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Macton Tal

**Macton Tal** was the brother of Lo'Laan Tal, and a member of the Peacekeepers. He was highly prejudiced against Luxans, and was outraged by his sister's decision to marry Ka D'Argo. Macton eventually tracked the couple down, some time after the birth of Ka Jothee, to confront Lo'Laan about her decision to marry a Luxan and abandon her family. Lo'Laan refused to leave D'Argo, and the confrontation grew violent. Lo'Laan grabbed a knife to stab Macton with, but his Peacekeeper training took over his reflexes and he turned the knife back on her -- killing her.

Hoping to escape punishment for the death, he beat her corpse and framed D'Argo for her murder -- claiming he had brutalized her in a fit of hyper-rage. The scheme worked and D'Argo was arrested. Cycles later, however, D'Argo had escaped Peacekeeper custody aboard *Moya* and Scorpius used Macton Tal's whereabouts to strike a deal with the Luxan.

When D'Argo parted ways with the rest of the crew of *Moya*, he swore to track Macton Tal down. He preempted this by sending threatening messages to Macton, letting him know to spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder. Macton fled to seek sanctuary at a mental arts training camp run by Katoya. Macton and D'Argo were immediately confrontational with each other -- which Macton trying to convince D'Argo that he was, in fact, the murderer.

Shortly afterwards, Macton interrupted a session between Katoya and D'Argo -- killing Katoya and setting the virtual reality machine to torture the Luxan. He attempted to convince D'Argo that Lo'Laan had killed herself to escape him, but this lie proved unbelievable enough that it broke D'Argo from the exercise. Instead, Macton was forced to relive his own experience of killing his sister over and over.

## Source

Macton Tal is derived from *Farscape*. For canon information, please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Platonius

**Platonius** was a planet colonized by the survivors of the Sahndara system, settled by 38 refugees after they departed from Earth. The planet was rich with deposits of kironide. The planet was in a planetary system in the Alpha Quadrant, not too distant from the Xahea system.

The kironide gave the Platonians, as they named themselves, psychokinetic psionic abilities. Their powers also allowed them to shield their biosigns from scans, leading the United Federation of Planets to perceive the planet as being uninhabited until 3268 CE. It was in this year that the USS *Enterprise* was able to establish official first contact with the Platonians -- whose society was modeled after the teachings of Plato. Despite a rough beginningin, the relationship between the Platonians and the Federation became friendly enough that Platonius was a planet that, by 3328 CE, Federation citizens could freely visit the planet.

## Source

Platonius is derived from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Q (female)

**Q**, sometimes called "**Miss Q**" was a member of the Q Continuum, born at the beginning of the universe. She had a relationship with Q that had lasted approximately four billion years -- although he later claimed they were never exclusive.

## Source

Q is derived from *Star Trek: Voyager*. For canon information please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Yonada

The ***Yonada*** was a spaceship built into an asteroid. A group of Fabrini, later called the Creators, built the vessel in order to allow their species some hope of survival after the star in their planetary system began to go supernova. They picked the most notable and worthy members of their species to crew the ship. The ship was roughly 320 kilometers in diameter. It was propelled by atomic energy, which left behind a trail of radiation and debris, and was capable of correcting for gravitational stress. It was armed with chemically-fueled missiles.

The *Yonada* left the Fabrini homeworld before the planet's destruction. It traveled through space under the control of a complex computer system. The computer was programmed to seek out a habitable world where the Fabrini could establish a new colony. Over the millenia, those aboard came to believe the computer was a deity and called it the Oracle of the People. A sophisticated religion was developed around this belief.

The crew of the USS *Enterprise* (NCC-1701) encountered the vessel when a navigational error put it on a collision course with the planet Daran V. They helped those aboard understand that they were living aboard a spaceship, and were able to correct the navigational error so that the colonists could safely find a new home.

## Source

The *Yonada* is derived from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Temlaa

**Temlaa** was a protoss warrior and historian who was mentored by Savassan during the Aeon of Strife. Temlaa's duties involved guarding the xel'naga artifacts held by the Shelak tribe -- the artifacts were covered in writing, a concept the protoss of the time were unfamiliar with as they communicated exclusively telepathically.

One blood relative of Temlaa's is known to historical records, the warrior Raamar.

## History

When Savassan announced he would leave the Shelak tribe in order to study the inscriptions on the xel'naga artifacts, he took Temlaa with him. When the two discovered the khaydarin crystals, they formed a psionic link to each other. Over time they discovered they could access this link even when they were not around the crystals.

The two studied the xel'naga artifacts for some time, even successfully understanding some of the symbols scribed on them -- but the next breakthrough was truly Temlaa's. Temlaa began to experience visions of a cavern full of xel'naga artifacts. Using clues from these visions, Temlaa and Savassan were able to discover the cavern.

