Kelpien: Difference between revisions

From Trek DB
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Created page with "* Appearance: Mammalian; relatively tall, heavily-ridged facial structure ** Has "threat ganglia", sensory organs that sense "danger", emerge only when sensing (DIS: "Battle o..."
 
No edit summary
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
* Appearance: Mammalian; relatively tall, heavily-ridged facial structure
* Appearance: Mammalian; relatively tall, heavily-ridged facial structure
** Has "threat ganglia", sensory organs that sense "danger", emerge only when sensing (DIS: "Battle of the Binary Stars"; DIS Novel: ''Desperate Hours'')
** Has "threat ganglia", sensory organs which can emerge just above the ears
*** Bioelectric field thing?
*** Senses bioelectric fields of nearby predators (DIS: "Battle of the Binary Stars"; DIS Novel: ''Desperate Hours'')
* Homeworld: Beyond [[Federation]] space as of 2255
*** Emerges in response to apparent
* Descends from prey species unlike majority of known intelligent species
* Homeworld: [[Kelpia]] (DIS Novel: ''Desperate Hours'')
** Beyond [[Federation]] space as of 2256
* Descends from prey species unlike majority of known intelligent species (DIS: ""Battle of the Binary Stars"; DIS Novel: ''Desperate Hours'')
* Breathes through spiracles at base of the neck (DIS Novel: ''Desperate Hours'')
* Cultural notes
** Fundamental believe of Kelpien culture is that everything changes, and everything ends; denying the impermanence of reality is the source of all suffering (DIS Novel: ''Desperate Hours'')


[[Category:Intelligent Species]]
[[Category:Intelligent Species]]
[[Category:Kelpien|#]]
[[Category:Kelpien|#]]

Latest revision as of 09:34, 13 October 2017

  • Appearance: Mammalian; relatively tall, heavily-ridged facial structure
    • Has "threat ganglia", sensory organs which can emerge just above the ears
      • Senses bioelectric fields of nearby predators (DIS: "Battle of the Binary Stars"; DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
      • Emerges in response to apparent
  • Homeworld: Kelpia (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Descends from prey species unlike majority of known intelligent species (DIS: ""Battle of the Binary Stars"; DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Breathes through spiracles at base of the neck (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Cultural notes
    • Fundamental believe of Kelpien culture is that everything changes, and everything ends; denying the impermanence of reality is the source of all suffering (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)