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==History== | ==History== | ||
While they do not have a history of war they did have numerous outbreaks of hostility between rival traders and merchants. They developed slowly until they finally managed to perfect space flight. Then they were willing to trade with anyone for anything that they could make a profit from. | While they do not have a history of war they did have numerous outbreaks of hostility between rival traders and merchants. They developed slowly until they finally managed to perfect space flight. Then they were willing to trade with anyone for anything that they could make a profit from. | ||
Interestingly, the Zibalian written language appears to be roughly identical to the [[Iconian]] written language, with similarities to the [[Lokirrim]] written text. This may be because the Zibalians might be of Iconian descent. | |||
In 2366 a Zibalian cargo ship captain and an avid collector of rare items kidnapped [[ma: Data|Lt. Cmdr. Data]] to add to his collection. [[ma:Kivas Fajo|Kivas Fajo]] managed to escape with the android but was pursued and eventually captured by the crew of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS Enterprise-D]]. He was found guilty, sentenced to a Federation penal colony and fined. He lost over half of his total worth but this did not stop him from escaping from the penal colony after approximately 1 year. | |||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
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==Psychology== | ==Psychology== | ||
They have a normal level of mental health issues although it is not uncommon for them to take enormous risks in order to obtain either a rare item or the funds to buy the item if they need it for their collection. The drive to collect, to add a new piece to their collections is in some cases over powering and has caused some to take insane risks in order to add a new piece to their collection. A prime example of this is [[ma:Kivas Fajo|Kivas Fajo]] was a Zibalian cargo ship captain, who in | They have a normal level of mental health issues although it is not uncommon for them to take enormous risks in order to obtain either a rare item or the funds to buy the item if they need it for their collection. The drive to collect, to add a new piece to their collections is in some cases over powering and has caused some to take insane risks in order to add a new piece to their collection. A prime example of this is [[ma:Kivas Fajo|Kivas Fajo]] was a Zibalian cargo ship captain, who in 2366 kidnapped [[ma: Data|Lt. Cmdr. Data]] to add to his collection. | ||
==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||