Saurian

• Appearance: Reptilian; hide spans pink, purple, greenish-brown; bulging, protruding eyes (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
• Lifespan: ~200 years (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
• Homeworld: Sauria
• Nocturnal, sensitive to bright light
• Vision in visual range, second eyelid filters visual light to allow infrared vision (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
  • Homes lit by bioluminescent paints and lanterns derived from specially-bred microorganisms (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
• Extremely physiologically robust species
  • Quadruply redundant circulatory system (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Biological respiratory filter to cleanse toxins from inhaled air, akin to a respiratory liver (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Very efficient liver (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • Resistant to most toxins, including a higher tolerance for alcohol than many humanoids (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Extremely hardy against most diseases
    • Mortality rate of 14% as a result of Maltuvis's engineered plague of 2164 was seen as shocking (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
• Cultural notes
  • Insect tamers lead choreographed firewasp dances at special occasions (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)
  • Tradition (possibly local to Narpra) of shared nude saunas (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Spreading of hands uses as a gesture meaning "no" (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)

History

• 2157: First contact with humans, ECS Silk Road (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures)