Corvian

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Corvian
Four Letter Code	CORV
Federation Status	Allied
Planet of Origin	Corvia IV
Encountered	Unknown
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	Planetary Development Scale N
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Name

• Proper Name: Corvian
• Pronunciation: Cor'Vian

Home System

• Quadrant: Beta
• Location: Nausicaa Sector (coordinates B27-0002-1300 )
• Proper Name: Eta Corvi
• Pronunciation: Eta Corvi
• Star: It orbits a class G (Yellow) star
• Distance from Star: it's orbit is approximately 483 million km
• Companions: 8 other planets. It is the 4th planet in the system

Home World

• Proper Name: Corvia IV
• Pronunciation: Cor'Via IV
• Diameter: 13,565 km (8,429 miles)
• Gravity: 1.06 standard gravity with a density of 5.8
• Axial Tilt: 4.26%, minor tilt and very minor seasonal change
• Orbital Period: 423 days
• Rotational Period: 31 hours
• Classification: O
  • Surface Water: 83%
  • Atmosphere: 1.01 is a standard pressure with 75% nitrogen, 24% oxygen, 1% trace chemicals
  • Climate: Warm semi-tropical with tropical at the equator.
  • Population: Just over 4 billion

History

Their existence on the world came about, due to many years of sub-space travel. Their appearance was that of a humanoid. Due to a passing comet that changed the balance of the planet's eco system, they had to resort to genetic science to become adaptable to the sea. There are a non-indigenous race on the fourth planet of the Eta Corvi star system, a class-O world(about 83% water, with several large islands) that can support humanoid life.

Government

They have a complex democratic system with a central government, 8 regional governments and various city governments. Each level of government is basically independent of the others.

Description

The Corvians are an amphibian race of people. They tend to be tall and slender with bluish gray skin tones and no hair. They have pointed ears and dark colored eyes. Distinctly humanoid, they all wear relativly skin tight clothes as they work better underwater. The men usually wear a cloth belt tied around their waist with the ends hanging down over one hip. This is basically the only difference between how the men and women dress.

Physiology

While they are an amphibian species thay do need to fully submerge their bodies once ever 4 to 5 hours for at least 15 to 30 minutes. This is to prevent their skin, lungs and respiration system from drying out. Their skin has a slick rubbery feel to it that can be maintained with the use of special creams but they still need to be immersed into water at regular intervals.

Psychology

As a species they tend to be fairly stable mentally, altho they can suffer from various degrees of panic and deep seated phobias about entering into any situation that might reduce or threaten their ability to have access to enough water to submerg their bodies.

Religion

Most of the people believe in a unifing deity called Ch'Mnth'srv. This translates roughly as the Dark One. This individual is normally shown to be more aquatic, fish like than the Corvians with darker skin tones. Many believe that this is what they may have looked like in ancient times. His followers have a basic set of beliefs that have been copied from the first temple found in one of the deepest parts of the central ocean.

Mythology

They have a very large collection of tales regarding the origins of their people and their involvement with Ch'Mnth'srv. For the most part each tale has a point to it. Some form of lesson that in olden times would have been of use in ensuring not only their survival but peaceful co-operation.

Society

They have a well developed society that has eliminated the need for social assistance. Communities work together to ensure that everyone with in that community has access to all the basic needs of life. Education is available to all for free and communites will find jobs for anyone who is unemployed and needs one.

Culture

Because they evolved from an aquatic species they tend to prefer stone sculptures and dance to any other form of art altho music and other forms of art have been developed since they became amphibians. However to this day very graceful and intricate underwater dances are still the highest form of pubic entertainment.

Technology

They are very close behind the majority of Federation member worlds when it comes to their cities on land. Their underwater cities on the other hand tend to be way behind. This seems to be a cultural thing as certain technology that has become available to them and that works underwater has not been implimented. In fact their seems to be no desire to change anything about how their underwater cities operate. The opposite can be said of their on land cities where any and every new technology they have is used.

Economy

They are fairly independant and can survive with out any trade but have developed a few solid trade partners. This mutual system has benefited them very well and supplies them with the luxury and basic goods they can not produce themselves.

Military

They have a fairly small military that is supplimented by a very well developed national police force that is armed and trained more like combat military police than anything else. These police serve both as a kind of reluctant army force and as a very well prepared and competent civil response force. All of their true military serve on space craft and have only rudimentary personal combat training.

Notes

This species was created by Lt. Commander Alexander James Matthews and the Crew Of the USS Mercury.

Lt. Jg T'Mihn Ah'mygahn of the USS Tiger-A.

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