Name: Naemah of the Tzeltzool (Pleasant of the ringed in Fed. Standard)
Age: 45
Height: 5 feet
Mother: Selah (Rock, in Fed standard)
Father: Geshem (Rain, in Fed standard)
Place of Birth: Noncharot, Hetgarot
Species: Hetgarot
Tribe: Tzeltzool (ring tailed Hetgarot--further physical description
below)
Education: in addition to the standard education, as a possible future
Melka, she recieved training to enhance and develop her instinctive
abilities in that area. She is also proficient in Hetgarot warp
technology and able to pilot a Hetgarot ship.
Naemah is of the Tzeltzool tribe, the tribe of ring tailed Hetgarot and was raised in Noncharot, the capital city of Hetgarot. She was appointed to be Shagrira by Heka who is now the Elder or Melka, that post being a rotational one among the 3 top members of the Hetgarot governing council of elders, in this case the rotation was among Chaka, Heka, and Koph. They were all born with the intuitive experience needed to be a Melka. Koph had been the Melka when the Curie made first contact with the Hetgarot. Koph is unique, as most of the Melkaot (plural of Melka) have been females. Hetgarot society was at one time totally matriarchal, but now males serve on the council and some, like Koph, even become Melka.
Naemah might become a Melka when she becomes older, as she seems to have been born with the proper instincts to allow her to develop into one. This assignment is with the hopes of deciding whether the Hetgarot will join the Federation, and if so, in what capacity. Naemah is also to negotiate trade agreements to supply fresh fruit, nuts, and vegetables to DS 101 from Hetgarot. Naemah will also try to establish some kind of permanent trade between the Vurteron and the Hetgarot and to learn as much as she can about Federation species and worlds. She will not trade with the Dergrad or any other race that espouses violence.
Naemah came to DS 101 aboard an Shagrira class ship named Shagrirnu 4, which, like all Hetgarot ships, travels cloaked. Capable of warp, it has no replicators or transporter related technology. Naemah will not travel by means of a transporter if given the chance. It frightens her.
Since Hetgarot is mostly rain forest, and the Hetgarot live mostly in the rain forest, only a very few living in the temperate forests of the polar region and none but scientists living in the equatorial desert. The planet has a high level of oxygen causing Naemah to wear a supplementary system similar to that worn by other species whose atmosphere differs significantly from that of Earth, including the Benzites, for example. The Hetgarot are also nocturnal, so Naemah, when going about her duties, wears a kind of eye shield, bringing the light to a level that is more like that of a full moon. Her quarters are kept dim, like a starry night, or a full moon when guests are present. Her quarters are also kept with environmental controls set to Hetgarot normal, that means higher O2, more humidity, and as warm as a typical rain forest.
Naemah, as previously stated, has a ringed tail. She walks upright, and spent most of her life in the tree city of her birth. Her eyes are dark and rather large, when they are seen -- that is, when she is in her ship or room on DS 101 and not wearing her eye protection. Her fur is gray on her back, arms and legs, white on her face, front, and the top of her ears. She has black rings around her eyes, and gray rings around the black. The inside of her sensitive ears is also black, as is her nose, muzzle, the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet. Her tail is white with rings of black and reaches a foot past her head if extended along her back. She usually carries it curved in such a way as to almost touch her head (looking much like a question mark). She wears a blue band with the green emblem of the Hetgarot upon it. Her eyes are brown bordering on orange, with no white. The pupil is shaped like that of a cat. Naemah is 5 feet, about average for a Hetgarot female. Her legs are only slightly longer than her arms. Hetgarot are still capable of climbing tree trunks and large branches if the need arises, and doing so quite well. Their size precludes them from using small branches or going from tree to tree as their ancestors did.
Like all Hetgarot, Naemah is vegetarian. Her digestive system does not do well on animal products of any kind, including dairy. She eats a wide variety of fruits, nuts, grains, and vegetables.
