Species

This page will list the various species available for players.

## Aktevan

* Era: All
* Planet: Akteva IV
* Description: A tree-dwelling species with purple skin, pointy ears, and a long, prehensile pointed tail, and a naturally kind, curious, helpful nature, though they do not often do well in combat situations, with a natural tendency to want to hide or run. They are very insightful and make good scientists and engineers. Picture Trance Gemini from Andromeda, season 1 for a general appearance and common behavior. Skin tones range from light to dark purple, and pinks and blues are possible. Eye colors are most often various shades of purple, though green, blue, pink, red, and yellow are also possible. Eyes turn brown when they die and black after a few days, so all Aktevans have an aversion to brown-eyed individuals in other species, a culturally ingrained bias that is difficult to avoid. Hair color is often purple, pink, blue, or rarely a blue-green or strawberry blonde, which are often the most desired colors. Aktevans use their tails regularly as a kind of third hand in working on ships.

## Andorian

* Era: All
* Description: Blue skin, white hair, antenna on their forehead, and often distrustful of other species due to their history with Vulcans, but this wariness can be very helpful in interstellar situations. They are not averse to using racial epithets with other races (calling humans 'pink skin', for example), though this has lessened with time and has become less socially acceptable in the 24th century.

## Antaran

* Era: Post ENT onward
* Planet: Antar II
* Description: A species with dual facial ridges and a complicated history with Denobulans. They have served on Federation ships since the 2170s.

## Betazoid

* Era: 2161 and after
* Description: Most look entirely human, but black irises are common; human coloration is not common but is highly prized when it happens. The species is telepathic and values honesty highly.

## Betelgeusian

* Era: TOS onward
* Planet: Gamma Betelgeuse II
* Number: 4 billion
* Description: A bird-like species with blue skin

## Caitian

* Era: TOS to present
* Numbers: 8 billion in various planets and colonies
* Description: bipedal cats with hands that have opposable thumbs, enabling civilization to develop on their planet. Many do lot like it when humans try to scratch behind their ears, under their chins, or rub their bellies like house cats.

## Canidian

* Era: TOS to present
* Numbers: 9 billion
* Planet: Canis II
* Description: A widely varied species that appear like humanoid canines. They have a wide variety of markings, and have legs similar to Caitians. There are some Canidians who don't get along with Caitians, though there are a great many who are quite friendly with each other. Canidians are quite strong, with a varied diet that is primarily carnivorous, and are very loyal to their family and to Starfleet.

## Deltan

* Era: TOS onward
* Planet: Delta IV
* Numbers: 9 billion
* Description: a semi-telepathic species, with bald heads, the Deltans are a very intelligent and intuitive species. They are required to take oaths of celibacy due to higher pheromones than normal causing issues with humans.

## Denobulan

* Era: ENT and beyond
* Planet: Denobula
* Numbers: 18 billion
* Description: A humanoid species from the Alpha Quadrant with a complicated family structure. They can be friendly to others, notably Doctor Phlox who served on the NX-01.

## Edosian

* Era: TOS and forward
* Planet: Edos
* Numbers: 9 billion
* Description: Edosians have orange hairless skin, three arms, and three legs.

## El Aurian

* Era: 2290s onward
* Planet: unknown
* Numbers: unknown
* Description: A human-looking species with a long life-span. They are intuitive and insightful, and appear to be sensitive to changes in the timeline.

## Humans

* Era: All
* Numbers: Several tens of billions
* Strength: Average
* Special Abilities: intuitiveness, creativity, leaps of (il)logic.
* Planet: Earth and colonies
* History: Humans originally evolved on Earth, and beginning in 2063, started to move out into the stars with the early help of the Vulcans. Many humans, eager to leave war-torn Earth, leapt at the chance to start over on new planets nearby. This however, resulted in Vulcans slowing their technology sharing to avoid risking causing an interstellar incident with what they realized was a species unaware of the effects of their too-rapid expansion into space. This caused resentment towards the Vulcans by some humans, accusations of 'holding them back.' However, with the advent of the Warp 5 engine in 2151 fitted onto the NX-01 and the Romulan War, humans finally realized that space was dangerous enough that they needed to work more with other races, resulting in the United Federation of Planets. For much of its history it was a human dominated organization, though by the early 24th century, other races had gained a lot of representation in the government of the Federation.

Humans are considered relatively average for an interstellar species, with psychic potential in some individuals showing as precognitive dreams or flashes of insight.

Variants:

* Augments: as a result of 21st century genetic engineering, various stronger humans were created and threatened to destroy the human race. This version of humans are not available for players.
* Bellringers: 52 humans were altered by the Orions against their will to act as infiltration agents; these are allowable by any player.

## Kwenaran

* Planet: Alpha Teiidae III
* Era: all
* Numbers: 18 billion
* Description: Like Earth's whiptail lizard, this species is all female, and all attractive. Some women donate genetic material, while others give birth. There is no word for 'father' in this race; only 'donor-mother' and 'birth-mother', roles which alternate in couples. They tend to be fascinated and infatuated with human males, not having any on their own planet. They look human, just more attractive and endowed than average.

