Cat - Person The Cat - People , or Felinetta , were a widespread race of galactic scavengers . They were a female - dominated species that only required males ( " toms " ) for having litters . Genetic relations and origins . The Cat - People were a widespread race that , like the cats of Earth , had split into many different races across the stars which included the Lion - men of Mongo , the Felinoid s of Cait , the Mercenaries of Gin - Seng , the Kzinti warriors , and the Cheetah People with their genetically engineered Kitling s . ( TV : " Survival " ) Vedela and Capella were other Cat - People worlds , as was Feles , Queen Aysha ' s home which was referred to as the " litter - world . " ( PROSE : " Invasion of the Cat - People " ) Biology . The Cat - People looked like strong , upright Earth cat s and possibly had a similar biology : they had sharp teeth , claws , whiskers , purred and mewed , could see extremely well in the dark , and could track smells . Young Cat - People resembled kittens . They gave birth to litters and some Cat - People may have been metamorph ic , serving in undercover missions for the Aegis . They hated water . ( PROSE : " Invasion of the Cat - People " ) Culture . Cat - People were female - dominated . Feles was ruled by a Pride Mother with Queen Aysha and presumably other Queens working under her . The order of first litter , second litter , etc and first - sired , second - sired , etc determined the hierarchy , with all Cat - People being the children of a Queen who mated with a tom . Toms , which fed on meat - balls , had low intelligence quotas ; they had their teeth and claws removed , and could generally propagate three generations of offspring , with spent sire - stock customarily being destroyed . Litter - runts were looked down on and gingers were considered genetic throwbacks , beings used for menial positions like cooking and cleaning . They referred to humanoid s as " anthropoid s . " ( PROSE : " Invasion of the Cat - People " ) Technology . The Cat - People used battle cruisers , built from metal containing traces of dwarf star alloy , to traverse the Twelve Galaxies and considered these ships to be the most powerful in the Mutter ' s Spiral . Ship interiors were completely carpeted for comfort and beaded curtains took the place of sliding doors in some areas . In addition they possessed shuttle s and transporter s for teleportation . Cosmetic surgery was also available to Cat - People who had been scarred in battle . They used energy weapon s and bombs , and deflector shield s could make people who approached it nervous or fearful . ( PROSE : " Invasion of the Cat - People " ) History . Before the the group of Cat - People from Feles invaded Earth , they had eradicated a reptilian race on the planet Kalidon and skirmished with Gargar rebels on the frontier world of the Maskill system . In 1994 , they travelled to Earth in an attempt to explode the beacon s left 40 , 000 years earlier by the Euterpian s as Feles was facing an energy crisis and the planet ' s destruction would have provided power . They were defeated when Queen Aysha returned from a reality nexus using an RTC unit which somehow converted her into energy and was subsequently fired at their battle cruiser , vaporising it . ( PROSE : " Invasion of the Cat - People " )