Average Height: 4'10"-5'10"

Average Lifespan: 65 sols

Maximum Life Expectancy: 105 sols

Time taken to reach maturity: 14-17 sols

Sensory abilities: Sight, Hearing, Smell, Touch and Taste

Psychic abilities: Fairly Rare

Genetic cross reference: Carbon based life form of the montaroid band

Physiology: A Human looking at this race may describe them as large tailess rodents who can walk upright, however, this is rarely a fair opinion, for no matter what they look like, they differ vastly from rodents.

They stand on average between 4'8" and 5'8" and measure about one and a quarter feet across their shoulders. Their heads protude slightly forward from their torso's, ending in a rather well angled snout. Their teeth are sharped than that of Humans and they have a much higher sense of smell and taste. Their ears are pointed and their eyes have large iris of usually brown, though blue or green iris can occur on rare occasions.

Their eyes also possess better night vision than that of a human, though many Karearans suffer either full colour blindness or colour blindness in certain colour spectrums. Their hearing is also very keen and can hear high pitch noises that Humans cannot. On the other hand, some low pitch noises may be missed completely by a Karearan.

Karearans have a quad lung set up system, which means that Karearans breath slightly faster than humans, but do also have a lot of stamina and just keep on going. Their bodies are covered in a thick fur except on the undersides of their hands and feet and their noses. This fur usually stays quite short, normally 2-4 centimetres in length, though some Karearans find that their fur doesn't stop growing and needs regular trimming. Though colouration varies from Karearan to Karearan, the coat is always one colour across the whole area. Bauge or Brown is one of the most common Karearan colours, though a few are pure white or black. Red and ginger fur is also not unheard off in Karearans.

Karearans can withstand colder extremes than Humans or Elayans, but find hotter climates to be uncomfortable. Their skin is relatively thick and can take more damage than a Humans, but their bones, being slightly lighter, are also more brittle.

Their ribage is smaller than a Humans, possessing 4 less ribs. There is also a vulnerable weak spot in the centre of the ribcage where a 5-7.5cm gap occurs between the two sides. Their bodies are more flexible though than a Humans and many Karearans can painlessly dislocate limbs and perform twists that Human contortionists would find incredible.

The soles of their feet are padded which enables them walk on rough surfaces without flinching. This padding however does not extend to their hands where they have five digits with which they can grab and manipulate objects. Karearans have a good sense of balance, simalar to that of an Elayans and a Karearan can pull off an astounding amount of speed when moving.

Karearan reproduce via sexual intercourse with a pregnancy lasting six and a half months and ending normally in a litter of 3-8 young. Born bald, their fur develops within the first six weeks and take 14-17 sols to reach maturity. As Karearans grow older, Karearan fur begins to turn grey and their stamina and energy drops, though older Karearan are rarely less energetic than an elderly Human. Karearans live until their are about 65 sols old though some have naturally lived upto the age of 105 sols.

Females and Males tend to be simalar in build and height, though like humans, the males tend to be more volitile while the females prefer subtler tactics. Females have two breasts, but each one ends in four nippples rather than just one. Females also do not suffer from periods like some other races as release of eggs only occurs when fertalisation is reached. However, at some point between the age of 45-55 sols, females go through a single period lasting about a month and a half during which they can suffer a simalar, if not more explosive, form of PMT to which Human females have every month. After this time, Karearan females become sterile.

Karearans are incredible quick thinkers, their brains running at a speed several times faster than that of a Humans and Elayans. It does also mean that Karearans possess incredibly quick reflexes, though it has been noted that Karearans generally can not achieve the depth of thinking that the afore mentioned races can.

Like other races of the montaroid genetic band, Karearan DNA is incredibly flexible and versatile and Karearans's do not generally suffer the same mutational problems that other races suffer from inbreeding. Their organs have now been well documented as well and are fairly easy to repair and replace.

History: Karearans grew up on their homeworld as a fairly well refined culture. Though split amongst several country like organisations, one thing that existed within each country was a well-defined set of rules, not only in just law, but in social interaction as well, defining everything from the proper ettiquette when meeting another Karearan to the way relationships were supposed to be worked.

Off interresting note, homo-sexuality is virtually unheard of amongst Karearans, their hormonal systems are too higher developed between the two sexes that the idea disgusts most Karearans and it is viewed to be as much of a taboo that Humans would consider incest. However, on the subject of incest, the role reverses. Born to large familes due to being born in litters and the fact that their genetics are versatile enough to allow for it, incest is quite a common occurance in Karearan society and no one blinks an eye at it.

These countries however grew and developed in pretty much the same way most sentient races found themselves developing. A history of battles and wars extends through Karearan pre-space flight history. However eventually, several of the nations banded together to started to work together in the field of space flight, developing in 85'673 SC their first FTL engine.

As they began to explore the galaxy around them, the Karearans encountered the Humans and Elayans of the nation of Feareo who were still emboiled in a bitter war with the nation of Deltaria. Originally, the Karearan governments were reluctant to associate with Feareo, being of much pride they wanted to try it on their own. However, sparked by a Deltaria attack on Karearan exploration vessels and coupled with the fact that much of the inhabited worlds around them were occupied by Feareo, the Karearans agreed to side with Feareo, though with several conditions also planted on it.

Since then, the Karearans grew more and more a part of the Feareon nation, making their own place within the nation, continuing on after the Treaty of Madice within the nation of Delta Feareo. Karearans have rapidly grown as a race and are now on equal numbering when compared to Humans and Elayans within the nation of Delta Feareo.

Karearans within the Nations:

Delta Feareo: There are as many Karearans as there are Humans and Elayans within this nation and Karearans are just as influential as these other two nations. Just as responsible for any factor within Delta Feareo, there are several Mega-Corporations that are run by Karearans as well Karearans being just as much a part of other Delta Feareon societies.

Resbinarge: During the last millenia, a lot of Karearans have come to settle in the nation of Resbinarge. Now that Resbinarge has regained control of it's own star systems, many Karearans are quite happily settled and prepared to help the Empire rebuild into something better and are now considered citizens of the Resbinarge Empire.

Independant Alliance: A few Karearan wishing to see the outside galaxy end up joining the Independant Alliance one way or another. Here, Karearans enjoy a certain degree of good relations with Karearans within Delta Feareo and Resbinarge.

Independants: There are one or two colonies that have been set up by ambitious Karearan that do not belong to any nation. Sometimes, they do this in association with other races, but there is one or two colonies that are purely Karearan in nature.

Karearan Crossbreeds: