Talaxian

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Talaxians
Neelix, a male Talaxian
Homeworld:	Talax
Official Language:	Talaxian
Affiliation:	None

The Talaxians are a humanoid civilization in the Star Trek fictional universe native to the planet Talax in the Delta Quadrant. The Talaxians surrendered to the Haakonian Order in 2356 after a decade-long war was ended by the deployment of the metreon cascade, a deadly weapon that killed over 300,000 Talaxians on Rinax. Talaxians who came in contact with the fallout from the metreon cascade suffered metremia, a deadly blood disease.

Neelix was a Talaxian who had left his homeworld after the conflict with the Haakonians; eventually, Neelix discovered another colony of his people, and left Voyager to be with them.

The Talaxian respiratory system is directly linked to multiple points along the spinal column. That, coupled with the noted Talaxian strength, makes the species efficient for use as Borg drones. In the Borg species classification code, Talaxians are Species 218.

It is a tradition in Talaxian society to share the history of a meal before eating, as a way of enhancing the culinary experience. It is also tradition for Talaxian proper names to contain the letter x (Neelix, his sister Alixia, his new girlfriend Dexa, her son Brax ...).

The Talaxians are a relatively peaceful race whose members willingly cooperate with the crew of Voyager. Commander Paxim is involved twice - once to help uncover a traitor aiding the Kazon among the Voyager crew, and later to help Tom Paris retake Voyager from the Kazon in "Basics", Part Two when Paxim's ships fire on Voyager to allow Paris to do his work. Paris then beams Paxim's people on board to man stations as part of the recapture. The Talaxians appear to be very adaptive and quickly figure out how to operate stations.

Contents 1 Physiology 2 List of named Talaxians 3 Appearances 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Physiology

Physically the Talaxians are humanoid, with large amounts of yellow to reddish-brown spotting on their heads, arms and bodies. They have pale skin and a plume of ginger hair across the top of their heads. (VOY: "Caretaker")

Males also have ginger whiskers growing on either side of their face. These develop during puberty, much like facial hair in Humans. However, the whiskers induce sexual arousal and feelings when pulled. (VOY: "Random Thoughts", "Homestead")

Talaxians are generally stocky and the musculature of their upper bodies is very dense. The Borg believe that this fact makes Talaxians excellent combat drones and designate the species as 218. (VOY: "Mortal Coil")

Talaxians have spotted feet with long toes. Unlike Humans, the last ("pinky") toe is enlarged and rivals the innermost toe in size. (VOY: "Warlord")

Talaxian blood is red. (VOY: "Rise")

[edit] List of named Talaxians

• Alixia
• Brax
• Dexa
• Eldaxon
• Jirex
• Laxeth
• Neelix
• Oxilon
• Palaxia
• Paxim
• Tuvix (Vulcan-Talaxian hybrid)
• Wixiban

[edit] Appearances

• VOY:
  • "Caretaker, Part II"
  • "Faces"
  • "Jetrel"
  • "Investigations"
  • "Basics, Part II"
  • "Warlord"
  • "Fair Trade"
  • "Mortal Coil"
  • "Once Upon a Time"
  • "Homestead"

[edit] See also

• Galactic quadrants (Star Trek)

Main Star Trek nations
Bajorans  · Borg  · Breen
Cardassians  · Dominion  · Ferengi
Gorn  · Hirogen  · Humans  · Kazon  · Klingons
Q  · Romulans  · Tholians  · Trill
United Federation of Planets  · Vulcans  · Xindi

[edit] External links

Talaxian article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.