Temi Temi

The Temi Temis were a species native to Fornassan, a planet in the.

Biology and appearance
Temi Temis were in configuration. Their faces were marked by long chins and strips of red tissue on either sides of their faces. This tissue acted in place of ears, and was capable of discerning sound ranges far above and below what s could hear. When overstimulated, the issue would shrivel in on itself to diminish perception, expanding once more when the sound barrage had ceased. Though their more perceptive auditory tissue could pick up ambient sounds Humans would miss, it all faced forward, and sometimes Temi Temis had more difficulty discerning sounds behind them.

Temi Temi mouths curved downward at both edges. They had no noses, but could breathe either through their mouths or through breathing "vents" located on either side of the tops of their heads. These vents could seal shut to prevent them filling with water if a Temi Temi dived.

Temi Temis were born with the extended parts of their faces which supported their auditory tissue soft, though it hardened quickly. Females bore young after six standard months of gestation, and younglings reached physical maturity in roughly sixteen standard years.

Society and culture
The Temi Temis were distinctly non-confrontational and unwarlike. While they were not incapable of combat, they preferred to divine peaceful solutions involving cooperation and sharing rather than fight for resources or territory. Because of their peaceable nature, many outside observers remarked that the Temi Temis were oddly well-suited to outside governance being imposed on them, as they acquiesced without much dispute to first the Zarban Hegemony and later the Golden Empire.

Because both the Temi Temis and their homeworld were generally pale, the Temi Temis often had a fascination with bright colors, importing dyes and multicolored construction materials from offworld.

History
The Temi Temis' ancestors were prey to a number of predators, which led the species to develop both its unusual means of auditory perception and its cooperative rather than combative nature.

The Temi Temis readily acceded to governance by the Zarban Hegemony when it arrived in 14 ABY, and remained supporters of the government throughout its existence. Most Temi Temis had good relationships with both their Simyasto overseers and the other species in the Hegemony. When the Simyastos bowed to the Golden Empire in 104 ABY, there was some dissent about the dissolution of the Hegemony, but little resistance to the Empire.

In the galaxy
Temi Temis were usually regarded as peaceful to the point of passive, and were rarely to be found in the military of the Hegemony or the Empire's Empire, though exceptions existed. More often, Temi Temis offworld were working for the Ministry of Diplomacy or touring the galaxy; they were widely known as enthusiastic fans of the.