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chakat [2012/01/12 08:41] – abirichakat [2013/08/26 23:52] (current) – [Hermaphroditic Feline-taurs] zobeid
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 ====== Hermaphroditic Feline-taurs ====== ====== Hermaphroditic Feline-taurs ======
 Note: A huge amount of information is available about Chakats from Bernard Doove's website (The Chakat's Den - www.furry.org.au/chakat/ ), and particularly "An Introduction to Chakats" ( www.furry.org.au/chakat/Intro.html ). Anyone who wants to play a Chakat character on Furscape is invited to explore that site, but __THIS__ page is mostly concerned with summarizing the basics and explaining some of the differences between Furscape's universe and the official Chakat universe, and this page remains the official Furscape MUCK canon. Keep in mind that the same rules of physiology apply to chakats as to any other recom, and likewise the same physics (e.g. [[verboten_tech|psionics do not exist]] in the Furscape universe). Note: A huge amount of information is available about Chakats from Bernard Doove's website (The Chakat's Den - www.furry.org.au/chakat/ ), and particularly "An Introduction to Chakats" ( www.furry.org.au/chakat/Intro.html ). Anyone who wants to play a Chakat character on Furscape is invited to explore that site, but __THIS__ page is mostly concerned with summarizing the basics and explaining some of the differences between Furscape's universe and the official Chakat universe, and this page remains the official Furscape MUCK canon. Keep in mind that the same rules of physiology apply to chakats as to any other recom, and likewise the same physics (e.g. [[verboten_tech|psionics do not exist]] in the Furscape universe).
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-//No new chakat, chakat-kin, or other centauroid characters (regardless of gender) are being approved at this time. - Hagalaz// 
  
 ====== Physical Appearance ====== ====== Physical Appearance ======
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 Chakats are a predominantly feline centauroid variety of [[recom]]. The basic body structure comprises two main torsos joined at right angles at a common 'waist', with the head appearing on top of the upright upper torso in the same manner as upright bipeds. While technically quadrupeds, Chakats in fact have six limbs in total - the four walking limbs are attached to the lower torso, while the remaining two limbs function as arms and are attached to the top of the upper torso.  Chakats are a predominantly feline centauroid variety of [[recom]]. The basic body structure comprises two main torsos joined at right angles at a common 'waist', with the head appearing on top of the upright upper torso in the same manner as upright bipeds. While technically quadrupeds, Chakats in fact have six limbs in total - the four walking limbs are attached to the lower torso, while the remaining two limbs function as arms and are attached to the top of the upper torso. 
  
-The height of a fully grown adult Chakat is about 1.5 to 1.7 metres (5 to 5' 8" approx.), and an adult Chakat weighs between 180 to 220kg (400 to 480lb approx.). Life expectancy is approximately 150 years. +The height of a fully grown adult Chakat is about 1.5 to 1.7 metres (5 to 5' 8" approx.), and an adult Chakat weighs between 180 to 220kg (400 to 480lb approx.). 
  
 The head is densely covered with hair which, left uncut, can grow to resemble a mane which extends partly down the spine. The rest of the body is covered with dense fur which is resistant to the worst of cold and windy weather. However, Chakats do not like extremely hot conditions although they can tolerate them for a while. They are most comfortable at temperatures between zero and twenty degrees Celsius.  The head is densely covered with hair which, left uncut, can grow to resemble a mane which extends partly down the spine. The rest of the body is covered with dense fur which is resistant to the worst of cold and windy weather. However, Chakats do not like extremely hot conditions although they can tolerate them for a while. They are most comfortable at temperatures between zero and twenty degrees Celsius. 
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 The name of the species is derived from the husband and wife partners who led the team who developed their species: Charles & Katherine Turner. They were nick-named as Chas & Kat's babies, a term which rapidly was shortened to Chakats and stuck because it suited such a feline-looking species.  The name of the species is derived from the husband and wife partners who led the team who developed their species: Charles & Katherine Turner. They were nick-named as Chas & Kat's babies, a term which rapidly was shortened to Chakats and stuck because it suited such a feline-looking species. 
  
-After the Earth was ruined and left uninhabitable by the horrors of the Apocalypse War, enough Chakats had escaped to Luna and other colonies to continue the species -- helped by the fact that, as hermaphrodites, each Chakat was capable of bearing cubs. Note however, Chakats are very different geneticially from common recoms and are absolutely not able to breed outside their own species. +After the Earth was ruined and left uninhabitable by the horrors of the Apocalypse War, enough Chakats had escaped to Luna and other colonies to continue the species -- helped by the fact that, as hermaphrodites, each Chakat was capable of bearing children. Note however, Chakats are very different geneticially from common recoms and are absolutely not able to breed outside their own species. 
  
 Chakats generally love the great outdoors, so the devastation of [[Earth]] hit them hard. Tremendously adaptable, Chakats survived in the habitats of [[Luna]] and [[Mars]], but they always suffered from an underlying sense of loss.  In some circles there has even been talk of Chakats finding a habitable planet or moon and establishing a special colony world of their own -- but others argue the time is not yet right for that, as the Chakat population is not yet large enough to support such a project.  Like the [[leonine]] recoms who eventually populated the savannahs of [[Annyrion]]'s southern continent of Lopanga, Chakats were included as part of the colonization effort, and also participated in ground-based surveys of [[Planet Amazon]] and other worlds. Chakats generally love the great outdoors, so the devastation of [[Earth]] hit them hard. Tremendously adaptable, Chakats survived in the habitats of [[Luna]] and [[Mars]], but they always suffered from an underlying sense of loss.  In some circles there has even been talk of Chakats finding a habitable planet or moon and establishing a special colony world of their own -- but others argue the time is not yet right for that, as the Chakat population is not yet large enough to support such a project.  Like the [[leonine]] recoms who eventually populated the savannahs of [[Annyrion]]'s southern continent of Lopanga, Chakats were included as part of the colonization effort, and also participated in ground-based surveys of [[Planet Amazon]] and other worlds.
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