Within it, they found the withered bodies of dead protoss, attached to a vine that connected to a massive khaydarin crystal. Savassan attached himself to the vine and he too began to wither, but Temlaa accessed a console in the cavern and managed to save his life. Not only that, but once freed from the vine, Savassan realized the way to ending the Aeon of Strife.

### Legacy

Many centuries later, Temlaa's memories were accessed by the archaeologist Jake Ramsey.

## Source

Temlaa is derived from *Starcraft*. For canon information, please visit:

* StarCraft Wiki
Sputnik 1

***Sputnik 1*** was the first artificial satellite to be launched by humans. It was launched by the Soviet Union into a low orbit around the Earth on October 4, 1957 CE and broadcast a radio signal back to the denizens of the planet for three weeks until its batteries ran out.

The launch captured the attention of Vulcans, who were observing humans from their starship. The ship crashed on Earth, leaving T'Mir, Mestral, and Stron stranded in Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania for some time.

*Sputnik 1* fell back to Earth on January 4, 1958 CE.

## Source

*Sputnik 1* is derived from the real world and from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Wikipedia
* Memory Alpha
Scorvians

**Scorvians** were a humanoid, reptillian species that had long been the enemy of the Ilanics and the Luxans. Unlike many warlike races, Scorvians lacked a code of honor, and would employ any underhanded method to achieve their ends. This included performing genetic surgery on spies, allowing them to easily infiltrate their enemies. Scorvians were also masters of martial arts, known and feared for their neural stroke maneuver.

Scorvians once attacked a number of border worlds in the Luxan Territories. This led the Luxans to wage a brutal campaign of battles against them -- this was Ka D'Argo's second military campaign. Many cycles later, three cycles before *Moya* escaped Peacekeeper control, the Ilanic-Scorvian War began.

## Source

Scorvians are derived from *Farscape*. For canon information, please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Cycles

**Cycles** were a unit of time measurement originally used in regions of the Delta Quadrant, such as the Uncharted Territories. A cycle was approximately equivalent to one Earth-year, though they were broken into segments such as "half-cycles" and "quarter-cycles" rather than months. Over time, the term year and the term cycle became interchangeable -- although some believed the term "year" was very Earth-centric and not very politically correct. The years of the Citadel Council's Galactic Standard calendar were also a relatively equivalent length of time.

Much like the term "lightyear," the term "**lightcycle**" was used to describe the distance that light could travel over the course of a cycle.

## Source

Cycles are derived from *Farscape*. For canon information, please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Gamma Trianguli VI

**Gamma Trianguli VI** was the sixth planet of the Gamma Trianguli system in the sector of the same name in the Alpha Quadrant. It had very unique lifeforms native to it including both pod plants and Vaalians. The planet was considered a sort of paradise, with temperatures varying very little from the 76 degrees Farenheit average. The atmosphere was primarily oxygen and nitrogen, and filtered out all harmful radiation.

Around the year 9,000 BCE the computer Vaal had been constructed for reasons unknown. Vaal was able to control the planet and its inhabitants, and by 3267 CE Vaal was being worshipped as a god. It was believed the temperature had to be under the control of Vaal given its lack of variation.

Without Vaal the planet was still able to support a thriving ecosystem though it was considerably less of a paradise. By 3328 CE, the planet was part of several routes through the Quadrant, including to Tarsus IV and the Gothos Space Center.

## Source

Gamma Trianguli VI is derived from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Unified Banking Act

The **Unified Banking Act** was a law enacted by the Citadel Council shortly after its creation. The law was devised and written by the volus. It established the official galactic unit of currency as the credit. The Act also explained guidelines for determining how other types of currency could have their value fairly converted to credits, allowing the Council to trade with other societies.

The Act also required all participating member species of the Citadel Council to price items in both their local currencies and in credits.

## Source

The Unified Banking Act is derived from *Mass Effect*. For canon information, please visit:

* Mass Effect Wiki
Solais V

**Solais V** was the fifth planet of the Solais system and was the Class M homeworld of the Solari. The planet was the site of a brutal civil war that lasted for thousands of cycles -- from the 19th century until 3365 CE. In that year, Riva was called in to negotiate a peace treaty.

By 3371 CE, Solais V had achieved peace and was importing duridium from other planets.

## Source

Solais V is derived from Star Trek. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Protomolecule

The **protomolecule**, as it was named by the corporation Protogen, (also called "the **Phoebe bug**" colloquially) was an infectious agent created by the Ring Builders. It was not a living organism but was, instead, a self-replicating technology designed to guide other systems into following the instructions coded into it. These instructions were intended to create a Ring. Though when first exposed to it, humans perceived the protomolecule as hostile, its nature was more that of a terraforming technology than a weapon.

## History

The protomolecule was sent in a projectile to the Sol system, but the projectile was caught in the orbit of Saturn and became its moon Phoebe. It remained there, undiscovered, until 2284 CE when surveyors from the Martian Congressional Republic found it. The MCR contracted Protogen to further investigate the alien molecule.

