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Dokkarans possess a natural grip or ‘root’ in their feet, grounding their light weight bodies to the surface they are walking on. Like the Tzenkethi, Tholians and other species, Dokkarans can rotate their center of gravity to walk on different surfaces without being effected by their normally vertical alignment. This root system also allows Dokkarans to take root in certain types of soil that suit them, allowing them to physically tap into the surrounding environment and heighten their senses. Dokkarans are not able to tap into inorganic material and have difficulty realigning themselves on the surfaces of certain metals (Some of which are common in Starship construction). | Dokkarans possess a natural grip or ‘root’ in their feet, grounding their light weight bodies to the surface they are walking on. Like the Tzenkethi, Tholians and other species, Dokkarans can rotate their center of gravity to walk on different surfaces without being effected by their normally vertical alignment. This root system also allows Dokkarans to take root in certain types of soil that suit them, allowing them to physically tap into the surrounding environment and heighten their senses. Dokkarans are not able to tap into inorganic material and have difficulty realigning themselves on the surfaces of certain metals (Some of which are common in Starship construction). | ||
Dokkarans have a set of retractable white claws that are made of hardened calcium, and have a faint shimmering sparkle to them. In a healthy Dokkaran, the claws are strong enough to rip through the flesh of most predators on Ceata, straight to the bone. If sick or mal-nourished, the Claws will weaken and loose their strength. For many alien doctors, checking the claws of a Dokkaran is a sound indicator of their overall health. This is because the first things to be affected when a Dokkaran becomes sick are often to do with their digestive system, and since the claws are coated with calcium supplied by their intake of bones, weakened claws suggest problems elsewhere. | |||
==Psychology== | ==Psychology== | ||
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===Harmony=== | ===Harmony=== | ||
Excerpt taken from Doctor Richard Holkar's 'Standing in the Distance: Notes on the Dokkaran People and Their Culture'. | ''As stated before, the Dokkaran's most defining quality is their harmonious nature, but it is also their most often misconstrued and least understood trait for it's incredibly confusing nature. Dokkarans often come across as very cool and collected, speaking in a calm and wise manner and their actions reflect this. Dokkarans believe in living in Harmony with the world around them, and all of its inhabitants. They believe that wisdom is the greater virtue to strength, and that this will help them make quick and decisive, but well informed and tempered decisions. Dokkarans believe that they are fundamentally part of the world around them and that their actions have an inevitable effect on everything around them, man or beast. As such, Dokkarans shun conflict beyond their Hunting, and instead seek to resolve conflicts peacefully and with a tempered hand. However, the Dokkarans do see the virtue of violence as a means to an end, though this violence must be less than the violence another has used. Things that disrupt the natural Harmony of the world must be brought back into the path of serenity or they must be eliminated, there are no other options. When Dokkarans feel the need to take the life of another, it is a solitary affair, swift and silent, a reflection on their predatory nature. The same fate is in store for those people or things that seek to impose order, or sew chaos, for these false notions disrupt the natural Harmony of the Universe, and lead to great damage to everyone. This ties into another closely held Dokkaran concept, which is the vast permeation of freedom and liberty in their society. They believe that freedom is part of the natural Harmony and that governments and laws must be loosly organized, but subsequently, the people must be good and compassionate towards not only each other, but those that exist outside their society. Dokkarans despise protocol and formality because they see such things as dividing a people when there is no cause to do so. Even if one is a step above the rest, it does not entitle one to a superior status or rank, rather, it imposes upon them an increased responsibility and duty to society to use that superiority to enhance it.'' | ||
-Excerpt taken from Doctor Richard Holkar's 'Standing in the Distance: Notes on the Dokkaran People and Their Culture'. | |||
The Dokkarans embody a philosophy called Harmony, that dictates that all the composite actions of the universe exist to fulfill a purpose, and that neither order, chaos nor a balance between the two prevail or even exist, rather the Universe is dominated by a singular state of existence the Dokkarans call Harmony. Harmony classically embodies five traits… | The Dokkarans embody a philosophy called Harmony, that dictates that all the composite actions of the universe exist to fulfill a purpose, and that neither order, chaos nor a balance between the two prevail or even exist, rather the Universe is dominated by a singular state of existence the Dokkarans call Harmony. Harmony classically embodies five traits… | ||
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Dokkarans do not have traditional families and do not try to form such groups, rather they see all Dokkarans as one family of distant cousins, the same, but totally unique at the same time. Dokkarans do feel a need to be in groups however, and their highly democratic and communal society helps to fulfill these needs. As there is little point to it, Dokkarans don't marry and rarely cohabitate with their lovers, preferring to engage in elongated courtships that can end at anytime, reveling in the chase. Dokkaran relationships are built around this Chase and instead of gender roles, the relationship is divided between who is chasing and who is being chased. The Chased is supposed to make the Chaser work for their favor, while the Chaser is supposed to compete for the love of the person they are pursuing. Physical intimacy is not the end point of the chase (Nor is the distinct form of telepathic intimacy that Dokkarans practice), rather the end of the chase is just that, the end of the relationship and the chase is supposed to last throughout the courtship. As Dokkarans do not marry, nor cohabitate, very few Dokkarans stay together for long periods