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==Home System== | ==Home System== | ||
* '''Proper Name''': [[Cendo Ipraem]] | * '''Proper Name''': [[Cendo Ipraem]] | ||
==Home World== | ==Home World== | ||
* '''Proper Name''': [[Cendo Prae]] | * '''Proper Name''': [[Cendo Prae]] | ||
* '''Common name''': [[ma:Catulla|Catulla]] | * '''Common name''': [[ma:Catulla|Catulla]] | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Follows standard sapient species development on many M-class worlds: <br> | Follows standard sapient species development on many M-class worlds: <br> | ||
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==Government== | ==Government== | ||
Catullans elect representatives to one of seven regional councils. Each regional council then selects three of its members to send onward to a senate for matters of planet-wide significance. Technically, all three members from any one region are expected to vote as a block, but in practice much secret negotiation and jockeying for influence back home (at the expense of one's regional colleagues) has occurred. Currently, elections occur every seven years, one region per year.<br> | Catullans elect representatives to one of seven regional councils. Each regional council then selects three of its members to send onward to a senate for matters of planet-wide significance. Technically, all three members from any one region are expected to vote as a block, but in practice much secret negotiation and jockeying for influence back home (at the expense of one's regional colleagues) has occurred. Currently, elections occur every seven years, one region per year.<br> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
As a race, Catullans tend to warm skin tones, from pale gold through a rich peach. Blushing, tanning, and sunburn can alter skin tone temporarily, although these reactions may be hard to detect in some cases. Hair colour ranges from a near-snowy-white to pastels, with undertones in one or more of a range of hues (although to non-natives the differences may seem indistinguishable.) Some comparison between Catullans and the natives of Gamma Trianguli VI has been drawn by biologists, but no link has been established, and convergent evolution is considered a likely explanation.<br> | As a race, Catullans tend to warm skin tones, from pale gold through a rich peach. Blushing, tanning, and sunburn can alter skin tone temporarily, although these reactions may be hard to detect in some cases. Hair colour ranges from a near-snowy-white to pastels, with undertones in one or more of a range of hues (although to non-natives the differences may seem indistinguishable.) Some comparison between Catullans and the natives of Gamma Trianguli VI has been drawn by biologists, but no link has been established, and convergent evolution is considered a likely explanation.<br> | ||
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==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||
Some Catullans (perhaps a quarter) can tolerate and even delight in sour flavours more than M-class averages. Catullans have a higher tolerance for salt. These variations reflect Catullan evolutionary biochemistry, and the available nutrient sources and biohazards on Cendo Prae.<br> | Some Catullans (perhaps a quarter) can tolerate and even delight in sour flavours more than M-class averages. Catullans have a higher tolerance for salt. These variations reflect Catullan evolutionary biochemistry, and the available nutrient sources and biohazards on Cendo Prae.<br> | ||
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==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
Since life on and near the sea was so much a part of life for Catullans, nearly every religious pantheon that developed on the planet featured a sea deity as a primary figure. | Since life on and near the sea was so much a part of life for Catullans, nearly every religious pantheon that developed on the planet featured a sea deity as a primary figure. | ||
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==Society== | ==Society== | ||
Catullans are still so rare in Federation space, as compared to wider-ranging species like humans, that many Catullans get mis-identified as members of some other more populous species whose appearance has been altered for entertainment purposes. This is a source of some frustration for them; individual Catullans deal with it in different ways.<br> | Catullans are still so rare in Federation space, as compared to wider-ranging species like humans, that many Catullans get mis-identified as members of some other more populous species whose appearance has been altered for entertainment purposes. This is a source of some frustration for them; individual Catullans deal with it in different ways.<br> | ||
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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
===Language=== | ===Language=== | ||
The peninsular/island societies of Catullan history developed a wide variety of different languages and dialects, but eventually, as with many Federation worlds, a single dominant language emerged at the same time as a world government began to form.<br> | The peninsular/island societies of Catullan history developed a wide variety of different languages and dialects, but eventually, as with many Federation worlds, a single dominant language emerged at the same time as a world government began to form.<br> | ||
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===Food and Drink=== | ===Food and Drink=== | ||
'''Zorsulte''': A tangy, rich Catullan liquor made from the fermented rind of unripe ''sulte'' fruit, small citrus-like pods that grow on bushes in sandy soil. Replicated ''zorsulte'' is more likely to be clear, indicating its origin, unlike naturally-aged ''zorsulte'', which will have tiny flecks from rind and seeds accidentally included in the pressing. Daagenzeelt is considered a premium label.<br> | '''Zorsulte''': A tangy, rich Catullan liquor made from the fermented rind of unripe ''sulte'' fruit, small citrus-like pods that grow on bushes in sandy soil. Replicated ''zorsulte'' is more likely to be clear, indicating its origin, unlike naturally-aged ''zorsulte'', which will have tiny flecks from rind and seeds accidentally included in the pressing. Daagenzeelt is considered a premium label.<br> | ||
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==Military== | ==Military== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||