They continued these experiments, until the Eros Incident occurred -- when the entire colonized asteroid of Eros was infected. The protomolecule killed and reanimated one and half million people, creating a hivemind between them which integrated itself with the computer systems of Eros as well. The first infected individual on the asteroid, Julie Mao, became the center of that hivemind.

The protomolecule was able to move and manuever Eros without any propulsion systems, and moved it speeds unable to be duplicated by any human technology at the time. The protomolecule, convinced by Josephus Miller to avoid crashing into Earth, crashed the asteroid into Venus.

On Venus, the protomolecule began to build structures. As it did, it also examined and seemed to learn from the humans around it -- in one instance it disassembled an entire spaceship -- the *Arboghast* -- as though it were dissecting it and examining each piece. As this was going on, it also developed a hivemind with the protomolecule/human hybrids being created by Project Caliban. The hivemind seemed capable of instant communication, with no delays despite vast distances separating the parts of the hive.

After reshaping parts of the surface of Venus for months, complex structures launched themselves from the planet's surface and formed a massive Ring containing an invisible wormhole to the Ring Station. This Ring positioned itself near the planet Uranus.

One sample of the protomolecule, having been given to the Outer Planets Alliance, is known not to have been incorporated into the Ring or to have been destroyed.

It is unknown if this process is also how the other rings spread throughout the Milky Way were formed, though it is highly likely.

## Source

The protomolecule is derived from *The Expanse*. For canon information, please visit:

* The Expanse Wiki
The Phage

The **Phage** was a terrible disease that ravaged the Vidiians -- killing thousands of them every day for thousands of cycles. As new medical treatments were created, the disease would mutate and adapt. These changes were so rapid, it was impossible for the technology of the Vidiians to keep up.

The initial symptoms of the Phage were severe joint pain. This agony was enough that it killed some victims at this stage -- and it was not uncommon for those infected to seek euthanasia as relief from the pain.

As the disease, it began to devour body tissue and cell structures, causing the body to slowly and painfully cease functioning and fall apart. To manage the illness, the Vidiians resorted to frequent organ and tissue transplants. Unable to always find willing donors, the Vidiians turned to piracy and theft -- learning to steal healthy organs using transporter technology. The Vidiians also commonly kidnapped members of other species and experimented on them in the hopes of finding a cure.

One Vidiian scientist, Sulan, believed that researching Klingon biology could potentially lead to a cure. In 3375 CE, the problem of curing the Phage captured the interest of the Think Tank -- they were able to produce a solution and the cure was disseminated to the Vidiian population.

## Source

The Page is derived from *Star Trek: Voyager*. For canon information, please visit

* Memory Alpha
Terrans

**Terrans** was a term often used to describe humans, particularly those living in the Koprulu Sector, though humans themselves consistently used it to refer to the humans from the quantum reality called the Mirror Universe by those living in the Prime Reality.

Terrans were biologically distinctive from humans with one singular exception: all Terrans had photosensitivity and were averse to bright light. Culturally, however, Terrans were quite distinctive -- more aggressive, barbaric and savage than humans and more prone to bigotry. The Terran Empire, which existed in the place of the United Federation of Planets, did not cooperate with non-human species but rather enslaved them. It did allow for half-human hybrids to function almost equally with other humans.

## Notable Terrans

* Airiam
* Benjamin Sisko
* Beverly Crusher
* Charles Tucker III
* Ellen Landry
* Gabriel Lorca
* Hikaru Sulu
* Hoshi Sato
* Hugh Culber
* James T. Kirk
* Jennifer Sisko
* Joanne Owosekun
* John Crichton
* Jonathan Archer
* Julian Bashir
* Kathryn Janeway
* Keyla Detmer
* Leonard McCoy
* Malcolm Reed
* Michael Burnham
* Miles O'Brien
* Montgomery Scott
* Nyota Uhura
* Paul Stamets
* Pavel Chekov
* Philippa Georgiou
* Spock (hybrid)
* Sylvia Tilly
* Travis Mayweather
* Wesley Crusher
* Zefram Cochrane

## Source

Terrans are derived from *Star Trek* and *Star Trek Online*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
* Official Star Trek Online Wiki
Prowlers (Peacekeeper)

**Prowlers** were small but versatile space-faring vessels mass produced by the Peacekeepers and used in nearly every installation and command carrier. Prowlers were only capable of short-range flights, but were ideal for missions of subterfuge, infiltration, assassination, escort, and even military engagements. Prowlers were not heavily armed or armored, but were incredibly fast and maneuverable.

Pilots of Prowlers needed to be extensively trained and were highly respected by Peacekeepers for their skill. Pilot uniforms were black, with black helmets with a clear visor. They were typically armed with a pulse rifle and a sidearm of their choice.

