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There not much known about this species, other than while on [[ma:Rochani III|Rochani III]], [[ma:Curzon Dax|Curzon Dax]] and [[ma:Benjamin Sisko|Ben Sisko]] were once confronted by an unfriendly group of [[ma:Kalean|Kaleans]]. | There is not much known about this species, other than while on [[ma:Rochani III|Rochani III]], [[ma:Curzon Dax|Curzon Dax]] and [[ma:Benjamin Sisko|Ben Sisko]] were once confronted by an unfriendly group of [[ma:Kalean|Kaleans]]. | ||
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''We were born of crystal and ice. We were molded in the flames of war. We have known slavery and oppression from our own people. We have risen up from our cycle of poverty and oppression to become the personification of genius. You are 'Kalean', one of the people, and through your intellect our race will continue to rise and show the other races that brains, not brawn, build civilizations...'' -Final Blessing of the Kalean Deudodosia | ''We were born of crystal and ice. We were molded in the flames of war. We have known slavery and oppression from our own people. We have risen up from our cycle of poverty and oppression to become the personification of genius. You are 'Kalean', one of the people, and through your intellect our race will continue to rise and show the other races that brains, not brawn, build civilizations...'' -Final Blessing of the Kalean Deudodosia | ||
A people who worship science and are all too willing to use it, the Kaleans are perhaps the universal example that morality isn't always black and white and perhaps there is too high a price to pay for technological advancement. The Kaleans have saved millions with their cutting edge medical technology that has become standard Alpha Quadrant issue, but they have also (Before the time of the Federation) obliterated entire colonies in the name of science and advancement. Genetic engineering, live experimentation, biological warfare, the Kaleans have done it all in centuries past. Most Kaleans will point out that most of these atrocities were committed under the auspices of their former Plutocracy two thousand years ago, though this is not strictly accurate. Kalean brutality on a large scale might have ceased but well hidden incidents of ethical breaches are recorded by Starfleet Intelligence, when confronted the Kaleans will always respond that the Federation is naive and a group of "Pot Kettle Blacks" for | A people who worship science and are all too willing to use it, the Kaleans are perhaps the universal example that morality isn't always black and white and perhaps there is too high a price to pay for technological advancement. The Kaleans have saved millions with their cutting edge medical technology that has become standard Alpha Quadrant issue, but they have also (Before the time of the Federation) obliterated entire colonies in the name of science and advancement. Genetic engineering, live experimentation, biological warfare, the Kaleans have done it all in centuries past. Most Kaleans will point out that most of these atrocities were committed under the auspices of their former Plutocracy two thousand years ago, though this is not strictly accurate. Kalean brutality on a large scale might have ceased but well hidden incidents of ethical breaches are recorded by Starfleet Intelligence, when confronted the Kaleans will always respond that the Federation is naive and a group of "Pot Kettle Blacks" for condemning Kalean research but reaping the benefits of it. | ||
Historically the Kaleans had a strong tradition of the wealthy and powerful oppressing the masses, with systematic abuses being committed daily. The concept of basic rights didn't even become a concrete concept until their Industrial Revolution when the people of one nation rebelled against their aristocratic tyrants and showed no mercy to anyone who was a part of, or even sympathetic to the Oligarchy. While the Kaleans continued to be ruled by greedy capitalist Plutocrats for several hundred more years, in 330 AD the people had enough and went on a frenzy to wipe out any established Upper Class. Over the next ten years after all the rich were either dead or inprisoned, the Kaleans went about extensively reforming their culture into one truly dedicated to science. The profit motive has been eliminated, competition is for the glory of ego than for money, and the Kaleans now boast the only true Egalitarian society in the Quadrant. | Historically the Kaleans had a strong tradition of the wealthy and powerful oppressing the masses, with systematic abuses being committed daily. The concept of basic rights didn't even become a concrete concept until their Industrial Revolution when the people of one nation rebelled against their aristocratic tyrants and showed no mercy to anyone who was a part of, or even sympathetic to the Oligarchy. While the Kaleans continued to be ruled by greedy capitalist Plutocrats for several hundred more years, in 330 AD the people had enough and went on a frenzy to wipe out any established Upper Class. Over the next ten years after all the rich were either dead or inprisoned, the Kaleans went about extensively reforming their culture into one truly dedicated to science. The profit motive has been eliminated, competition is for the glory of ego than for money, and the Kaleans now boast the only true Egalitarian society in the Quadrant. | ||
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The Kalean race evolved on the frozen world of Lazow in the Issara system. The Kaleans make their homes in small volcanic zones where the heat of active volcanoes makes life possible. In these small areas the Kalean race developed though little exists of their evolutionary process, which gives credit to the theory that Lazow was not always a frozen wasteland and entered an ice age about 9,000 years ago. It is theorized that the Kaleans survived by seeking refuge in the vicinity of these volcanoes and started to build their first cities. | The Kalean race evolved on the frozen world of Lazow in the Issara system. The Kaleans make their homes in small volcanic zones where the heat of active volcanoes makes life possible. In these small areas the Kalean race developed though little exists of their evolutionary process, which gives credit to the theory that Lazow was not always a frozen wasteland and entered an ice age about 9,000 years ago. It is theorized that the Kaleans survived by seeking refuge in the vicinity of these volcanoes and started to build their first cities. | ||
