Kan'gan

## Race Background

The Kan’g are a warp capable species that came into contact with the Federation in the year 2385. One of their scouting vessels came out of Warp 6 in the vicinity of the USS Chevalier, a multi-functional ship on a routine Admiral Escort mission. The diplomatic team on the Chevalier made contact with the Kan’g, with the Admiral choosing to accompany the scout vessel back to its homeworld. While there, it was discovered that the Kan’g were currently working on developing Warp 9 engines.

Culturally speaking, the Kan’g have a variety of pastimes. Most notably, their favorite sport is a game they call **Trodastil**. It appeared to be an obstacle course set up within an arena, where two teams of three were given a time limit to capture both teams’ flags and bring the pair of flags to their own safe zone. The teams consist of one flag bearer and two defenders. Fighting, running, and dodging all seem to be encouraged. The team with the highest score by the end of the allotted time wins. Their second favorite sport appeared to be simple five-kilometer obstacle course races that the Kan’g call **The Barough**.

Art and Music are also highly valued among the Kan’g, to the point that the concept of an artist’s work only becoming valuable after their death is insulting to them.

The admiral and the senior staff of the Chevalier were taken to a concert their first night. The musicians played instruments that seemed to be charged crystals that resonated at different frequencies depending on which other crystals they came into contact with.

Their government seemed to be run by a council of thirteen members. Every council seat is up for election every five years.

Their military sports a navy, an airforce, and multiple contingents of ground troops. They have moved on in weaponry, making hard projectile weapons superfluous in comparison to energy based weapons.

## Physical Traits

Leathery Skin, three digit hands, two digit feet, prehensile appendage on the back of the head;  average male stands at 6’2”, average female stands at 5’11”. Color scheme is varied. Two eyes, two flappy ears, four nostrils, no mouth. Digitigrade legs.

One of the first things a person would notice about the Kan’g is that they sport no mouths on their faces. The Kan’g are instead able to dissolve and absorb bio-matter through the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. The Kan’g appear to be omnivorous in diet.

The Kan’g possess a long prehensile limb sprouting from the back of their head which ends in a large knot of cartilage. This limb is called the Fong’Lai (Phone-Lah). The Fong’Lai has no bones within it but, along with their powerful legs, acts as a natural weapon.

The leg muscles of the Kan’g are powerful indeed. They are capable of leaping two meters upward from a stand still, as well as denting inch-thick steel plating. The lungs and diaphragm are connected to the leg muscles, leading to a side effect where the Kan’g are able to breathe even better at a loping gait than at a walk.

The Kan’g possess a heart one size larger than the average human in comparison. They also sport a pair of ears that will thrum at a high rate in order to cool them of excess temperature.

The Kan’g are capable of mild to average telepathy, this being their primary source of communication. So far their maximum broadcasting range seems to be 1 kilometer.

The Kan’g seem to react strongly to general anesthetics, showing long lasting signs of intoxication even when given small doses.

## Procreation Type

The Kan’g procreate sexually, though due to their incompatible physiological structure, hybridization is considered almost universally unlikely to succeed.

The Kan’g also share no taboo outlook on sexual activity, seeing the action as merely a form of expression and exercise. The only time one would find scandal within the activity would be if a person were to initiate sex with a member of a parental pairing. Kan’g families are tight knit, and to be a Saath, one who would disjoin a family, is to be one who courts exile.

Two signs of intimacy that are considered the equivalent of *Kissing,* which is a custom that never developed among the mouthless race, are the clasping of hands and the entwining of the Fong’Lai. It is a sign of ultimate trust and care to see two Fong’Lai entwined together, and it is therefore considered a greater affront to be caught disjoining a family and be seen in such a position than it is simply disjoining a family.