## Source

Prowlers are derived from *Farscape*. For canon information, please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Bajor

**Bajor** (or, more precisely, **Bajor XI**) was the name of the eleventh planet of the Bajor system. The planet had five moons, including Derna and Jeraddo. The planet was the homeworld of the Bajorans, a sapient species that had spent thousands of cycles developing and was one of the oldest species in the Alpha Quadrant.

## History

The Bajoran people began to flourish on Bajor around the year 501,000 BCE. They took their first interstellar flight centuries later, around the 26th century with a solar-sail spacecraft that ultimately crash-landed on Cardassia Prime.

In 3319 CE the planet was taken over by the Cardassian Union. The Cardassians not only killed a large amount of the population of the planet, but even poisoned parts of the planet to compromise the food supplies after the Cardassians withdrew. The occupation ended in 3369 CE. The Bajoran Provisional Government took steps to help neutralize the poisons, but only had limited resources to do so.

The United Federation of Planets stepped in to help restore the planet, which led to Bajor becoming allied with the Federation.

## Locations

### Orbital

* Derna
* Jeraddo
* Three unnamed moons

## Source

Bajor is derived from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Ragged Knight

The **Ragged Knight** was a Bloodthirster of Khorne, a daemon born during Earth's Middle Ages even before Khorne had reached full consciousness as a result of the massacre of innocent men, woman and children during the Albigensian Crusade on July 22, 1209 CE. This hatred and fear from the victim's formed into being in the Immaterium, creating the Ragged Knight.

Eventually, the Ragged Knight was bound by Iskandar Khayon. Despite the pact that led to this binding, Khayon never trusted the rebellious Ragged Knight. It was not until the Siege of Terra, when Khayon needed to defend himself from the Emperor's Children Legion, that he finally unleashed the might of the Ragged Knight. The daemon slaughtered eighteen of the Emperor's Children Heretic Astartes, and then fought Telemachon Lyras.

After defeating Lyras, the daemon turned on Khayon who was forced to banish it back into the Warp.

## Source

The Ragged Knight is derived from *Warhammer 40,000*. For canon information, please visit:

* Warhammer 40k Wiki
Reclamation Apprehension Coalition

The **Reclamation Apprehension Coalition**, also known as the **RAC**, was an independent galactic organization whose operatives -- known as Reclamation Agents or, in some areas, Killjoys -- served as bounty hunters and assassins in a myriad of regions of the Milky Way. Initially, the RAC was primarily active in the J Star Cluster but through many centuries, the RAC expanded to serve in most of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.

When it came to galactic politics, the RAC remained neutral to all parties. They followed one code: "The Warrant is all." Warrants were official documents issued by the R.A.C. to their agents to give them the specifics of a mission. The RAC could be hired by any individual or organization to enact a Warrant on their behalf.

## Personnel

### Reclamation Agents

The majority of the personnel of the RAC are Reclamation Agents, or Killjoys, who execute the Warrants.

* Benji Fuchs
* Big Joe
* D'avin Jaqobis
* Deena
* Dutch
* Fancy Lee
* Flik
* John Jaqobis
* Mammoth Man
* McAvoy
* Paulo
* Prinde
* The Rygar Brothers
* Sabine
* Spider Drakos
* Tania
* Zeph

### Warrant Brokers

Warrant brokers are the RAC personnel who assign warrants to Reclamation Agents.

* Bellus Haardy

### RAC Officers

Officers of the RAC serve in a management capacity, handling recruitment and discipline. The Office of Interstellar Expansion is responsible for establishing RAC offices in other star systems. Oversight Teams are also set up to help RACs that are experiencing consistent problems that require an external investigation.

* Turin
* Khlyen
* Najik
* Banyon Grey
* Keera Dean

## Source

The Reclamation Apprehension Coalition is derived from *Killjoys*. For canon information, please visit:

* Killjoys Wiki
Telepathic pitcher plant

"**Telepathic pitcher plant**" was the name given to an ancient creature living in the Delta Quadrant by Naomi Wildman when the entity was encountered by the USS *Voyager*. Scans estimated the creature had existed for more than 200,000 cycles. There was no sign that the creature was sentient, only operating on a highly evolved instinct.

The creature fed by creating a powerful neurogenic field, which caused the crew of any ship that entered the field to experience delusions of what they most desired. As a result, the crew would alter course to go straight into the waiting mouth of the creature. However, any crew member who did not share the desire of the rest of the crew would be unaffected by the field. In those cases, the crew would turn against the dissenting crew member -- sometimes violently. Once the vessel got close enough to the creature, the crew would be rendered unconscious. The vessel would pass into the creature's digestive system, where bioplasmic charges resembling lightning would break down the spaceship at a molecular level.

In 3336 CE, the creature devoured a colony ship called the *Nokaro*, which the friends and family of Qatai were aboard. Afterwards, Qatai swore vengeance against the creature. Over the following years, he built up a resistance -- though not an immunity -- to the creature's telepathic influence.

