Zon, species

Zon, species

Small Magellanic Cloud -  System SMC-345 - 2nd Planet : "Slaynsaty"

TL D AL 7  Contact Type - limited Contact Level CL Minus 3 - Expansion:  1 Planet

NiOx/ Water, RDRS consumers, Carbon Based

First contact with the Zon was made in 5010 (OTT) by the HALD explorer USS Nolun Nolan then under command of Captain D'Tokit.

The entire Zon species was  in hibernation at that time and remained undiscovered until after the Explorer had landed and conducted a detail planet survey. The Zon reacted very negative to the visitors.

Captaon D'Tokit was never known to be a very creative Klack. He named the systems he surveyed simply : "SMC -1 to SMC 361"

The 2nd planet was renamed from SMC-345-C to Slaynsaty as this is the word the natives use to describe their world.

The Zon have no global government and their villages and cities maintain often hostile contact levels to other Zon communities.

They have understood where the Union visitors come from ( Not beings of their own world). Normally the  SCUAD would have issued a "Retreat and cease contact " order, but several aspects of the contact made the SC decide to maintain a permanent post.

The Zon are amphibian by nature and undergo three development phases. (Egg, Non sentient hatchling phase and transformation to adult being) They have two sexes but the female does not gain sentience. The entire planet experiences a cold winter period of approx. 5 standard month during which the Zon go into hibernation. The average Zon stands 300 cm tall and weighs 180-200 kgs. They have a frog or Ult like skin but can stay out of water for much longer periods as an Ult ( No water exposure for weeks is no problem)

[1] See "Slaynsaty Base"