaigns. They were little more than invincible. On the ground, even the Shal’rein had no hope in fighting them unless they had access to water that the Alara’jal avoided. There was practically no hope in fighting the titanic soldiers. They almost had little need for ground vehicles as they could easily run up to enemy ground vehicles, destroy them, or flip them over. Small Alara’jal firearms could easily pierce any form of Itrean armor, and the Alara’jal armor was incredible. Essentially, the people were nothing more than titan soldiers. There were no forms of kingdoms or empires among the Alara’jal. One of the great warlords of the Alara’jal, known as “Xetjal,” was generally the most successful of warlords 10,000 years ago. He had successfully conquered the entire Alara’jal race and forced the population to begin construction of the final star fortress. Even if the facility had not been fully completed, it was still being used to manufacture warships and protect itself from the wayward invasion of other Alara’jal subclans and Itrean clans. It would take 3,000 years of hard labor before the titanic structure would be completed in construction. Formerly named after the warlord, the final Itrean star fortress was completed 7,000 years ago after numerous pauses. This allowed the current warlord to begin a new offensive campaign against the Aksren, Shal’rein, and Yutilian clans. Xetjal was ambitious but would never see the final might of his attempt to conquer the other Itreans. Xil would be the bearer of that torch. It is said that during his reign, he launched several deep space raids into clan territories. Unfortunately, Xil was never the brightest of leaders, and many of his fleets failed to do much in damage. He only managed to capture two worlds but suffered heavy losses. Other disgruntled members of his horde would later assassinate the warlord. While many others would try to rival that of Xetjal or Xil, the Alara’jal simply couldn’t best the other species' clan fleets.