Regulan
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Regulans hail from their home planet of Regulus V. Regulans have settled a number of colony worlds, including Asref IV, 15 Lyncis II, Regulus II, and La'ven III. Regulans from any of these worlds can and do serve in Starfleet.
Personality
The average Regulan is calm, collected, and strongly individualistic. Regulans dislike crowding, dirt, noise, and disputatiousness. Some Regulans can seem finicky or prickly to outsiders, and they remain non-demonstrative of even strong friendships. However, many Regulans put a veneer of flirtatiousness or banter over this private core, especially when dealing with non-Regulans.
Physiology
Regulans are slightly slimmer in the hips and chest than humans, but well-muscled on their lighter frames. Regulans closely resemble Terran felines, with flat noses, fore-mounted eyes, tufted ears, prominent canine teeth, long tails, and sleek fur ranging from deep black to tawny. Female Regulans tend to have longer manes than males.
Although not as sharp as Vulcan hearing, Regulans can hear sounds in ultrasonic and subsonic frequencies. Regulans eyes are optimized for light intensification, thanks to their ancestors' night-hunting habits.
Culture
Regulans evolved from arboreal predators with many similarities tot he smaller Earth feline species such as ocelots or jaguars. Early Regulans spent their whole lives on the move, prowling across hundreds of square kilometers of forest and plain. Regulan society evolved as a loose confederation of matrilineal clans, meeting at specific locations for mining, government, and other relatively fixed functions. Regulan civilization advanced much slower than Earth's, since the Regulans lacked the "trooping instinct" that Earthly primates had possessed. The Regulans acquired star drives from a failed invasion by an aggressive species millennia ago, during their late industrial era. Although it killed hundreds of thosands of Regulans, the war with the Kodom allowed them to bootstrap their technology without overpopulating and devastating their planet's ecosystem.
Their cultural insistence on low population densities (and the fear of a follow-up attack) caused the Regulans to spread out over a number of planets almost immediately after the war; Regulans made first contact with a number of races, including the Orions and the Ferengi, during this exciting "frontier era." When Regulan and Federation ships first met in 2249, it only took a few years of discussion for seventeen of the twenty Regulan colony worlds to accompany Regulus IV into full Federation membership. Regulans merged their Regulan Sky Navy with the Federation's Starfleet, and have continued to provide a disproportionate number of Starfleet's most intrepid explorers and fighting captains ever since.
Reference(s)
- Hite, Kenneth. Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Starfleet Operations Manual. Norfolk, VA: Decipher, 2003.