In 3375 CE, the USS *Voyager* came under its influence. The crew saw a wormhole leading to the Alpha Quadrant, except for three crew members -- Naomi Wildman, Seven of Nine, and the Doctor. The crew ignored Naomi because of her young age, but knocked Seven unconscious and took the Doctor offline. Nevertheless, the three were able to save the ship with the help of Qatai -- who had been trapped within. Using bursts of anti-matter gas and Qatai's tetryon weaponry, they were able to convince the creature to essentially spit out both of their ships.

*Voyager* placed warning beacons around the creature, while Qatai continued on his quest to destroy it.

## Source

The telepathic pitcher plant is derived from *Star Trek: Voyager*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Bobbi The Narwhal

**Bobbi The Narwhal** is a female counterpart to Bob The Narwhal who appears only in Season 2 of Card Chaos.

## Appearance

Bobbi The Narwhal looks similair to Bob The Narwhal, but has a rainbow belly, pink blush on her cheeks, and a pink bow on her horn.

## Trivia

* Bobbi The Narwhal is the first and only named female character to appear in Burrito Men.
Rachni Wars

The **Rachni Wars** were a series of conflicts between the Citadel Council and the rachni which began around 800 CE.

## History

The initial conflict was caused when a dormant mass relay was opened by salarian explorers. The destination of the mass relay was unknown, but it led to the Maskim Xul system. The explorers were immediately set upon by the rachni, who were able to devise their own mass effect drives by studying the Element Zero present in the explorers' vessels. The rachni began to rapidly expand their territory.

The Citadel Council made attempts to negotiate -- but the rachni queens were located deep underground in hives beneath the surfaces of inhospitable planets. They were impossible to contact. It was assumed the rachni were irredeemable and could only be stopped by open war. Unfortunately, the rachni had the upper hand in warfare due largely to their huge numbers.

For nearly a century the Citadel Council fought this losing war -- until the salarians discovered the krogan on their homeworld of Tuchanka. They brought the krogan to a planet that was less irradiated and provided them with advanced technology. The krogan population blossomed -- providing the Citadel Council with the numbers needed to beat back the encroaching rachni. The krogan could even enter the rachni hives and eradicate the queens.

The retribution of the krogan-enhanced military was absolute. They drove the rachni back to their homeworld of Suen, which was struck with an orbital bombardment. The species was declared extinct in 1100 CE.

### Legacy

After the wars, the Citadel Council enacted a policy that prohibited the activation of mass relays that led to dormant systems. They also constructed Listening Post X-19 in order to detect any rachni that may have survived the wars.

## Source

The Rachni Wars are derived from *Mass Effect*. For canon information, please visit:

* Mass Effect Wiki
Pilot (Elack)

The **Pilot** bonded to the Leviathan biomechanoid *Elack* was devoted but compassionate. When they encountered John Crichton on their way to Sacred Leviathan Burial Space, they permitted him to stay aboard.

As they reached the place where *Elack* and his Pilot had wanted to die, they were attacked by Grudeks. Crichton -- with the help of Sikozu, Chiana and Rygel XVI -- managed to defeat the assailants. In gratitude, *Elack* and his Pilot agreed to take their passengers to Arnessk in search of *Moya*.

With Peacekeepers on the planet, it eventually became clear that *Elack* would need to crash into the planet to help Crichton and his friends escape. Old enough that they were close to death, they agreed. However, *Elack*'s aging Pilot fell asleep and began the descent to the planet too soon -- with Ka D'Argo only narrowly awakening the Pilot in time. Afterwards, *Elack* and his Pilot crashed into the Peacekeeper Marauders on the surface -- sacrificing themselves for their friends.

## Source

*Elack*'s Pilot is derived from *Farscape*. For canon information, please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Traskans

**Traskans** were a mysterious but psionically powerful race of humanoids originating from the planet Traska within the Uncharted Territories. Traskans were remarkably long lived, partly due to a process called the guowmuhr -- which restored youth to the Traskan. Traskans had larger ears than almost any known humanoids save Ferengi, and as a result had much sharper hearing -- they were even sometimes able to perceive sounds from other dimensions and timelines. Noranti Pralatong, for instance, could hear the time-displaced Priests of Arnessk and heard secrets Aeryn Sun had never voiced aloud.

Traskans also had a third eye -- which emerged fifteen cycles after their birth or after each guowmuhr. This third eye allowed even greater access to the Traskan psionic abilities. The eye was not always open -- though when the third eye opened, it would glow and strange things often occurred.

Traskan culture encouraged its members to learn multiple trades over the course of their long lives. Eventually, a Traskan could reach the title of Utu -- the highest honor in Traskan culture. The Traskans worshipped an entity they called the Divine Eternal and much of the more spiritual aspects of their culture centered around their faith.

