Elisri
The Elisri are a belligerent sapient civilisation.
Physiology
No Elisri has ever been seen in the flesh at the current time. Judging from their ships, they must be oxygen-breathing, water-needing life forms (this could also be inferred from the fact they are sapient).
Judging from the resources they take from planets, they are omnivores.
Intelligence
These creatures are sapient, and have a grasp of strategy and good judgement skills.
Their society is hierarchical, with the highest-ranked members getting the best-quality ships and equipment.
Technology
All that has been seen of the Elisri is their ships. These are their homes, weapons, and vehicles. As a nomadic species, they travel around the Viperius Galaxy and fight other cultures. They are aggressive and uncommunicative.
Spaceships
Elisri spaceships are long and powerful, with varying sizes from 100m to 40km. They are shaped in various designs, with spines and panels along the edges. Capable of Uberspace travel, they can also move rapidly subluminally.
They have powerful, nanotube based armour, with a blackish appearance. This is of great strength and density. They also have a kind of defensive field around their ships, formed by a cold plasma being circulated round the ship. While this is up, communications using radiation are impossible, so they must use entanglement-based communicators.
Types
The smaller ships, nicknamed 'nibblers', bear rapid-fire railguns and distance charges. These can get to 0.7c sublight.
The medium sized 'biters' have broadside mass drivers and a central high-power modulated laser, along with thick armour and powerful shields. The maximum speed of these is 0.8c.
The largest ships can be 40km long, and are called 'obliterators' colloquially. These bear mass drivers, high-power modulated lasers, fusion bombs and torpedoes, and 'Arc Cannons'. These cannons fire arc-shaped pellets of squashing copper at 50%c. These ships can reach 0.95c.
Relations with known races
All contact by the Elisri with other species has been violent.
Aians
The Aians and Elisri came to blows during the first phases of Aian Viperius exploration. The Elisri fleet was defeated. They have fought three times since, all with the same result.
Iridi
An Iridi freighter was attacked by eight 'nibblers'. Nearby Iridi Spaceships arrived and destroyed the attackers.
Salsenes
The Salsenes are aware of the Elisri, and are at war with them. They frequently send troops into their part of space. Many battles have been fought between the two races.
Zyrothans
The Zyrothans have fought the Elisri twice, and were forced to retreat.
