Manraloth

• Appearance: Mammalian; extremely variable in appearance, across the full swathe of humanoid or nonhumanoid forms
• Originated c.250 mya (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Went extinct following the failure of their ultimate communications project, excepting individual stasis fields (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Innate experts in communication of all forms; verbal, physical, electronic (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Capable of using subtle manipulation techniques to completely swing an individual's opinion on one topic or another (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Biology
  • Biology integrated with nanotechnology at a genetic level (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Extreme regenerative capability (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Naturally logopathic, able to connect with the language centers of other intelligent beings to facilitate communication (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Bodies able to take in energy, sustenance from any manner of sources, including traditional means, photosynthesis, water absorption (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Extremely sensitive sight, able to see in very low light (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Potentially biologically immortal (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
    • Shares certain metabolism attributes with noted long-lived species: Platonians, Dlascru, Omegans (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)