Lydorian

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Lydorian
Four Letter Code	LYDO
Federation Status	Neutral
Planet of Origin	Lydor V
Encountered	First encountered by USS Atlantis
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	AR
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PRIME DIRECTIVE PRECAUTIONS IN EFFECT This species is protected per Starfleet General Order 1 No personnel may interfere with its normal development

Home System

• Quadrant: Beta
• Location: Par'tha Expanse, Freeworlds Region (coordinates ???)
• Proper Name:
• Stars: It orbits a class A (White) star
• Distance from Star: its orbit is approximately 71 million km
• Companions: It is the 5th of 9 planets in the system
• Moons: It has 2 tiny moons and 1 medium moon

Home World

• Proper Name: Lydor V
• Diameter: 13,733 km (8,583 miles)
• Gravity: 1.10 standard gravity with a density of 5.6
• Axial Tilt: 9.6% minor tilt with minor seasonal effects
• Orbital Period: 377 days
• Rotational Period: 25.2 hours
• Classification: O
• Surface Water: 82%
• Atmosphere: a standard atmosphere with a pressure of about 1.08 earth normal, with nitrogen 72%, oxygen 23% and other gas 3%
• Climate: Tropical zones cover most of the planets surface with the exception of high altitude regions and the small, mild polar regions. Ocean currents are warm, contributing to the heavy amount of precipitation across the entire surface. Seasonal changes are minor.
• Terrain: Only a few mountain ranges, some large forests and jungles with numerous rolling plains.
• Population: 100 Thousand

Description

This semi-amphibious species has a wide variety of skin coloration as well as numerous mucus glands that secrets a toxic chemical that coats the majority of their epidermis. While they are impervious to the affects of this toxin it seems to have a immediate adverse affect on most other species. They have small eyes with a second eyelid that blinks often to keep the eye moist and to protect it when they are not in the water. For the most part males and females are identical except for subtle differences in skin coloration with the males having darker skin colors. Both males and females are on average between 3 1/2 foot to 5 foot tall.

Physiology

Long term observation of this species has shown that they can breath underwater for approximately 10 to 15 minutes before needing to surface.

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Religion

In depth religious beliefs centered around water gods.

Culture

Pre-warp, Bronze Age equivalent. Aquatic/naval focused society.

References

• This is an original Starbase 118 species created by the crew of the USS Atlantis.