WORLD- Karos.
ORBIT- 425 days.
SOLAR SYSTEM- Five planets Karos the third. The inner two, lifeless. Large but with no atmospheres. Two small gaseous giants with no moons or rings. And one outer planet which is mostly ice.
GEOGRAPHY- Small scattered seas. Low land masses. Swamps and lowland forests. Very little open grassland.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION- Gelatinous mass that
has no permanent shape, but can take on any shape handy for local conditions.
Circulation system can be seen through the body, as can the brain, nervous
system, and other organs.
By some means not understood The Karons can take
on the characteristics of any race they come in contact with, even to developing
similar internal organs, as lungs, which they do not normally have. It
is believed they pick up dead cells coming off from the individuals, read
the DNA and somehow copy it. They cannot, however, take on the other race's
skin tone and such. They are still obviously Karons. But it is a marvelous
adaptive skill that enables them to fit in to many planets. They are extremely
sensitive to the sun, however,, and most always cover themselves, or they
dry out quickly, and die, or, their internal organs are damaged.
The Karons use organic technology. Their machines
are all organic. It is they who are responsible for the cattle mutilations
that occur from time to time on Earth, as they must constantly seek out
new components for their organic machines. Those they take from are always
rewarded, however, in ways they know nothing of.
POLITICAL SYSTEM- Elected democracy. Quite similar to The United States' system with its three branches of government. But each legislative body has only one house, not two. Other than that the two systems are almost identical. Though the Karons run theirs a little bit more efficiently.
RELIGION- A strong belief in a Higher Deity,
a guiding force which is represented as an unhatched egg, a pure untouched
Being. Prayer is very complex. Each day's activities are conducted in a
series of prayer sessions so that all the community's activities are conducted
in a holy manner.
The Karons occupy three worlds in The Galactic
Community, and share colonies on several other worlds. The Karon are kind
and hospitable people, except in the time of egg laying when they forbid
all others from their territories. For the time of new life is absolutely
sacred.