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|colspan="2"|[[File:Nagana.jpg|300px]]
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|style="background: navy; color: white;" colspan="2" | '''Characteristics'''
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|Average Size || 1.8 meters tall
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|Average Mass
|style="background: #eeeeee;"| 60 kilograms
|-
|Average Lifespan || 125 years
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|Reproductive System
|style="background: #eeeeee;"| heterosexual, viviparous
|-
|Body Temperature || 29 degrees Celsius
|-
|style="background: navy; color: white;" colspan="2" | '''Ability Scores'''
|-
|STR/STA || -5
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|DEX/RS
|style="background: #eeeeee;"| +5
|-
|INT/LOG || -5
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|PER/LDR
|style="background: #eeeeee;"| +5
|-
|style="background: navy; color: white;" colspan="2" | '''Movement'''
|-
|Walking || 10 meters per turn
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|Running
|style="background: #eeeeee;"| 20 meters per turn
|-
|Hourly || 3 kilometers/hour
|-
|style="background: navy; color: white;" colspan="2" | '''Special Abilities'''
|-
|Amphibious
|Can breathe, move, and act as 
equally well under water as they 
can on land.
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|Ultrasonic Communication
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|Can speak and hear in the 
ultrasonic range, outside the 
hearing of most other species.
|}

==Physical Structure==
The Nagana (both singular and plural) are evolved
from a sea race, though their bodies are more
snake-like than fish-like. Their lower body is a long
tail, ending with a slight vestigial fin that doesn’t
really help them swim anymore. Their upper bodies
appear more humanoid, with two long arms and a
wider chest.

Skin coloration ranges from stark white to near
black, with shades of gray being the most common.
The skin reflects coloration from light sources,
though, and they are very aware of this fact.

There is webbing under the arms of the Nagana,
stretching from near elbow to near waist. On
females, the fins have coloration but on males they
are the same color as the rest of their bodies. In
many respects, this takes on the role of luxurious
hair does on a female among Humans.

The forearms and three-fingered hands of the
Nagana are quite thin, presumably to allow less
resistance in water. The neck sports gills, which are
actually functional. Eyes are well-shielded by
forehead ridges.

==Senses==
Nagana senses are similar to those of a Human,
though their hearing is quite keen and their dual
larynxes are worthy of note.

They are able to hear and speak in frequencies that
exceed Human hearing and vocal ability. Some
scientists believe that they once emitted a form of
homing sonar when underwater but this ability has
diminished over time in favor of using their mouth
to communicate.

Nagana are annoyed by constant sonic disturbances
(and therefore shun the use of sonic-based weapons
and devices). When around such things (sonic
swords, for example), they have a -10 penalty on
any Intuition or Logic check because of the
distraction. Ear plugs common to many industrial
settings are sufficient to prevent this penalty.

==Speech==
Nagana speech is not very elegant by most other
race’s reckoning. They don’t use harsh consonant
sounds, having far too many vowels and “n” and
“m” sounds in their language. It is not a complex
speech pattern, and people from any race can learn
it if given the time.

Nagana names tend to be full of vowels, and the
letters “n,” “m,” and “s.” All female names end in a
hyphen followed by the suffix “na,” while ruling
caste have the prefix “An” followed by a hyphen.
For example, a female ruling council member in
Spyre (the capitol native city on Leen) might have
the name An-molah-na.

==Society and Customs==
The Nagana are not a space faring race. In their
coral cities clustered around the larger lakes on
Leen, the largest of the three moons of Terledrom
(in the Fromeltar system), they have never
developed any kind of faster-than-light drive. They
haven’t even developed the ability to reach the
planet around which their home moon revolves.
Their personal understanding of technology ends
with simple mechanical ground and water vehicles.
Their own weapons of war have been limited to
simple projectiles: bows, spears, and within the past
hundred years, automatic pistols and rifles.

The Nagana are generally peaceful and value art
and beauty above all else. Their cities are works of
coral splendor, with high spires erected in shapes
that would seem chaotic alone but when looked at
as a whole, the city is one giant piece of art. When
Dralasites from Terledrom colonized on Leen, they
met a nice coexistence with the Nagana and
information, art, and sciences were exchanged.

They are not plentiful throughout the Frontier.
When encountered, it is because some event has led
one to leave the beauty of his homeland. As are all
artists, the Nagana are driven by acts of passion and
curiosity to understand and sense the environments
around them. This sometimes drives them into the
stars.

Despite the fact that they have not developed high
technology on their own, they seem more than able
to grasp its concepts. When encountering one in
the Frontier, it is not impossible to find one with
high tech professions or equipment.

Despite the fact that they, as a whole, are a
peaceful species, historians and psychologists will
agree that sometimes a race driven by passion can
be more dangerous than one driven by greed.

During the second sathar war, the first fleet of
Sathar moved to Terledrom and occupied it for some
time when routed from Madderly’s Star. The Sathar
did not attack a single Nagana, instead opening
trade negotiations with them.

==Attitudes==
The Nagana get along with all the other races, and
tend not to judge people by their appearance.
However, since the Vrusk tend to look similar to the
sammanasa (predators from Leen), they find
themselves distrustful and sometimes fearful of the
insectoids. In fact, when found on Terledrom, they
often have difficulties dealing with the ruling Vrusk
council (the Pak) and only seem willing to associate
with the elected Dralasite council (the Draog).

==Special Abilities==
'''Amphibious.''' The Nagana can breathe equally well
in water and in air. They can exist in either for
unlimited durations. This is the reason they tend to
build their cities around lakes and other coasts.
Some entire families live under the water’s surface,
never entering the air.

Their movement rate under water is exactly the
same as their movement rate on land (though some
scholars believe that prehistoric Nagana could move
much, much faster).

'''Ultrasonic Communication.''' The Nagana can
choose to speak at a higher, falsetto frequency.
When doing this, only they can hear one another.
Some natural animals can hear this frequency as
well, and some are quite angered by it. They cannot
use this ability to speak at ranges beyond which
they otherwise could have spoken if using their
normal, lower vocal frequency.

Their double set of vocal cords (one tuned for use
under water, one tuned for use through air) can
actually allow them to speak two different things,
one in each vocal frequency range, at the exact
same time. They can be telling you “hello, we come
in peace” while at the same time saying to their
Nagana companions “watch the little one, she has a
gun.”

In some circumstances, the referee may permit the
Nagana character to make an Intuition roll to make
out and identify ultrasonic frequencies, tracing them
to their source or comprehending their general
nature.

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