N'kar

The N'Kar are a peaceful species of mammalians from the planet of N'Karoo. They were enslaved by the Lanaktallans and many males were drafted into the Unified Military, but most were unwilling to fight and surrendered to TerraSol, as did their home planet of N'Karoo.

## Description

The N'Kar are mammalian and aquatic, resembling otters. They have long limbs, flat faces with wide eyes and broad mouths, and herbivorous teeth. Biologically, they are omnivores, but Lankatallan Gentling changed them to weaker herbivores. They normally have a thick coat of hair to keep them warm in the water, but under the influence of Lanaktallan drugs have a crest of hair down their back but are otherwise hairless. They have decent strength and endurance by Unified Council standards, able to work for several hours without rest. The N'Kar are almost as tall as Lanaktallans, but are used to gravity closer to 1.25 standard gravities.

## Culture

The N'Kar are peaceful fisherpeople. They farm some crops, fish extensively, and live on small islands. Poorer people live in the houses on the beaches where the storms are a greater danger, but for the most part their society was fairly equitable. The N'Kar wish to fish and sail, not build and expand. However, they are intelligent, able to easily outwit the Lanaktallans, and comprehend Terran law to surrender to the Terrans.

The N'Kar developed technology as far as high frequency radio to communicate between ships and doppler radar to detect weather, but did not industrialize or develop internal combustion engines. Some POW's during the Terran-Lanaktallan war began to adopt Terran religion and the teachings of the church of the Digital Omnimessiah.

## History

The N'Kar were discovered and conquered by the Lanaktallans after they developed the radio. They were brought straight to Near-Civilized status because they are not a threat to the Lanaktallans, and used in factories and office buildings. The Lanaktallans slowly poisoned their other worlds to encourage them to remain in their home system where the Dwellerspawn could later consume them. The lanaktallan drugs caused them to bald over time, a period called the balding times which happened recently enough that it was within living memory during the Terran- Lanaktallan war. During the Terran-Lanaktallan war, the Lanaktallans drafted the majority of their male population. The Terrans captured most of these soldiers, and began sending postcards from POW camps to N'Kar. The newly promoted N'Karrian postmaster acquired and read the Terran laws pertaining to populations surrendering, and then proceeded to surrender to the Terran officer delivering the mail.

Roughly 20 million N'Karrian soldiers were captured by the Treana'ad and Terran forces and moved to a POW world planet, where the Terrans detox'd them from the Lanaktallan drugs and taught them skills while holding them. They were calm prisoners, allowed to sail, farm, fish, and given significant freedom so long as they followed the rules. The Gestalts noted that they were skilled resort designers, and that they could make significant money renting out rooms in the resorts.

## Home System

The N'Kar come from the planet of N'Karoo, but have colonized several worlds. N'Karoo is an oceanic planet with a single tiny moon covered in small islands with lagoons and light vegetation. It has some storms on occasion, and oceans deep enough to dive in and sail across. It is typically warm.

## Notable Members

Del'Var

Ast'Lar