Aeyle

The Aeyle are a race of humanoid aliens and the basis in reality to the legendary 'Roswell Greys'. The are one of the two civilizations to have founded the Coalition with the Qerydon and are its original 'big stick'. They are arguably the most powerful arm on the Coalition.

Biology
Hailing from a very 'wet' planet, the Aeyle are almost amphibian in nature, requiring a great amount of moisture throughout their lives and requiring environmental suits in dry locales. They possess a more limited set of vocal chords compared to other species and speak a short-worded language, but have developed other methods of more complex communication [WIP]. They tend to be rather short people, and share a structural ability to walk on all fours comfortably.

Culture
Like most humanoid races, the Aeyle had a history of warring and violence in their ancient and forgotten early history. The last major remnant of this history resides in the fact that their naval might is bar none the most substantial in the known galaxy. This aside, they are a culturally non-violent and very conscientious people with an imperialistic idea of 'benevolent foreign policy', where they trap other civilizations in an economic dependency on Aeyle-controlled 'free' resources/colonies. This forced dependency is met with a variety of options; some are content with the fact that it sustains the unification of the Coalition and prevents conflicts from escalating into full-scale war, lest the Aeyle cripple the dependent economy of an unruly race. Others are resentful to the fact that it is impossible to exist in Coalition space without effectively giving sovereignty to the Aeyle, which has led a few civilizations to secede from the Coalition when opportunities have come throughout history.

The Aeyle themselves are hardworking and collectivist, but in spite of these instincts, mostly accepting of individualism on a popular philosophical level because of perceived ideals of personal freedom adopted from other cultures over millennia. Outside of damp environments, they are often seen in one-piece full-body suits designed to collect moisture both from the air and from manual insertion. It can be argued that a fair description of their culture would be of their passively militaristic nature. In spite of this collective dependency, however, there is an individual beneath every modest member of the race, and a long history of innovative and artistic thinking from the extraordinary individuals of each generation have brought them to their present-day position of might.

Coalition
Their long spacefaring presence and an interest in expansion not shared by their first contact allies have legislatively granted them the most territorially vast sections of Coalition-controlled space, but have a very open, friendly, and relaxed foreign policy in colonial territories. This allows vast populations and projects from other civilizations to thrive on their terraformed worlds and grants them a very strong diplomatic pull, as some alien economies depend on such worlds.

Trivia
Contrary to popular human urban myths, the Aeyle manufacture no such thing as a disc-shaped starship due to the aerodynamic incapability of such a thing.