Scalarin

The **Scalarin** are a humanoid race that hail from the Beta Quadrant of the Milky Way. With their close proximity with the Klingon home world, the Scalarin have had a long partnership with the KDF. It is believed that the Scalarin are responsible for some of the Klingon Empire’s technology. The Klingon's in return protect Scalara and allow them their sovereignty.

# Biology

In general their eyes and hair are varying shades of blue and their skin tone is a dark orange with distinct lighter patterns unique to each individual. Notable unique traits include their cat like eyes. Scalarin have excellent night vision. Also notable are the jaw line protrusions. These sensory organs can detect the slightest change in atmospheric pressure density and allow them to track movement even in total darkness. This structure is also extremely sensitive to touch and any Scalarin sustaining an injury here would likely be disabled by it for some
time. The Scalarin also have rather large pointed ears, and as expected posses excellent hearing. In short, your not going to sneak up on a Scalarin easily.

In terms of physical ability Scalarin are quite agile and quick, especially for short durations. The trade off is a lack of strength. They have no issue with common tasks that require nominal strength but on average they possess 20-30% less strength than an average human.

Metabolic rates are high for a humanoid as well and this contributes to a comparatively short life span of 60 to 70 years on average. It is also a factor in them having a shorter than typical gestation period of only 6.5 to 7 standard months. Multiple births are also common. Once reaching adulthood Scalarin show little sign of aging until reaching what they call the "Final cycle". At this time key hormone production fails and aging is quite rapid leading to death in 5 to 7 years typically. The most outward sign of their metabolism is what people often describe as Scalarin being “twitchy”. Their heightened senses contribute to seemingly involuntary responses to every movement and sound around them. Surprisingly despite all this Scalarin are fairly calm and reserved in most settings.

# Culture

The Scalarin are isolationist, they have strict racial purity laws and their Government is believed to be rather oppressive. Few Scalarin are ever seen off planet. Some however have escaped the home world to seek better lives.

Like most species Scalarin culture has been influenced by environmental and evolutionary factors. The most notable aspect being Scalarin emotional responses. Evolving along side several large preadatory avian species, it was not unusual for a member of a family group or extended tribe to suddenly be snatched away and rather brutally dispatched. This created a rather closed approach to strong emotional entanglement. There is no marriage construct in Scalarin society. It is common however for Scalarin to couple for extended periods especially for the purpose of child rearing. It is also common for larger groups of 3 to 5 to partner together for family building.

This is not to suggest that Scalarin have a weakened emotional state. On the contrary they can be as passionate as any species but that passion tends to be focused on other aspects of life. For example young Scalarin males have a very high mortality rate due to a compulsion towards thrill seeking and arguably recklessness. This tendency exist in young females as well but to a much lesser extent. Females tend to have an intense drive to achieve their goals. Accomplishment provides emotional release.

In Scalarin society females are more prevalent in government and scientific fields. In social settings Scalarin are typically very pragmatic approaching decisions from a logical point of view. This led some to view them as a kin to a Vulcan approach to life until they were observed more closely.

# Notable Scalarin

* Captain Kass Lanae
* Lieutenant Commander Chic'Zha

Scalarin in game specs:

* Skin Color O5-O10
* Height, average to short, light build.
* Head type: Humanoid
* Overall pattern: Spen or any of the spots patterns, color O11-O13
* Forehead Detail: Antaran, color I1-I6
* Nose detail: None
* Eyes: Slit, color optional
* Ears: Celolaris 01 Color should be 1 shade lighter than chosen skin color.
* Hair and Brows optional in shades of blue Brows should be a human look.
* Mouth Accessory: Lisseplan 03 (female) Thin Spines (male) use skin color