Appearance:
The aliens are externally terran-oid, but for shallow forehead bulges.
Physiology:
Blood - Their blood is not red and their "hemoglobin" is
not based on iron which is considered a "toxic" element.
Their hemoglobin must be based on another
element. (Hemoglobin and related biomolecules consist of an
oxygen-binding metal atom at the center of a
"porphyrin" group, secured at the center of a tangled protein.)
A single renal organ (ie kidney),
Other differences in the abdominal organs,
16 thoracic vertebrae (4 extra). (By definition, human thoracic
vertebrae are those with ribs attached; so they
probably have 16 pairs of ribs.)
Culture:
Food and Drink:
Allakas malt - Beverage served at a tavern that Archer, Reed,
and Sato visited.
Society and Government:
A pre-warp culture whose planet is divided into two main superpowers,
one of which is called the Alliance.
Level of Technology:
A pre-warp culture. The unnamed aliens have cars, trains, and jet
aircraft, and recognize a "computing device" when they
see one; but haven't yet achieved nuclear fission ("split the atom").
Aircraft:
The alien interceptor aircraft resemble Rutan/Scaled Composites
designs: long forward canards, wing shape. A jet engine
is mounted atop each wing. The tips of the canards are bent down,
the wings up; there's no vertical stabilizer. The canopy
is set far aft, between the wings. There are two machine-guns
mounted in the nose, firing tracer bullets. The wingtips each
have an unblinking white formation light.
Individuals of Note:
Barkeep (Dennis Cockrum) -
Gosis, General (Francis Guinan) -
Kultarey, Chancellor - Archer and Reed attended a
rally/speech by CHANCELLOR KULTAREY, which reminded
Reed of Winston Churchill's addresses before WWII.
Pell, Lt. (Tim Kelleher) - [unnamed in dialogue]
Soldier (Jason Waters) -
Temec, Dr. (Brian Reddy) -
Unnamed Soldiers -
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