ideas for some kind of spacefaring dragon race from a forest planet that is full of massive trees. they are greenish in colour. some civvies and a soldier.
their current empire is more of alliance of eight highly influential "great houses" as well allied "lesser houses" who compete to attain a "great house" status. each house often has a particular strength such as military, industry, agriculture, trading or colonization. and also have digitigrade legs

a typical infantry armour takes a somewhat organic appearance with rounded and bulbous armour, which often gives a top heavy appearance but low mass of these materials make them lightweight while offering decent protection.
they favour accurate, punchy semi-auto weapons which often have low magazine capacities such as high calibre carbines and higher calibre bolt/lever action rifles. and a priority of form over function. as such, their weapons often come with chemically etched plating or engraved polished wood furnishings with patterns corresponding to the house they are loyal to. either way, they are workable while remaining aesthetically pleasing (and sometimes bizarre) weapons but they generally have often have unnecessary or strange design choices.
if you see a laser gun with a wooden stock and lovely engraved power receiver assembly, they probably built that.