Great! Then i'll post it here.

As of writing this, if someone wants to use the Tak'a'dis as a species, go ahead, but don't expect to make friends with the Schäferkin. :P
And your civilisation was destroyed, and conquered. So you'd have to live with that.

Also, feel free to have knowledge of the Alpha uprising, since the Tak'a'dis were the prominent species, and was violently overthrown and destroyed in a comparably very short time.
Having previous contact with the Tak'a'dis makes a lot of sense for other species, so go nuts with that if you want.

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[color=9e0b0f]Nation Name:[/color] Schäferkin [Shaefer-kin]

[color=9e0b0f]Flag:[/color] None yet.

[color=9e0b0f]Government Type:[/color] Meritocratically selected Alpha.

[color=9e0b0f]Leadership:[/color] A system with the Prime Alpha at the top, followed by the Silver Alphas, followed in term by the Gold Alphas. One cannot be born into being a silver Alpha, but one can be born to become a Gold Alpha. But must still one day perform the takeover from the last Alpha. Albeit having it far easier having been schooled how to be a good Alpha.

[color=9e0b0f]Offworld Holdings:[/color] None. They hold only Joord.

[color=9e0b0f]Persons of Importance:[/color] Raghis the second, Prime Alpha of the Schäferkin.

[color=9e0b0f]Species and Demographics:[/color] Schäferkin.
Schäferkin demographics are distinct since they are often bred for a certain task and are named for the task at hand. However a Schäferkin isn't forced to stay in their demographic, but most find it the most fitting.
Example demographics. Battle-born, Defender-born, Beauty-born, Herder-born, Gold-born.

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[color=9e0b0f]History:[/color] The schäferkin is a species of bipdal canines whom have been bred to perform dangerous tasks and war.
Created by a bygone species, the Tak'a'dis.

The Tak'a'dis was a humanlike species whom had heavily evolved to be amphibious (but not aquatic) a rather succesful species, intelligent, scientifically profficient and had all the required qualifications to become a succesful space faring race.
They had even begun travelling to other planets when the Alpha uprising happened.

From the beginning.
The Tak'a'dis evolved upon the planet of Joord (meaning roughly earth, soil in their language) they lived somewhat peacefully, like humanity they faced war and famine, scientific discoveries and dogmatic beliefs. The species evolved to such a degree that they were the dominant species on Joord, putting everything else under them through scientific means. They began to make the technology and the species of the world work for their enjoyment.
The focus went from groundbreaking technologies, to providing more and more comfort. First all the workforce was exhanged with simple machines, everyone was provided for with the socialistic system so everyone could live in comfort even if only some lived in wealth.

There were however some work which couldn't be performed with machines, dangerous work or social work which no one else wanted to do.
So after many advances in genetic science, they found the solution. A subservient species.
They created the Schäferkin.
Canines were used according to the Tak'a'dis for their subservient nature, bipedal to mimic their own appearance, but not reptilian in decent since the Tak'a'dis didn't want social groups to want to give them special rights in society. (Which still happened, but to a much smaller degree than if they'd been more similar to themselves to begin with.)

At first the Schäferkin project was a massive success, they were properly coerced into performing the tasks with only minor encouragements as rewards.
Every Schäferkin was owned property, regulated by the state. Each and every one regulated through paperwork and electronic chips.
However, the Tak'a'dis had misjudged the Schäferkin, what they had seen as servile nature, was loyalty to an alpha, a concept the Tak'a'dis didn't fully grasp.

Initially the owners were able to keep their pets under control, but as time passed the true nature of the Schäferkin slowly emerged.
Their lifespan was shorter, a Schäferkin usually never getting older than 50. Also their pregnancy period was much shorter, only 4 months. With each mother nursing roughly 4-8 pups.

It didn't take long until a few Schäferkin couldn't stand their masters, mentally wired to follow a strong Alpha, the Tak'a'dis were almost never strong individuals, when a Schäferkin challenged their superiority it was seen as aggression and they were punished.
The concept too foreign for the Schäferkin to comprehend, to follow a weak individual only because he or she has a paper? Proving ownership.
So on top of being spiteful for beings slaves, their mentality screaming that the entire system was wrong. This was a greater problem than the Tak'a'dis had ever imagined.

It didn't take long until some Schäferkin escaped their captors, most were hunted down. But some managed to damage their chips, had faulty ones or none at all being bought on the black market.
With a sense of freedom, the Schäferkin formed small communities with strong alphas to lead them.
Hearing of these free communities, captive Schäferkin got even more freedom hungry as the Schäferkin population boomed out of control once they were'nt properly controlled anymore.

Schäferkin eradication units were formed, massive atrocities were performed by both sides until one day, the first Prime Alpha emerged.
It is from this time that this title heralds and it stands to this day as the title the Alpha of the Schäferkin holds.
Raghis was his name, a cattle herder from his tribe whom had risen to alpha in his tribe. But now giving the Schäferkin a new concept, Alpha packs.
A grouping of the Alphas of other packs, whom in term have an Alpha that leads over them, not directly but still somewhat directly.
This concept worked remarkably well for the Schäferkin, Raghis being a very strong and intelligent individual managed to gather enough tribes to finally grab a foothold over a city. Followed by a country, then a continent.
The uprising was now an all out war.
However, the Tak'a'dis couldn't keep up with the Schäferkin breeding, nor the amount of training needed too make a Tak'a'dis trooper, and also how much technological backing and cost was involved in making a trained special forces Tak'a'dis as dangerous as a natural born and simply ferocious Schäferkin without weapons.
With weapons they became even more dangerous. With combat training they became hopelessly complex foes to defeat for Tak'a'dis troops.
Learning their own tactics and using them against them, looting their weapons and remaking them to suit the needs of Schäferkin soldiers.