When the Kaleans started to burrow under the ice and through it to reach other Kaleans in other hotzones, the reaction was violent. These wars for supremacy between different Warlords would play out for over 2,000 years. Technological change was slow and almost every advancement was a by-product of military inventions. This era also began the Kalean cycle of the few | When the Kaleans started to burrow under the ice and through it to reach other Kaleans in other hotzones, the reaction was violent. These wars for supremacy between different Warlords would play out for over 2,000 years. Technological change was slow and almost every advancement was a by-product of military inventions. This era also began the Kalean cycle of the few controlling the weak in a very brutal fashion. The Kaleans had no garunteed rights during this era and were completely at the mercy of their Lord and his lackeys. | ||
During this time the Kaleans first began to explore the hollows of their homeworld, a giant interconnected subterrainian cave network that extends over most of the planet. The Hollows would later serve as trade routes, military supply lines, and room to expand Kalean Empires. | During this time the Kaleans first began to explore the hollows of their homeworld, a giant interconnected subterrainian cave network that extends over most of the planet. The Hollows would later serve as trade routes, military supply lines, and room to expand Kalean Empires. | ||
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==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||
Kalean physiology was already quite | Kalean physiology was already quite efficient and robust compared to other species but 2500 years of genetic engineering has left its mark on the species as a whole, usually for the better. Compared unfavorably to the Borg for their unrelenting pursuit of biological perfection, the Kaleans are constantly fast tracking their own evolution and the evolution of other species. Outwardly the Kaleans have stayed largely the same but internally and at the cellular level, the species is quite different than from their ancestors a few thousand years ago. | ||
Kaleans have a naturally high intelligence that was further enhanced by genetic engineering. This intelligence is one of their defining characteristics as a people and shapes their society as Kaleans believe they are Genius incarnate and while it is true that Kaleans are vastly more intelligent than most other species, this combination of high natural intelligence further enhanced by unnatural means has led to the Kalean's other signature trait, arrogance. | Kaleans have a naturally high intelligence that was further enhanced by genetic engineering. This intelligence is one of their defining characteristics as a people and shapes their society as Kaleans believe they are Genius incarnate and while it is true that Kaleans are vastly more intelligent than most other species, this combination of high natural intelligence further enhanced by unnatural means has led to the Kalean's other signature trait, arrogance. | ||
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==Psychology== | ==Psychology== | ||
*Kaleans have an elitist view of the rest of the galaxy and see the other races as quaint and inferior and most Kanarians see them as intellectual subordinates but useful for a few, select purposes. | *Kaleans have an elitist view of the rest of the galaxy and see the other races as quaint and inferior and most Kanarians see them as intellectual subordinates but useful for a few, select purposes. | ||
*The Kaleans have a deep | *The Kaleans have a deep disdain for those completely useless to society in the form of the very rich or the very poor though their disdain for any sort of ruling or upper class is intense and inbred. The poor are only seen as useless if they should begin to leach off of the rest of society but Kaleans recognize that the poor are often victims of the rich. | ||
*Sociopaths and narcissists are more common in Kalean society though these disorders (Despite common belief) are quickly taken care of through intensive therapy, death of personality if needed. | *Sociopaths and narcissists are more common in Kalean society though these disorders (Despite common belief) are quickly taken care of through intensive therapy, death of personality if needed. | ||
==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
Kaleans are nominally completely and totally | Kaleans are nominally completely and totally irreligious. The relics of Kalean spirituality where swept away with the advent of the Technocracy and the implementation of institutionalized secularism. Religion is (Technically) legal though the laws governing religious freedom are not enforced, immigrants to Kalean worlds who have some sort of spiritual belief are subject to every kind of discrimination and many face complete ruin. The only thing all Kaleans believe in that could be considered even remotely religious would be their belief that knowledge is the purest expression of the universe and by acquiring more knowledge, a Kalean can better understand the universe. Kaleans report to have found evidence of the afterlife though are unable to describe it beyond the fact that it exists. | ||
