Tholian: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:49, 16 September 2018

Appearance: Silicon-based, crystalline
- Faceted form, six arachnid-like legs
- Body filled with swirling gasses
- Different individuals have differing hues of outer body shell (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
  - Used for individual identification in addition to body features (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1"; VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    - By Interphase Book 1, hue indicates caste, but this seems to be contradicted by later portrayals of Tholians in novels
      - Nobility indicated by reddish hue by that work
Homeworld: Tholia
Biological notes
- Tholian minds interconnected in an interstellar subspace telepathic network known as the Lattice (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
  - Further subdivided into SubLinks organized by caste according to individual duties, social subgroupings (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
Cultural notes
- Tholian language
  - Described as "the screech of a tritanium blade on glass" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
- Tholian calendar
  - Time measured in "cycles" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
Foods and drinks

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 ** Body filled with swirling gasses
 ** Different individuals have differing hues of outer body shell (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
-*** Used as basis for caste-based division amongst Tholians (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
+*** Used for individual identification in addition to body features (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1"; VAN Novel: ''Harbinger'')
-**** Nobility indicated by reddish hue (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
+**** ''By Interphase Book 1, hue indicates caste, but this seems to be contradicted by later portrayals of Tholians in novels''
+***** ''Nobility indicated by reddish hue by that work''
 * Homeworld: [[Tholia]]
-* Biology
+* Biological notes
+** Tholian minds interconnected in an interstellar subspace telepathic network known as the Lattice (VAN Novel: ''Harbinger'')
+*** Further subdivided into SubLinks organized by caste according to individual duties, social subgroupings (VAN Novel: ''Harbinger'')
 * Cultural notes
-** Tholian language described as "the screech of a tritanium blade on glass" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
+** Tholian language
-** Time measured in "cycles" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
+*** Described as "the screech of a tritanium blade on glass" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
+** Tholian calendar
+*** Time measured in "cycles" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
 * Foods and drinks
 [[Category:Intelligent Species]]
 [[Category:Tholian|#]]