Raskor

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

History

The history of the planet is closely tied to the history of the people. They are a peaceful race, co-operative and driven towards mutual benefits. The oldest records show that preservation of the planet, it's environment and life forms was the closest thing they had to a religion. Everything they do is in conjucture with the environment. Vegetatians, they have built up a civilization that produces no none recyclable waste.

In fact in all of their recorded history their is no known occurance of armed conflict other than criminal acts performed by a tiny minority of the population.

They are intelligent and had a fairly advanced civilization, studied the stars and watched from afar with horror as the Klingons took control of Cart'hen III in 2193. Prior to that they had been contacted by Earth in the person of Captain Johnathan Archer of the starship Enterprise NX-01 in 2162. This occured shortly after the creation of the Federation.

With the sudden action of the Klingons so close to their home and with them haveing no military force or even weapons with which to defend themselves, they were forced to enter into a conclave. This was only the 3rd time in their history that they had done this. The first time was to write the laws that they still use today. The second time was to debate and make changes to those laws to reflect the changes in their society due to population growth and advances in science.

Now they debated over how they would deal with this possible threat. They knew more than they cared to know about the Klingons. They knew they only respected force, something they hoped to never have to be forced to reduce themselves to use. The Romulans seemed to similar for their liking as well. Their were no other great space powers close enough to help.

It was during this conclave, which is a meeting in which every citizen of the planet is given an opportunity to voice his opinion that they came up with a possible solution. One they hoped would save their world with out affecting their cultural identity.

They contacted the Vulcans, a race with whom they had, had prior contact, stated their problem and asked for help. The Vulcans then considered the request. Then passed it along to the other members of the Federation. It was a long process, with many of the idea's and suggestions turned down. However a solution was finally chosen. The 4 medium moons in orbit around their homeworld would be converted to weapons platforms. This would be in keeping with their laws against weapons as the weapons would never touch the planet's surface.

The construction on all 4 moons was started in 2217 and finished in 2228. Due to the good will created by the generous assistance given by the Federation the people went into a 4th conclave in 2289 and upon it's completion in 2316 requested admission into the Federation.

Natives

The native Raskorian's are a peaceful peaple. The men stand on average about 5' and weight about 100 lbs at full growth, while the females are on average 4'10" and weight about 90 lbs. They have 3 long toes and usually never wear any kind of foot gear. They also have 2 fingers and 1 opposable thumb on their hands. All 3 of these fingers are long and slender.

They are decended from avian stock haveing evolved into the dominant life form. They have very soft colorful greenish blue feathers that cover their whole bodies escept for the bottoms of their feet and the palms of their hands. While normally these feathers are extremely tiny they do have larger more distinctive feathers that stand up on their heads. The feathers on their heads come in a almost impossible array of color's, length's, types and patterns. It is by this method that most of them can tell each other appart.

They also have one of the most complex languages in the know galaxy with over 7,300 different sounds used in various combinations to produce their spoken language. As a result of the extreme complexity involved in their language they seem to be able to learn other languages rather rapidly. It is not unknown for an average adult to be able to master a dozen languages and be able to speak them as accurately as a native would.

Their lips are hard, forming a avian like mouth but with the beak being wider than it sticks out from their face. They have no nose, but instead have 2 small slits in the section of the beak that ends just under their eye's. For that matter they don't have any external ears either, mearly a small curved opening on the side of their heads.

As they evolved and adapted they lost the ability to fly. Scientists believe this was partly due to the higher gravity that makes it impossible for large birds to fly very well on Raskor. It is due to the higher gravity that they slowly changed, loseing their ability to fly as they got bigger.

Environment

This planet is a true tropical paradise with well tended jungles, tropical flowers, warm climate and millions of brightly colored birds. Insects, butterflies and hundreds of tiny mammals live among the towering vegataion of the island wide jungles.

Their are 3 large islands that make up the entire land mass. The rest of the planet is warm waters teeming with fish and other plant life. Daily showers strike the entire planet with almost clock like regularity.

Communities

With their high population it might be expected that they would need to clear large areas of land to build huge cities. Instead they have adapted to another way of building. Almost the entire land mass of all 3 island continents could be considered to be one big city.

What they have done is develop building methods that protect the environment and encourage it to thrive. Almost every home, business or work place will have some part of the planets native growth inside, part of the structure. All native life forms have free rein to go anywhere.

For off worlders coming to vacation at the many coastal facilities set up to entertain them it takes a little getting use to. Waking up in a room that has a tree trunk in the center growing up from the floor into the ceiling, with birds and small mammals being able to enter and leave as they like, maybe even build a nest on the branch that sticks out the wall. Well it takes a little getting use to.

However the excellent weather, wonderful people and tranquil atmosphere have many comeing back again and again.