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** Body filled with swirling gasses
** Body filled with swirling gasses
** Different individuals have differing hues of outer body shell (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
** Different individuals have differing hues of outer body shell (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
*** Used as basis for caste-based division amongst Tholians (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
*** Used for individual identification in addition to body features (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1"; VAN Novel: ''Harbinger'')
**** Nobility indicated by reddish hue (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
**** ''By Interphase Book 1, hue indicates caste, but this seems to be contradicted by later portrayals of Tholians in novels''
***** ''Nobility indicated by reddish hue by that work''
* Homeworld: [[Tholia]]
* Homeworld: [[Tholia]]
* Biology
* Biological notes
** Tholian minds interconnected in an interstellar subspace telepathic network known as the Lattice (VAN Novel: ''Harbinger'')
*** Further subdivided into SubLinks organized by caste according to individual duties, social subgroupings (VAN Novel: ''Harbinger'')
* Cultural notes
* Cultural notes
** Tholian language described as "the screech of a tritanium blade on glass" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
** Tholian language
** Time measured in "cycles" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
*** Described as "the screech of a tritanium blade on glass" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
** Tholian calendar
*** Time measured in "cycles" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
* Foods and drinks
* Foods and drinks


[[Category:Intelligent Species]]
[[Category:Intelligent Species]]
[[Category:Tholian|#]]
[[Category:Tholian|#]]

Revision as of 11:49, 16 September 2018

  • Appearance: Silicon-based, crystalline
    • Faceted form, six arachnid-like legs
    • Body filled with swirling gasses
    • Different individuals have differing hues of outer body shell (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
      • Used for individual identification in addition to body features (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1"; VAN Novel: Harbinger)
        • By Interphase Book 1, hue indicates caste, but this seems to be contradicted by later portrayals of Tholians in novels
          • Nobility indicated by reddish hue by that work
  • Homeworld: Tholia
  • Biological notes
    • Tholian minds interconnected in an interstellar subspace telepathic network known as the Lattice (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
      • Further subdivided into SubLinks organized by caste according to individual duties, social subgroupings (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
  • Cultural notes
    • Tholian language
      • Described as "the screech of a tritanium blade on glass" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
    • Tholian calendar
      • Time measured in "cycles" (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
  • Foods and drinks