Ontailian

• Appearance
  • Nonhumanoid (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
  • Slender, vine-like limbs (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
  • Similar to cross between sloth and octopus (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
• Homeworld: Ona (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
• Cultural notes
  • Communication involves both vocal utterances, body language (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
  • Very dramatic, prefering overt demonstrations over subtleties (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
  • Relatively isolationist (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
    • Few diplomatic ties with other species (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)