Sontaran

The Sontarans were a race of belligerent and militaristic clones from the planet Sontar. They waged eternal war throughout Mutter's Spiralagainst the Rutan Host.

The Sontarans were a martial species, obsessed with war. The highest honour for a Sontaran was to serve in the Imperial Sontaran Fleet and to be disallowed soldiering was the most dishonourable fate for a Sontaran. Taking care of the sick or wounded was a punishment. Fighting for other species was an equally dishonourable fate. Sontarans did not fear death and they would rather be court-martialled than show pain. They considered it honourable to face battle open skinned, without a helmet on. Their idea of a dishonourable and shameful death was to die peacefully and the family of a Sontaran who died in his sleep would often make up a story of him dying on the battlefield. An old and sick Sontaran would often sign up for the military so he could die fighting.

In their early history, the Sontarans were split into clans, which would fight amongst themselves.The original Sontarans appeared more gangly and more like humans.The survivors of these civil wars joined forces and set their aggression on aliens instead. The Sontarans eventually discovered cloning and adapted it to their own use, abandoning normal reproduction.