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| Description | Feline, Bipedal |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | Varies |
| Hair | Varies |
| Distinguishing Features | Sleek bodies covered with soft fur covering their faces, and hangs about their head like a mane. They have large golden eyes, long tails, and voices with a purring quality. |
| Series | TAS: all |
| Planet of Origin | Cait |
| Quadrant | Beta (assumed) |
| Background | The planet Cait is a normal class-M world within the Lynx constellation. Caitians practice total equality of the sexes, and have throughout their recorded history. Even Caitian names have no gender indicated, so a male child is just as likely to be named after his mother as his father. |
| Editors Notes | This race walks erect as bipeds, but are descended from creatures similar in some respects to Terran felines. Caitians are extremely dexterous and fast. They are also considered attractive by most humanoid species, and humans seem especially interested in relationships with adult Caitians. Caitians are exceptionally good at communications. They are very cooperative, intelligent, and easy to get along with, as such, they are eagerly sought after as Starfleet crew. |
| Description | Humanoid, Bipedal |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | Varies |
| Hair | Varies |
| Distinguishing Features | ?? |
| Series | TOS: "Friday's Child" |
| Planet of Origin | Capella IV (Name native Kohath) |
| Quadrant | Alpha (assumed) |
| Background | Nomadic in origin and remain so. The Capellans live in villages formed by tents. Their society is constituted by ten tribes of human nomad. |
| Editors Notes | Very rich in the rare mineral Topaline. Similar belief system
as Klingons. The weak should die to let the Strong live, therefore
the refuse medical assistance. They are very quick, agile and strong.
The principal weapon of the Capellans is the KLIGAT. It is a boomerang
that could even kill a man at distance of one hundred meters.
Here are 2 interesting traditions of the Capellans.
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| Description | Reptillian?, Bipedal |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | Gold/Tan |
| Hair | Black |
| Distinguishing Features | Extensive facial ridges. "Square" look to face. |
| Series | TNG: "Ensign Ro", TNG: "?", DS9 "all" |
| Planet of Origin | Cardassia Prime |
| Quadrant | Alpha |
| Background | Militaristic race. Enslaved the Bajoran populace between 2328 and 2369. A brief territorial war with UFP ended in 2366, leading to formal armistice in 2367. Formerly a peaceful and religious society, until a long famine allowed the military to take control and overthrow the ineffective government of the 19th Century. Following the fall of the Obsidian Order in 2371, the revolutionary movement were finally able to overthrow Military rule and establish the civilian Detepa Council as the supreme governing body. It should be noted that this action led to an attempted invasion by the Klingons. |
| Editors Notes | SEE CARDASSIAN PAGE |
| Description | Humanoid, Bipedal (various appearance) |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | Varies |
| Hair | Varies |
| Distinguishing Features | any (true form unknown) |
| Series | VOY: "Caretaker" |
| Planet of Origin | ? |
| Quadrant | Delta |
| Background | The Caretaker is a member of a highly advanced race. They search the Galaxy for technology and people and bring them to their location for study. The Caretaker that brought Voyager to the Delta Quadrant was also a protector and provider for the Ocampa race. |
| Editors Notes | Only 1 known to remain in existance somewhere in the Delta Quadrant, the one which brought Voyager to the Delta Quadrant was destroyed. |
| Description | Humanoid, Bipedal |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | Tan |
| Hair | Varies |
| Distinguishing Features | Brow ridges, sharp teeth protruding from mouth. |
| Series | TNG: "?" |
| Planet of Origin | ? |
| Quadrant | ? |
| Background | ? |
| Editors Notes | ? |
| Description | Humanoid, Bipedal |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | Black/White |
| Hair | Brown |
| Distinguishing Features | All Cheronians are black on one side and white on the other. |
| Series | TOS: "Let That be Your Last Battlefield" |
| Planet of Origin | Cheron |
| Quadrant | Alpha (assumed) |
