The Council of Species

"'A shining light for democracy in a downtrodden galaxy' - Prince Jason Elenture"The Council of Species, sometimes referred to as 'The Council', is the governing body for a large chunk of the Milky Way's prey species. In its past it was once open to species of all dietry oreintations, but since the Great Purge it has actively spurned any predator species.

The Council is a de-centralized federal republic that equally represents each of its member states in the Congress of Species and the organization known as The Elders on matters that affect all of its member states. The capital of the Council is the Sanctum, the Rellan homeworld.

Because of its decentralized nature, the Council of Species is often regarded to be a slow and inefficient governing body and remarked to function as little more than an alliance. It does, however, maintain a standing Navy made up of a coalition of Prey navies that will come to the defence of any member state that is under threat.

The opposition of many within the Council to the Predator Alliance, specifically the Imperial Dominion of Man, is well known. Many factions exist within the worlds of the Council that aim to destroy the Predator influence on the Milky Way for good, and the Council has only ever gone as far as to disavow these factions, rather than outright punish them.

There has been a history of disproportionate representation within the Council, as some species often feel that their issues are neglected for more prominent members. Despite this, there has never been a withdrawal of a prey species from the Council in its over three-thousand year history.