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Frigates
Rename to Sabre (Alpha, Beta Charlie, Gamma and foxtrot etc respectively)
(Heat-concealers)
Improved engine.   
Kinetic Shield.
Boarding Measures.

Destroyers
Rename to Spetum (Alpha and Beta)
(Heat-concealers.)
Kinetic Shield.
Boarding Measures.
Three improved engines.

Race name: Kroecs
Description and biography:
Theocratic Capitalism.
The Kroecs are a small, sturdy race. Quite small and with a fast metabolism they have a short lifespan. Those who are over 40 earthyears are considered wise and very old. To another race, the sight of a Kroec must lock rather daunting. They have a green, reptile like skin, and most of them have yellow eyes. In return they are haven't lost there ancestors strength and agility. Kroecs are extremely fast and have keen senses, without sacrificing to much strength. 

The Kroecs has always been very religious. Most Kroecs follow The Way of the Kro, a religion founded by the great Kro three millenniums ago. According to The way of the Kro, every being has a destiny, and finding that destiny is the meaning of a Kroecs life. In theory, every occupation and destiny should be equally regarded. A scientist and a farmer shall have equal standing. In reality this isn't the case anymore (if it ever was). Those with high income has higher standing than other, and to achieve wealth has become a goal for many Kroecs. An individuals ability to accumulate and invest is very high regarded in the Kroec society.
Even so, The way of the Kro has a lot of influence in The Kroec society. To climb (or fall) on the social ladder is not only accepted, but encouraged. Your destiny might not be the same as your ancestor, maybe a farmer girl is destined to be a great scientist? Then it is every Kroecs duty to help her achieve just that. Therefore it is normal for the richer families and individuals to open free schools and in other ways help  the poorer parts of the society. Incidentally, this serves as very good PR for those who do their duty to The Way of the Kro.

The Kroec Confederation dosent have a real government. Instead they relay on Laissez-faire capitalism. However they have a spiritual leader,The prophet, chosen by the richest, most influential Kroecs. It is his or hers job to determine the destiny of the Kroecs, according to The Way of the Kro. Most Kroecs still believe The Way of the Kro, so if the prophet proclaims that a specific planet should be colonised. A company usually take on that challenge. In the case of war, every Kroec is obliged to do what ever it takes to defend The Way of the Kro. Companies often collaborate to make the whole race prosper, as the The Way of the Kro proclaim they should.  However, The Prophet is usually pressured by the richer Kroecs who choose him/her to determine that the Kroecs should expand in ways which are...profitable. Cynics argue that the prophet is just a puppet for the companies who choose him/her.

In war, the Kroecs relay on there strong infantrymen to win the battle. They excel in close to medium combat. Which has influenced most of there militarised spaceships. They sacrifice arms in exchange for armour, stealth and speed. The Kroecs have developed advanced boarding measures. And if enough Kroecs ships survive the initial encounter to  start a boarding, the battle is usually over.

Traits:

Lucrative (0.5)
Extra fleet (2)
Extra military tech. (3)
Extra Civ tech: (2)
FTL savy: (2)
Another colony: (1)

Description of system and planets: The system consists of four planets and a large asteoridbelt circling a orange star in the middle of its lifetime. The closest one, Kori, a small planet without a proper atmosphere. Second to that is the only habitable planet in the system. Oxchade, the homeplanet of the Kroecs.
After that there are one larger planet, Vara. Far to cold to sustain life, but initial research regarding terraforming is promising and a  colony has been established on the planet. Between Vara and the only gasplanet of the system is a thin asteroidbelt. Lastly there is Occuri, a large blue planet which has caught the astronomers attention. According to surveyed there seems to be a strange type of metal making up parts of the planet.  However, any attempt to recover this metal has failed. But a colony has been established on Occuri's moon, Dara, in hopes that they will find a way to recover the metal.

List of colonies:
Colony on Dara.
Colony on Vera.
Colony on planet Z: The Kroecs recently managed to crate an ftl drive. The prophet proclaimed that it was the destiny of the Kroecs to establish an interstellar colony. Therefore Planet Z was found and even though not much is known about the planet, more than that the star is stable, a colony has been established there.

Military technologies:
Boarding Measuers: The Kroecs have developed techniques to board enemy ships. Special Marines who are trained to breach a hole in the enemy hull, and smaller boarding vessels in a part of this tech.
Marines: The Kroecs have a very well trained infantry, able to engage enemies both on land and in ships.
Improved Engine: The Kroecs has find ways to improve the speed of ships in sub-ftl speed.
Heat-concealers: Most Kroec military ships are equipped with heat-concealers, making them harder to find and target.
Marine suits: Suits with a jetpack, weak kinetic shield and adaptable to most enviourments (including space) and other small improvements  makes marines deadlier than ever.

Civilian technologies:
Terraforming Basics: The Kroecs has started to develop ways to terraform a planet.
Civilian sub-ftl ships: The Kroecs has perfected the ship manufacturing process enough so that companies may sell sub-ftl ships to civilians with a profit.

List of the fleet:
5 Frigates.
2 Destroyers. (Will put names if I am choosen)