Traskans were talented doctors and healers, a skill that likely developed after it was discovered that the jilnak they were capable of vomiting could be used as a restorative.

## Source

Traskans are derived from *Farscape*. For canon information, please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Trill (species)

The **Trill**, or **Trills**, were a humanoid species native to the planet Trill. Though a small segment of the population were joined to a symbiont, the majority of the Trill population was not connected to another organism.

## Physiology

Trill hands were always cold to the touch. One of the primary neurotransmitters in the Trill brain was isobramine.

Most Trill were distinguishable by a row of spots trailing from their foreheads to their toes on each side of their body. A handful of Trill, unwittingly infected by the Klingon Augment virus, had a vastly different appearance -- with cranial ridges and no spots. Other than these differences in physical appearance, the Augment virus did not seem to have caused any changes to the capabilities or physiologies of the Trill.

Some unjoined Trill were capable of telepathy and may have had other psionic capabilities.

## Culture

The Trill were very technologically advanced, and the Trill Science Ministry was a leading center of research and development in the Alpha Quadrant.

The Trill developed warp drives sometime prior to the 33rd century, and quickly became familiar with a number of species. They had good enough relations to both the Vulcans and the Klingons to be welcomed on both of their homeworlds. Nevertheless, they kept the existence of the symbionts a secret until 3367 CE when the emergency transplant of the Odan symbiont to a new host during the Peliar Zel negotiations made their existence common knowledge. Aside from this, however, Trill were quite open about every other aspect of their culture.

### Symbionts

The symbionts were revered and protected by the Trill. The Guardians cared for unjoined symbionts and were considered the spiritual leaders of Trill society. There were many more Trill than symbionts, with only about three hundred symbionts available for hosting each cycle and thousands of Trill applying to be joined. As such, a rigorous and demanding selection process was put in place -- overseen by the Symbiosis Comission.

The Commission kept the reasons for this selection process highly confidential. Most of the Trill population believed that only one in a thousand Trill could make an acceptable host, in order to prevent the symbionts from becoming objects that people fought over.

Trill law forbade reassociation between a joined Trill and those it may have been intimate or romantic with in the lives of prior hosts.

## Notable Trill

* Curzon Dax (joined)
* Ezri Dax
* Gray Tal (joined)
* Jadzia Dax (joined)
* Jorel Quinn

## Source

Trill are derived from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Zelene system

The **Zelene system** was a planetary system in the Crescent Nebula of the Gamma Quadrant. It had a single star, with four planets orbiting it. The planets had once been colonized by the arthenn, whose homeworld was Helyme, the second planet in the system.

## Locations

**Zelene** - the primary star of the system.

* Nepyma - the tidally locked first planet of the system.
* Helyme - the second planet of the system, once the homeworld of the arthenn.
* Epho - the third planet of the system, colonized by the arthenn until hit by an orbital bombardment.
* Gaelon - the fourth planet of the system, a gas giant.

## Source

The Zelene system is derived from *Mass Effect*. For canon information, please visit:

* Mass Effect Wiki
Salarian Union

The **Salarian Union** was the government of the salarians, and was a member state of the Citadel Council and later the United Federation of Planets. The government was difficult to map out, as it consisted of a web-like maze of matriarchal lineages with bloodlines frequently altering course due to inbreeding or political alliances.

Humans likened the Union to the noble families of medieval Europe -- the government consisted of colonization clusters, which were similar to fiefdoms, baronies, etc. The salarian names for these territories were unpronounceable to most other species.

Each area was ruled by a single Dalatrass -- a matriarch of a particular clan. These clans were somewhat individualized, as they are organized into circles which expand outward from the salarian in question -- the first circle consisted of immediate family: parents, uncles, aunts, siblings, first cousins. This circle typically had about 100 members. The second circle, less immediate family such as second cousins, could reach 1,000 members. The fourth or fifth circle could extend into the millions. Each salarian was primarily loyal to the first circle with their loyalty diminishing as each circle went farther from them.

## Source

The Salarian Union is derived from *Mass Effect*. For canon information please visit:

* Mass Effect Wiki
Tauvo Crais

**Tauvo Crais** was a Sebacean who was drafted into the Peacekeepers alongside his brother, Bialar. As they ascended the ranks, Tauvo became a Prowler pilot assigned to Bialar's command carrier.

While attempting to recapture *Moya* during her escape, Tauvo's Prowler clipped the *Farscape*-1 module -- which had just emerged from a wormhole -- and hurtled into an asteroid, exploding on impact. Tauvo was killed.

## Source

Tauvo Crais is derived from *Farscape*. For canon information please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Jocacean Memorial Planet

The **Jocacean Memorial Planet** was a planet commemorating a horrific tragedy, in which the Venek Horde slaughtered a monastery full of Sebacean women and children in order to have access to water from the mountain behind the monastery. After this event, the planet was abandoned. Eventually the memorial was constructed and visitors were able to look into the past and watch the tragedy unfold for themselves.

