Kalderans
The Kalderans are an avian species that feature in Andromeda.
History
The Kalderans evolved on the planet Kalderash that was located in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud and noted for being a pleasant world. (Website: All Systems University Kalderans) In the year 859 CY, a High Guard vessel managed to fall within Kalderan hands and allowed the species to reverse engineer slipstream technology. This eventually catapulted the race into an interstellar empire by 870 CY with the formation of the Kalderan Alliance who combated the encroachment of the Vedran Empire that were arriving in the Kalderans home galaxy. Over a period of a decade, the Kalderans fought against their foes and managed to drive them out of the Lesser Mangellanic Cloud completely. Despite this one notable resistance against the Vedran Empire, the Kalderans were ultimately defeated when the High Guard pushed towards their homeworld. This saw Kalderash being conquered and occupied by the Vedrans who forcibly absorbed the Kalderans into their empire after the disbandment of the Kalderan Alliance. (Website: All Systems University Timeline) As such, they were well known to had joined the Vedran Empire as gun point and later became members of its successor government namely the Systems Commonwealth. (Episode: Last Call of a Broken Hammer)
After the Nietzscheans Uprising which saw the downfall of the Systems Commonwealth, the Kalderans began to re-assert their historic claims to the Greater Magellanic Cloud during the Long Night. This saw them forming the Kalderan Commune as their official government and they embarked on a campaign of brutal suppression of all rivals that challenged their sphere of influence. (Website: All Systems University Kalderan Commune) It was known that the Kalderans often made attacks against any attempts at forming an interstellar government or restore civilization. (Episode: Last Call of a Broken Hammer) As a result, the twenty world alliance known as the Magellanic Alliance led by charismatic leader Doyen Isabella Ortiz became aforce that challenged the Kalderans rule. However, the Alliance was ultimately routed by the Commune's Popular Militia in the year CY 10078 thus ending any further resistance to Kalderan domination. (Website: All Systems University Kalderan Commune) Among the worlds that was hit hardest by the Commune's assaults was the mining outpost known as Svarog's Anvil with the Kalderans making open attempts at eliminating the Alliance's leader; Ortiz. (Episode: Last Call of a Broken Hammer)
Background
As the species evolved from pack hunters, it was known that they made their decisions as a collective. Once the Kalderans had agreed to a plan, it was stated that they followed their decision to the bitter end and that one should not underestimate their race. (Episode: Last Call at the Broken Hammer)
The Kalderans were noted for being considered one of the toughest fighters in Known Space. Their empire in the post-Commonwealth period was noted to had fought Nietzscheans, Than and even Magog as well as a number of other powers over matters that ranged from simple trade disputes to any perceived insult over Kalderan pride along with sovereignty. The sheer power of the Kalderan Commune meant that even the feared Drago-Kazov Pride tended to give the Kalderans a wide berth and allowed them to remain as the indisputed masters of their territory. (Website: All Systems University Kalderan Commune)
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