Peppalexan

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Peppalexan
Four Letter Code	PPLX
Federation Status	Nonaligned
Planet of Origin	Unknown
Encountered	2392, USS Garuda; Records From Antiquity
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	N+
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The Peppalexa were warp-capable, starfaring species that, before 2392, known only from records of the Ancient Alliance that once operated in the Menthar Corridor. According to those records, the Peppalexa were once an integral and powerful member of the Alliance before they disappeared from Alliance records at the beginning of the Alliance's decline. Historians have long assumed that their disappearance was due to several socioeconomic and political factors and that fragmentary records that indicated that the entire species had "vanished without a trace" were records of some myth or morality tale.

However, when the Peppalexa homeworld suddenly appeared in the Piktar System in 2392, the USS Garuda was immediately dispatched to investigate. The homeworld's appearance, which occurred directly on top of a strange stellar phenomenon that orbited the Piktar star but hasn't been seen since the planet's appearance, brings with it the entire homeworld population of the Peppalexa -- some several billion individuals -- who will no doubt want to know when they suddenly find themselves.

Historical Records

A Peppalexan individual

Ancient Alliance records indicate that the Peppalexa species had a dominant culture that supported trade and exchange with the rest of the Alliance but was, in a word, lackadaisical. Much of the members of that dominant culture seem to have spend their time pursuing activities that kept them close to or on the homeworld, made use of the natural environment, and cherished the creation of art -- cloud sculpting, tectonic craftwork, and other pastimes that have no direct modern equivalent -- though there was a minority culture that operated in tandem and represented most of the Peppalexans who would travel beyond their homeworld.

This minority culture seems to have had a counter-Federation approach to dealings with aliens: Rather than leaving pre-warp aliens alone to develop on their own, the Peppalexa would directly interfere, helping races to achieve warp travel, technological prowess, and artistic nirvana. The Ancient Alliance seems to have been counted among its number several of the Peppalexa's former "pupils," though how they fared after the Peppalexa homeworld's disappearance is unknown.