Although the planet was in the Uncharted Territories, it may have once been under Peacekeeper jurisdiction.

## Alternate Timelines

In the original timeline of events, the planet commemorated a peace treaty brokered between the monastery and the Venek Horde. However, an accident caused John Crichton, Aeryn Sun, Stark, Ka D'Argo, and Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis to enter the historical event through a rift in time. Despite their best efforts not to change any of the events that had transpired, they caused several changes and were unable to undo all of the effects before having to escape through the time tear once more. Various alternate timelines came to exist because of their actions:

* In one timeline, the Venek Horde still inhabited the planet.
* In one timeline, the planet no longer existed.

Ultimately, most of the actions of the time travelers were able to be fixed. However, Crichton had drawn attention to himself and when the Sebaceans could not tell the Veneks where he had gone, they were slaughtered. This, ultimately, became the timeline of the Prime Realiy. Only the four time travelers are aware of the original timeline.

## Source

The Jocacean Memorial Planet is derived from *Farscape*. For canon information, please visit:

* Farscape Encyclopedia Project
Metacon War

The **Metacon War** was a war fought between the Protheans and an unknown, hostile artificial lifeform. The exact dates of this war have been lost, but it is known to have occurred between 68,000 BCE and 48,000 BCE. It is believed to have been early in the development of the empire the Protheans built, and indeed spurred much of its expansion as the Protheans sought to unite all of the galaxy's organic sapient species against this synthetic foe.

Ultimately, the Protheans proved victorious.

## Source

The Metacon War is derived from *Mass Effect*. For canon information, please visit:

* Mass Effect Wiki
Ring Builders

The **Ring Builders**, as they would later be named, were an ancient species tied together in a hivemind. Their civilization rose to prevalence more than 2 billion years before the Common Era. They had an extremely advanced level of technology, and were able to create and manipulate wormholes through a massive network of rings, with each ring leading to a central Ring Station in a pocket dimension of their creation. Using these rings they were able to expand their empire across the entire Milky Way. Their technology even allowed them to manipulate the laws of physics, including gravity.

They reigned supreme in the universe for 500,000,000 years until an unknown enemy began to destroy their civilization. Using their network of rings, the Ring Builders attempted to wipe out the enemy by eradicating entire solar systems. Many theorize that it is likely this enemy was an artificial lifeform of their own creation, as this would have further fueled the belief held by the Leviathans that organic species would always be destroyed by their own creations.

The Ring Builders sent a projectile from one of their inhabited systems towards the Sol system, hoping to establish an outpost there. The projectile, however, became caught in Saturn's orbit and the protomolecule contained in the projectile did not build the ring until billions of years after the Ring Builders were wiped out.

## Source

The Ring Builders are derived from *The Expanse*. For canon information, please visit:

* The Expanse Wiki
Thoi'han

The **thoi'han** were a mostly forgotten and extinct species that engaged in war with the inusannon over the right to colonize Eingana around 125,000 BCE. Little else is known about the thoi'han, except what could be gleaned from the ancient wreckage of their starships on the planet's surface.

## Source

The thoi'han are taken from *Mass Effect*. For canon information, please visit:

* Mass Effect Wiki
Sphere (lifeform)

An unusual and -- as far as recorded history indicates -- unique lifeform, this **sphere** was born hundreds of thousands of cycles before the creation of the United Federation of Planets or even the Citadel Council. The sphere was comprised of organic and inorganic material, making it one of the oldest recorded biomechanical lifeforms. It measured 565 kilometers in diameter and 6.39×1020 kilograms in mass, giving it the size of a small planet or asteroid.

The sphere traversed the Milky Way for thousands of cycles, recording all that it saw. These recordings included invasions by the Reapers, numerous wars including one between the Roquarri Imperium and the Quarternary Systems -- both civilizations otherwise lost to history -- as well as population data of various planets such as Kaminar, and detailed advanced information regarding artificial intelligence. Specifically, the sphere held information that would allow artificial intelligences to purge all organic life from the galaxy.

When the sphere's death approached, it sought a repository for all of the information it had gathered. In one alternate timeline, through unknown means, that information ended up with the artificial intelligence called Control. Control used this knowledge to, eventually, eradicate all organic life in the Milky Way. Seeking to prevent this, the time-traveling Gabrielle Burnham managed to guide the USS *Discovery* to the sphere -- which pulled the vessel out of warp and began trying to communicate. It's vibrations and radiation came across to the crew of the USS *Discovery* as little more than a high-pitched screeching noise, and its efforts to adapt the universal translator overloaded the system. When it tried to simply transmit its information, the crew mistook it as a virus until Commander Saru was able to interpret a pattern of repeating ultraviolet lights and convinced the rest of the crew to allow the sphere to transmit its data.

