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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BASIC INFORMATION: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Official Name in Standard: Ylstra (plural and possessive are also Ylstra) Planetary Name: Ylstra Title of the Head of State: Clan Chief Title of the Head of Government: N/A -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- GEOGRAPHY/POPULATION ----------------------------------------------------------------- Quadrant/Sector/System: Kathat III Suns/Planets/Planetoids/Moons: None Population: 115 000 Capital City: N/A Other possible items: Race(s) of Native Sentients: 100% Ylstra Land/Water Ratio(s) of Planets: 49/51 Largest Cities: K'frek (pop. 8 000) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ECONOMIC SUMMARY ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ylstra's economy is purely barter based. They are completely self reliant, and do not trade with any outside groups, as per their own request. Their planet is covered with large deposits of easily minable latinum, though the Ylstra use it for purely decorative purposes. The technological level is pre industrial, though a hunter/gatherer lifestyle is still prevalent in many areas. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- GOVERNMENT/HISTORY ----------------------------------------------------------------- Member of Federation? Protectorate The Ylstra are a race similar in organization to highland clans. The people fall into two categories, those who are of the clan house, and those which follow the house. Those within the house would be roughly equivalent to nobility, or royalty, though the boundaries are a little fuzzier than that. The below applies only to those within the clan house. Everything in Ylstra clans is based upon Birth order. The first born males are known as H'kro (roughly translated to Clan son). These sons have all rights and privileges in the clan and are the only males allowed to choose their mates. All other marriages are arranged by the families within the clan. Marriage between clans is rare, though not forbidden. At the age of manhood (roughly 200 to 220 years) these first born sons enter into combat with their fathers. Should they be successful, they are then infused with the memories and certain personality aspects of their Father, Grandfather and Mother. These personality aspects are separate entities from the H'kro and are able to communicate with him and occasionally take control of the body in which they are housed. When one personality dominates, the H'kro's eye colour changes to reflect this. This infusion in no way harms the H'kro, or the people with whose personalities he is endowed. All first born females are trained from birth to become Clan Leaders. On Ylstra only first born females of the Houses are born with the ability to speak. They are far more intelligent than their male counterparts, and are generally the only ones to have contact with outsiders. All other Ylstra females are able to communicate telepathically, and generally only with other Ylstra. Otherwise they are mute. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- RACE/SOCIETY/CULTURE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ylstra are long lived, generally to about 1000 years or more, though most withdraw to the upper caves of Ylstra after their 700th year. They reach maturity at roughly 160 years of age. In essence their age is equivalent to Terran aging except divided by ten. (i.e. a 160 year old Ylstra = 16 year old Human) They are a very large people, partly due to the harsh climate and conditions on their planet. Average height for an Ylstra male is 7'10", with their weight being somewhere around 600 lbs. Males are stocky to the extreme, with very broad shoulders, thick chested, with tree trunk legs. Females are much less stocky, closer to a human shape, though they average more than seven feet tall as well. On Ylstra there are no animals of sufficient size to assist in labour, be it farming or mining, therefore the Ylstra take on this burden themselves. As a result, they are extremely strong as well. Thus they rarely use weapons in the occasional clan wars which crop up from time to time. Ylstra in general pride themselves on their toughness, but the males especially. Therefore, the battles fought consist of two Ylstra standing toe to toe, pounding on each other with their bare hands until one falls. Ylstra males decorate themselves with extensive tattoos, as a sign of power and standing. The more tattoos one has, the tougher and more powerful they are. This stems from the fact that the tattoos are actually molten latinum, which is applied to the skin in thin streams and allowed to harden into the individuals torso. The more events of importance in an Ylstra's life, the more tattoos he will have. Important events range from battles won, which merit small tattoos, to large depictions of major events, such as the birth of their children, their marriage, and so on. Family is of utmost importance to the Ylstra, and they tend to have large extended ones. It is rare for an Ylstra couple to have more than three children, though infant mortality is high. There are very few Ylstra who have ventured off the planet. Several left in the mid 24th century, after the Ferengi tried to strip mine the planet from orbit. The Federation and Starfleet intervened, though not before nearly one entire clan of 12 000 was decimated. Those who did so were orphans, or in one case a H'kro whose clan took the brunt of the Ferengi actions. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Creator(s)/Adaptor(s) Email Address Sean Speake speaker@nbnet.nb.ca Created for/First Use (if known): July 1994 with the appearance of G'dek syr Ger'k, currently Captain of the USS LEVIATHAN. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Please check one: __ Canonical - All rights reserved by Paramount. __ Semi-Canonical - All rights reserved by Paramount. __ Non-Canonical - All rights reserved by companies specified: ______________________________________________________________ X Original - All rights reserved by creator named above. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-