Headies
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Headies (голованы) are a fictional alien race from the Noon Universe created by Strugatsky brothers. Their homeworld is called Saraksh (Саракш), it was allegedly discovered by A.-I. Bader in 2148 AD. The first contact between headies and a human has been registered in 2157 (initiated by Maxim Kammerer) although officially it happened three years later in 2160 (see Lev Abalkin).
Headies are mentioned in "Inhabited Island", "Beetle in an Anthill" and "The Time Wanderers".
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[edit] Appearance
Headies are described as a dog-like race with disproportionately large heads. The latter are the reason for their name.
[edit] Technological Advancement
Despite Headies' mental and intellectual abilities that easily surpass those of humans, they don't have even basic technology and prefer to use alien ones (although they can easily live without it).
[edit] Background
Headies are considered a lucky mutation of Saraksh fauna because of extreme radiation levels after the atomic war on Saraksh although some sources believe that they were genetically bred by the local humanity before the war. They resided within Saraksh's irradiated, heavely fortified "forest."
[edit] Headies and Humans
Because of the mystery Headies like to surround themselves with, the first official contact between them and humans was registered twelve years after the discovery of their homeworld. A young scientist and progressor Lev Abalkin was the first to meet and to study them and he was also the only human to work in a pair with a Headie, Schyokn-Itrch (Щёкн-Итрч). The latter later became the head of the Headies' permanent embassy on Earth.
After the official contact a number of personal exchange programs were set up (Abalkin was a participant in one of those). Torwards the end of the 22nd century, the Headies decided that they learned all they possibly could from space exploration and downscaled their involvement in human space programs.
| Novels: | Noon: 22nd Century | Escape Attempt | Far Rainbow | Hard to Be a God | Disquiet | Prisoners of Power | Space Mowgli | The Kid from Hell | Beetle in the Anthill | The Time Wanderers |
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| Related works: | The Land of Crimson Clouds | The Way to Amalthea | Space Apprentice |
| Planets: | Ark | Arkanar | Earth | Rainbow | Saraksh | Saula | List of minor planets |
| Races: | Ark Megaforms | Headies | Humans | Leoniders | Ludens | Tagorians | Wanderers |
| Personalities: | Lev Abalkin | Leonid Gorbovsky | Maxim Kammerer | Gennady Komov | Rudolf Sikorski | List of minor personalities |
| Miscellaneous: | XXII century timeline | Progressors | Stepchildren Case |
