The Caitians were a species of felinoids native to Cait (Regulus V), or as they called it Ferasa, they also settled on a number of colony worlds and were members of the United Federation of Planets. (Decipher RPG: Starfleet Operations Manual; ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
- Due to copyright issues, the Unicorn RPG books were not able to use the term "Caitians", so used "Regulans", but it was implied that they did mean Caitians.
Biology
The Caitians were bipedal and featured a thick orange mane, a tail, and large golden eyes which gave them excellent night vision. They also had excellent hearing with a frequency range beyond that of most humanoids which made them idea candidates for communications officers. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
Culture
Caitains had a reputation for being one of the most cooperative and intelligent members of the Federation. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
Caitian names did not follow a gender pattern, so no name was distinctively male or female. (Decipher RPG: Starfleet Operations Manual)
History
A male Caitian, Admiral S'rrel
The Caitians were believed to be the descendants of an ancient Kzinti colony. (ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation)
They made first contact with the Orions and the Ferengi, and met Federation ships for the first time in 2249. Within a few years, such good relations existed between the cultures that they entered the United Federation of Planets. (Decipher RPG: Starfleet Operations Manual)
By 2363, Caitains had settled on the planet Kirisha, near the Alpha Persi Cluster. This planet was near the outer borders of the Regnancy of the Carnellian Throne. A brief war broke out over the Caitains' reluctance to become "slaves" of the Carnellian Throne. When the unusual Carnellian use of the word "slave" was understood, the Caitain colonists agreed to become Cohorts of the Throne. (TNG novel The Lost Era: The Buried Age)
In 2370 a party of Caitains visited Deep Space 9 to witness the Illumination of The Prodigal. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
Connections
- Caitian article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.