Bolian

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Categories: Cultures | Federation Cultures

A Bolian Male

Federation Member
Description: Aquanoid, Bipedal
Size: Medium
Skin Pigment: Blue
Hair: None
Distinguishing Features: Bifurcated ridge running down the center of their bodies
Series: TNG: "Allegiance", "Conspiracy"
DS9: "Emissary", "The Adversary", "The Forsaken"
VOY: "Prototype", "Flashback", "Death Wish"
Planet of Origin: Bolarus IX
Quadrant: Beta
Background: They evolved from an aquatic race and are still very at home in the water, although they are fully comfortable on land. Bolians are staunch allies of the Federation. Several have risen to positions of great importance in the Federation and in Starfleet. Many turn their liability of racial curiosity into an advantage by occupying research or investigative jobs. They have only recently made peace with the Moropans, a rival race, although this peace is fragile one.
The Bank of Bolius is one of the largest and best financial institutions in the Federation, and Bolian freighters often visit DS9.
Editors Notes: A unique feature of the race is that they have a lining on thier tongues thet allow them to injest many forms of poison without damage. Only young females possess any body hair, and that only on their scalps. Perhaps as a consequence for being hairless, a few Bolians display an odd fascination for humanoid hair, and go on to become hairdressers. Mot, on the Enterprise-D, was one such. Of course, the fact that humanoids often tell their hair dressers things they wouldn't tell anyone else hasn't been lost on them.

Bolians have a principle of assisted suicide that dates back to their middle ages. This was termed the double effect principle, and it deemed ethical any action that relieved suffering, even if that same action had the secondary effect of causing death.