Well, I'm not quite sure on what is expected of me at this point, so in a style typical to me, I'll go off on a rant providing some background on the social, economical and generally anything-ical status of the Igadzra.
Defining what is commonly referred to by outsiders as "the Igadzra" is no mean task. Quite obviously, there is the Igadzra species, ultimately a mutation of the Gadzair said to have occured due to their migration to the world of Igadzra and the effects the planet's atmosphere had. This species is not far removed from the Gadzair, and close enough to the Azdgari and Zidagar, other such evolutional offsprings, that were a typical example of each of these four races placed one next to the other, an observer who belonged to none of these species could quite easily pick out distinct similarities (of course, mentioning this similarity to the vast majority of individuals belonging to any of the three remaining species is an exercise in self annihilation.) Notable differences in the Igadzra people include their resistance to alien substances and bacteria, their lengthened life span, their high proportion of psychologically dysfunctional and psychopathic individuals within their population (a common Igadzra phrase thus being; "If one person attests they are being stalked, they are insane. If two people attest it, an insane person is stalking them") and their natural dependency towards coping with long days (due to which Igadzran inhabitants of Innor, with its four hour day, find life confusing enough that many of them retire from engineering and ship construction occupations to become wandering philosophers trying futilely to break "the Igadzra" out of eight thousand years of unified and incontrovertible atheism.)
When outsiders refer to "the Igadzra", however, they refer not only to the species, but what they believe must exist supporting it, a united government, one single nation. What they are thus quite surprised to find, is that this is not the case. The Igadzra worlds are Igadzra in that they are populated with peoples of that race, but there is no governing body. Mostly, individual regions govern themselves, from distinctly tribal systems to corrupt, quasi-democratic nations. Socialisms and communisms, anarchies and tyrannies, are all present in some form of another (usually numerous forms) across the worlds labelled by ignorant outsiders as "the Igadzra." With the Zidagar and the Azdgari both posing continuous threats to this chaotic mass of self-interested individuals, it's almost surprising that the Igadzra have not been conquered. What is often not taken into account, and often not quite understood by any except an Igadzran, is that it is not necessary to have one main governing body to have a powerful economy, an organised (at least as far as is necessary) military and a massive number of scientific research facilities spread across their worlds.
The Innirian Military Assembly has been around, in the eyes of most Igadzrans, forever. A number of the more powerful dictators of regions across Igadzra, Innor, Threefrog and Mark met at what is now considered (by tradition and population size) the capital of Innor, Vora Demais to consider the threat of outsiders. Were it not for the threat being quite real, the meeting would likely have resulted as meetings between most Igadzra regions do, that is to say, absolutely nothing was agreed upon. As it happened, the thirty seven dictators formed what was to become the Innirian Military Assembly (although the name did not take effect for over two hundred years, due to disputes in "Innirian" being presented as the most important world in the alliance.) Resources and wealth produced by these regions were used in the construction of the first multi-regional star port on Innor, and the second, and the third. It was this alliance which eventually, over hundreds of years, resulted in Innor gaining the title of "world with the largest shipbuilding capacity in the known galaxy." Star ports were also constructed on Mark, Igadzra and Threefrog. As the threat increased, and the loose alliance of regions begun to struggle to hold back invaders, more regions began to join the alliance, until eventually every region that had any significant economic capacity was involved in it.
The situation, as it currently stands, is that the IMA has separated itself from the regions that gave it birth. Regions that meet a certain level of economic power are taxed by the IMA, and this funding provides the entire Igadzra people with protection from outside invaders. Nineteen in every twenty star ports across "Igadzra space" are owned and controlled by the IMA, whether they are used for military purposes or otherwise. The Igadzra social structure is best described as feudalistic on a huge scale, although the IMA has little influence on how individual regions treat their citizens (nor does it care.) While the majority of Igadzra belong to regions too small to be taxed, or do not live in large enough groups to be referred to as "regions" at all, the entire economic power of the Igadzra species is ultimately united behind the IMA. There are, of course, other alliances within this mass, although they are mostly political, and the Innirian Military Assembly having no political interests, they do not involve themselves with them. Providing, of course, these alliances do not attempt to declare independance from the Assembly's war tax. That goes without saying.
Well, that's as much as you get for now. More detail about the IMA, the numerous divisions among it, and some of my more important characters will come at a later date, and anything else that is necessary.
Thanks. I fully agree that we should correspond OOC on the webboard. So here is my answer to your question about Akrayhek.
very nice. Hats off to you. 