Valerian

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Valerian
Four Letter Code	MEGA
Federation Status	Neutral
Planet of Origin	Valeria IV.
Encountered	DS9: Dramatis Personae
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	J
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Name

• Proper Name: Valerian
• Pronunciation: Val[aer]ian

Home System

• Quadrant: Alpha
• Location: Valius Sector (co-ordinates A22-0004-1300)
• Proper Name: Valeria System
• Pronunciation: Val[aer]ea System
• Star: Valerius (Val[aer][ee][us]), a class G4 V (Yellow) star
• Distance from Star: it's orbit is approximately 542 million km
• Companions: 11 other planets. It is the 5th planet in the system

Home World

• Proper Name: Valeria V
• Pronunciation: Val[aer]ea Five
• Diameter: 13,145 km (8,168 miles)
• Gravity: 0.99 standard gravity with a density of 5.3
• Axial Tilt: 08.5%, very minor seasonal change
• Orbital Period: 438 days
• Rotational Period: 27 hours
• Classification: M
  • Surface Water: 57%
  • Atmosphere: 1.07 is a standard pressure with 75% nitrogen, 22% oxygen, 3% trace chemicals
  • Climate: Mostly a temperate climate with a semi tropical equator
  • Population: Just over 17 billion

History

For the most part this peaceful species developed slowly with no known periods of internal social unrest or armed conflict. As their population grew they slowly developed a central government. It is believed that they had achieved this level of advancement planet wide shortly after they entered into their industrial revolution. From a very early period in their history trade between regions was an important aspect of their society.

Once they made the leap into space and learned that their were other species out there this aspect of their society was expanded. They explored and developed trade deals with many species. First by trading their own goods but very quickly by trading anything and everything. This allowed them to become the most powerful merchant species with in their sphere of influence. The expansion of the Ferengi into there region of space resulted in competition. Unfortunately the Ferengi seemed to be better suited to this kind of competition.

As a result they have lost many of the trade monopolies they once enjoyed. Contracts and trade deals have also been lost to the Ferengi. This rapid erosion of their economic and trade empire forced them to expand into fields they had never dealt in before. One of these was military hardware and weapons components.

Government

They have had one central government for over 1,000 years. This government has 5 sets of elected representatives. Each set of 5 comes from one of the 5 regions that makes up the surface of their world. Each elected government is in office for 25 years with each regional set taking a turn being the lead and each member of the set being the Prime Director for one year. In this way every elected member of the government at one time or another holds the position of head of the government for one year.

Description

Valerians are a humanoid species with a distinctive sixth finger on each hand. They also have a distinctive shaped head with the skull being slightly taller in a oblong manner. This gives their face a tall narrow look. They have a nostril directly below each eye in the center of their cheek. Instead of a nose they have a ridged raised thin line of thick skin starting just above their mouth and ending inside their hair line. Their skin is a mellow brown and seemed with lines and creases. Their eyes tend towards dark colors and their hair is dark colors as well. It tends to be worn long and on males is stringy in nature. Females have thicker hair with a more healthy appearance to it.

Physiology

They require a high level of fiber in their diet and consume a very small amount of animal protein. Other than this they are typical humanoids except for a sixth finger on each hand.

Religion

The Valerians are an atheist species. This advancement came soon after their industrial revolution in which their whole species became united as one. However, due to the many species they have met in their travels they respect the fact that many species still believe in Gods. For instance, although the Valerians, like the Federation view the prophets as Aliens, they respect the fact that Bajoran religious culture views them as Gods. They understand how a species could view an all powerful Alien race as Gods simply because their science cannot explain the abilities of these Aliens.

Mythology

Only one myth survived the Valerian species journey into atheism. This myth actually stems from a common belief in many Cultures across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. The myth reads that many eons ago, before the planet Valerian V was inhabited an ancient nomad race of Aliens, known in modern Valerian lore simply as 'The Progenitors' visited the planet. A number of this race settled on the planet and began to breed creating a bi-pedal species on the Planet.

Over many thousands of years, this new race would forget the knowledge of their past ancestors and begin to learn anew on their home world. Until as recently as the Global Industrial Revolution, many Valerians looked at this myth and saw the Progenitors as their Gods, wondering they would ever return. It was only as the Industrial Revolution advanced the scientific capabilities of the Valerian people that they came to belief that these Progenitors might actually be an ancient Alien Species.

This theory only gained more support when the Valerians finally began exploring space and meeting other species. When they began to notice similarities between their own physiology and that of their new friends many scientists began to theorize that the Progenitors had visited many other worlds as well. It is a firmly held as scientific fact by Valerian Scientists that if you were to trace the paths of most major bi-pedal species in the Universe far enough, they would be found to be genetically related.

Technology

They are not as advanced technologically as the Cardassians or even the Bajorans. They do have the tech to establish colonies and mining facilities on hostile worlds. They also have a fairly large asteroid mining operation. Their largest and best known facility is a dolamide purification plant on the planet Ultima Thule. This planet also has one of their largest colonies thanks to the use of certain technologies that they have traded for that have made the planet livable.

Economy

At one time they were a more powerful merchant species with many trade deals and contracts. Unfortunately this was before the Ferengi expanded. Now many of their former contract and trade deals have been lost to the Ferengi. As a result some of them shifted their area of expertise to try and compete. This resulted in their moving into some fields that they had never traded in before.

The Valerians operate a giant arms sales cartel specializing in chemical explosives but selling almost anything. Their reputation has hurt their legitimate business and as a result Valerian ships are banned at many ports. The Valerians own a dolamide purification plant on the planet Ultima Thule which it is believed is used to refine dolamide for use in explosive devices.

Military

While they do not have a military force they do have a large number of armed merchant ships. Approximately 1 out of every 3. While they claim neutral status and try to avoid any and all aggressive acts they will defend themselves. They prefer to retreat and evade any potential conflicts if at all possible.
The only known exception to this rule are Dolamide Traders. Because of the value of Dolamide to certain species within their sphere of influence, Trader captains carrying this cargo have been known to vehemently defend their ship against would be attackers even being prepared to lose the ship and cargo rather than have it fall into the attackers hands.

Federation Intelligence Files

It is known that the Valerians delivered weapons-grade dolamide to the occupying Cardassians on Bajor and were suspected of still doing so in 2369 at DS9. Despite this, the Valerians have proved to be valuable trading partners to the Federation being able to source numerous supplies of Dilithium ore to be processed at our own refinement facilities in exchange for medical supplies and scientific equipment. This makes them far more suitable for the task than the Ferengi Alliance who have been known to request extortionate amounts of gold pressed Latinum for inferior quality Dilithium Ore.

Notes

THIS PROFILE WAS RE-WRITTEN BY THE SDC; Species Development Committee

• If in the coarse of a mission or shore leave new information not included in this report is discovered or developed then a copy of said data must be forwarded to the SDC as per Federation and Starfleet internal directives.

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