Visari

The Visari are a species of large, humanoid, reptilian creatures that originated on Lyca Prime. They once had a massive empire that spanned a large section of the galaxy, the Lyca Civilization, however over dozens of centuries their empire has crumbled to a few star systems surrounding their home system, Lyca Sol System. Despite this, they see themselves as superior and refuse to get involved in intergalactic politics.

Biology
The Visari are cold blooded reptiles with an extreme regeneration factor that allows them to grow back limbs in minutes. Their tough, scaly skin is resistant to both physical damage and radiation, in order for them to survive under the harsh sun of Lyca Prime. They have six eyes with numerous layers of transparent eyelids that allow them to see different layers of the light spectrum, like visual, ultraviolet and infrared.

Culture
The Visari are currently the oldest living race to have achieved space travel, and thus consider themselves superior to all other species. The Visari are a heavily unified species, which allowed them to easily create an empire that spanned a large section of the galaxy for quite some time. Their pride in themselves and their home planet lead them to name most of the plants they conquered some variation of Lyca, such as Lyca IV. However, once other species starting to achieve space travel, their hold over their empire slowly weakened, and now its little more than a couple of star systems surrounding Lyca Sol.