Yridian

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Yridian
Four Letter Code	YRID
Federation Status	Neutral
Planet of Origin	Unknown
Encountered	Often present on Deep Space 9. (DS9: If Wishes Were Horses)
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	N, Possess advanced surveillance technology.
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A race of humanoids known as dealers of information. Operators of several deep space freelance spy networks, Yridians can be considered sources of both legal and illegal information. They will sell their secrets to the highest bidder, and therefore are considered a threat to Federation security. Arrest warrants are outstanding for the leaders of the main Yridian spy networks. Physically, they are stooped over, grey-skinned humanoids with very loose, flacid, skin. Notables include Jaglom Shrek, Yranac, Yog, and the destroyer crew who sold the secrets of Galen's DNA puzzle to the Cardassians as a new energy source - in transmissions overheard by the Romulans. They are empathetically sensible, unlike Ferengi, Breen, and Dopterians. Natives use disrupters as sidearms. During the early crisis in the Demilitarized Zone, Commander Sisko erroneously refers to these traditional information-brokers as the go-betweens for arms deliveries between Cardassia and The Circle on Bajor months earlier; he meant the Kressari. Not surprisingly, at the time his tailor shop is bombed, Garak owed money to a Yridian. Constable Odo later had taken a Yridian smuggler into custody and confiscated a bottle of an unspecified beverage from him as evidence.

Name

• Proper Name: Yridian
• Pronunciation: Y'Rid'ian

Home System

• Quadrant: Alpha
• Location: Nausicaa Sector (coordinates B27-0002-1300 )
• Proper Name: Arcada
• Pronunciation: Ar'Cada
• Star: It orbits a class M (Red) star
• Distance from Star: it's orbit is approximately 389 million km
• Companions: 8 other planets. It is the 4th planet in the system

Home World

• Proper Name: Yrid IV
• Pronunciation: Y'Rid IV
• Diameter: 12,749 km (7,968 miles)
• Gravity: 1.06 standard gravity with a density of 5.8
• Axial Tilt: 0.87%, no appreciable tilt and no seasons
• Orbital Period: 471 days
• Rotational Period: 36 hours
• Classification: M
  • Surface Water: 57%
  • Atmosphere: 1.07 is a standard pressure with 74% nitrogen, 23% oxygen, 3% trace chemicals
  • Climate: Temperate with semi-tropical at the equator.
  • Population: Just over 5 billion

Notes

THIS PROFILE IS CURRENTLY BEING RE-WRITTEN BY THE SDC; Species Development Committee