Obdurate

The Obdurates were a belligerent alien species that once was a threat to all star-faring civilizations.

Biology
Obdurates were a humanoid race that was noted to be extremely durable, able to take a lot of damage to actually hurt them.

Background
The Obdurates were the aggressors in a war that lasted fourteen centuries that sought the extermination of all other races. A coalition of kingdoms of the various races was formed, the Alliance, but was on the verge of losing. One of the members of this alliance, being the Imperium Ascendant, sought to the aid of one of the oldest races in the galaxy...the Scorchers. The Scorchers dismissed the war as a squabble between lesser races. But the Imperium drew them into the war, thanks to the aid of one of its agents Proteus Vex, who used an indestructible ship of rogue Scorcher design, the Farrago, to collide through an Obdurate vessel. The Obdurates pursued the would be Scorcher vessel to the Rixxot System, where a Scorcher nursery colony existed. The Farrago proceeded to flood the system with chatter that convinced the pursuing Obdurates to believe they stumbled on an Alliance military base. The fleet attacked the planet of the Scorchers, finally drawing the ancient race into the war.

The conflict was brought to an end with the deaths of billions of Obdurate citizens, caused by the Alliance teleporting a dying white dwarf star into their system. Now, decades later, as the galaxy’s races come to terms with an uneasy peace.

In the post-war many of the Obdurates holdings were divided among the kingdoms. The surviving Obdurates were mostly persecuted, and it wasn't uncommon to see other sentient use them as punching bags or vectors to vent out their frustrations.

Culture
The Obdurates were apparently a decadent culture that believed themselves to be a superior race. Some Obdurates would abuse their bodies to near death, thanks to their innate physiologies, and then invite a Flesh-Pilot in to take control and repair the damage. Once the repair was done, they would expel the Flesh-Pilot to repeat the process.

Appearances

 * 2000 AD Issue 2163: Proteus Vex: Another Dawn: Part One by Michael Carrol (2019)
 * 2000 AD Issue 2164: Proteus Vex: Another Dawn: Part Three by Michael Carrol (2020)
 * 2000 AD Issue 2165: Proteus Vex: Another Dawn: Part Four by Michael Carrol (2020)