Shesshran: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 05:03, 7 May 2019

Appearance: Avian (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Winged species (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Iridescent skin (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Spindle-shaped heads (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
Homeworld: Kachissat (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
Historical notes
- Had interstellar civilization c.8000 BCE (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  - Civilization collapsed following impact of Ganidra supernova wavefront (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  - Rebuilt to interstellar levels by 2270s (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
Cultural notes
- Descended from solo predators akin to cats (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  - Cooperation for collective good common, but intensely individualistic even within such cooperative bodies (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    - Self-autonomy a key philosophy within Shesshran culture and psyche (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    - Society maintained through mutual agreement, elaborate system of contracts (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      - Importance of upholding contracts and promises fundamental to Shesshran society in order to allow it to persist (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  - Murder an accepted act as a means of settling conflicts where one acts against the interests of another by mutual contract (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
- Fairly matriarchal society (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  - Men seen as little use beyond breeding (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)

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 ***** Importance of upholding contracts and promises fundamental to Shesshran society in order to allow it to persist (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'')
 *** Murder an accepted act as a means of settling conflicts where one acts against the interests of another by mutual contract (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'')
+** Fairly matriarchal society (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'')
+*** Men seen as little use beyond breeding (TOS Novel: ''Ex Machina'')
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