Iotian

• Appearance: Mammalian; indistinguishable from Humans (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")
• Cultural notes
  • Extremely imitative culture
    • Widespread adoption of English language following first contact with ECS Horizon crew (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Entire culture transformed into mimicry of 1920s Chicago mobster culture following introduction of Iotians to that culture via media left by ECS Horizon (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
      • Chicago Mobs of the 1920s, published early-2000s on Earth, became cornerstone of Iotian culture, buoyed by other books, vinyl music recordings, celluloid films (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru; TOS: "A Piece of the Action")

History

• July 2155: First contact with interstellar life; Human crew of the ECS Horizon (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)