Megarite

• Appearance: Mammalian
  • Four-ridged baleen structure above and below eyes in lieu of usual facial structure (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Knobbly, pachyderm-like skin (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Wide, flat feet (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Women lack mammaries (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• Homeworld: Megara
• Biological notes
  • Nutrition gained through straining water akin to whales
    • Survival out of water requires regular nutritional injections as of 2273; research progressing to determine more viable means (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Epidermal health requires high humidity as compared to standard Class M environment, or regular moisturizing (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Unable to speak naturally out of water without technological aid (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Severe anaphylactic reaction to certain aldehyde compounds (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• Cultural notes
  • Communication known as "singspeech", usually involves harmonizing with other Megarites (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Matriarchal society, with female upper class languid, served by males (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Descends from female need to guard their clutches while males retrieved food (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Chaos, unpredictability, wanderlust seen as negative, masculine traits by female upper class (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)