Ontailian

• Appearance
  • Nonhumanoid (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
  • Slender, vine-like limbs (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
  • Similar to cross between sloth and octopus (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
• Homeworld: Ona (TNG Novel: A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die)
• History
  • c.19th century: First began efforts towards space travel (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
• Cultural notes
  • Communication involves both vocal utterances, body language (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
  • Very dramatic, prefering overt demonstrations over subtleties (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
  • Relatively isolationist (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
    • Few diplomatic ties with other species (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
  • Predatory animals allowed to roam unrestrained, attacked only when an active danger (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
  • Monster figures feature prominently in Ontailian mythology (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
  • Ontailian assassins well-known among criminal organizations (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)
    • Noted for poisoning quarry to weaken or disable them, then strangling them (TNG Novel: A Time to Die)