Rüreg

The Rüreg are a spacefaring species from the planet Gür. They are largely nomadic, though they have a few large cities on their home planet.

The Rüreg are organised into an empire that has conquered many worlds and taken many colonies, including a number of Viechtyren and human worlds and moons. They exact tribute from these colonies instead of destroying or conquering them, though they will do that if tribute is not paid.

Flame Worship
The Rüreg worship fire, seeing it as a god in and of itself. Many Rüreg even set their tails on fire, to show devotion to their fire god.

Fire worship also factors into their legal system. Extinguishing a flame is a felony, even if it is a forest fire or house fire. The punishment for all felony crimes is being burned alive.

Despite all this, the Rüreg are extremely diligent about fire safety. All buildings in Rüreg space must abide by a strict fire code, and traditional Rüreg architecture utilises almost no wood or cloth, preferring leather and stone.

Weaponry
Their weaponry is heavily flame-based. Most Rüreg troops are equipped with bullet guns with incendiary ammunition or flamethrowers. They also carry flareguns as sidearms and grenades that are not unlike Molotov cocktails.