Cervines

The Cervines (sometimes called Cervids) are one of the races of the Sargist Empire. They fill in the majority of civilian and domestic roles of the Empire, and are seldom encountered in the military.

Description
As with all Sargists, Cervines resemble anthropomorphic animals. Particularly, they take from Earth's cervids with the most common of which bring deer. Many other variations also exist, including stags, moose, caribou, elk, and reindeer. Out of the Sargist races they have the strongest sexual dimorphism, but even then some exceptions do exist. In general, males have strong upper body musculature and are taller and larger overall, while females have a delicate appearance and have strong lower body musculature, as well as being shorter and slimmer overall.

Roles
Cervines take up the majority of civilian jobs in the Sargist Empire, both blue collar and white collar jobs like bureaucratic clerks, electricians, miners, agriculture, and so on. However, their most common jobs have to do with gathering food and supplies, especially hunting animals. As a consequence, when not working in the more urban areas of the empire, their worlds are characterized by a pastoral existence, though with the aid of improvised or even advanced technology. Because of their roles and despite subjugation by a supremacist society, Cervids enjoy more civil liberties and even limited rights than other species in the hierarchy, even their higher-ups in the Canines and above, though they are still not considered equals. Some cervines even work for those higher in the hierarchy although this is rare.

Because of their primarily civilian role in the Sargist hierarchy, they are hardly found in military roles though they do exist. Among the Cervines who do serve, they can be found all across the hierarchy, and may even command Equines and Aquatics in missions.