Cytrialin Unity

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Entwined culturally, and to some degree biologically, the human-derived Lamura Teg and their small, spidery-legged, alien counterparts, the Lamura Gav (collectively, just the "Lamura"), have built a technologically advanced culture from the ruins of a hostile world which was originally home to neither race. Though anatomically disimiliar, their dependence and understanding of each other has given them a uniquely liberal perspective on the nature of the universe. They view the universe as an open cycle of resources, with each aspect being part of the greater whole.

This view has led to their great respect for life and the environment. As one passage of the Cytrialin says, "I breathe in the body of my descendants while standing upon that of my ancestors." The Lamura have great respect for all races, based on "the common thread which has built the fabric of our societies."

Most members of the Cytrialin Unity are seldom found without one of the books of the Cytrialin — a collection of passages and phrases which detail the outlook of the Lamura races.

The Lamura seem to take great pride in quoting appropriate passages from the Cytrialin at times of personal crisis.

This seemingly fanatical devotion to their faith has led many in the Imperium to label them as religious fanatics, although the Cytrialin is better described as a philosophy of life, as it is void of strict dogma, ceremony, or supernatural deities.

The Cytrialin Unity sits between the Hinterworlds and Leonidae sectors and spans 58 worlds with its TL14 culture. Its location has made it a trade nexus for traffic between the Imperium and the Two Thousand Worlds. A web of trade routes radiates out from the world of Alike, within the Hinterworlds' borders.

Though politically independent from the Imperium, the Cytrialin Unity maintains good relations and regular trade with its giant, spinward neighbor.

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