Efrosian

• Appearance: Mammalian
• Homeworld: Efros Delta
• Biological notes
  • Originally evolved in slim temperate band around equator of Efros Delta (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Maintenance of good health relies on nutrients found only in levithi nuts (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Lack of essential oils produced by these nuts results in nausea, space sickness (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Replicated nuts unable to provide suitable replacement by late 2379 due to complexity of organic molecules involved (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
• Cultural notes
  • Efrosian language
  • Much longer history before reaching spacefaring age than most humanoid species due to difficult environmental conditions resulting from severe ice age throughout development (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Strong oral tradition species-wide of full cultural history (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Tradition developed due to environmental conditions leading to unreliable physical recording of information from generation to generation (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Electronic data storage continued to be largely aural rather than optical even into the present day as a result (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Generally sexually open, with monogamy a rare phenomenon (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)