The Hert Federation is a significant interstellar power located near the Golgan Republik; it borders the deadly Dionii Hive and battles the bug-race in never-ending conflicts and wars. The Hert are a militant people with mega-damage (MDC) bodies, but they also enjoy the company of other alien races. They are the opposite of the Golgans when it comes to treating with aliens.





 
THE HERT

The Hert have built a good-sized empire in the Anvil Galaxy and are superb warriors when it comes to hand-to-hand fighting. Their space navy has enormous experience in combat, after recently defeating the Faberian Empire and continually battling the Dionii swarms. 

They have a strong internal government that is based on Houses and meritocracy, which regularly encourages social change as well as economic growth, making the Hert and their allies one of the financial powerhouses in the Three Galaxies.

The Hert have excellent relations with all their other neighbors except the Kreeghor, the Dionii, and the Golgans.





 
THE BRANX

The Branx are a physically powerful species (50-100 MDC) that breath methane and are also known for their warlike behavior. They have been allied with the Hert for over a thousand years and are the Federations' premier ground forces and boarding marines in space. Both males and female Branx fight in the armed forces and both sexes enjoy hand-to-hand combat: very few races can withstand the enormous physical strength of a Branx warrior. 

They have colonized over a dozen worlds within the Federation; their bodies cannot tolerate low-pressure oxygen worlds and so they don't compete with other allied races for new immigration rights.