Lethean
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The Federation believes the Letheans come from a planet located inside the Ionite Nebula, but this has not been confirmed. Whether the Letheans control any territory besides their home planet is unknown.
Culture
The Federation (and, presumably, other societies) know relatively little about the Letheans. They are a secretive people, unwilling to talk about themselves or provide any information about their species. Traffic analysis seems to indicate their homeworld is located somewhere in the Ionite Nebula, but if so, they have hidden themselves from their neighbors the Lurians, who have been unable to offer any insight or data about them.
Some Federation scientists speculate the Letheans have used their mental powers to "cloak" their world and hide it from outsiders. This would certainly jibe with their secretiveness, but also indicates far greater mental powers than previously suspected.
Physiology
Letheans have the potent ability to inflict a "telepathic shock" upon others. They are thought to "feed" off of the pain and torment caused by this. Typically this shock kills the victim, but some strong-willed persons survive the initial attack. In the latter cases the victim becomes comatose and the Lethean enters into and manipulates his/her "mindscape." The Lethean need not remain in physical contact with the victim to enter and manipulate his comatose mind.
Letheans' hands are clawed, and they have short, sharp spikes projecting from their knuckles as well. One the average, Letheans are slightly taller and heavier than humans.
Letheans have brown skin mottled with patches of darker brown or black. A bony ridge runs up from the back of the neck across the center of the head; on the face this ridge becomes a row of bony, spike-like protrusions on top of and below the mouth (which is lipless). There are also bony protrusions on either side of the mouth. They have similar spikes on the knuckles and projecting upward from the back of the hand. They have no visible ears or nose.
Reference(s)
- Moore, Christian, et al. Star Trek DS9 RPG Core Game Book, New York: Last Unicorn Games, 1999.