THE CONSORTIUM: Vermillian

THE VERMILLIAN EMPIRE
Kind: Saurian
Type: Onivore
Class: Trader
Homeplanet: Navisko
Homesystem: Lutoquini = Orinus (T0) - Navisko (T3)+Cliassua (T3) - Setaca (T2)

The Vermillian are a species that can be easily considered old. They evolved from dinosaur-like creatures until they became the current saurian-like bipedal with four arms and a tail. Although it was never proved, some fossils and scientific evidence of probably the ancient stages of Vermillian evolution shows them as dragon-like winged creatures. The intermediate stage was never found, so it's still a riddle for Vermillian paleonthologists if they truly came from dragons or not.

Vermillian's homeplanet, Navisko, is a rocky planet (class: T3) located on the Lutoquini system. It's the second planet from the star and is acompanied by a natural satellite: the Cliassua moon.
Navisko's atmosphere is mainly made of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and monoxide in larger quantities than the usual T3 atmosphere, thanks to the heavy vulcanic activity on the planet's surface. The planet also registers higher temperatures than the usual T3 planet, although this isn't really a problem for the Vermillian organism, which is populated by high-temperature enzymes. This said, we can notice that an ironic evolutionary process ocurred on Navisko.

The planet's soil looks quite arid, but in fact the constant vulcanic activity makes it an extremely rich vulcanic and sedimentary soil. We can only see two seasons that swaps hemisphere every half-translation of the planet: a hot and wet summer, and a not so hot and dry autumn. The planet has no spring or winter, due to it's almost null inclination and eliptical orbit. And the hot atmosphere, of course.

Since primordial times, vermillians developed a balanced society. In tribal stage, both peace and war united the tribes, what led most of their people to economic based civilizations. However, they never truly abandoned the art of war and always had a great and powerful army in case things went wrong. After milleniums struggling and trading, Vermillian nations finally united themselves under one single banner. This happened after the storming of a global-scale crisis that was affecting industry, ecology and politics; the unification was the solution found by world-leaders. Not long after that, Vermillian global space-program started and finally their first ship was launched into outer space - The Nemesia.

They explored their own system for years before developing interstellar propulsors. After finally meeting other empires and initiating a prosperous galactic trading federation, Vermillian Empire started to flourish.

Few decades later, they first met the Zealotyan. This event was known as the "On-Sight Conflict", since Zealotyan fanaticism were greater in that time and they attacked at first sight. Both empires fought for years before a successful attempt of negotiations. However, many lives were already claimed during the conflict.
The Zealotyan were always very fanatic about their faith in the Spode. But the Vermillian people easily accepted it, since it was quite identical to their original faith and both species had an ancient relation with dragons. So, from that day forth, the alliance between Vermillian and Zealotyan Empires started.