However, since the discovery of empirical evidence of the Afterlife, younger Kalean generations have begun to study religion and spirituality again. Out of this movement the only extant Kalean religion was born, the Zerissian Sect. The Zerissian Sect is still Atheist in a manner of speaking, but like the Human religion of | However, since the discovery of empirical evidence of the Afterlife, younger Kalean generations have begun to study religion and spirituality again. Out of this movement the only extant Kalean religion was born, the Zerissian Sect. The Zerissian Sect is still Atheist in a manner of speaking, but like the Human religion of Buddhism, Zerissians are atheistic in that they are far more focused on meditation, ethics, spirituality and physicality than the notion of god. Privately though, most Zerissians hold belief in an unknowable, alien god similar to the beliefs held my human scientist Freeman Dyson and believe that this god does not desire prayer or worship, so he/she/it is not described within Zerissian texts. | ||
In the demographics of irreligion, 32% of Kaleans are Atheists, 47% are Agnostic, 19% are Apatheist, 1% are Zerissian and a further 1% subscribe to none of these philosophies or to non-Kalean belief systems. | In the demographics of irreligion, 32% of Kaleans are Atheists, 47% are Agnostic, 19% are Apatheist, 1% are Zerissian and a further 1% subscribe to none of these philosophies or to non-Kalean belief systems. | ||
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*-Kalean families are only permitted one child initially, but may petition for more once the first child is of age and has entered University. This child limit is due to the lack of space on Lazow and other Kalean colonies. Therefor families must be planned carefully. Many Kalean families do end up having two or three children but four or more is extremely rare and usually only occurs on large Kalean science vessels that have just been launched and are having trouble filling to or near capacity. | *-Kalean families are only permitted one child initially, but may petition for more once the first child is of age and has entered University. This child limit is due to the lack of space on Lazow and other Kalean colonies. Therefor families must be planned carefully. Many Kalean families do end up having two or three children but four or more is extremely rare and usually only occurs on large Kalean science vessels that have just been launched and are having trouble filling to or near capacity. | ||
*-Kaleans do not rush things, they take time to carefully weigh options and consequences. Though most of the time consequences in the name of science mean little to them. | *-Kaleans do not rush things, they take time to carefully weigh options and consequences. Though most of the time consequences in the name of science mean little to them. | ||
*-Kaleans have a deep | *-Kaleans have a deep disdain for any king of elite or ruling class within other cultures and show no courtesy to visiting monarchs or noblemen. | ||
*-Kaleans also have an equal | *-Kaleans also have an equal disdain for militant cultures or any society where the military has undue influence over the general population. Most Kaleans consider Starfleet to be too powerful and prefer to work directly with the Federation Council and other civilian agencies than Starfleet. | ||
*-A Kalean Shaal’tor’vaath is a ritualistic duel of psionic powers between two Kaleans to settle disputes. Fal’tor’vaaths are still relatively common in modern Kalean society though are rarely deadly and usually involve a verbal debate component to them. These duels are most often invoked between academic rivals. | *-A Kalean Shaal’tor’vaath is a ritualistic duel of psionic powers between two Kaleans to settle disputes. Fal’tor’vaaths are still relatively common in modern Kalean society though are rarely deadly and usually involve a verbal debate component to them. These duels are most often invoked between academic rivals. | ||
*- Kaleans have little ritual and custom to their everyday society and lack the idiosyncrasies of other cultures. For instance there is no uniform greeting on the Kalean’s part though it is expected that the receiving party treat them with the utmost politeness and respect. Failure to comply is to invoke the furry of a highly intelligent and highly powerful psionic people. | *- Kaleans have little ritual and custom to their everyday society and lack the idiosyncrasies of other cultures. For instance there is no uniform greeting on the Kalean’s part though it is expected that the receiving party treat them with the utmost politeness and respect. Failure to comply is to invoke the furry of a highly intelligent and highly powerful psionic people. | ||
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==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
A society of innovators and great technological minds, the Kaleans hold the patents to most of the standardized and highly advanced technology in the quadrant. Epidermal regeneration, biobeds, and modern tricorders all have roots in Kalean ideas (Though not all of these inventions were made by Kaleans) and while the Kaleans might not always invent it first, 'they sure as hell make it ''better'' first'. Medical technology is the field in which Kaleans are truly light years ahead of their interstellar | A society of innovators and great technological minds, the Kaleans hold the patents to most of the standardized and highly advanced technology in the quadrant. Epidermal regeneration, biobeds, and modern tricorders all have roots in Kalean ideas (Though not all of these inventions were made by Kaleans) and while the Kaleans might not always invent it first, 'they sure as hell make it ''better'' first'. Medical technology is the field in which Kaleans are truly light years ahead of their interstellar neighbors. Kaleans invented a near Panacea to cure most common diseases and alleviate the symptoms of many more, though this catch all cure is thus far proving difficult to adapt to the physiology of other species. Kaleans also possess incredibly advanced weapon systems based upon plasma that produce energy weapons of extreme heat. This unique weapon base and it's obviously superior combat capabilities have provoked the Kalean Court to institute an Embargo on Kalean weapon patents being transferred off Lazow in order to keep the majority of this weaponry out of the wrong hands... but of course to Kaleans, 'the wrong hands' equates to everyone who isn't them. | ||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
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