Star Trek Alien Races
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- B/2/3/4/5/6
- C/2/3
- D/2/3/4
- E/2/3/4
- F - G
- H/2
- I - J
- K/2/3/4
- L/2
- M/2/3/4
- N - O
- P/2
- Q - R/2
- S/2/3
- T/2/3/4/5/6
- U - V/2/3
- W - X
- Y - Z
Tosk
Reptilian humanoid who, in 2369, was the first being to visit Deep Space 9 from the Gamma Quadrant.The collective name Tosk stood for beings bred and trained to be tracked by the Hunters. Requiring only 17 minutes of sleep per rotation and storing liquid nutrients in plastic fibers throughout his body, Tosk was completely self-sufficient. Brought aboard the station after his spacecraft was damaged, he formed a friendship with Chief O'Brien. Hampered by a code of silence, Tosk could not communicate his role as the hunted, even when the Hunters descended upon the station to take him back to their planet in disgrace. O'Brien disobeyed orders and the Prime Directive by allowing Tosk to escape, thus continuing the hunt and fulfilling his friend's deepest wish; the chance to die with honor. DS9 "Captive Pursuit" 1-6
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Tribbles
One of the more peculiar species encountered, the defining characteristic of the Tribbles is their extreme reproductive rate. Over half of a Tribbles metabolism is devoted to reproduction, allowing them to bear a litter of young every twelve hours. Their young are born pregnant, and can produce young of their own in step with their parents.
With an average litter of ten, a single Tribble can therefore create a population of 1,771,561 within three days, and an amazing 304,481,639,541,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 in thirty days!
Fortunately, Tribbles can only breed if they have sufficient food. On their home planet their incredible reproduction is kept in check by a combination of a very limited food supply and some effective predators. If they are transported into an environment that lacks these checks, the effect can be devastating - there are examples of whole planets that have been practically overwhelmed by the Tribble.
The species first came to the notice of the Federation in 2267 when Cyrano Jones, a trader in gemstones, Kivas and Trillium, transported several Tribbles to Space Station K-7. The small limb less balls of fur generate a purring sound when stroked which many species find pleasing, and quickly became a popular choice as pets.
Because they were a plague on Kronos, the Klingons made these furry creatures an enemy of the Empire. Perhaps that is why Klingons are the only humanoids that Tribbles don't like. TOS "The Trouble With Tribbles" 2-44
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Trill
Trills are humanoids capable of hosting a small vermiform symbiont within their abdominal cavity. The process of joining links the cerebral cortex of both host and symbiont, thus intermingling the previous experiences from other hosts with the new host to form a new unique identity. Trills themselves are easily recognized by the twin columns of spots that run from the forehead all the way down to the feet. Otherwise, they look completely Terran. That and their tendency to overlap the memory of past lives with the present set Trills apart. The symbiont roughly resembles a snail without the shell and is bred on the Trill homeworld in the vast interconnected breeding pools underneath the surface. They are tended, even pampered, by the Guardians, unjoined Trills who devote their lives to tending the pools and tracking the symbionts after joining.
Symbionts live for thousands of years, but Trills are considerably shorter-lived. So symbionts are often transferred from one host to another when the host dies. The knowledge and experiences of each host is retained by the symbiont, who share it with a new host.
Trill hosts voluntarily join with a symbiont, but once joined, both Trill and symbiont become biologically interdependent. After some 83 hours, neither Trill nor symbiont can survive without the other. The preservation of the symbiont's health is of paramount importance to the Trill, and if one must be sacrificed to save another, the Trill will invariably save the symbiont's life. The most important gauge of the health of the joined Trill is the isoboromine level. If it falls below 50, the symbiont will be removed from the Trill. Certain death awaits the host, but this is the standard policy for the Commission and is followed without question by all joined Trills. TNG "The Host" 4-97
Society
Trill society regards a joining with a symbiont as a very high
honor. The Trill Symbiosis Commission has been the only Trill government
agency mentioned frequently, an indication of its powerful influence.
The commission was set up to determine which Trill could receive
the honor of joining, and tended to the medical needs of the symbionts.
Trill hosts are selected only after rigorous training as an initiate
under the close scrutiny of the Symbiosis trainers. Everyone was
led to believe that only a few Trills are capable of hosting a symbiont,
but Jadzia Dax and Benjamin Sisko realized that this was not the
case. A doctor within the Committee admitted that while over half
of the Trill population is eligible for joining, this truth could
never be made public. If the truth got out, the symbionts would
become a marketable item instead of the priceless preserver of experience
it is.
The memories and lifetime of a previous host should not interfere
with the duties and obligations of the new host. This is known as
reassociation, a retrograde link strictly forbidden by the Symbiosis
Commission. For once every personal obligation is carried on to
the next host, there'd be no end to the debts and pledged from previous
lifetimes. If such a disregard of Trill society occurs, both hosts
will be banished from Trill for life, and the symbiont will die.
Since nothing is as paramount to a Trill as the safety of the symbiont,
the risks involved in reassociation make occurrences few and far
between. TNG "The Host" 4-97, DS9 All.
Trill symbionts; Only 300 symbionts are available for hosting each year on average. If a host is weak, the personality of the symbiont will overwhelm it. Unless its current Joined HOST objects, a prospective Host may request a specific symbiont. DS9 "Playing God" 2-37
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Troyian
Blue skinned and blond haired humanoids from the Tellun star system near
Klingon space. At war with the Elasian's who share their system for decades,
a peace treaty was signed in 2268 after the fear of interplanetary nuclear
war was imminent. Their technology is limited to low warp travel within
their sector, during their war they had primitive interplanetary technology
equal to the Terran 2030's. Since the signing of their peace treaty both
worlds have become members of the Federation. TOS "Elaan of Troyius"
3-68
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Tygarians
A major space-faring race, distinguished in appearance by green scaly skin and two blunt horns at the forehead, whose natives frequent Deep Space Nine. One of its freighters, the Nanut, is due to leave DS9 for a two-year stay in the Gamma Quadrant in early 2370. A typical name is Romah Doek. DS9 "The Homecoming" 2-21
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Civilization native to the Alpha Quadrant. The Tzenkethi were once at war with the United Federation of Planets. In 2371, a Founder posing as Ambassador Krajenski almost caused another Tzenkethi war when he seized control of the U.S.S. Defiant with the intent of attacking a Tzenkethi settlement. DS9 "The Adversary" 3-72
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