| Background | Apparently what is of formost importance in Cheronian culture is which color the right side of a person is. It is this distinction that identifies which of the two breeds that make up the peoples of Cheron. Black-on-the-Right Cheronians (Sprilak) were considered the "superior" breed, whereas White-on-the-Right (Bojh) were considered the "inferior" of the two. In actual fact, what Federation knowledge exists of the race seems to indicate no discernible difference between the two, except for the opposing skin colours. The history of Cheron, which is located in the southernmost part of the galaxy, is a sad one. After countless thousands of years of enslavement of the Bojh by the Sprilak, the two breeds eventually destroyed each other when the Bojh, led by revolutionary leader Lokai, revolted and fought with the Sprilak until everyone on the planet had perished. This event occurred nearly 100 years before their extinction. The Cheronians had technology that was superior to the Federation's. Included in their technological developments was the creation of starships that were 'invisible' due to the special materials that the ships were coated in. The Federation has never been able to recover information on this technology because of the mass destruction on Cheron. The Cheronian race ended with the last battle (aboard Enterprise A) between the last two surviving members of this people, who killed each other by racial motives, after having chased each other for centuries. However, there is still some speculation that other Cheronians may exist. It is known that the race did attack and conquer other planets, but it is not known whether any of the Cheronians who fought in these wars are still alive. |
| Editors Notes | Biologically, Cheronians are a very powerful race. Aside from incredibly
long life spans (tens of thousands of years!) they also have an organ in
their body which is able to create great amounts of energy (similar perhaps
to a Terran electric eel) which they can control. The creation of this
energy gives Cheronians powerful body shields which even phasers are ineffective
against. And it also gives Cheronians the ability to control electronics
without physical contact (i.e. pilot ships). Cheronians were known
to be aggressive and warlike, although not barbaric. They were often conquistadors,
but not slaughterers. However, their capacity for hate is what drove
them out of existence.
Federation's interest in this society, even if destroyed by never-ending civil wars, has risen highly during last decades. It is believed the best way to fight racism is to know it and its worst efect and, obviously, Cherons society is ideal under this respect. Then, studying the extreme form of racism which developed on Cheron will help to understand and control the small forms of racial prejudice which still live even in the most enlightened core of Federation. Last but not least the Cherons provide a psyco-historical ideal experiment. In fact, it is one of the few "simple" theorems of this scientific branch who prove that, given some axioms, Cherons society will almost surely destroy itself (as it really happened). |
| Description | Humanoid, Bipedal |
| Size | Small |
| Skin Pigment | Gold |
| Hair | ? |
| Distinguishing Features | ? |
| Series | TOS: "Journey to Babel" |
| Planet of Origin | Coridan |
| Quadrant | Alpha (assumed) |
| Background | Coridan was admitted to Federation in 2268 through efforts of Vulcan ambassador Sarek at the Babel Conference, despite opposition from other Federation worlds profitting from those illegal mining deals. Coridan's political influence has lessened as techniques to synthetically produce dilithium in areas such as nuclear epitaxy and antieutectics were developed. |
| Editors Notes | Large deposits of natural dilithium crystals made Coridan subject to several illegal mining deals with other, more powerful worlds. Coridan's loss of political power is conjectural, but plausible in that that's how things often occur. |
| Description | Robotic, Bipedal |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | |
| Hair | |
| Distinguishing Features | |
| Series | VOY: "Prototype" |
| Planet of Origin | |
| Quadrant | Delta |
| Background | A race that built highly advanced robots to fight a war against the Cravic. When the war ended the robots turned on the Pralor. Now the robots are referred as the Pralor |
| Editors Notes | The robots are highly sentient, but can't reproduce. Most still believe they are fighting the war. |
| Description | Crystalline |
| Size | Huge (Larger than a starship) |
| Skin Pigment | None |
| Hair | None |
| Distinguishing Features | ? |
| Series | TNG: "Silicon Avatar" |
| Planet of Origin | |
| Quadrant | Alpha/Beta |
| Background | |
| Editors Notes | Unique species. Presumed destroyed by intense vibrations. Unknown if others exist. USE EXTREME CAUTION! Dangerous Entity which destroys everything it contacts. |
| Description | Humanoid, Bipedal |
| Size | Medium |
| Skin Pigment | ? |
| Hair | ? |
| Distinguishing Features | |
| Series | TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" |
| Planet of Origin | Cygnet XII |
| Quadrant | Alpha (assumed) |
| Background | Unlike the custom of other Federation worlds, Cygnet society is dominated by women. Cygnet XII has been the site of a Starfleet ship repair and maintenance facility since at least 2267. |
| Editors Notes | Cygnet XII is included as a member under the assumption that Starfleet (especially in its militaristic heyday in the 2260s) wouldn't let a non-Federation world do an overhaul on a Starfleet vessel, much less the flagship Enterprise. |