Other species common to fringe space

Nagano: The Nagano are a shy, secretive people by nature. Their homeplanet was originally discovered by over a thousand years ago by Svesh raiders. The Nagano were subject to constant attacks from space and were unable to respond effectively with their limited technology. No other galactic race was willing to trade with them until they were finally able to present proof of the raids to a Quwern trading convoy.

Taking pity on the less-developed aliens, the Quwern trader not only negotiated a lucrative arms deal, he also returned to his homeworld and was responsible for pushing his government to create diplomatic ties to the Nagano homeworld.

Because of their intial treatment by the galactic community, the Nagano tend to feel isolated and mistrustful of aliens, but they make an exception for the Quwern, whom they consider trusted allies.

Roegaren: The Roegaran people evolved on a small rocky moon orbiting a massive gas giant. They are a small, hardy people that are comfortable in a wide variety of environments.

They are also extremely gregarious, the planetary system where they developed was first discovered by a human survey vessel that initiated first contact per Federation guidelines.
Roegarans are extremely curious by nature and often pursue careers in science and exploration. They are highly sought-after for service on long-term expeditions because their friendly demeanor and desire for new knowledge makes them valuable crewman.

Unfortunately the fall of the old Federation had unpleasant repercussions for them as they relied of the Federation Fleet for military security. Within a few years of the collapse their homeworld was conquered by a petty Risanthan warleader named Dicunna.

Vaskri: The Vaskri are renowned diplomats, scholars, and philosophers. Unlike almost all other intelligent species, they did not develop a secondary channel of communication through facial expression and body language. To compensate, the Vaskri depend on tonality of speech and the extensive vocabulary of their langauges to convey context and emotion. The most common Vaskri langauge has a corpus of almost ten million distinct words, even more when conjugation and alternate word forms are included. Normal Vaskri speech is described as musical and their songs and poetry are revered by most other species as the height of beauty.

In contrast, Vaskri philosophy is very similar in nature to ancient human stoicism, or even zen. The universe is described as an unthinking, unfeeling, uncomprehendable enormity. The only thing that the individual has control over is their means of responding to events. To guide these responses, the Vaskri have developed what they call the "Four Pillars" to help them. This philosophy has gained some traction outside the Vaskri community and is widely studied even by non-adherents.