In the end, the hatred and bloodthirst ended up in the annihilation of the entire species of the Tak'a'dis. Not even those who fled into the ocean cities were spared as their cities was continously pounded with depth charges to oblivion. The few who were spared then having died of age now, since the war ended roughly 300 years ago.
It took several generations until the Prime Alpha concept was refined enough so larger societies of Schäferkin worked after a strong leader died or was superseeded.
It was Tossmim, the beauty-born who came up with the concept of Gold Alphas. A gold Alpha was an Alpha that would usually have been the leader of several other Alphas, under the command of the prime Alpha.
However, when the previous Prime Alpha was superseeded or died, the gold Alphas were not allowed to bring in any others to take over like they had done in the past.
Having too few steps between Alpha and Prime Alpha, the Silver Alphas were created working on the concepts lady Tossmim had created, Silver Alphas being directly beneath the Prime Alpha and the ones who fought to become the Prime Alpha, through strength and wits, intelligence and skill.

These happening when a new Prime was to be selected became massive world events, taking place in arenas and massive lecturing halls. Being showed to the public, the most succesful tv-entertainment of the Schäferkin.

The Schäferkin just took over the working infrastructure of the Tak'a'dis, and made it their own, many of them being the workers who had constructed the buildings and worked the factories since the Tak'a'dis were either seeing the tasks as dangerous or they were too lazy to perform them themselves and got a Schäferkin to do it for them.

Over the years the Schäferkin has formed a powerful technological base, working from the designs and legacy of the Tak'a'dis and figuring out some things of their own.

An important thing to mention, is that Schäferkin keep to the tradition that the Tak'a'dis did and use selective breeding. Their genetic material highly suited for it. Making the Schäferkin perhaps the most internally diverce species in the solar system.
However gone are the purely decorative breeding which took shortcuts through health problems to create the envisioned Schäferkin, now the breeding is done to ever make themselves stronger.

They also kept the name they had gotten from their conquered masters, Schäferkin meaning those who tend to the flock or their own, they found the name highly befitting their nature and use it as a further insult to their old masters.
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[color=9e0b0f]Military:[/color] Schäferkin martial tradition consist of two major things, shock and awe martial prowess and guerrilla warfare.
Schäferkin hold a certain sense of honour, preferring to fight on equal terms if the foe is an honorable one. And always leaving non-combatants alone. However, like in the Alpha uprising if a foe proves to be dishonest weakling with no honour, it doesn't take long before the Schäferkin turn to violently efficient eradication.

Schäferkin have weapons designed for their framework, preferring forearm mounted weapons since their broad shoulders as well as preference to run on all four makes conventional firearms bulky and annoying for them.
The usual firearms are plasma blasters, twin barrels on each forearm. Packs a punch but is inaccurate as well as dissipates on long distances. Preferred range is about maximum 30 metres/yards.
Their already sharp natural claws are encased with alloy blades of great durability and strength, capable of ripping gashes in steel plates and walls with ease.

On top of their already impressive agility and strength, the Schäferkin wear powered armour with excellently designed and crafted elements which gives the wearer the same mobility as his own while enhancing his strength.
It is powered with a compact fusion reactor. Made so that it is very safe, only once in history has one exploded when worn in combat.
The armour gives great protection against all infantry weapons, especially plasma fire.
The armour stops at the skull, it encases the back of the head, but leaves the Schäferkin's ears and snout free, to let them use their own senses and to leave the ears able to move. Schäferkin language works heavily on ear movements and even the Schäferkin aren't good enough armourers to create armour for their highly movable and complex ears.
The way that Schäferkin decided the best to defeat this armour was to get into melee and rip their foes asunder as well as martial wrestling. Known as Schäferschlacht. Which emerged in the civil wars that followed the death of the first Prime Alpha.

However, the Schäferkin is a highly meritocratic society, and loathes the idea of conscripted armies. So their elite forces are thankfully comparably small.
Their nation is a highly martial one though, so their army has always been large for being a career army.

Vehicles:
Schäferkin have very few vehicles, only coming up with a vehicle if it is necessary to solve a practical problem. So they have no troop transports for ground forces for example.
They have a few vtol flight transports. They also have assault claws which are launched at enemy fortifications or vessels, grab hold of them and cut their way inside and unleash their cargo of elite Schäferkin warriors.

[color=9e0b0f]Other:[/color] Beauty-born are the entertainers, diplomats and faces of the Schäferkin.
Their armies are almost exclusively Battle-born or Defender-born. The difference between those is that defender-born herald from back in the slave-age when they were used as property safety.
While battle-born were born and raised free, or the select few who were commandos for the Tak'a'dis megacorps.
So think guard dogs or mastiffs. Although the battle-born are actually the slim fast ones while the defender-born are the sturdy ones.
Often seen as a bit too sluggish for being in the armed forces.
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