The Hetgarot
Location:
The planet Hetgarot was the sector mapped by the USS CURIE under
Captain Dapo's command. This sector adjoins the Amigine sector,
towards Omega. That would put the sector within 2 light years of
M'Sagro system. The size of the Hetgarot territory beyond their own
solar system is currently unknown.
The sector contains 3 m-class planets, according to the USS Curie's
survey of the area. L-class planets were not scanned for. From one
of the posts of the time: "There was a class-M moon orbiting a gas
giant in a solar system with a red sun. Though it had an atmosphere,
there were no signs of life beyond algae.
"The second class-M planet that appeared from the scan to be mostly
ocean, orbiting a yellow sun. There seemed to be an early industrial
civilization on some of the larger islands. The oceans were teaming
with life as well, some of which might be sentient
"The third class-M world seemed to be made up of mostly rain forests,
with desert at the equator and temperate forests near the poles.
There was a faint power signature indicating possible civilization on the
planet. Whoever they were, they did not give much of an indication of
their presence. Perhaps they were xenophobic or perhaps they were only
in the first stages of an energy consuming culture. There was an
abundance of life, but from this range, it could not be determined
what type of life form was producing the power signature. They would
have to get closer to find this out." This planet is in fact the Hetgarot
home world.
"The O2 content of the planet Hetgarot is high, but the plant life
has adapted to it, such that the leaves burn, but the bark is flame resistant
Culture and species:
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TThe Hetgarot evolved from a lemur-like creature. They are nocturnal,
live in cities in the trees, and are highly sophisticated. They have
and use warp technology -- their ships being a bit faster than those of the
Federation. They are somewhat skittish and use cloaked ships to avoid
hostilities, preferring stealth and speed to conflict. Their scanning
technology is 20 years behind that of Starfleet (not bad, considering that the
Enterprise-E was built only a few years beyond 20 years ago).
The Hetgarot refuse to use any kind of transporter technology, and even
requested that there be no replicators in their embassy. There are likewise
none on any of their ships. No Hetgarot would use a transporter given the
choice. It is not that they never figured out how to make a transporter
(though they never even thought to make a replicator), it simply is against
their world-view. One does not kill a person by taking it apart, even if
you are going to put it back together. To them, it simply is not the same
person, nor are any other life-forms exactly the same, in their view. Food
transported is viewed as less then fresh, even inedible.
Due to the higher oxygen content of their planet, the Hetgarot must use a
device that provides them with additional O2 in low O2 environments such
as Federations stations. The must also where special bright light eye
wear in order to operate in daylight.
They are ruled by a council of elders from their capital city of Noncharot,
a city in the trees. The chief elder is called a Melka and serves for 1 year
on a rotational bases among 3 such elders. One must be born with certain
instincts to become a Melka, and it is more common among female Hetgarot.
The Melka at the time of first contact was Koph, a male. The Melka in the
year the embassy was established on DS 101 was Heka. The current Melka is
Chaka (ch being pronounced like the ch in the Scottish loch, German ich,
or Hebrew Challah). The rotation order goes as follows Koph, then Heka,
then Chaka -- the cycle then repeats until one of the three is replaced
on retirement. Both Heka and Chaka are females. Occasionally, one of the
ruling 3 will be replaced by another with the instinct, and who has first
served in the council of elders. Not all elders have the instinct to
be the Melka. The current ambassador (Shagrira) to the Federation is Naemah,
a female. She is currently at DS 101, the nearest Federation station to the
Hetgarot home world in the newly established Hetgarot embassy there.
The Hetgarot elders originally warned the crew of the USS Curie of a rogue
group of Hetgarot known as the Hetgarot Adamah, or red Hetgarot. The red
Hetgarot began as a small group of Hetgarot that broke ties with the
home planet about 200 years ago. They do not live on Hetgarot and their
location is unknown, though it is said that they originally establised a
colony on an unihabited class-M word. Some may also live in ships or have a
SB somewhere in the cocoon region. Their ships, like all Hetgarot, would be
capable of cloaking, but they are different from most Hetgarot in that they
are not non-violent. It was not known why they took they name, but
there was speculation that it was because of the bright red fur of the
founding family. (BTW, this group will in the future -- or did, as it already
happened to her, capture Galia Bitzalel currently of the CURIE, but at the
time assigned to the USS Garrett as a lieutenant, 34 years in the future.)
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