

The pirates barbaric practices included pillaging nearby systems and any targets they found to be worthwhile. Hapans are descended from a group of pirates called the Lorell Raiders whom originally settled Hapes. Of course honor also puts a telling weight on the Hapan monarchy. Although the Hapans are peaceful, they maintain a very powerful military. This has proven to be one of the backbones in Hapan culture that has been a solid building block for both the civilian side of life as well as the military. Honor and pride are an integral part of Hapan society. Aside from the very honorable jobs, such as the military and government, are the positions that take care of the Hapan's verdant gardens. Unlike many civilizations the Hapans have always built their cities around and with the nature of their planet, putting lots of time and energy in to the care of their plants, forests and natural surroundings. Hapans are very nature loving and aware of their surroundings.

Since opening up their borders to trade and commerce, however, they have flourished. They have had little contact with the rest of the galaxy for more than 4,000 years. Hapes is a very wealthy and very old society. Second, they have lost their ability to see well in the dark, since their adopted homeplanet, Hapes, is continually bathed in light-either from its sun or from the seven moons that orbit it. This is due to the fact that in 4,000 BBY, the pirates that originally ruled the Hapes Cluster captured and mated with the more attractive of the Human women they captured. Although Hapans are a Human subspecies, they differ from the other Human groups in two ways: First, they are commonly considered quite handsome and beautiful, having been genetically blessed with overall beauty within their race.
