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 === Telepathic and Empathic Abilities ===
-Some Centaurans are capable of manifesting empathic or telepathic abilities anywhere from E1 to E4 and T1 to T3, though most are not. This preternatural ability may be linked to a recessive genetic component, however it has been known to appear spontaneously in families with no history of the ability.
+Some Centaurans are capable of manifesting empathic or telepathic abilities anywhere from E1 to E4 and T1 to T3, though most are not<ref name=":0">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/a_JapUzsvGk/m/Rl52djOpAQAJ Lt. Cmdr Robin Hopper: Facing the Day (Part 1)] (SD 240012.06)</ref>. This preternatural ability may be linked to a recessive genetic component, however it has been known to appear spontaneously in families with no history of the ability.
 ==Psychology==
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 : See also: [[Centauran/Language|Centauran Language]]
-Family life on Alpha Centauri is very loose -- traditional families giving way to a very cautious breeding plan that allows the genetic material of the population to be as diversified as possible. Couples might pair-bond for life, but more than one child is rarely born to the same couple.
+=== Family Structures ===
+Family life among the Centaurans often involves loose familiar borders, with typical 'nuclear' earth structures giving way to a more communal and open system. While it is not uncommon for couples to form lifelong committed bonds, it is less common for any one pairing to bare more than one child, with most Centauran parents coupling with several partners throughout their lives. Such 'ebb and flow' has always existed as a part of Centauran culture, but it has only become more pronounced in the time following the Plague Years, with government incentives attempting to support repopulation and genetic diversification efforts.
-Children on Alpha Centauri are raised in a grouping that translates as a crèche until they are five years old and are then either raised by their biological family or, if the parent or parents are not interested, by some other pairing to be supervised and mentored. It is not as cold as it seems -- the Centaurans are naturally affectionate, if at times a bit intense. They take pride in what they can contribute to the community and that pride shows up in their children.
+Children on Velestus are typically raised in mutually-cared for groupings or "creches", as the Universal Translator describes it - a method supposedly inspired by the way the Centauran Manta schools<ref name=":0" />. Children often remain in these creches until around the age of five and are then either raised predominantly by their biological family or, if the parents are disinterested in forming a close-knit family unit, may be adopted by another pairing for parenting. Centaurans insist that, despite initial human attitudes towards these practices, they are not as cold as they seem. Centaurans are naturally affectionate, if at times a bit aloof, generally taking pride in contributing to these communal child-rearing groups while enjoying the 'time off' afforded to parents during those difficult early years.
+=== Customs & Traditions ===
+* Eikostasia - A holiday dedicated to environmental harmony; Traditionally involves eating sliced mellithran dipped in nelthria nectar<ref name=":1">[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/Q7vkihZajL8/m/ue6rro9CAQAJ JP - Robin Hopper & Nathan Richards: A Special Kind of Knowing (Part 3)] (SD 240012.04)</ref>.
+=== Food & Beverages ===
+Noted Centauran food and beverages include:
+* Fikarionin Voristh ("Breakfast of Seaweed") - a wrap-style breakfast food encased in seaweed which may be reminiscent of gyros and/or sushi<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/Q3rK8orQ9tg/m/gRoJDf5_AAAJ JP - Robin Hopper & Nathan Richards: A Special Kind of Knowing (Part 1)] (SD 240012.01)</ref>.
+* Centauran Sunset - an alcoholic drink, supposedly popular on Velestus<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-amity/c/0k2hsPGCa5k/m/a_gRjbGAAQAJ JP - Robin Hopper & Nathan Richards: A Special Kind of Knowing (Part 4)] (SD 240012.04)</ref>.
+* Mellithran - A purple jicama-like vegetable native to Velestus. ''Traditionally sliced up into wafers and dipped into nelthria nectar as part of the "Eikostasia" holiday tradition''<ref name=":1" />''.''
 == Mythology & Religion ==
+Centauran mythology includes references to ancient peoples inhabiting islands that rose from the seas<ref name=":0" />.
 ==Technology==