Tarn (Space Precinct)

The Tarns are a humanoid species who developed an advanced civilization as of the 21st century.

Biology
Tarns are light green skinned with three eyes, one nostril between them, and two pointy ears. Like Humans they have one heart and liver, but unlike them, Tarns have three kidneys. They posses telepathic and telekinetic powers, activated when the third eye on the forehead is opened. Tarns are a very sturdy species, able to survive a broken spine which would paralyze a Human, and the spinal chord is able to regenerate after a while. However, Xyron Fever is extremely deadly to Tarns. They are also oviparous, being able to lay jellied see-through eggs like frogs do, and the embryos cannot survive unless the egg-sacs are in a controlled environment. A number of them worked for the Demeter City police force on the planet Altor in the Epsilon Eridani system in the year 2040.

Culture and society
The Tarns are a highly intelligent race and a quickly adapting race. On Altor they are found to be vital in all aspects of their adopted world and are important to Altor's politics and economics.

When crime is involved, Tarns can be less forthcoming and even shy on the issue.

Tarns are famous for having a large array of psi powers—more specifically the powers of the mind, such as telepathy, psychokinesis, and of course telekinesis. There are other darker and lighter powers of the mind beyond a Tarn's brains that are vestigial, according to Tarn psychic researchers who experiment with these in their special mind-labs. Tarns however wish to develop peaceful sources of energy, to enrich their souls, and drive this energy in a wide array of research such as cooking and music.

History
The Tarns evolved on the world of Simter in the Mentorn System. Simter was a bleak and poverty stricken world. The need for new worlds to populate their species prompted the Tarns to develop FTL space travel. Around this time, the Creons from Danae that inhabited a neighboring system also developed FTL space travel to also escape their resource poor world. The two species would have first contact on the world of Altor in the Epsilon Eridani system. Rather than fight over the right to colonize the planet, both races decided to cooperate and colonize it together for prosperity.

The period would begin the Great Emigrations as both races left their homeworlds to populate fertile Altor.

The Tarns would to pivotal in making contact with Earth and introducing humanity to the Galactic Council and mentoring them into becoming a spacefaring race.

Appearances

 * Space Precinct: The Deity Father, by David Bischoff (1995)