Geralic

The Geralic are an species of humanoid,warm-blooded lizards, originating from the tropical world Gerales. They are a rather young, space-faring species, they developed their first FTL-engines during the 24th century and since then they established a small empire in the outer Orion arm.

Biology
The Geralic share many features with the dinosaurs, that lived on Earth millions of years ago. Reptilians are the dominant species on their homeworld and giant predators made it very hard for the small Geralic to survive and prosper. The Geralic are one of the first warm-blooded species on Gerales, giving them the advantage they needed. The Geralic have long tails, some reaching even lenght like over 7 feet, which have an scaleless underside, which is used for transpiration. They are omnivores, have over 30 teeths, 4 fingers and 3 toes. Their normal body strength is slightly above that of an average human and their scales provide some protection against blunt violence. Their eyes are adapted to work optimal in shady areas, while they are very sensitive towards bright light. Low temperatures are very unpleasant for them, everything below 25 degrees celsius feels unpleasant for them without clothes. Scale couloring divers throughout the Geralic population, ranging from green, to orange or brown and even black ,

Culture
An important part of the Geralic culture is their tail, which they consider a sign of strenght and independence. Cutting of someones tail was considerd a worse punishment than death and those who survived it were branded as outcasts for the rest of their live. This punishment has been forbidden many centuries ago, but calling somebody tailless is still one of the worst insults towards a Geralic and looking at the tail often is considerd rude. Geralic culture is rather primitive compared to humanity, the main reason is their fast developement during the last 600 years. They directly evolved from a tribal society into a modern, industrial society, causing great problems. Geralic art and music is relativly simple and religion never took a large part in the society. War and fighting was the centre of geralic culture for a long time, this changed after they nearly annihalted themself during a limited nuclear exchange. Guarding and preserving the nature and everything that lives has become very important for them