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CHARACTER TRAITS
Personality: Kivan is a very mild mannered and gentle
individual most of the time. He is friendly and easy
to get along with, but is usually withdrawn from
crowds and prefers to be alone. He is very religious,
but yet hides most of his beliefs and practices in the
secrecy of his quarters. He also has a very mysterious
past, which he refuses to reveal. People usually find
him intimidating at first, but he has the potential to
make friends with anyone. He is honest to a fault, and
intelligent. He seems naïve at times, and is the type
to always see the good in people. He is very
protective over those he would call a friend and can
be a fierce warrior when he so decides.
Abilities: Kivan is a one-way telepath. He can send
voice messages and limited projection of images. His
reception isn’t nearly as good, but he can sense
strong or intense feelings as well as receive from
other telepaths. He has an affinity with energy and
has some sort of connection with it but to what
purpose or end is unknown. He is adept and innovative
with machinery and is an excellent combat strategist.
And while he like doing it, due to his light weight he
is an excellent jumper. He can go days without food,
as he doesn’t need sustenance as carbon based life
does, and neither does he need oxygen. He can survive
in intense radiation, and even thrives in it as the
energy patterns can be used as a source of food to
him.
Talents: He is very musical. Due to his lack of mouth,
woodwind and brass instruments evade his grasp but
other instruments come quite easily. He enjoys the
lyre and an instrument called the “jakai” as his
favorites. He is an excellent runner, and is excellent
at martial arts. He has a very logical mind, and can
analyze situations efficiently. Academics come to him
easily, similar to Vulcan level intelligence, and he
is adept at mathematics and sciences.
Limitations: Kivan has no mouth. Because of this he
cannot speak outside of his telepathic communication.
Also physically he almost never has the weight
advantage in hand-to-hand combat, even if he is
stronger than his opponent. He cannot withstand low
energy environments, usually sub-zero planets. He has
difficulty grasping illogical concepts and senseless
violence. He has emotions, but feels it isn’t logical
to let them run check (especially the bad ones). He is
accepting of other cultures but usually has difficulty
understanding their ways, and has a hard time
adjusting to different situations.
Likes: Kivan likes music, philosophy, theater and art
as hobbies. He likes to meditate and to spend time
practicing his beliefs. He also finds the energy
produced by dilithium a rather tasteful treat. He
likes Vulcans by nature, and enjoys being around them,
and appreciates the wide world of Shakespeare, though
much of the romance goes past him. Most species of
honor gain his respect, as there is a strict honor
code he lives by as well.
Dislikes: The Borg are number one in his hating list.
He also despises the opera since the noise hurts his
ears. He doesn’t like the cold for obvious reasons,
and he tends not to fussy loud, annoying people. He
isn’t particularly fond of hierarchal systems, and the
thought of a dictatorship or a monarchy makes him ill.
Quirks: Most of his personality is fairly normal and
even human like. But three major quirks of his stand
out. First, he fears women. His race is all one
gender, and a masculine one at that, so women tend to
be something he doesn’t understand. He gets nervous
and clumsy while around them, which leads into his
second quirk. While he has most of the human range of
emotions, the concept of love eludes him. Since
species that reproduce asexually tend not to have to
deal with love, he is very curious about it. Finally,
he never dreams and this annoys him. He likes asking
people about their dreams, often to the point of
making them uncomfortable.
Personal History: Kivan can only recall the past 50
years of his life. He has lived longer, but a deep
sleep during the journey from the Delta to the Alpha
quadrant, as well as some residual effects of excess
psionic energy, has erased the memory of his previous
life. He was among the last to wake up from the
journey, and is one of the youngest of his long-lived
race. When the Ba’Jantai made contact with the
Federation, he was among those who publicly supported
joining. Once they did, he volunteered to be the
Ba’Jantai contact with the Federation military, so he
joined Starfleet Academy. Outside of social
adjustments, he passed through the Academy with honors
easily. He joined the USS Hood as a tactical officer,
and two years later became the deputy chief of
security at the rank of Lieutenant junior grade. After
a year he was promoted to a full Lieutenant, but
remained the ACOS for two more years. His most recent
assignment has brought him joy, as he is the security
chief of the USS Southern Cross, a ship that is
stationed at the Argolis Reach, the section of space
he calls home. He has great respect among his people
and has a bit of political and military pull among the
Ba’Jantai.
