Talana

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'''Talana''' is the [[Syreen]] commander of the orbital platform around [[Betelgeuse]] I, where the [[Syreen]] were [[slave shield]]ed by the [[Ur-Quan]].

Talana met [[The Captain]], and at first, refused to help him. She feared the Ur-Quan would find out, and her people would be reprimanded for associating with the rogue Humans. Her attitude later changed when the captain showed her undeniable proof that their original homeworld was not destroyed by a random catastrophe, but by a [[Mycon]] [[Deep Child]].

Together with the captain, she orchestrated the revenge against the Mycon and the plan was a success. After that, she convinced the rest of the Syreen to help the [[New Alliance of Free Stars]]. She also shared a romantic relationship with the captain and they later fell in love, got married, and had lots of children.

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Syreen

2005-10-26T06:45:31Z

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The '''Syreen''' are a race of bipedal hominids astonishingly similar to the [[Humans]]. There has been much speculation about the relationship between Humans and Syreen, including possible intervention on the part of the [[Arilou]].

==Physiology==

Physiologically and genetically, Syreen ''are'' [[Human]]: the only visable differences between the races are that Syreen skin tint is somewhat more bluish and their retinas reflect light like an Earth cat's. Additionally, the typical Syreen is more comfortable in a slightly warmer and more humid environment than the typical Human.

Syreen are also more psychicly active than humans, to such an extent that the captain of a [[Penetrator]] starship can make use of a psychic amplifier to coerce enemy crew. It is not known if Penetrator captains are chosen for exceptional psychic potential, or how common psychic potential is in the general Syreen population, although they do not evince casual telepathic powers that races such as the [[Pkunk]] or even the [[Zoq-Fot-Pik]] do.

On Earth, stereotypes of the Syreen are rampant: matriarchal, "Space Amazons," "Space Gypsies," "warm, breathing pinups," and other sorts abound. Of course, the truth is more complex than such stereotypes would imply.

==History==

Syreen society, like Human society, developed from hunter-gatherer tribes. But unlike Humanity, the Syreen were unplagued by war or other great social upheaval, instead joining together until their whole world was a single, peaceful, agrarian super-community. Also unlike Humanity, Syreen society and Syreen military roles were dominated by the females of the species. How connected these two facts are is a topic of some debate in both Human and Syreen intellectual circles.

Shortly before the advent of the [[First War]], the Syreen suffered a terrible set back. Their homeworld, [[Syra]] (located around the star Beta Copernicus I), was by all accounts a tropical eden. However, a catastrophe destroyed nearly all life on the planet, reducing the population to those stationed in orbit as part of the Syreen Space Patrol (the vast majority of which were female) and a few planet-bound survivors. The Syreen gathered the remains of their species into space habitats (which were mostly incapable of independant [[HyperSpace]] travel) and began to search the galaxy for a new home.

As the First War began, and with no homeworld to fall back to, the Syreen maneuvered into Human space to avoid [[VUX]] raiders. It is implied but not explicitly acknowledge that Humanity's industrial base supported the Syreen fleet. The Humans and Syreen also participated in at least one crew exchange, confirming the viability of Human/Syreen crossbreeding and bolstering the Syreen's flagging population.

After the defeat of the [[Chenjesu]], the [[Mmrnmhrm]], and finally Humanity, the Syreen were abandoned by the remainder of the [[Alliance of Free Stars|Alliance]] and left to face the [[Ur-Quan Kzer-Za|Ur-Quan]] alone. They surrendered, and in exchange the Ur-Quan searched their planetary database to find them a new homeworld. This homeworld, renamed [[Gaia]], orbits the star Betelgeuse.

The Syreen were content to remain neutral at this point until [[The Captain]] proved to them that the destruction of Syra was in fact engineered by the [[Mycon]] using a [[Deep Child Egg Case Fragments|Deep Child]]. After [[The Captain]] retrieved the Syreen Penetrator fleet from Epsilon Camelopardalis and helped the Syreen wreak their revenge upon the Mycon, the Syreen joined with the [[New Alliance of Free Stars|New Alliance]].

==Notable individuals==

The only named Syreen of note in [[The Ur-Quan Masters]] is Starbase Commander [[Talana]].

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