Bio: Fahrouk Ja'Lale

[Cptn Ja'Lale 0]

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File Photo: Ja’Lale in traditional Rigellian battle armour and robe

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

 

Name: Fahrouk Ja’Lale (FAH-rook JAH-Lahl-leh)

Species: Chelon (Rigellian)

Gender: Not Applicable*

Place of Origin: Chelar (Rigel III)

Age: 43 Earth Years

Height: 1.9 metres

Weight: 216 lbs

Skin: Green, Scaly

Eyes: Black

Hair: None

*Rigellians are only known to have one gender

 

SERVICE INFORMATION:

 

Service Number: A0DC078-5442

Current Rank: Captain

Assignment: Commanding Officer, USS Challenger (NCC-2457)

 

Service History:

 

2275: Graduated from Starfleet Academy, one of the first of his species to do so.

2275: Assigned to Miranda-Class USS North Carolina as Assistant Science Officer

2277: Named Chief Science Officer of USS North Carolina

2281: Transfer to Constellation-Class USS Churchill, as Chief Science Officer

2285: Named Executive Officer of USS Churchill

2290-2295: ** RESTRICTED INFORMATION **

2295: Expedition lead near Orion space

2296: Assignment to Commanding Officer, Excelsior-Refit Class USS Challenger

 

FAMILY/NEXT OF KIN:

 

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: 12 siblings.

 

BACKGROUND:

 

With a long and distinguished career in both his home planet and Starfleet, Ja’Lale has served on several ships in the Federation and various outposts in Chelar. Not long after he hatched from his egg, Ja’Lale displayed a higher degree of intelligence than his siblings or other hatchlings his age.

 

Like most Chelons, Ja’Lale was brought up and raised by several attendants who fed, educated and otherwise cared for him and his 12 siblings. His parents are currently unknown to him.

 

Upon Chelar’s admission into the United Federation of Planets in the 2270s, Ja’Lale was one of the first Chelons to enroll in Starfleet Academy, after serving 5 years in the Chelar Space Fleet and graduating in the top 10% of his class. Ja’Lale’s natural intelligence and strength made him a fine officer and allowed him to move up in rank with relative speed.

 

In 2296, Ja’Lale was given command of the USS Challenger after leading a mission near Orion space, exploring damage caused by a mysterious power. This will be Ja’Lale’s first starship command. As a natural leader, Ja’Lale is thought to do well in this endeavour.

 

RIGELLIAN PHYSIOLOGY:

 

Rigellians – or Chelons as they refer to themselves, are members of the Federation. They are a sentient race, descended from an ancient race of saber-toothed turtles, which later evolved to walk upright millions of years ago. They are easily distinguished by their green scaly skin and are similar in appearance to terran turtles or tortoises. Over the years, Rigellians lost the hard shell that supported their bodies. Rigellians have been known to wear body armour, mainly in ceremonial functions.

 

 

Rigellian off-spring are reproduced by laying eggs, in a similar matter to Terran reptiles. They are cared for by attendants who feed them and look after their daily needs until they are old enough to live on their own. Rigellians are known to only have one gender and range in height from about 1.75 to 2 metres or more, with a typical lifespan of over 150 years. Information regarding Rigellian physiology and anatomy is still relatively unknown.

 

As descendants from a race of turtles, Rigellians are semi-aquatic and are keen swimmers able to hold their breath underwater for hours at a time. Like their terran counterparts, Rigellians do not lay eggs underwater and are cold-blooded. When stressed or provoked, Rigellians secrete a deadly toxin through their skin, which can be transmitted via a strike with their long, sharp claws.

 

 

PLANET INFORMATION:

Rigel III or Chelar in the Chelon language, is an M-Class planet located in the Rigel system. Rigel III is located in the same system as Rigel V, which is home to the Vulcanoid Rigelians. Due to similarities in spelling and pronunciation of the two races, Rigellians are commonly referred to as Chelons, Chellarians or Rigellian Chelons.

 

Rigel III is a humid world large comprised of swamps and marshes and large bodies of water with heavily forested land. The Federation has set up an outpost on the planet to further study the species and offer cultural exchange between the two powers. Rigellian society comprises of two classes: The much taller Rigellian Lord and their attendants, who are much smaller, but physically the same.

 

Despite their smaller size, it is thought that the attendants who feed and care for the Rigellian offspring, wield the real power on Rigel III. The larger Lords are the egg carriers in Rigellian society and are thought to have a purely ceremonial figurehead type role.

 

 

Rigellians society evolved into a space exploration sometime in the 20th or 21st century. In the mid 2150s, a Rigellian freighter was an unsuspecting victim of a Romulan drone ship, in an attempt to start a war between the humans, Tellarites and Andorians by disguising itself as the Enterprise (NX-01) via a holo-skin. The Rigellian freighter was able to send a video record of the attacker before it was destroyed, averting the potential war. (ENT: Regeneration)

 

Chelar was admitted into the United Federation of Planets in 2270 and was represented by a special delegation at Khitomer for the signing of the Khitomer Peace Accords in 2293.

 

 

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