Planet
Biography
The distant home of the green-skinned, reptilian Nammeccians, Planet Namek is a warn, pastoral water-world dotted with hundreds of islands, juttiing grass-topped buttes and small continents covered in odd puffballl-shaped trees. The planet is pleasant and food plentiful, and whatever dangerous creatures present prefer to stay well away from civilization (although there are some hints that there are some nasty critters indeed on peaceful Namek). Namek's inhabitants do not, as a rule, build cities; with low birth rates and a long life cycle, they prefer to cluster in small villages of a few hundred people. With it's low, rounded shapes and bubble windows, Nammeccian architecture is quite distincive and somewhat reminiscent of natural forms like abalone and snail shells (perfectly fitting for a race wit obvious mulluscan ancestry). Villages are managed by an Elder, chosen for his wisdom rather than charisma or power. Village Elders gather together to discuss regional problems, but there is no centralized government. Each Namek is born with a purpose or place in life that they try their best to fulfill. There are no armies or other large organizations; each village has a small cadre of warriors who defend their home (and the village's single dragonball) against all aggressors. Although their general technology level is high (starships, for example), the Nameks don't seem to use it much; they appear to concentrate mostly on spiritual aspects of life, not the material. This planet is destroyed by Furiza, and the Namek-jin wish for a new home-world. Planet Namek's first moon harbor's strange sponge-like life forms with long braids. Goku collects energy from them while creating his Genki Dama, and the planet is later destroyed by a stray blast. Planet Namek's second moon, this one harbor's snail-looking creatures with four legs and a hard beak. Energy is collected from them when Goku us creating his Genki Dama.