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Bolian skin tone can vary from blue with a yellowish green tinge through medium blue to dark blue. Their eyes are predominantly yellow, but in some rare cases orange-eyed Bolians have been known to exist. | Bolian skin tone can vary from blue with a yellowish green tinge through medium blue to dark blue. Their eyes are predominantly yellow, but in some rare cases orange-eyed Bolians have been known to exist. | ||
Bolian males are slightly shorter and stockier than [[human|humans]], while female Bolians are often rather tall and willowy. | Bolian males are slightly shorter and stockier than [[human|humans]], while female Bolians are often rather tall and willowy. Most Bolians live within a few kilometers of the ocean, spend a lot of time in the water, and have what humans would consider a swimmers' build; there are communities (riverfolk) who live further inland and are less athletic as a result. | ||
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Bolian physiology is somewhat unique, and has been the focus of detailed research by [[MA:Starfleet Medical|Starfleet Medical]]. Bolian crewmen on a [[MA:starship|starship]] will often need special consideration and provision to ensure that their needs are catered for. | Bolian physiology is somewhat unique, and has been the focus of detailed research by [[MA:Starfleet Medical|Starfleet Medical]]. Bolian crewmen on a [[MA:starship|starship]] will often need special consideration and provision to ensure that their needs are catered for. | ||
They are distinguished by their light blue skin, a bifurcated ridge which runs down the center of their faces, and a cartilaginous lining on their tongues. While they do have hair, males shave it as a sign of physical prowess; some females do likewise. Bolians have blue-colored blood, and their blood chemistry is quite different from that of Vulcans; Vulcan blood is toxic to Bolians, and vice-versa. Andorian blood, on the other hand, is compatible with Bolian blood. | They are distinguished by their light blue skin, a bifurcated ridge which runs down the center of their faces, and a cartilaginous lining on their tongues. While they do have hair, males shave it as a sign of physical prowess; some females do likewise. Bolians have blue-colored blood, and their blood chemistry is quite different from that of Vulcans; Vulcan blood is toxic to Bolians, and vice-versa. Andorian blood, on the other hand, is compatible with Bolian blood. Bolians' acidic blood digests food en route to the body's cells; as a result, they have no stomach. Food is broken down by chewing and their midly acidic saliva, and is absorbed by the upper intestine into the blood, where it's broken down further. | ||
Bolian saliva is a mild irritant to humans and similar species; their sweat is harmless and gives off a citrus-like aroma most humans find pleasant; their blood and urine is moderately corrosive and can cause burns to the skin. | |||
Bolians have shorter lifespans than humans — a Bolian is considered an adult at 15, and enters a period of decline colloquially known as "the receding tide" in their early 60s. Even with 24th-century medical science, it's rare for a Bolian to live past 75. Bolian women can have children at any time between adulthood and old age, but the odds of pregnancy are far lower than most humanoid species — about 6% a year, although multiple births are more common than in humans, with 10% of births resulting in twins and 1% resulting in triplets. As a result, a typical Bolian woman might bear three children over the course of her life. The Bolian practice of polyamorous marriage is believed to have originated as an evolutionary strategy to maximize the chances of producing offspring. | |||
As a result of their low birth rates, Bolarus never had the population explosion endemic to many planets' industrial age, but nor did they have devastating wars or plagues. | |||
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Bolians can sometimes be regarded as talkative by other races, as their will for the group to succeed can sometimes lead them to offer advice, even where it isn't warranted. In addition, they enjoy exchanging information to a further extent than most, and this can often go past the boundaries of comfort for some alien species, leading them to find Bolians a little intrusive. Should a suggestion be made on how to better achieve success within a group which is subsequently ignored, it would not be unusual for a Bolian to research into the subject as extensively as possible so as to have their suggestions accepted in the future. | Bolians can sometimes be regarded as talkative by other races, as their will for the group to succeed can sometimes lead them to offer advice, even where it isn't warranted. In addition, they enjoy exchanging information to a further extent than most, and this can often go past the boundaries of comfort for some alien species, leading them to find Bolians a little intrusive. Should a suggestion be made on how to better achieve success within a group which is subsequently ignored, it would not be unusual for a Bolian to research into the subject as extensively as possible so as to have their suggestions accepted in the future. | ||
In general, Bolians do not get stressed easily. Bolarus' four moons mean tides are unpreditable and powerful storms are common across the planet. Having built their society around this unpredictability, Bolians tend to calmly accept of "whatever the tides bring." | |||
While sometimes regarded as cold and purely work oriented, Bolians are most famed for their drive, commitment, hard work and dedication to the team. The work-oriented Bolians are a talented species with an unparalleled ability to work with others. This synergistic talent has made them popular throughout both Starfleet and the Federation at large; their ability to facilitate complex group dynamics while solving difficult or seemingly insurmountable problems has drawn many into fields involving science, medicine, research and technology. | While sometimes regarded as cold and purely work oriented, Bolians are most famed for their drive, commitment, hard work and dedication to the team. The work-oriented Bolians are a talented species with an unparalleled ability to work with others. This synergistic talent has made them popular throughout both Starfleet and the Federation at large; their ability to facilitate complex group dynamics while solving difficult or seemingly insurmountable problems has drawn many into fields involving science, medicine, research and technology. | ||
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Bolians are a matter-of-fact people who generally tend to care little for folklore and hearsay, preferring to reach the source of information through scientific research that can be thoroughly proven. However, due to extreme conditions preventing Bolians from physically visiting the Senden Funnel and inconclusive sensor scans thanks to extreme weather conditions, there are a number of legends that have sprung up to explain the Funnel's true cause. | Bolians are a matter-of-fact people who generally tend to care little for folklore and hearsay, preferring to reach the source of information through scientific research that can be thoroughly proven. However, due to extreme conditions preventing Bolians from physically visiting the Senden Funnel and inconclusive sensor scans thanks to extreme weather conditions, there are a number of legends that have sprung up to explain the Funnel's true cause. | ||
Early Bolian religions almost universally focused on the ocean as the source of life and sustinence, as well as a gateway between lands. The ocean was thought to either be home to the gods, or a god itself. However, Bolians' eagerness to understand the natural world means most of their superstitions fell away once the planet's complicated tides could be explained as the action of the moons' gravitational forces and not the whims of a capricious deity. | |||
==Society== | ==Society== | ||