RACIAL CHARACTERISTICS
Physiology – “It’s life, but not as we know it”
applies perfectly to the Ba’Jantai. While most
organisms are organic and quite physical, the
Ba’Jantai are more “energy” creatures with a
silicon-based body to enclose this energy. They have
the basic humanoid appendages, (i.e. body, torso, two
arms, two legs) but they are proportioned differently.
They stand between 6’6” to 7’ tall, but seldom weigh
more than 110 lbs since most of their mass consists of
photonic energy. They are physically a bit stronger
than a human, and can move slightly faster, though the
lack of a weight advantage counters this. They have no
internal systems to speak of except for the silicate
endoskeleton and skin. They have an affinity with
energy and can use their energy to have limited
control over other kinds. They also have telekinetic
and telepathic abilities, and telepathy is the only
way they can communicate. These mental powers, called
psionics, can grow rather large and be used in many
different ways. No High Ba’Jantai are known to have
survived the trip to the Alpha Quadrant, so the mental
powers of those living in the Argolis Reach are
standard at best. They have a wide tolerance to
environments. They can withstand all sorts of
radiation as it tends to be a sort of food for them,
and they can take heat in temperatures of up to 120
degrees centigrade without being hurt. They do not eat
or drink, but consume energy from high powered
crystals or other sources through their skin.
History – *The following is learned only from written
records* The Ba’Jantai were once a power in the Delta
Quadrant many centuries ago. They were masters of the
mental arts, and tended to combine technology with
their body and minds in order to magnify their powers.
Then the Borg came. They assimilated their technology,
which improved their own greatly, and destroyed the
Ba’Jantai as they could not be assimilated into the
collective like most living things. In a desperate
attempt to preserve their race, several High Arkani
and Ajanti combined their psionic powers to transport
a small tribe to the Alpha quadrant, out of the Borgs’
range. Even with the speed of the mind, the journey
took 70 years and the Ba’Jantai who had been
transported had their memories wiped clean. *End
records* It took two centuries for all of those who
had traveled to awaken, but by that time a
civilization had been rebuilt. Most of the technology
and mental powers had been lost, but the Ba’Jantai
established themselves and made contact with the
Federation about two and a half centuries after their
arrival. The Ba’Jantai were untrusting of the
Federation at first, but after about a decade a
membership application was granted and the Ba’Jantai
homeworld and colonies is becoming a staging are for
the Federation expanse into the Argolis Reach.
Culture – The Ba’Jantai culture is very complex and
tends not to be understood by most of the other races.
Politically the species is Democratic, but very
socialistic, almost to the point of communistic.
Everyone is treated equal, and the living conditions
and wealth of the race is spread evenly throughout.
Poverty does not exist, and there is a place for
everyone in their society. They have mild
personalities and tend to be quite friendly, however
their military prowess and technology would make one
think that they are an extremely aggressive rather
than defensive race. There are three social “castes”
within the society, but the divisions are more
physical than social. The Arkani are the warrior
caste, and are physically strongest of the three. They
usually make up most of the labor force and military,
and have mental powers that tend to be on the
offensive side. The Ajanti are the scholar caste. They
tend to be politicians, management, religious leaders,
and diplomats. They do much of the management, but
their mental powers tend to be of a non-violent
nature. The Xianthi are the civilian and scientist
caste. They usually work in research and development ,
medicine, and engineering fields. They’re the weakest
of the three physically and have limited mental
powers. However their incredibly high IQ’s and their
affinity with energy and machinery make them an
invaluable asset. When one looks at the three castes,
it is hardly possible to tell that they are of the
same species but one caste can be offspring of
another, keeping the numbers in all three castes
balanced. It is unknown what causes a young Ba’Jantai
to caste into what it does, but it is suggested that
the different mental energies of the surrounding
Ba’Jantai have an effect. One caste typically does not
associate with another as much, but all three have
equal status and the governing Triumvirate contains
one member of each caste. Their religion is mostly
worship of nature, and the Homeworld in particular.
The warriors have a strict honor code, which they tend
not to reveal. Members of their race are considered
“brethren in life and in death” and it is not unlikely
for a Ba’Jantai to sacrifice himself for a fellow
sentient being. They do some colonization, but tend to
keep their focus on the Homeworld with a strong
defensive military.
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