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====== Hermaphroditic Feline-taurs ====== | ====== Hermaphroditic Feline-taurs ====== | ||
- | //(Note: A huge amount of information is available about Chakats from Bernard Doove' | + | Note: A huge amount of information is available about Chakats from Bernard Doove' |
====== Physical Appearance ====== | ====== Physical Appearance ====== | ||
- | Chakats are a predominantly feline centauroid-like species. The basic body structure comprises two main torsos joined at right angles at a common ' | + | Chakats are a predominantly feline centauroid |
- | 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 original creation of anthropomorphic | + | The original creation of anthropomorphic |
The team of scientists who created Chakats had members drawn from around the world: researchers who had become disgusted with the never-ending drive to create more efficient factory workers or more deadly soldiers. They wanted to prove that their craft could be turned to a higher purpose -- and so the Chakat species became a rebuke to the mega-corporations and the authoritarian regimes that controlled genetic engineering research around the rest of the planet. | The team of scientists who created Chakats had members drawn from around the world: researchers who had become disgusted with the never-ending drive to create more efficient factory workers or more deadly soldiers. They wanted to prove that their craft could be turned to a higher purpose -- and so the Chakat species became a rebuke to the mega-corporations and the authoritarian regimes that controlled genetic engineering research around the rest of the planet. | ||
- | Like many other morphs, the Chakats are a genetically engineered species. However, unlike most others, they were not created from just one type of creature, but are a hybrid of the most ideal characteristics of many species. They were designed to be an ideal blend of physical and mental abilities intended to produce a superior being in an attractive form, with the dominant criteria for selection being survival characteristics. Anything that enhanced their ability to survive and prosper under adverse conditions was used to enhance their genetic structure. | + | Chakats are a genetically engineered species. However, unlike most other recoms, they were not created from just one type of creature, but are a hybrid of the most ideal characteristics of many species. They were designed to be an ideal blend of physical and mental abilities intended to produce a superior being in an attractive form, with the dominant criteria for selection being survival characteristics. Anything that enhanced their ability to survive and prosper under adverse conditions was used to enhance their genetic structure. |
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 space colonies to continue the species -- helped by the fact that, as hermaphrodites, | + | 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, |
- | Chakats generally love the great outdoors, so the devastation of [[Earth]] hit them hard. Tremendously adaptable, Chakats survived | + | 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. |
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+ | Due to their size and off-axis body structure, Chakats have always tended to have difficulty maneuvering in an enclosed microgravity environment such as those found on 253 [[Mathilde]] or other colonies in the Belt. Additionally, | ||
====== Credits ====== | ====== Credits ====== | ||
The Chakat species is © 2002 Bernard Doove (a.k.a. Chakat Goldfur). | The Chakat species is © 2002 Bernard Doove (a.k.a. Chakat Goldfur). |
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