Редактирование: Lizardperson (раздел)

=History=
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Echoes of Humanity's dark distant past and their treatment of alien species remain well entrenched in modern day Human society. All alien species, including Lizardmen, have always been treated as second class citizens in Human society.

In 2550 Nanotrasen made history with the creation, and signing, of the Species Equality Act which paved the way for Lizardmen to be hired into low level jobs on-board Nanotrasen space stations, typically janitorial positions, as well as being the first corporation in existence to sign such a act. However in 2554 a amendment to the Species Equality Act, known as article 66, authorized the promotion and hiring of Lizardmen into most available station based roles.

This proved to be a significantly controversial amendment that was met with great disapproval, undeterred the change was pushed through by Nanotrasen. However the threat of the United Earth Government terminating Nanotrasen's top secret plasma mining contract forced the addition of article 67 which barred Lizardmen from assuming a command level role outside of extreme circumstances. Nanotrasen was quick to use their new Lizardmen employees to shore up gaps in their workforce. 

The top secret Space Station 13 was no exception.

==Even More Lore==

The Lizards hail from Tizira, in the Rizkalon system. A harsh, arid planet, Tizira has shallow seas and limited arable land. Much of the planet's landmass is covered with savannahs and deserts, with rainforests near the equator. In this environment, the cold-blooded lizards thrived. Many of the planet's oldest settlements are near the coasts of the seas, with the drier areas being settled only into the modern era.

Their space empire has come to encompass a number of star systems and settled planets, but outwards expansion was limited by a lack of FTL capabilities- these engines were first discovered by lizardkind a mere decade prior to meeting humanity. This relative backwardsness in technology persists to this day, with lizardkind being distinctly behind their human rivals.

The Lizardpeople first came into contact with humanity around 150 years ago, and became embroiled in a number of wars and skirmishes with both TerraGov itself, and private corporations who encroached into their territory. An uneasy peace has existed for around 50 years. In this peace, a wave of emigration has started from the empire (particularly in the colonies) to human space, in search of new opportunities away from imperial control.

Lizard culture is described as overbearing, and almost oppressive. The population is divided into various castes, which limit social mobility. Additionally, their culture places a heavy emphasis on militarism, leading to a reverence of the armed forces and of the "nobility of waging war". This culture softens as distance to Tizira increases, and many lizards on the frontier with human space are entirely more "human" in their mannerisms.

Lizards in the empire serve a mandatory 5 year tour of duty with the military from their 18th birthday. This becomes a lifelong career for many, as they seek to take advantage of the social mobility advancing in the military brings- many say that the only true meritocracy in lizard society is on the battlefield.

For further lore on lizardpeople, and other aspects of the game, please see the Common Core repository: [https://github.com/tgstation/common_core/blob/master/Lizards.md]