Malon
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The Malon were an economically-motivated humanoid species from Malon Prime in the Delta Quadrant, first encountered by the USS Voyager in 2375.
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[edit] Physiology
The Malon had broad noses with distinctly-shaped nostrils, and their skin was a yellowish-brown color. Their foreheads had a slight ridge-like protrusion. They also had brown hair which was usually thick and wavy when they are young, but like in Humans receding hairlines and baldness occurred in older Malon. Their hair follicles grow from the mid part of their heads, just after the ridge-like pattern.
Malon waste exporters had many sores on their skin due to theta radiation exposure. The Malon used analeptic compound injections to counter the freighter blight, but while the treatment kept them alive it did not prevent skin scarring.
- Waste exporters seem to be respected for keeping the homeworld clean. As most of the population are likely not damaged by radiation due to the clean homeworld, the skin damage may be regarded with respect by the general population.
[edit] History
Although technologically advanced, the Malon lack the technology to recycle antimatter waste, which emitted hazardous theta radiation. Therefore, this hazardous waste was dumped in open space in vast quantities by waste export vessels. The Malon attempted to find uninhabited regions for this waste, but this is not always the case. (VOY: "Night") The Malons were self-proclaimed experts at salvage operations. (VOY: "Extreme Risk")
[edit] People
[edit] Appearances
- VOY:
- "Night"
- "Extreme Risk"
- "Think Tank"
- "Juggernaut"
[edit] Apocrypha
The Malon also appear in the Pocket DS9 novel Demons of Air and Darkness, in which a Malon tanker under the command of Controller Marssi falls prey to a Hirogen hunter and is responsible for jettisoning its antimatter waste through an Iconian gateway into the Europa Nova system.