Upon completion of the transfer, the core of the sphere began to collapse. With only a nanosecond to spare, the sphere reversed the polarity of its stasis field and pushed the *Discovery* out of the blast radius as the sphere ultimately exploded and died.

## Source

The Sphere is derived from *Star Trek: Discovery*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Tuchanka

**Tuchanka** was the fourth planet of the Aralakh system in the Krogan Demilitarized Zone and the original homeworld of the krogan. Though the planet once flourished with life, with a thick jungle covering most of its surface, most life on the planet was eradicated after the krogan engaged in a cataclysmic nuclear war.

After the Reaper Invasion of 2986, the krogan began arduously working to rebuild the world and restore it to its former glory.

## Source

Tuchanka is derived from *Mass Effect*. For canon information, please visit:

* Mass Effect Wiki
Pollux IV

**Pollux IV** was a once-inhabited planet in the Beta Geminorum system in the Alpha Quadrant. It was the fourth of five planets orbiting the star Beta Geminorum. It was an M-class planet with an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, very much like that of Earth. The planet was estimated to have begun forming 4 billion years before the Common Era.

## History

The former inhabitants of the world were an interstellar species that briefly visited Earth and became recognized as the Greek gods and goddesses. Ultimately, the species became extinct.

The last surviving member of this species, Apollo, made contact with the crew of the USS *Enterprise* (NCC-1701) in the year 3267 CE. Apollo was believed to have died during this encounter.

By 3328 CE, the Pollux IV Orbital City had been built. This paved the way for Pollux IV becoming a tourist destination by the end of the 34th century.

## Source

Pollux IV is taken from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Trill

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Zakdorn

The **Zakdorn** were a sapient, humanoid species mostly recognized for being brilliant strategists. Because of this reputation, no species had waged war against the Zakdorn since roughly 8,000 BCE.

The most notable physical characteristic of the Zakdorn were three pouches of fibrous tissue found on each side of their face.

The Zakdorn were a member species of the United Federation of Planets. In that capacity, they operated Surplus Depot Z15, and sent representatives to the Trade Agreements Conference on Betazed in 3366 CE.

## Notable Members

* Klim Dokachin
* Sirna Kolrami

## Source

The Zakdorn are derived from *Star Trek*. For canon information, please visit:

* Memory Alpha
Shelak Tribe

The **Shelak tribe** was a protoss tribe dating back to the Aeon of Strife. They became members of the Judicator Caste, and typically acted as scholars. The tribal color of the Shelak was white. Members of the tribe typically had purple skin.

## History

During the Aeon of Strife, the Shelak tribe watched over a trove of xel'naga artifacts -- jealously guarding them from other protoss despite the fact that they also could not read the inscriptions on the surface of the items. The Shelak continued to revere the xel'naga even after they left Aiur -- and many of the other protoss believed that the Shelak had irritated the xel'naga with incessant pestering and driven them away.

It was because of this blame, the Shelak were a frequent target of attacks during the Aeon of Strife. When Savassan left the tribe to study the artifacts, their numbers had already been dwindling for some time. However, Savassan -- calling himself Khas -- was able to bring about the end of the Aeon of Strife before his former tribe was utterly destroyed.

As protoss society was re-organized under the Khala, the Shelak tribe was charged with continuing the study of the khaydarin crystals and the ancient texts of the xel'naga. The Shelak were therefore the exception to the rule banning all xel'naga teachings.

After the Brood War, the surviving Shelak were the primary guardians of the xel'naga temple on Shakuras -- though members of all tribes participated. Zekrath represented the Shelak tribe in the Hierarchy.

After the End War, the High Templars of the Shelak tribe adopted ceremonial armor that memorialized Khas for reuniting the protoss. This armor inspired an artistic and architectural change within Daelaam.

## Notable Members

### Aeon of Strife

* Raamar
* Savassan
* Telkar
* Temlaa

### Daelaam Era

* Taarim
* Zekrath

## Source

The Shelak tribe is derived from *Starcraft*. For canon information, please visit:

* StarCraft Wiki
Psionic

**Psionic** was an umbrella term for a broad variety of **psychic abilities**, not including biotic abilities. It was often compared to magic. These mental abilities range widely in both effects and power. Some species -- such as the Eldar, Delvians, Vulcans, or protoss -- were renowned for their psionic prowess.

Though humans could have psionic potential, it seldom amounted to the levels of other species without outside help. The exception to this was the Sirens, of which only six existed at any given time. These six Sirens were human women who possessed psionic powers that outmatched most others in the galaxy. Perpetuals also often had greater than normal psionic potential for humans.

## Source

Psionics are derived from *Farscape*, *Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri*, *Firefly*, *Borderlands*, *Killjoys*, *Mass Effect*, *Starcraft*, *Star Trek*, *Blake's 7*, and *Warhammer 40k*. For canon information, please visit:

* Wikipedia
* StarCraft Wiki