Akaali

The Akaali are a sapient humanoid species which hails from a Minshara class planet in the Alpha Quadrant, seventy-eight light years from Earth.

Biology
The Akaali resemble humans, but with prominent anterior crests symmetrically placed on either side of the forehead.

History
During the mid-22nd century the Akaali were a pre-industrial society.

Around the year 2149, the planet was visited by Malurians. They began exploiting veridium by setting up a mining operation under a shop in one of the cities on the eastern continent. The use of tetracyanate 622 in the process caused an epidemic that lasted for eighteen months. The disease caused many Akaali to develop mottled skin and facial lesions and then death. Their level of medical technology was unable to cure the disease.

The Akaali homeworld was discovered by humans in 2151 by the crew of the USS Enterprise NX-01. At the time of its discovery, the population of Akaali was around 500 million, populated by dozens of cities on all continents. Remote areas outside the cities were sparsely populated farms.

Following the expulsion of Garos, the main Malurian, from the planet Enterprise, Captain Jonathan Archer notified the Vulcans to keep an "occasional" eye on Akaali to prevent further Malurian influence.

By the 32nd century, the Akaali had become warp-capable and had established a colony in the Radvek asteroid belt, where they lived under the influence of the Emerald Chain. The colony was destroyed by the Dark Matter Anomaly in 3190.

Society
In Akaali mythology, Draylan was the ruler of the afterworld.

In the mid-22nd century, they were travelling the oceans in clippers. Technologically, they lit their cities with oil lamps but still had no plumbing. They also owned a crossbow and consumed tea. Their political division at the time was divided into provinces and they used units of measurement such as meter and liter.

By the 32nd century, under the influence of the Emerald Chain, the Akaalis in the Radvek asteroid belt had adopted the legal practice of using the "Examples": a small number of criminals convicted of both major and minor offences were imprisoned for life to demonstrate the cost of misconduct.