Haradin

The Haradin were a xenophobic species that were encountered by the Terran Federation.

Physiologically, Haradin are humanoid with their only known external difference from Humans being a series of horizontal ridges down the back of their neck and along their spine. Haradin traditionally mate for life.

In the 1890's, when their sun threatened to go supernova, the Haradin leaders launched a ship for exploration so they could find a new home. As years went by, the ship became generational, and expanded. Originally one segment, they built more and more, until the ship was much larger.

The nature of the generational ship meant that the Haradin society developed into a semi-oppressive regime where contact with other cultures was avoided at all costs and the will of the individual was subservient to the will of the group. The ship eventually lost propulsion and nearly crash landed on the Terran Federation colony of Topeka. The generations were eventually absorbed into the society of the colony.