## Lakedonians

* Planet: Alpha Lakedonia IV
* Era: All
* Numbers: 12.9 billion
* Description: This species is a polytheistic human-looking species, all born male. Children with brown eyes will develop into the females of the species at puberty, while hazel-eyed children can go either way depending upon the environment. The culture is very reminiscent of ancient Greece and Rome, though having joined the Federation, slavery was outlawed 150 years ago, replaced with indentured servitude where the boss is required to pay, house, and care for the servant. The languages are quite similar to Old Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and Ancient Greek. Culturally, physical ability is highly prized, and most men are quite fit and muscular, while the woman are also quite fit but also very feminine in appearance. The capital city is interestingly called Sparta, ruled by an elected king for 10 years before a new king is chosen.

## Orion

* Era: all
* Strength: roughly 2-3x human
* Special Abilities: females have higher pheromones than men, allowing them to be quite persuasive to other species' males and many females as well.
* Planet: Orion
* History: First encountered by the NX-01, Orions showed they were willing to buy and sell anything to anyone for a profit. Their mercantilist nature meant they care little for even their fellow Orions if they could sell them. A one-time incident of note was an experiment to increase the pheromonal abilities of their own women resulted in a temporary coup in a colony world in one sector, where a group of women seized control of the colony, claiming to be in charge of all male Orions; this was a lie told to the humans to gain advantage with them. The Orion females who had been experimented on were soon defeated and stripped of quite a bit of free will through mental conditioning, also leading to the cessation of education of Orion women in much other than the arts of temptation and seduction, eliminating many of their rights in many Orion societies. Orion genetic engineering, however, continued well into the 24th century. At various times, Orions would experiment on other races, including humans, to create 'infiltration agents' to steal intelligence and technology to sell on the black markets. The most recent such incident was at Bellringer Station, where a shuttle of 48 ensigns were captured and experimented on. They were all rescued, but had all been completely genetically altered with higher pheromonal abilities and subvocal 'suggestion' powers. After their rescue, they were allowed to return to Starfleet if they chose with altered public records, provided they didn't mention their genetic alterations to anyone but their captains and immediate superiors, and used a new name to go with their new faces and often new genders.

Ever since Captain Robert April rescued a load of Orions from Targana IV and the R.J.S Morgana in 2245, Orion slaves have been illegal to trade, own, or transport through the Federation, and are declared free if they reach Federation territory. Captain April adopted one of the orphan Orions, Gaila, who would grow up to join Starfleet as the first Orion officer and later, first female Orion captain of a Federation Starship.

## Shokarian

* Era: TOS movie and beyond
* Numbers: 18 billion
* Planet: Shoka
* Description: Four-armed humanoid species that are always at least 6' tall, muscular, and quite attractive to humans. They have longer canine teeth than humans, but not too long. They have five fingers and five toes, and can control each arm independently of each other. Their planet is ruled by a monarch, and there are many jungles and active volcanoes on their world.

## Tellarite

* Era: all
* Numbers: 30 billion
* Planet: Tellar
* Description: Short and resemble Earth pigs or boars, depending on the ethnicity, and very argumentative.

## Thieden

* Era: all
* Numbers: 42 billion over several worlds
* Planet: Thiedus 2
* Description: A human-looking species noted for their good looks and high metabolism, this species is noted for males having multiple wives and several dozen children. Women go into heat when ready to mate in synch with the lunar cycle, and men can become combative for women at this time. There are typically 5 women for every 3 men, resulting in this lopsided arrangement. Women are highly respected in their society, but have a high expectation for child-rearing and building a family; despite this, many women do go on to become prominent scientists, farmers, doctors, and teachers. Men are found in nearly all professions as well. Gender roles are highly respected in this species. Men are typically trim and muscular; women are typically curvy, well endowed, and wear their hair long.

## Trill

* Era: TOS onward
* Planet: Trill
* Numbers: 5 billion
* Description: Trill are a joined species, similar to marsupials, where a symbiote is allowed to join with the host, and thus carry on memories of prior hosts.

## Valerians

* Era: 2245 onward
* Numbers: 9 billion
* History: This is an all-female species, similar to the Earth lizard *Aspidoscelis*. Females are attracted to both men and women, and are often surprised upon encountering Earth men. Valerians are typically more attractive than Earth women. Their skeletal mass and muscle mass are similar to Earth men, and consequently are about as strong as an Earth man who engages in regular weightlifting, on average having a physique of a well-endowed fitness model.

## Vulcan

* Era: TOS onward for Starfleet
* Numbers: 10-20 billion
* History: Vulcans committed to peaceful exploration of the galaxy and as such, did not initially join Starfleet, a military organization. This changed with Spock, Ambassador Sarek's son, leading to the first all-Vulcan crew on the Intrepid, and scores of Vulcans joining Starfleet to conduct peaceful exploration. This led to greater friction with the logical species, being forced into close contact with so many emotional species in Starfleet, but also improved the performance in many ships and shore installations with their efficiency and intelligence.
* Description: Vulcans have pointed ears and eyebrows, green blood and tinted skin, and are telepathic, though not to the degree of a species like Betazoids.