Satarran

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Satarran
Four Letter Code	SATA
Federation Status	Neutral
Planet of Origin	Sothis III
Encountered	TNG: Conundrum, TNG: The Chase
T/E Rating	T0/E0
Current Tech Level	I
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"Infiltrate, sabotage, terminate and neutralize. The basic skills of success."

a Satarrans saying.

The Satarrans are a species to whom treachery and subterfuge seem be second nature. They will do what ever it takes to advance their needs at the expense of any and all others around them.

Home System

• Quadrant: Alpha
• Location: Neb Tilinus Sector (coordinates A22-0003-1302)
• Proper Name: Sothar system
• Star: It orbits a class M (Red) star
• Distance from Star: its orbit is approximately 65 million km
• Companions: It is the 3rd of 7 planets in the system
• Moons: it has 2 moons.

Home World

• Proper Name: Sothis III
• Pronunciation: Soth’ Is III
• Diameter: 17,585 km (10,927 miles)
• Gravity: 0.95 standard gravity with a density of 3.8
• Axial Tilt: 7.3%, with minor seasonal changes
• Orbital Period: 398 days
• Rotational Period: 26 hours
• Classification: M
• Surface Water: 53%
• Atmosphere: 1.08% is a standard pressure with 74% nitrogen, 22% oxygen, 4% trace chemicals
• Climate: Mainly a temperate planet with mild artic and tropical zones.
• Terrain: It has a large tundra area, large forests, rain forests, rolling hills and small mountain ranges.
• Population: Just over 8 billion

History

By 2368, the Satarrans had been at war with the Lysian race for decades. In that year, the Satarrans attempted to use the USS Enterprise-D to launch a devastating attack against the Lysian Central Command.

They used their memory wipe weapon on the crew, placed an operative known as Keiran MacDuff in the first officer position, and planted false orders from Starfleet Command which stated that the Enterprise was to destroy the Lysian headquarters. Although the crew was unable to restore their full memories by the time they were to attack the Lysian headquarters, Captain Jean-Luc Picard realized that the Lysians posed no threat to the Galaxy-class starship or to the Federation at large.

The station, home to 15,311 people, was little more than target practice for the Enterprise, while its entire defensive output would not constitute enough of a threat to bother raising shields and that the orders must have been falsified. MacDuff's true nature was then revealed, and the Enterprise stood down.

In 2378, crewman Susan Lomax was assigned as a nurse to the Enterprise-E during that ship's mission to aid the Dokaalan. While cleaning up cargo bay four after a large medical crisis, she was killed by a Satarran spy who then proceeded to take on her identity.

Government

They have a military dictatorship with the leader of the government being in power until someone eliminates and replaces him. This leader is usually a military man and has complete and total control over every aspect of their people.

Description

In appearance, they are humanoids with a dark bony exoskeleton.

Physiology

Satarrans have remarkable healing abilities and can recover from many injuries quickly. They are also incredibly tough as can be seen from the encounter between the crew of the Enterprise and Keiran MacDuff. He is only brought down after two phaser bursts followed by continuous fire from two Phaser II's.

Psychology

It is well known that Satarrans hate mysteries. They are a very direct species and tend to not question orders. It annoys the heck out of them when things do not go the way they expect them to go.

Religion

They believe in a divine being called the Overlord of Mah’Ka or simply Mah’Ka for short. He is a stern, unforgiving god who demands complete obedience.

Mythology

While they do have a series of legends that reflect the character of their species, these stories tend to reflect a stern, unforgiving aspect upon the daily challenges of their lives.

Society

They have a very rigid militaristic society partly due to the long years of constant warfare among themselves and now the Lysians. As a result everyone knows their place and are expected to conform to the rules and laws.

Culture

They enjoy loud, heavy music with lots of drums and percussion beats. It tends to sound a little grim or solemn. When voices are added it can even make Klingon Opera sound good.

No visual art forms have ever been seen and it is doubtful if they have any interest in those artistic forms of expression.

Customs

Matches are arranged by the families. It is felt to be improper for the two to have met in any fashion prior to the joining ceremony. In fact this believe is so strong that matches have and are routinely canceled if any hint of contact can be established.

Technology

Although they were not as technologically advanced as the Federation, they possessed a unique device which allowed them to wipe the collective memory of the entire crew of a starship. They also seemed able to manipulate the computer memory banks of a Galaxy-class starship.

In addition to this they had the technology that would allow them to instantly appear like some one else. This technology could even fool most scanning devices into believing that the individual using the device was actually not only some one else but some one of a completely different species.

Economy

They are fairly self sufficient and really do not have much of any trade with off world species. Part of this is because they tend to offend other species and that those species who know about them tend to not trust them.

Military

They have a fair sized fleet of frigates, escort ships and destroyers. They even have a few cruisers. However none of them are technically a threat to any Federation member world vessels.

Federation Intelligence Files

See Federation Intelligence files # TNG-2368-1487 and TNG-2368-6291.

Sources

Data was accumulated from Memory Alpha and Memory Beta as well as the following episodes. TNG: Conundrum and TNG: The Chase. Also the TNG novel: A Time to Harvest.

SDC

This file was updated and approved by the SDC on 17 December 2013

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