#but subverted

hes what we would consider a breath of fresh air. v0.1 sickle was basically the evil scientist stereotype, now he's...checks notes...even more ethical than me? he's a complete subversion of that trope?

They are 900cm tall (on average), mammal like omnivores, bipedal and furred. (Basically a giant Bear combined with a Gorilla, hence the name). They have 2 brains, 2 hearts, super-senses and tough muscles/skin. Their Planet is/was a hugely dangerous world of extreme weather, mega-fauna, and high  gravity (1.6x Earth’s Gravity).

Their Planet Gaia, during the Bearilla’s stone-age, was invaded by Space Pirates, and suffered a Great Climate Change. Their planet was not the easiest to live on before the Pirates, but the Pirates strip-mined the planet so much it nearly became unlivable.

The Human Scout Captain, John Riel, who was exploring the region found Gaia being ravaged by pirates and drove the pirates off and Uplifted the Gearilla, saving the planet and species. 

Gaia is now under Terran Alliance control, with the planet being Healed with HYPER-SCIENCE, and Bearilla given Colonies/Space-Stations to regrow their numbers/culture. Many younger Bearilla have joined the Multisystem Federation’s anti-Pirate division specifically to get revenge on the Pirate Systems.

They have an interesting perspective, going from Stone-Age to Space-Age less then a generation because one human said “Screw the Prime-Directive”.