Kelpien
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- Kaminar High Council
- Great Elder
- Humanoid
- long-lived
- Unknown
- Ridged hands
- Hoofed Feet
- Aqua colored eyes
- Threat ganglia came out from the back of their head when they sensed danger
- Bodies underwent a change called Vahar'ai, a physiological process, unique to their species
- Fear responses are suppressed
- Extreme physical strength, speed & stamina
- Superior visual, auditory, & tactile receptors
- Kaminar
- Lived in packs
- Occupied hut-like houses
- Harvested flowers & an aquatic plant
- Centuries earlier, post-vahar'ai Kelpiens nearly drove the Ba'ul to extinction
- The Ba'ul retaliated using advanced technology and subjugated the Kelpiens
- The Ba'ul imposed the Great Balance ideology to keep Kelpiens obedient
- Kelpiens were taught they were a prey species
- Ba'ul pylons, called the Watchful Eye, monitored Kelpien society
- Kelpiens were effectively farmed as livestock by the Ba'ul
- Kelpiens who reached vahar'ai voluntarily submitted to Harvesting
- Advanced offworld technology found on Kaminar was destroyed by custom
- Saru was the first Kelpien to contact galactic civilization;
- He salvaged a Ba'ul communications array & contacted Starfleet
- 2257: Saru survived vahar'ai after exposure to a sphere signal
- Saru revealed to his sister Siranna that vahar'ai beliefs were false
- Saru broadcast a vahar'ai triggering signal across Kaminar,
- Over 60% of Kelpiens underwent vahar'ai, thus ending the Ba'ul control
- By the 31st century, both species had formed an alliance & joined the Federation