Azken

The Azken are a humanoid species originally native to the Insara galaxy.

Biology
The Azken are a humanoid species. Externally, they appear similar to humans, though there are several internal differences between both races.

Azken's possess two hearts and orange blood.

The average Azken typically lives 120 years.

Culture
Azken society was heavily stratified and regulated. The people were divided between five castes, though the tradition was largely abandoned after arriving on Earth. The five castes were the Alto, Suddito, Bene, Kiavo and Immunda.

They were also known to assimilate other races into their culture. The assimilation was not always peaceful, as several spacefaring races opposed their assimilation into the Azken Empire.

The Azken justified their tradition by saying that they were preserving the species they conquered, as they would be destroyed by themselves or less merciful species.

In naming, the Azken's family name usually comes before their given name.

History
In their distant past, the Azken homeworld was a wasteland of warring tribes and vicious predators. It was through the cultural assimilation of smaller and weaker tribes into stronger tribes that the Azken were able to survive.

Not long after discovering space travel, the Azkens discovered a primitive species known as the Draxin and made them their first subject race.

2000 years prior to 1985, the Azken were involved in a cold war with the Suvarens. Fearing that a war between them would bring about the destruction of both their empires, the Azken government launched Project Exodus as a means to preserve their civilization.