Tarc

The Tarc were sapient crustaceans indigenous to Hjaff. They were a carnivorous species that originally evolved from sea-dwelling crustaceans but were forced to adapt to life on land. They were bipeds possessing two legs and four arms. The upper pair of arms were dexterous while the lower arms possessed claws which they used for fighting.

They stood about two meters tall which was enhanced by their exo-skeletal musculature making them more intimidating in appearance. They never evolved the need for lips, teeth or tongues but instead possessed a hollow spikes inside their mouths which would inject acidic saliva into food that would be shredded by the spikes themselves. This led to two stages in digestion with the first and primary form taking place within the mouth. Once the food was shredded into smaller pieces it would then be swallowed by the Tarc. Their diet consisted of mollusks and other small creatures native to the deserts of their homeworld.

Tarcs were generally not violent but possessed a zero tolerance policy in relation to other species, something that could border on xenophobia. The space surrounding their homeworld was colonized but that was the limit of their expansion. Another interesting fact about their society was that it was a crime for a Tarc to leave their home system and those caught leaving were charged with an offense if they did not have the necessary permission. The Tarc also possess a stellar navy known as the Ivlacav Gourn which is presumably what enforces Tarc policy on both trespassers and those Tarc that leave the homeworld.