Kalin

Kalins are a non-humanoid, technologically inventive race native to the rogue Balant planet.

Background
Kalins are physically indistinguishable from their neighbors, the more aggressive Balants. They have reddish-orange skin with a natural light-yellow bioluminescence. They are about six feet tall, with flat, oval heads. They are a digitigrade lifeform, with their legs having extended metatarsals and three phalanges. Hands have one thumb and two bulbous digits.

Kalins can fly by harnessing wide, invisible rays within the planet's atmosphere.

The vast gas cloud surrounding their planet severely restricts uses of mechanical power. Kalins were able to harness electrical energy generated by native trees to power a force field generator. It was used to defend their settlement from meteor bombardment and attacks by Balants. The cloud forms a membrane around any powered energy sources, so that their city was permanently encased by a thin, black covering.

History
In 2266, James T. Kirk and Spock discovered a Kalin city just as it was about to be bombarded by meteors. Kalins deactivated their force field long enough for Kirk and Spock to enter. Afterward, Balants buried the city under piles of meteorites, then attempted to commandeer the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). David Bailey and Hikaru Sulu used phasers aboard the Galileo to clear away the debris. 

Notable Kalins

 * Lutian