Physiology: The Axanar are
androgynous, humanoid bipeds with leathery skin.
They have green blood, the molecules of which look like amino acids.
They breathe a cold (-20
degrees) nitrogen-methane atmosphere.
They have zymuth glands
(in the left side of their neck?) which produce triglobulin.
The Axanar live over four
hundred years.
Starship: Axanar starships
are approximately 92 meters in length, and have a lot of decks.
The hull is composed of tritanium and disilicon polymers.
They have at least two external
hatches (at least one of which is 0.9 meters in diameter).
They are armed with directed
energy weapons that emit a reddish colored beam.
"Fight or Flight" [ENT]
Language: the grammar sounds
bimodal.
"Dukta-mutoor" = "ship in"
"Kunatsila" = "distress".
Dukta-mutoor kunatsila datii. = "ship in distress"
Atad dvii oora.
Aureetuan!
Tomii alo owaba!
Minas! Ooran tuo calla!
Loor rah tee.
Ahtara noss rohnay. = the distress call came from my ship,
not yours.
Mii toras amayar tee! = ... DNA scans. Why
were you there two days ago?
Atah hoss moor at! =
Loorah! Atah hoss!
Ataa... dvii... oora.
Ataa iis? Minas alo...
Ataa loora iis da.
Oorehm miista voor.
Eetova vohmala?
Iis da. Tuo-tuo ama tooras da.
Veetal, veetal
noss ohmeen.
Oorah, ootah, ootah doee oora.
Sciitaara.
Latoora de...
Emos owaba. Aiista...
De!
Historical Events: In 2151,
an Axanar ship was overrun by unknown aliens that killed their crew of
15 (one was
killed by a lethal dose
of chloroxine, 3 by particle weapons). The corpses were hooked up
to biopumps which
flushed a fluid through
their bodies to extract triglobulin. Enterprise discovered the ship
and sent a distress call using
the derelict ship's own
transceiver. When another Axanar ship responded, first contact was
made. Enterprise spent
some time with them and
helped them recover their dead crewmen.
In the 2250's, this
planet was the site of a major battle in which Starfleet Captain Garth
won a historic victory.
Kirk's first visit to the
planet was as a cadet as part of a peace mission.
"Whom God's Destroy" [TOS]
He was subsequently awarded
the Palm Leaf of Axanar Peace Mission.
"Court Martial" [TOS]
It has not been established who the opponent
was in Garth's victory. It has been speculated that it might
have been Romulans, however "Balance of Terror"
(TOS) indicates there was no Federation contact with
the Romulans in that time frame. Kirk noted
that Garth's victory was instrumental in making it possible
for he and Spock to work together as brothers,
so the Axanar battle apparently had something to do with
holding the Federation together.
SEE: Vampire Aliens.
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