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* Appearance: Fungoid | * Appearance: Fungoid colony species | ||
** Individuals exist as a gestalt of three to five distinct, telepathically-linked segments (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ** Individuals exist as a gestalt of three to five distinct, telepathically-linked segments (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ||
** Single segments take the form of meter-tall clusters of purplish fungal growths (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ** Single segments take the form of meter-tall clusters of purplish fungal growths (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ||
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** Individuals able to divide themselves into subgroups of segments to act independently to a degree (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ** Individuals able to divide themselves into subgroups of segments to act independently to a degree (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ||
** Death of a single segment results on death of the entire gestalt (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ** Death of a single segment results on death of the entire gestalt (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ||
*** Individuals are relatively psychologically fragile, the gestalt psyche unable to reconstruct itself following such a significant loss (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | |||
*** In near all cases, following the lost of one or more segments the remaining gestalt loses sanity and dies within hours (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | |||
* Cultural notes | * Cultural notes | ||
** Individuals described according to their number of segments (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ** Individuals described according to their number of segments (DS9 Novel: ''Rising Son'') | ||
Latest revision as of 13:23, 12 October 2024
- Appearance: Fungoid colony species
- Individuals exist as a gestalt of three to five distinct, telepathically-linked segments (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Single segments take the form of meter-tall clusters of purplish fungal growths (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Biological notes
- Telepathic capabilities
- Fully empathic within species (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Potentially telepathic within species (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Full telepathy within an individual's segments (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Low-level telepathy with other individuals (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Able to project emotions, read some imagery-based thoughts (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Only some segments are physically capable of speaking (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Individuals able to divide themselves into subgroups of segments to act independently to a degree (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Death of a single segment results on death of the entire gestalt (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Individuals are relatively psychologically fragile, the gestalt psyche unable to reconstruct itself following such a significant loss (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- In near all cases, following the lost of one or more segments the remaining gestalt loses sanity and dies within hours (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Telepathic capabilities
- Cultural notes
- Individuals described according to their number of segments (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Five segments: quinteth (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Segments have distinct names, but individuals are named as a concatenation of all segments' individual names (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- When operating as subgroups of segments, segments are named in the same way (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Very few Friagloim leave their homeworld (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- Individuals described according to their number of segments (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)