Turtlekin Empire

The Turtlekin Empire is a sentient reptilian race with a peaceful, ponderous nature who seek nothing more than to protect their ancestral homeland: The Grand Shell.

Ambition
Once per millennium, all members of Turtlekin society find themselves drawn back to their home planet which they call "The Grand Shell". Here every individual finds themselves in a non-stop 12 year long state-sponsored orgy known as the Grand Shellebration which results in the reproduction of their very race. Due to this, all of Turtlekind find their purpose among the stars to be very simple: The defense of their homeworld. It is speculated that without access to their homeworld, the entire species of Turtlekind would eventually become extinct.

Turtleking Tort. L IV
Formerly a plumber from Koopallus, Turtleking Tort. L IV is currently serving his 212th year of service as Turtleking for life of all Turtlekind. Although an extremely new monarch by Turtlekin standards, he is the first of his line to show an interest in making contact with other members of the galactic community. While highly controversial, Tort L IV has spent the past 2 centuries filling the necessary paperwork required to finally take the Turtlekin people beyond their ancestral homes.

Technology
Turtlekin are an ancient race, however their technological advances have been stifled by an insufferable level of bureaucracy. It can take decades or even centuries for ideas to survive the impressively thorough paperwork needed to gain approval from the Turtlekin Imperial Science Bureau. As such, Turtlekin inventors tend to think in the extremely long term. New advances in faster than light travel, weapons research, and even wifi speeds necessary to do proper banking are often developed and fully planned dozens of business decades ahead of their actual use. Thus, technology does advance at a constant rate in Turtlekin society, however Turtlekind as a whole are typically slow in the extreme to respond to external change.

Lore
In addition to being a highly insular society Turtlekin have kept to themselves in the galaxy for the past 14,000 years. As such, very little is known about Turtlekin past at this time.