The Yagai (singular: Yaga), are tall, reedy tripeds native to Yaga Minor, the site of a major Imperial shipyard. They have two nine-fingered hands, and all of their fingers are mutually opposable, making them well-suited to delicate mechanical work. They are particularily knowledgeable about starship hyperdrive and have been conscripted by the Empire to help maintain the Imperial fleet.
The Yagai tend to favor baggy, flowing garments of neutral colors (at least neutral to their world - whites and many shades of blue and purple).
Before the Empire, the Yagai were famed for their starship-engineering skills and their cooperation with the Republic. While the Yagai are still known for their skills, their relationship with the Empire is strained. The people of Yaga Minor deeply resent the Imperial presence and are always looking for prudent opportunities to sabotage the Imperial war effort. Unfortunately, with the rest of their people as hostages, most Yagai starship workers are reluctant to risk incurring Imperial wrath - the Yagai are intimately familiar with the atrocities the Empire has been known to commit. Their society encourages its young to take up technical professions, fearful of what might happen if they cease to be useful to their Imperial masters.
They are an aggressive and territorial species that would make a valuable asset to the Alliance if they could be freed from Imperial rule. Unfortunately, since Yaga Minor is so heavily defended, the rescue of the Yagai is a short-term impossibility.
Yagai Drones are huge, muscular versions of the Yagai main species. They have purple skin and wild, yellowish hair. They almost never speak, except to acknowledge orders from their work-masters. | 
