Whoosians

Overview
The Whoosians are a race of amphibian, sentient aliens resembling bipedal frogs. Their homeworld is the swamp world of Choralarafax in the Capital worlds. They were the first independant species to be encountered by the Coalition, who peacefully vassalized them. The Whoosians reproduce in gene pools, giant lakes of fresh water that acts as placenta for the tadpoles. Females can release a single tadpole into a genepool every fourteen Coalition months. The males release sperm into the genepools, where they can fertilize potentially dozens of tadpoles. All tadpoles are clones of the mother until the father's genes are fused with the tadpole to form an infant Whoosian.

Whoosians have only settled about two dozen worlds, with all of them being swamp or jungle based. They naturally produce a toxin in their armpit glands called the "Whoosian Virus". It can cause dysentary-like symptoms to non-Whoosians but usually isn't lethal. The most famous Whoosian went by the nickname "Nephilem", and his true name has been forgotten. He was apparently a psychic who could manipulate machinary, and was driven insane during his 4 day imprisonment aboard a maximum security Coalition prison. In the years following his escape he was known to have discovered the "Warmind", a Rogue AI that fused his consciousness with that of the machine. Nephilem led to the genocide of sixteen Coalition worlds before he was assassinated by legendary Head Hunter, Blacktalon.