Karaka'A

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A first generation Pelted race of the Alliance, the Karaka'A are short, bipedal cat-like people whose origins trace back to Holly and some of the original designs on Earth.

Vital Statistics (At a Glance)

Pronounced 'kaa rah kah AH'. Singular is Karaka'An. Possessive is Karaka'An. Plural is Karaka'A.

  • Species Type: Pelted (Felinoid)
  • Origin: Engineered
  • Frame Type: Bipedal Digitigrade
  • Average Height: 4'0"-5'5"
  • Average Lifespan:
  • Gravity Preference:
  • Homeworld: Karaka'A, Sector Alpha
  • Native Language: Universal

Appearance and Physiology

Appearance

Three fingers and a thumb per hand and four toes per foot. Always digitigrade. Claws, not nails. A coat that grows rapidly. Have muzzles, demi-muzzles, or humanoid faces.

Physiology

Have an inefficient way of dispersing excess heat, a combination of exuding oils and sweat, and panting. Specifics are particular to individuals and not necessarily generic across the race.[1]

Society

Member of what nations here. Information about colony worlds here.

Stereotypes

Phlegmatic, agreeable, and hard-working folks.

The Seersa and the Karaka’A have many similarities in cultural personality, because the individuals who would become these races were responsible for the Exodus and the political and cultural decisions that resulted in the Alliance. Thanks to this early history, the Karaka’A and Seersa are the de facto leaders in galactic politics. They’re light-handed, but these two had the management of the early Alliance and they still think of themselves (and mostly remain) the stewards of the body politic. This was no doubt abetted by their being the first to settle new planets: they’ve had longer to turn their views outward. That the two planets they chose were in a rare double-world system only made their ability to work together that much easier. It’s a good thing that for the most part their biology promotes phlegmatic, agreeable, and hard-working personalities, because otherwise they’d probably be insufferable.

In terms of splitting the responsibilities of governance, the Karaka’A preferred to deal with the internal politics of the Alliance, with the Seersa being more active in foreign policy, language and diplomacy, and the military. You find a lot of the Karaka’A and Seersa in those fields still, hundreds of years after the Alliance’s founding: the Seersa produces almost all the premier linguists of the Alliance and have many individuals in the upper echelons of the military, and the Karaka’A field more career politicians that most of the other races—combined![2]

Common Family Structures

Religions

An and Bast

Native or Common Dress

Naming Conventions

"Karaka’A have what I think of as hobbit names with vaguely English surnames. ... Karaka’A are horribly fond of normal human names that have been turned into furry puns, like Tabitha becoming Taylitha, or Caitlin becoming Catlin, and their surnames can sound Norman or French."[3]

History

The [[[Seersa]] and the Karaka’A are in some ways the “oldest” of the species of the Alliance, because they closely resemble the original creatures gengineered on Earth in the very beginning for Project Homefront. Those early Terran experiments were short, digitigrade, and had more animal-like faces, and that template carried on into the Pelted who segregated into the races of the Seersa (fox-like) and Karaka’A (catlike). Unlike their taller, more humanoid Pelted kin, these early individuals chose to embrace their original heritage, and some of them claim to trace their DNA back to Holly or Joy, the very first individuals ever made on Earth. [2]

Famous Figures

Karaka'An Characters

  1. Sword of the Alliance, chapter 4
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guide to Alliance Species
  3. "Naming Conventions" article on Patreon