of time, though some of the great chases of Dokkaran culture have lasted since their Awakening two hundred years ago. | Dokkarans do not have traditional families and do not try to form such groups, rather they see all Dokkarans as one family of distant cousins, the same, but totally unique at the same time. Dokkarans do feel a need to be in groups however, and their highly democratic and communal society helps to fulfill these needs. As there is little point to it, Dokkarans don't marry and rarely cohabitate with their lovers, preferring to engage in elongated courtships that can end at anytime, reveling in the chase. Dokkaran relationships are built around this Chase and instead of gender roles, the relationship is divided between who is chasing and who is being chased. The Chased is supposed to make the Chaser work for their favor, while the Chaser is supposed to compete for the love of the person they are pursuing. Physical intimacy is not the end point of the chase (Nor is the distinct form of telepathic intimacy that Dokkarans practice), rather the end of the chase is just that, the end of the relationship and the chase is supposed to last throughout the courtship. As Dokkarans do not marry, nor cohabitate, very few Dokkarans stay together for long periods of time, though some of the great chases of Dokkaran culture have lasted since their Awakening two hundred years ago. | ||
In this pursuit of living in Harmony with their environment, Dokkarans build cities that make a minimal impact on the existing terrain and will never build out in a sprawl, but rather they will build upwards in spires. Only sparingly to Dokkarans mine for metals or other materials, and prefer to a naturalistic approach to making things. With the advent of the replicator, very few Dokkaran mines and factories are left on Ceata, and Dokkarans replicate materials they may need to build large structures, but prefer (Almost exclusively) a craftsman's touch when it comes to basic goods and furniture. As Dokkarans almost exclusively eat bones and drink water, they do not farm or cultivate the land, and have a rather complex attitude towards the notion, though when it comes down to it they approve of it for survival, though are wary of the impact it might have on the surrounding environment. Dokkarans do not approve of the notion of domesticating animals, seeing it as a gross violation of the natural order, and look down upon races that practice it. | |||
Hunting to Dokkarans is see as a solitary affair. They never Hunt in groups (Save for when they first Awaken, and are still fine tuning their skills) and will only kill one animal, usually an elderly or otherwise inferior specimen. This way, the Dokkaran is serving the natural order of things and in fact mimicking it. Sometimes when other predatory species (And there are many on Ceata), become overzealous in their hunting of their prey, Dokkarans will thin their numbers. Dokkarans will systematically annihilate species that have migrated outside their natural range and disrupt other ecosystems, and will seek no other path. Dokkarans typically only Hunt once every standard Ceata week (Roughly 8 days) as many of their prey species (Which are other predators) are filled with calcium rich bones that form their complex skeletal structures. Dokkarans eat two meals in their 26 hour day, each one right after their two separate times of sleep (Midnight and High Noon). The afternoon meal is eaten after the Dokkaran has their daily Communing with their Goddess. | |||
====The Elders==== | ====The Elders==== | ||
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-From 'Major and Minor Species of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants Textbook: Fifteenth Edition'. | -From 'Major and Minor Species of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants Textbook: Fifteenth Edition'. | ||
When it comes to other races, Dokkarans are often split between three separate positions. | |||
*Study: Some Dokkarans simply wish to observe other races, and see if there might be something to be gained or learned from their observations. Dokkaran observations typically consist of deep immersion in the culture they are studying, but very rarely are Dokkarans changed by the influences of other cultures. | |||
*Teach: Most Dokkarans regard other races as potential equals, but inherently inferior in terms of society, and that it is the duty of the Dokkarans to ally themselves with other races and teach them how to better themselves. This is especially true of Humanity and many other Federation races. | |||
*Shun: Other Dokkarans would simply shun other races entirely, not wanting to interact with inferior races that will never accept their advice and from which there is nothing to be learned. Diminished senses of liberty and faith within other galactic cultures are the main points of contention for these Dokkarans when it comes to other races. Some of those Dokkaran who follow this line of thinking believe that at some point in the future the other races might be worthy of equal status and Dokkaran wisdom, but until then Dokkarans should keep to their own and seclude themselves on Ceata until that day dawns. | |||
A mixture of these three positions make up current Dokkaran foreign policy. This is no surprise seeing that the government and people are synonymous. As a collective, Dokkarans keep to their homeworld, with very limited contact with the greater galaxy. As individuals, many Dokkarans leave their homeworld to either study, or impart their wisdom on the other races. Current policy is to try and Harmonize small corners of the galaxy through their Missions (Which also act as their Embassies) by counseling the governments of various races. These Missions usually make up nor more than two dozen individuals. When the time is right, more Dokkarans will join them and help to transform galactic societies for the better, if only in some small way. | |||
These efforts were centered on Earth, Romulus, Deep Space Nine, Qo'nos and Cardassia Prime after the end of the Dominion War, though since the Destruction of Romulus, deaths of all but two of the Mission staff there and the subsequent conflict with the Klingons, only the Missions on Earth and Deep Space Nine remain. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Both Memory Alpha and Memory Beta were used as referances as well as the TV episode [[ma:TNG|TNG]]: ''[[ma:Hero Worship|Hero Worship]]''| | Both Memory Alpha and Memory Beta were used as referances as well as the TV episode [[ma:TNG|TNG]]: ''[[ma:Hero Worship|Hero Worship]]''| | ||