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** Two livers, three lungs, eight-chambered heart, redundant neural functions (TNG: "Ethics") | ** Two livers, three lungs, eight-chambered heart, redundant neural functions (TNG: "Ethics") | ||
* Children mature quickly (cf. Alexander) | * Children mature quickly (cf. Alexander) | ||
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* Foods and drinks | * Foods and drinks | ||
** Raktajino (Various) | ** Raktajino (Various) | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 28 October 2017
- Appearance: Mammalian; dark skin, forehead crest, prominent spinal ridges, sharp incisors; on average taller, larger than humans
- QuchHa' minority during 22nd and 23rd century look near-identical to humans
- Lifespan: over 150 years (DS9: "Blood Oath")
- Homeworld: Qo'noS
- Low tolerance for cold (DS9: "Change of Heart"; VOY: "Displaced")
- Magenta blood (The Undiscovered Country)
- Multiply redundant biological systems
- Two livers, three lungs, eight-chambered heart, redundant neural functions (TNG: "Ethics")
- Children mature quickly (cf. Alexander)
- Cultural notes
- Foods and drinks
- Raktajino (Various)
- Essentially Klingon coffee
- Derived from a blend of Human coffee and ra'taj liquor, brewed as a cappucino
- Raktajino (Various)
History
- c.1900: First contact with Vulcans, leading to decades of war (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures; TNG: "First Contact")
- 2151: First contact with Humans; Broken Bow, Earth incident (ENT: "Broken Bow")
- 2154: Qu'vat virus leads to creation of QuchHa' minority class in contrast to HemQuch majority (ENT: "Affliction")
- Early 2290s: Cure discovered for Qu'vat virus; QuchHa' cease to exist. Their former existence is largely denied or kept quiet with outsiders from this point forward. (TOS Novel: Forged in Fire; DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")